13-points to Consider When Hiring a WordPress Development Company

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13-points to consider when hiring a WordPress
Development Company
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• When it comes to the industry of Content
  Management Services, WordPress is surely the
  leader in it.
• Changing some features or adding some articles
  and content frequently is a must if you are
  running a digital marketing agency
• In order to this, it would be necessary for you
  to hire a WordPress developer.

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• There will be three types of candidates hoping
  for the position WordPress programmer, WordPress
  designer and WordPress developer. Hiring a
  developer will suggest configuring your website
  in order to customize it.
• To beautify your website, a designer will assist
  you in formulating a theme. A programmer will
  write codes that will make your website perform
  better.

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• Combining the power of these three roles, the
  best website will be in effect for you and your
  business. Getting a web or WordPress development
  will be the best choice and most effective for
  you. But in order for you to really get the best
  WordPress developing agency, you need to consider
  these factors

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1. Check their portfolio

• Their brands impact should not be wholly based
  for your trust on them. Instead, you should take
  a look at their past projects and the reviews of
  their past clients.
• Checking on these will help you assess if they
  can fulfill your needs, requirements and
  preferences. To even know if they can work on
  with your requirements, you can also invite their
  representative for a one-on-one interview and ask
  them questions if any.

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 2. Assess their website

• Everyone who looks for a web developing company
  checks for their website. It is expected that the
  first thing potential customer would see in their
  website is something that will really entice them
  in partnering with them. Browse through their
  content, and check its quality by getting advice
  from professionals.
• You should also check through their color
  choices, imagery and any other media they use.
  First impressions last, so make sure that your
  first impression from your potential clients will
  surely make a mark into their minds.

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 3. Genuineness and authenticity of contact data

• Make sure that all of their contact details and
  business places truly exists. Try to choose a web
  development agency that has many contact numbers
  as possible, and its email address should be of a
  custom domain.
• It is very important to know this data so you can
  demand for after-sales support and assistance and
  feel safe and secured.

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 4. Budget

• You should list the entire prices different web
  developing companies offer for your intended job
  to them.
• Do the service price survey on your own and try
  not to be intimidated by the different opinions
  being thrown to you by your friends and
  colleagues.
• Compare each of the prices with the included
  services in their plan to better know if its
  worth it or not.

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 5. After sales customer support

• The WordPress development company that you should
  get is the one that can be able to provide you
  with customer care service, 24 hours a day, 7
  days a week regardless of your location whether
  domestically or in overseas.

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6. Communication skills

• In connection with the after sales support, they
  should also be able to speak with you in English
  and speak to you very well and fluently.
• Language barrier should not be the cause of your
  business failure, so hire a developer who can
  speak to you and your clients in English or more
  languages to better provide you with the support
  you deserve.

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 7. Excellent Technical Experience

• It is not enough to hire a PHP programmer just
  because WordPress is built on PHP.
• Though it is WordPresss scripting language, you
  still have to hire a developer who is very
  flexible and knows several programming languages
  such as MySQL, HTML/XHTML and CSS.

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 8. Can Provide Secure Website

• Website attacks and threats are very rampant
  nowadays, and could come by means of SQL
  injection, Cross site scripting attacks, password
  hacking, inability to update the software and
  many others.
• Your developer should be able to counter attack
  these treats and keep your website secure and
  hack free, so you can be safe in your part as
  this can cause a huge loss of data and revenue.

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9. Knows how to SEO boost your site

• Of course, you are hiring a WordPress developer
  so you can boost your profits and revenue from
  your website.
• So to even help you get the results you want, you
  should hire a WordPress developer who has a sound
  knowledge of SEO and can bring your website to
  the top search results.

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 10. Team Creativity

• The WordPress developer you should choose should
  be able to formulate with a plan on how to meet
  your requirements in a creative and fun way. They
  should be able to make your website be more
  enticing and pleasing to your visitors eye to
  have the best results.

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11. Consider their market presence

• Look for their online presence and portfolio, how
  they showcase their work, how well they present
  and explain their case studies, their
  contribution to the whole WordPress community and
  the reactions and reviews of their past clients.
  Do an extensive research on the social networking
  platforms to check their presence.

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12. The strategies they do to improve your revenue

• The WordPress development company that you choose
  must be as apprehensive about the profit and
  revenue aspect as you are. They must be able to
  talk to you about the strategies they have been
  formulating to integrate into your website. A
  website is not only about the functionality, or
  the designing aspect. Other factors such as the
  SEO and your sites online presence on social
  media platforms should also be considered.

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13. Project Delivery Deadline

• Discuss candidly and frankly with the intended
  delivery deadline of the project. Setup a meeting
  to the potential development company and be in
  agreement on the delivery date.
• Choosing the best WordPress development company
  would be very crucial to your success, so it is
  very important to consider these points to guide
  you in hiring one.

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