Love it when I get to do artsy websites!!

Look at it this way, if you were a website designer, what would you rather do:

1. A boring website for a dentist, a lawyer, or a historian
2. A creative website for a band, an artist, or a designer

Time’s up!
If you choose #1, you must send me 100 Brownie Points. If you choose #2, GOOD DECISION … 5 stars in your crown!

Darius Cordell Inc: New Website

Anyway, so I got a call from Darius Cordell, a highly acclaimed dress designer out of Texas: DariusCordell.com. Seems his search engine position has suffered, and his design is prehistoric – he was still using …………… FRAMES!!!! And he felt that the frames was a part of what has suffered his search rankings. No doubt that it can be, but not necessarily. And here’s a before picture:

Darius Cordell Inc: Current Website

OK, so I get this COOL job. But not every cool job comes easy.

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This article sparked my interest today, from RediceDesigns.com, What a Client Must Include in a Design Agreement

I’m always trying to better myself and my services, so I thought I’d see just what is expected in a web design contract. Maybe I wasn’t including some things. Turns out, I do include all they talk about here – cool! Be sure your designer includes all of these – it’s your duty to yourself.

Below is the outline from their post:

Must #1 – The Designer’s Services…detailed

The designer should breakdown what service you are receiving, not summarize it.

Must #2 – Design Rates or Fees

The designer should specifically explain their rates for the project and fees.

Must #3 – Cost Breakdown

Along with a explanation of the fees and hourly rates, you should know the total estimated cost.

Must #4 Ownership of Work

You should have a clear explanation of when and what is yours when the design job is complete.

Must #5 Post-Project Duties

The designer must specify what his/her job entails after the design has been complete, if any.

Some Additional Agreement Tips – view this post.

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Albert Hallado is a very generous and helpful person. He is especially good at helping folks with their WordPress blogs, and you can get updates to his blog posts via your email, as I do.

Yesterday, Memorial Day 2010, I got an update, Subject: RE: Amazing Wordpress Plugin… and as I am always interested in WordPress plugins, I wandered over to take a look.

After reading his post, I also noticed his “Related Posts” at the bottom, specifically this one, HTML Site VS. Wordpress Blog, and figured this would be great to tell all of my visitors about this.

Albert also sets people up to earn great money using blogs, and schools people in internet marketing – his work-at-home career.

So go head over to Albert’s blog and find some great information for yourself.

They kinda go hand-in-hand: your analytics and your SERP (search engine results page) … AND your SEO (look it up).

I share these programs with most all of my clients. And now, I’ll just show them this blog post.

I was going through my web design website files and discovered that I had made a web page on my Sheer SEO results., so I figured, “Yea – great blog post topic!” So without further ado, a report from my first AND MOST FAVORED website analytics tool, Sheer SEO 1^st Page Google ~ May 8, 2010 webdesignbysteve.com. This shows my results from May 8, 2010, and I also have a comparison with Dec 25, 2009.

My favorite SEO analytics tool: Sheer SEO. Their SERP tracking is bar-none!!

You can get a 3 month trial membership there, afterward, it’s $7/mo for 20 keywords. And they even email you when your SERP rating changes (once per week with the $7 account). I’ve been using Sheer SEO now, for about 2 years, and can’t find anything that suites me like they do, so I’ll gladly pay for their services.

I’ve previously mentioned Sheer SEO, on this post from May 18, 2008, SEO Scams and Misunderstandings. But didn’t go into detail about it. From their website:

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I came across this article today, that describes very well, the components that you should use in your website … I place these into most of the websites that I make for my clients.

Over the course of this series, I’ll address a wide variety of software I use, including content management systems, e-mail marketing programs, social media, audio and video, advertising programs, e-commerce software, e-mail contact forms, and analytics. However, to begin, let me address some of the very basic elements and programs that underlie my websites.

Programs I Use on My Website. Part 1. Basics Dr. Ralph F. Wilson , Web Marketing Today – Apr 27, 2010