119 Website Redesigns: What Should You Consider?

We have a great WordPress round-table discussion with a great WordPress community panel. We begin the show discussing the biggest WordPress news stories of the week. Then in the second half of the show we discuss our main show topic "Website Redesigns: What Should You Consider?" Our panel this week: Jackie D'Elia https://jackiedelia.com/ Sallie Goetch https://www.wpfangirl.com/ Jonathan Denwood https://www.wp-tonic.com/ John Locke Lockedown SEO Before the main topic, we looked at our two WordPress news stories of the week: WordPress 4.6 "Pepper" Released https://wptavern.com/wordpress-4-6-pepper-released-streamlines-plugin-and-theme-management Us vs Them https://wptavern.com/us-vs-them ================= Main Topic: Website Redesigns, What Should You Consider? Show Table of Contents: 0:00 Intros 2:30 News Story #1: WordPress 4.6 Released 10:41 News Story #2: Us vs Them 23:00 Why Do Businesses Need Website Redesigns in the First Place? 23:34 Mobilegeddon Is What Pushed Many People To Redesign Their Sites in 2015 28:02 Envy and Fear 30:23 Customers Judge Your Overall Business by Your Website 31:20 "Your copyright date is six years old!" 32:10 Even Regular People Notice Poor Website Usability 34:00 Why Large Companies Sometimes Have Horrendous Websites 34:30 Drive To Redesign Can Come From Comparing Your Website To Your Competitors 36:40 Redesigns Can Be Delayed Because of Bad Prior Experiences, or Decision Paralysis 39:50 Who Should You Ideally Be Looking For To Do a Website Redesign? 40:10 Pros and Cons of HIring Agencies, Solo Consultants, or In-House 42:10 Different-sized  Businesses Have Different Budgets for a Website Redesign 44:54 A Proper Website Redesign Takes Time 46:15 Some Thoughts On Who NOT to Trust With Your Website Redesign 48:23 "At a certain price, they're just going to farm it out to a 12 year old". 48:54 A Good Agency Will Take Time To Ask Questions and Learn About Your Business 50:20 What Drives Jonathan Crazy About Developers Underestimating Marketing Sites 52:20 A Big Disadvantage To Hiring In-House For a Website Redesign 52:45 What Should You Be Planning For Leading Into a Redesign? 53:45 Some Compelling Reasons Why Your Consultant Should Be Doing A Discovery Phase 55:45 Without A Proper Roadmap, Your Project Will Likely Go Over-Budget 57:10 Most Clients Don't Know What Their Website Can Actually Do For Them 1:00:40 If You Have A Restricted Budget, You Must Have Restricted Expectations 1:02:00 Quality Over Quantity 1:03:00 Podcast Outros   Visit the WP-Tonic website for bonus content from this episode! https://www.wp-tonic.com/podcast/119-website-redesigns/     =====================   WP-Tonic is not only a WordPress maintenance and support service, but we publish a twice weekly WordPress podcast where we talk