Deck Fifty Design Blog: Website Design
13
Feb
RFPs - Are They Effective?
In certain circumstances, RFPs (Requests for Proposals) may be unavoidable. Government organizations, for instance, are mandated to use them in an effort to promote fair and open competition. A web design and development firm just starting out may feel responding to RFPs is the only way they can get their foot in the door, and junior developers stand to gain knowledge and experience through the proposal-writing process. However, for the average business owner attempting to acquire creative services, the RFP’s effectiveness is questionable. The RFP brings with it a set of limitations that are...
27
Jan
The Benefits of a Custom Drupal Website vs. Free Hosted Websites
In this digital age, your company’s success is largely dependent on the efficacy of your online presence. The question is no longer simply: do you need a website? (You do.) It is now a series of questions: What kind of a website do you want? What functionality is required? How will you get the right eyes on your website? And most importantly: What sets your website apart from a sea of competitors?
While “free” websites are appealing (i.e. websites hosted without charge by wordpress.org or similar providers), remember that in the marketplace, there is no such thing as “free.” Businesses...
22
Nov
Top Rated Web Design and Development Company by Web Hosting Search
Deck Fifty Design has been awarded and recommended as a top rated Web Design and Development Company by Web Hosting Search, a leading company in providing best reviews for top web hosting sites and reliable resource for web development.
09
Mar
Marketing budgets and your website; Is there a correlation?
written by Shane Vincent
I am struck by the number of times the subject of how and where to spend a marketing budget comes up and the company's website doesn't even factor into the conversation. In the last ten years alone, the Yellow Pages phone and business directory has shrunk to less than half of what it was in 2002 (source: http://www.timescolonist.com/technology/Victoria+phonebook+shrinks+half+...) and Google searches have risen year after year as shown in the following data.
Google Searches over a ten year period:
1999 (September) -> 3 million a day (Google official history)
2000 (December) -> 100 million a...
25
Feb
Vancouver Island Outdoor Adventure Expo
written by Shane Graham
The Vancouver Island Outdoor Adventure Expo is coming April 1st, 2nd and 3rd and Deck Fifty Design is hard at work redeveloping their new website. Currently, www.vancouverislandoutdoorexpo.com is built using Wordpress, but with the limitations of the WordPress platform, our client felt it was time to upgrade to a CMS that would better meet their needs. They've seen many great Drupal sites before, citing a few eCommerce examples, such as www.cargoh.com, and asked if we would be able to rebuild their site using the Drupal CMS. Since that is what we're known for, naturally, we jumped at the...