10 Web Designer Red Flags Nobody Warned You About

The December 2009 issue of SMPS Marketer includes my latest article. The article is entitled 10 Web Designer Red Flags (That Nobody Warned You About). SMPS Marketer is a publication available to members of the Society of Marketing Professional Services (SMPS.org). They are kind enough to let me host it here for our lovely Help Everybody Everyday readership.

I wrote this article after a SMPS member asked me to look at a proposal she received from a web designer. I didn't like what I saw. Much of this article is lifted directly from my email response to her. Another portion of this article stems from my talks with several web designers who tried to BS me over the phone, assuming i knew little to nothing about web design, web hosting, and server technologies.

Web design is a moving target because the technologies and methods change so rapidly. While this article may anger more than a few web designers, they will know its accurate to the letter. If you ever have a challenge or topic that you would like me to address, just send me an email, hit me up on twitter (http://www.twitter.com/matthandal), or give me a call. I'll be glad to help.

Comments (2)

Joni,

Thanks for reading and thanks for commenting. I think it is important to look at every issue from different angles. It looks like we are in agreement that copyright is a legal issue best addressed by an attorney.

It also looks like your understanding of who the rights default to is the same as mine.

Thanks for posting the copyright attorney's website. Looks like a good resource to help us explore this issue further.

I apologize for not posting my short bio at the end of the article. I am not a marketing consultant. Sorry for any confusion about that.

Thanks again for reading and posting a response.

And if I had a dollar for every "marketing expert" who tried to peddle their BS past me and/or my clients, I'd be a rich woman.

I found the article a bit insulting, and you really need to rethink the part about who owns the copyright to the web site. It varies depending on circumstances and a client can have full rights transferred, for a fee. Usually, however, the rights to the design travel with the designer; we just give the client a license to use it. So, IMHO, that part of your article is somewhat beguiling in its stance. Read more about copyright and the web at http://www.ivanhoffman.com. In fact, if I were you, I'd make sure my clients read and understood its relevant articles as well. That would save a lot of headaches on everyone's part.

Cheers.

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