{"id":376,"date":"2015-12-15T04:56:08","date_gmt":"2015-12-15T04:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dcwebdevelopers.com\/?p=376"},"modified":"2016-04-07T12:38:25","modified_gmt":"2016-04-07T12:38:25","slug":"why-having-an-awesome-website-design-is-no-longer-good-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dcwebdevelopers.com\/?p=376","title":{"rendered":"Why Having an Awesome Website Design is No Longer Good Enough"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div style=\"float: left; padding-right: 10px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/systemimage\/66760414_Subscription_S.jpg\" alt=\"Seattle branding\" align=\"left\" width=\"300\" \/><\/div>\n<p> Just about everyone and their mother has been cautioned against judging a book by it&#8217;s cover. This warning may seem like a helpful &#8212; or passive aggressive &#8212; suggestion that encourages one to steer clear of the dangers of superficiality &#8212; after all, you might be missing out &#8212; but sadly it&#8217;s not very applicable to today&#8217;s modern, digital world.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nYou only get once chance to make a good first impression &#8212; or a bad one at that &#8212; and your company&#8217;s website design and ease of use is the cover of which you are judged by. #sorrynotsorry Therefore, it&#8217;s safe to say that judging a business, organization, or professional by their website is not only accepted in today&#8217;s society but is actually kind of encouraged.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nJust think about it, you could be the illest copywriter known to man but without the help of a <!--more--><!--noteaser--><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; padding-right: 10px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/systemimage\/66760414_Subscription_S.jpg\" alt=\"Seattle branding\" align=\"left\" width=\"300\" \/><\/div>\n<p> Just about everyone and their mother has been cautioned against judging a book by it&#8217;s cover. This warning may seem like a helpful &#8212; or passive aggressive &#8212; suggestion that encourages one to steer clear of the dangers of superficiality &#8212; after all, you might be missing out &#8212; but sadly it&#8217;s not very applicable to today&#8217;s modern, digital world.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nYou only get once chance to make a good first impression &#8212; or a bad one at that &#8212; and your company&#8217;s website design and ease of use is the cover of which you are judged by. #sorrynotsorry Therefore, it&#8217;s safe to say that judging a business, organization, or professional by their website is not only accepted in today&#8217;s society but is actually kind of encouraged.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nJust think about it, you could be the illest copywriter known to man but without the help of a <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.hubspot.com\/marketing\/compelling-stats-website-design-optimization-list\" Title=\"Seo seattle wa\">professional website design company your fire copy simply ain&#8217;t<\/a> worth a damn to anyone&#8230;well, maybe you or your proud Mom but that&#8217;s about it. The point being, having a professional website design that balances aesthetics with intuitive functionality all while being mobile friendly has become an absolute must not only for large mega corporations but also for solo-preneurs and everyone in between.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nOh, and don&#8217;t forget about the importance of search engine optimization, also commonly and simply referred to as SEO! Similar to what was mentioned before, <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.hubspot.com\/marketing\/compelling-stats-website-design-optimization-list\" Title=\"Seattle seo consultants, Seattle web design company\">you could have the sickest web design the internet has ever seen but nobody<\/a> is going to see or appreciate it without SEO services. Without SEO web design, it&#8217;s just another website making its way through the cosmos known as the interwebs.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nAlthough there are a variety of free and low cost web hosting sites available for both amateurs who literally know nothing about website design to expert website developers, if you&#8217;re a novice it&#8217;s safer and much wiser to go hire experienced website developers to build your website. It just makes sense. While you&#8217;re going to have to dish out a few &#8220;cents&#8221; to pay for this kind of professional website design service, it&#8217;s more than worth in in the end. In fact, you&#8217;d be surprised how quickly and easily you can recoup this cost. You&#8217;re an expert in your field and website design developers are experts in theirs, so why not trust them to create an important part of your online presence?<br \/>\n<br \/>\nOn top of all this it&#8217;s important to create active social media accounts on a variety of platforms, with Facebook being the most popular and frequently used by target audiences. Not only will social media help to establish a strong online presence and a sense of brand identity that back ups your sweet website design, but it also allows your valued customers to interact with your brand with a kind of intimacy that truly resonates with them on a meaningful, more personal level. With the prevalence &#8212; more like necessity &#8212; of social media in today&#8217;s modern times, it&#8217;s hard to believe there was a time when interacting with a brand instantly was considered impossible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just about everyone and their mother has been cautioned against judging a book by it&#8217;s cover. 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