How do you Compare and Choose Web Designers?

page-webWho do you trust? Who is the expert? How do you know if a web designer is worth his weight in salt? Here are a few questions you might ask to ensure your decision to hire a company or individual is a good one:

  1. Do you build websites for a living, or on the side? How long have you been doing this?
  2. Can I see six of your most recent websites?
  3. Do you have references from clients past and present? May I contact them?
  4. Can I get a copy of your hosting contract and your pricing list?
  5. What platform or software do you you use to build your sites?
  6. Will I get a blog?
  7. Can I have multiple user accounts with different security roles?
  8. Do you utilize all the recent web standards (HTML,CSS, XML, Accessibility, etc?)
  9. Can I leave anytime and take my content with me?
  10. How often do you back up all my data? Do I get a copy?
  11. How often do you update your server software?
  12. Do you charge per page or have limits on storage and bandwidth?
  13. Do you support calendars? Photo Galleries? Web forms? Video? Audio?
  14. What type of support do you offer? Phone? Email? On site? Do you have a SLA (Service Level Agreement)?

Can you think of other questions you would like to know?

Websites for Churches, Non-Profits & Small Businesses

The sweet spot for us is building clean, straight-forward websites that the client can edit themselves. We use open source software to keep costs down and ensure that support is always there. Check out our GALLERY to see our work, or contact us for a demo or meeting to talk about how we can help you.

Podcasting Services

One of our passions is Podcasting. Churches and businesses everywhere are using this new medium to reach out to a new audience and to squeeze potential out of the existing work they are already doing. For churches, we have created www.portablesermons.com a FREE or paid service to skip all the complexity and start podcasting immediately. If you are a business and want to learn about podcasting, or need help setting up your podcast or producing your podcast — Vault Multimedia can help.

Google Apps Setup for Your Small Business, Non-Profit, or Church

Google Apps is a FREE online office suite that includes Email, Calendar, Word Documents, Speadsheets, Powerpoint, Chat, and much more. These services are available for free and allow your staff to share contacts, calendars, and documents — but getting it set up can be difficult and confusing for the non-technical person.

vaultmultimedialogo.jpgThat’s where we come in. We are advocates for your small business, church, or non-profit organization and want to help you save time and money. We will do the set up for you remotely (anywhere in the U.S.) and connect it to your domain name so your email matches your website address. It will take us about an hour and will only cost you $120 for less than 10 people. Once it is set up, there are no more fees, but we are always available to help with your Google Apps Email or website needs!

Drop us a line: info@vaultmultimedia.com or give us a call (916)295-9416