One of the first things you will do when you begin working with a web developer is to describe how you want your site to look and feel, the audience you are targeting, etc., but a picture is worth a thousand words, and a url is worth ten thousand.

It is the web designers job to know the latest technological possibilities, not yours. So you may not even be aware that it is possible to ask for certain things… for example to have your web page show up well on the Amazon Kindle or on screen projectors.

You can get around this problem by doing something fun… surfing the web and collecting the urls of sites that you like and don’t like. When you approach your web designer, give them this list. They will be able to gain an organic understanding of what you want. Like this, they will be able to understand which of the newest bells and whistles would be necessary on your site, since they’ll have a good broad understanding of the type of site you are striving toward. Samples of your likes and dislikes will greatly aid in getting exactly the site you are looking for.

So, make sure you have a list of sites you like and sites you dislike when you approach your web designer. It will open up possibilities for you site you don’t even know exist.