What happens when someone gives an estimate knowing it won't take as long or cost as much as quoted? When I give a client an estimate, I am trying to give them an accurate estimation as to the time and cost of what they want. I am not trying to be a pessimist, and give them a due date two weeks longer than what they ask, just in case the worst happens. By being honest, my clients can accurately plan their own activities and budgets. But what happens when someone wants to appear like a … [Read more...]
posted on September 29, 2007 by
Promotional Video for Any Occasion Photography
We've just launched a new promotional video for one of our clients, Any Occasion Photography. They wanted a video to showcase their wedding photography style and abilities, showing some of their clients. Because of the cost of distribution, a 20-30 second television commercial wasn't applicable. Also a television commercial would hit a broad market, many of which would not be requiring their wedding photography services. Instead, a one minute video was designed, for viewing over the web. … [Read more...]
posted on September 18, 2007 by
Protect your website (and on-line business)
What would happen if you were to lose your website? This is one of those good questions to ask but one, that few want to answer. If your website were to go down for the following periods of time, how bad would it be? 1 hour 1 day 3 days a week - or more OK, hopefully, no one looses their site for a week or more, but I've run into plenty of new and potential customers that have had their site down for hours to days. See if your response fell into one of the following (these are … [Read more...]
posted on September 17, 2007 by
The three things that make up a website – Part II
In our last posting, three things that make up a website, we mentioned the three things that you need to have a website, your domain name, your host, and your files. We also talked about picking and getting your domain name. Remember to talk to your web designer/company, they should be able to help you come up with some good names. If not, you might need to consider a different web design company. Get some web server space This is the next item that needs to be taken care of. Your … [Read more...]