Contractor Web Design: SEO = $$$
January 17, 2008 8:18 am         So you’ve decided to make a contractor website dedicated to your business. You’ve gone past the first step. You hire a web design 
company to build your glorious site for you; making sure to give them all the content they need to make you look like an extremely experience professional contractor. Congratulations! You are now live on the internet, you contractor website looks great and you’ve had… zero traffic? That can’t be right. Well, yes it is.
         Having the best looking website is no good unless you have SEO power to back it up. So you think, I just spent all this money making sure my website looked kick ass and now I have to pay for SEO!? In most cases yes. There are companies that spend millions of dollars on SEO just to make sure that they are the ones on top when their terms are 
searched for on the major search engines. You can never be guaranteed to be number one. It’s a very hard thing to do to even be on page one for your terms at all. It’s possible, but hard.
         When search engines scan your website to see how relevant it is to the terms people are looking for there are a few things that come into play. Your tags are one; this means title tags, meta tags, and all that jazz. The second thing is 
content. Remember all that content you wrote up? Well it helps, especially if you wrote about contracting services (and why wouldn’t you? It’s the whole point of your site). SEO is definitely something worth investing in. Otherwise there really is no hope for people on the internet being able to find you on a search engine. Having a website is always a positive, but being found for your terms is even better. For more information on contractor web design check us out at DreamCo Design - Contractor Web Design. For more information on other types of web design take a look at DreamCo Design - Web Design.
detail oriented. The first thing is to decide that you went a website. Making that first decision is the first little baby step. The next thing to worry about is picking who you want to build and design your contractor website. There is a lot involved with this because there is a lot to think about when choosing a web design company. After you have chosen someone to do your website the next steps is the actual building of it. This takes a lot of cooperation between you and your web designer.
and projects. It would benefit you to make these pictures as professional as possible. There are a lot of websites out there that have tons of pictures up, but they look like they were taken with a disposable camera. Try to use pictures that showcase the finished project. It helps show customers your level of professionalism. You should have pictures from each type of area you work in. Some contractors have specific jobs they do, like landscaping jobs. Some do everything and if you do, you should have pictures from a variety of different projects to show potential customers what your business is capable of.
content because the person who knows the most about your business is, of course, you! If you choose to write your own content make sure that you write in a professional manner and with good grammar and such. Try to write so that your customers feel welcome and like they are really reading something that was written by a human. If you opt to have someone else write your content (usually the web design company will have a content writer on staff) you should still put together something that really explains everything you want to be included on the website. That way the content writer can put together all your information in a professional and correct way. With both these areas under your control you’ll definitely have a lot of work to do in your free time. For more information on contractor web design check us out at 
 to communicate with your customers. There comes a lot of responsibility with having a contractor website. Building a website is a process for a web designer and it’s an investment for a business owner such as yourself. You can never get something for nothing, this is obvious, but how much you plan on giving is where your contractor website’s future lies.
design company because they end up being more professional and their work turn out much better. Not in all cases mind you, there are freelancers out there that are great at what they do and if you happen to find one that you trust and does great work then by all means go with it. Companies are usually better with the business side of things because they are an actual business and not just a random person.
reasons for this. One of the reasons is that even though having any website up on the internet will help you, eventually you are going to want to make it look a little better and more professional. If it happens this way you’ll end up spending twice to have a website built. It’s pretty much a waste and you could just wait, save a little, and get a very professional website built that you’ll use for a long time and possibly never change it again. Make smart decisions and you’ll end up with the perfect website for you. For more information on contractor web design check us out at 
contractor website built and how you could increase your number of customers by just having something up. It is especially helpful if you are living or working in a smaller area where there is not a lot of competition. I’ll further explain the benefits of having a website dedicated and designed to fully showcase your contractor business.
services that they require. Not having a website is keeping your company/business from reaching its full potential. Although having any old website will still help your business, it is better to have a quality website built by web design professionals because it will impress potential customers more so than a flat boring website.
usually feel silly or assume that the contractor doesn’t have the time to answer them. By having this contact form/email you are free to answer potential customer’s questions and possibly lure them into using you for their project. The basic benefit to other people that your website offers is that it makes them feel comfortable talking to you and using you. The better they feel about you and your business the more likely they are to stop looking for a contractor and decide to go through you. For more information on contractor web design check us out at 
 of the bunch. Especially if you’ve never used a contractor’s services before. Most people in this situation turn to the internet for information about who they should pick and who is out there to choose. Most of the time they enter a broad search like contractor or landscaping and would get results for larger companies who work nationwide. Sometimes they will be looking for a contractor that is local to the area; this is where your website should be listed. Don’t have a website? Then I guess you won’t get the work.
area or even a state. A website can show potential customers a lot about your business. If you have a lot of information for a customer to read up on they will be more secure with hiring you for their contracting needs. There is always work going on that is in need of a professional contractor, making your business available on the internet will always be helpful. There is no downfall to having a website, it will always help.
website, when they do not, you automatically give yourself an edge against them. A website that you can refer customers to for information or that past customers can give to friends looking to have some work done. Word of mouth is a powerful tool but having something tangible to look at is always going to seal the deal. Do what’s best for you and your business and make sure you have a website dedicated to your company. For more information on contractor web design check us out at 
