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The Worst Web Design Clients Ever?

by Paul Gray

I am sure that you have dealt with difficult clients before or possibly you are now since you are reading this article. I suggest reading this article to learn how to handle difficult web design clients. the most difficult clients just keep changing their minds over and over again...how do you deal with this and other problems? Take a look at this article and find out.

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The hardest web design clients

The hardest client that we have worked for kept changing their mind about how they wanted their site to look. They kept changing their keywords and their content. They made my team search for hours to find the perfect images, only to decide that the images didn't quite feel quite right. The hardest project that we have ever taken part in was our own site redesign. The following is a guide to redesigning for your own web design company.

Difficult Web Design Clients - Step one: Sit down with coffee and a mirror

The first step that I would advise is to sit down with a fresh cup of coffee and a shaving mirror. Remember all those questions that you ask prospective clients? Well look in the mirror and ask yourself them. Even better, if you have a project planner fill it out at the same time.

Difficult Web Design Clients - Step two: Forget who you are designing for

It might sound like an odd thing to write, but forget that you are designing for yourself. Look at all the information that is on the sheet of paper only. Look to see what the website goal is; look to see if there are any color scheme requests. Then once you have thought about it and made all the notes that you need, take a break.

Difficult Web Design Clients - Step three: Research and scribbling

Take the time to research, look for designs that you like, look for color patterns that work well together. Don't forget your pencil and paper for sketching out ideas.

Difficult Web Design Clients - Step four: Actually using your computer

Fire up that graphic editing program and start creating a digital version of your design.

Difficult Web Design Clients - Step five: Code and Design

Now we you can do what you were born to do - code.

Difficult Web Design Clients - Step six: Review Web Design Project

Next you need to take your new design to the masses to see which they prefer more. Post on a forum, go to the local hip coffee shop, your grandmas anywhere that isn't your office and ask which they like more (after all, designers don't come to you to get their website built, it's Joe public who does).

Difficult Web Design Clients - Step seven: Publish Website

So the guy with the goatee and sunglasses drinking a triple espresso, "DextersLab172" and your grandma all preferred your new design? In that case your mission is complete, upload your new site to your server and feel happy that you survived the redesign of your company site.

Difficult Web Design Clients - What not to do:

Think "oh I am a web designer, I will just throw something together and hope it turns out nice" because believe me, you will be back at the drawing board more times than you care to remember. Good forward planning always triumphs over trial and error.

Written by Paul Gray - Director of Net Studios

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