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Finding a webdesign partner is like finding a spouse

November 30, 2008

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Several times a week I take calls from different companies asking if E-Cubed, (www.e-cubed.com), can take over a company’s website design and maintenance as well as oversee other online initiatives such as SEO, SEM and social marketing programs. E-Cubed is in fairly high demand with project lead times of 4 – 8 weeks but we do [...]

A Checklist for your next Website RFP

November 22, 2008

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I created my first website in April of 1993; a week after Mosaic was launched and the WWW as we know it was born. I’ve reviewed to over 1,500 Requests for Proposals since that time and I can probably count on one hand how many of those clearly and accurately described the project scope or [...]

RFP – Request for Pandemonium

November 16, 2008

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While some Web, CMS and Design projects simply drop into the collective E-Cubed (www.e-cubed.com) lap a larger percentage come via RFP or ‘Request for Proposal’. I typically refer to these as ‘Requests for Pandemonium’ since many if not most are written by well meaning yet usually unqualified individuals. Vendors (many unqualified as well) must then guess [...]