Fast Forward Versus Other Website Designers
There’s more than one way to get a website done. Not all website designers are the same.
Here’s a comparison chart of Fast Forward Marketing to some others.
| Fast Forward Marketing | Overseas Companies | |
| We understand English | Communications difficulties | |
| Fast turnaround | Delays due to time-zone differences | |
| Understand American taste and expectations | Questionable familiarity with American needs & wants | |
| Marketers and artists | Technically proficient only | |
| Fast Forward Marketing | Graphic Artists / Designers | |
| Internet design experts | Internet design know-how may be poor | |
| SEO experts | Knowledge of SEO usually limited | |
| Help with copy and content | You're on your own on content and copy | |
| Designs serve marketing goals | Limited marketing know-how | |
| Can service all marketing needs | Other vendors for other needs | |
| Fast Forward Marketing | Amateurs | |
| Over 20 years of marketing experience | Yesterday, he was a mortgage broker | |
| Award-winning design | Using your website as a learning tool | |
| Experts on SEO | Site may not be search engine friendly | |
| Follows best practices | Site may not function correctly, hard to update | |
| Reliable and dependable | May disappear tomorrow | |
| Fast Forward Marketing | Brokers | |
| All work done in-house | All work sub-contracted to others (usually overseas) | |
| Communication maintained throughout project | Communication breakdowns common | |
| Fast turnaround | Delays common due to time-zone differences | |
| Client deadlines met with regularity | Sub-contractor priorities can introduce delays | |
| Reliable | Results always uncertain | |
| Fast Forward Marketing | Template Site Builders / Do-It-Yourself Websites | |
| Unique look fitting your business and personality | Choose from a limited selection of looks | |
| Sites are search engine friendly | SEO is unknown | |
| Specialized features supplied as needed | Special features unavailable | |
| Expert help with content and copy writing | When it comes to content, you’re on your own | |
| Fast Forward Marketing | Content Management Systems (CMS) | |
| Fully customized look and structure | Look and structure of the site limited by the system | |
| Pages appear as a fully integrated whole | Automated layout often makes pages look strange. | |
| Search-engine friendly and SEO friendly sites | Often difficult to impossible to optimize | |
| All content updateable | Only some content can be changed | |
| Fast Forward Marketing | Large Agencies | |
| Single point of contact | Multiple contacts | |
| Personal, high-interest service | Your project is one of dozens or hundreds | |
| Reasonable prices | Projects priced for large businesses | |
| Effective designs and content are routine | Marketing effectiveness chancy | |
| All inclusive pricing | Extra charges common | |
| Fast Forward Marketing | Monthly Fee, Hosting and Content Provided Sites | |
| Unique look to fit your business and personality | Choose from a limited selection of looks | |
| Unique content personalized to your business | Anonymous. Hundreds of sites have same content | |
| Search engine friendly sites get high rankings | Duplicate, provider-hosted content yields poor SEO | |
| Clear and easy site navigation | Too many menu buttons confuse and lose visitors | |
| You can use anyone you want for website hosting | Must be hosted by provider, cannot be moved |
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