The last few months of 2017 saw much coverage in the legal press about the commitment of both the Solicitors Regulation Authority and the Legal Services Board to require firms to be more transparent with clients in relation to the costs of their services – particularly in areas such as conveyancing, wills and family law. To judge from the below-the-line comments on a number of articles, the proposals have met with a mixed reception among practitioners.
https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/practice-management/dealing-with-online-reviews/5064714.article/
Receiving Web design feedback, complimentary or otherwise, can be a touchy experience for designers. Marketers need to be careful how they deliver feedback—whether it's their first time working with the designer or their tenth time.
http://www.marketingprofs.com/articles/2014/26438/five-tips-for-giving-the-right-feedback-on-web-design/
Effective design collaboration is one of the keys to success in most of the industries. A mindblowing 97% of employees and executives surveyed believe that lack of alignment within a team directly impacts the outcome of a task or project.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomaslaurinavicius/2016/02/24/design-collaboration/#1eb901a1280a/
An appealing website design is important, but you can’t lose sight of what your website is really for: to convert traffic into lead-form submissions, phone calls, physical-location visits, contact-form submissions and sales. Without these actions, your business will not generate revenue. Naturally, the more conversions your website produces, the more revenue your business is going to produce.
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/250059/
Clearly, businesses need a website. Regardless of how prospective customers hear about your particular enterprise, many will check your website before deciding to purchase. In some ways, a website has become an electronic "business card." And if you don’t have one, your business may not be seen as legitimate.
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/254396/
What is the point of a website? Depending on who you ask you will get a plethora of answers. Some websites are designed to help you show up in google, others are there for credibility purposes, some are to sell products and services directly from the website. No matter what your answer is, in the end, they all come down to one thing. Selling! The world runs on the all mighty dollar, and the ability to sell is critical to all efforts of your business.
https://smallbiztrends.com/2017/04/sell-services-online.html/
It is not uncommon for small business owners to wear many different hats, and “web designer” tends to be one of the most common titles entrepreneurs are challenged to adopt. Technology plays such a large role in our lives today that any size business has to have a functioning website to remain relevant in their industry.
https://axcessnews.com/business/breaking-business/website-design-tips-small-businesses_4390/
The official website for Crow Wing County set a record with about 1.3 million views in 2017, according to officials, a trend for the fourth straight year.
For the first time, mobile device users topped 60 percent of the website traffic and continue to grow at a higher pace than residents searching the county website using a desktop computer.
http://www.pineandlakes.com/news/government-and-politics/4403230-crow-wing-county-board-website-sets-record-more-million-visits/
Building a learnable website is much tougher than it sounds. The goal should be a clear user experience that visitors can quickly pick up and understand.
Mobile app designers can solve this through onboarding which helps users learn the interface. But websites can’t always offer lengthy tutorials.
Let’s take a look at learnability and see how you can apply these techniques to your websites. Most visitors know how to browse the web so it’s not really about making interfaces that people learn, but rather just following conventions so they’re comfortable using your site.
https://designmodo.com/learnable-web-design/
When it comes to designing a website, most people are often left confused and not knowing where to start.
Copious amounts of time and energy are wasted trying to sort through the never ending hints, tips, tricks and guides on web design that are out on the web today.
http://socialbarrel.com/15-hacks-to-create-the-perfect-website-infographic/114307/
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