Avoid the sausage factory and cut out the middleman. Work directly with the person building your web presence.
I care about website design. I’m not interested in hiring a room of cheap ex-students to build your website. I can do it all myself while saving you an arm and a leg. Paying $10K+ for a website that has no established traffic is just nuts. Talk to me first.
Your web designer will have a BA Comms, Dip. Multimedia and many international filmmaking awards under his belt. He often lectures at Western Australian universities on copywriting, search engine marketing (SEO), programming and website usability.
I’ve recently added a Zopim chatbox to this site (the balloon bottom right). If I’m on-line, ask me a question and I’ll do my best to answer. If I’m not, you can leave a message.