Is your web agency still developing websites the so-called "design first" way? It’s time for you to discover a "content first" web development approach and see how it makes your projects more profitable. You can solve serious business problems by working with your client on getting the website content upfront.
By implementing "Content first" approach there will be no more regular delays in payment and sudden troubles with delivered code and design that the client has previously approved.
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8. 5. You’ve completed the
website and are now waiting
for the client to either deliver
or enter the content himself.
You’ve completed everything
but the final testing.
9. Weeks and months pass.
There is no content, there is no payment of the remainder of the fee.
The client is busy every time you ask him about content.
10. The client finally reappears and starts delivering the content in drips.
This goes on for a few weeks or months.
Still no payment.
11. The client is now all of a sudden
dissatisfied with what you
programmed and designed.
His content doesn’t fit into your
design, there are missing
features and there are ‘bugs’ in
the front-end.
12. You’ve been working for weeks at loss.
And you got paid months or sometimes
years later than you expected.
13. A better way to
deliver websites:
“Content first”
approach
16. 3. You consult the client and work with him on
content planning and creation. You didn’t forget to
include this work in your price.
17. 4. Client delivers the minimum viable content,
as you taught him and as you agreed.
18. 5. Only after you’ve received the content do
you schedule the project in four phases:
1) back-end development
2) entering the content
3) web design
4) front-end development
19. And if you’re experiencing delays in
payment and troubles with
delivered code and design that the
client has previously approved...
6. Client pays on time every
couple of weeks, as defined
in the contract.
20. ...it could be because you’ve been
working oblivious to the needs of
the real content.
You’ve been fitting
the foot to the shoe.
21. You can make “content
first” a matter of contract
and a matter of good
communication with the
client.
24. Yes, it will be tough on them and on you to complete all
this content work before seeing any creatives of yours.
But you’ll get paid
to help them.
25. Yes, the client will change their content along the way and there
will be more of it than expected.
But you’ll get paid to do more work when there’s more work.
26. But none of these things becomes a deal breaker when it’s you
who runs the show and when you talk to the client about it.
32. ● projects are delivered on time
● clients don’t have to pay more than they
agreed in the contract
● there are fewer extra features to be added
● there are zero nasty surprises along the way
● minor changes can be made:
- without increasing the price
- without breaking the website
- without delaying the launch date
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