Web Designer networking seat

Holding the web designer seat

Every FindaBiz group has one seat per trade, so whoever holds the Web Designer seat gets the website enquiries that come up around the table. FindaBiz Hinckley already has a Web Designer member. The seat is open in FindaBiz Coventry East, Kirby Muxloe, Lichfield & Tamworth, Lutterworth, Nuneaton, Southam and Leamington Spa and Sutton Coldfield.

If you need a web designer you can trust, the Web Designer members already in the network are listed below. The other businesses in each group know them from regular meetings and one to one conversations.

Why holding the only seat matters

Most businesses buy a website once every few years, and many pick a designer because someone recommended them. When a group has one Web Designer, every member knows whose name to give when a client mentions an outdated site, a new venture or a shop that needs to take payments online. Those conversations never get split between two designers in the same room.

Members also meet one to one between meetings. For a web designer this time is worth it: the other members can only describe you accurately to someone else once they understand what you build and who you build it for.

Businesses that pass work to a web designer

Copywriters and marketing businesses are often the first to notice that a website is holding a client back, and they would rather hand the build to a designer they have met. Print & Promotional Goods suppliers produce branded material that has to match the website, so a shared client often needs both at once.

Accountants and bookkeepers see new businesses right at the start, when a first website is on the list next to registering for tax. Business change consultants work with companies that are restructuring or launching new services, which usually means new pages or a full rebuild. Training & Events members need booking pages. Care providers, financial advisers and mortgage advisers rely on clear websites that people trust before they get in touch.

Referrals go the other way too. A web designer often meets clients who need copy, marketing, printed materials or help with their accounts, so you will have introductions to pass back to the members who send you work.

Visiting a group with an open seat

The groups with an open Web Designer seat are shown further down. Pick the one closest to where you work, whether that’s Sutton Coldfield, Southam and Leamington Spa or Kirby Muxloe, and come along as a guest. Your first visit is free. You’ll hear the members introduce their businesses and can see which of them might send you work.

Before visiting in person, you can also meet people at FindaBiz’s free online networking every Friday. Anyone with a free account can join, and it’s an easy way to see how FindaBiz members talk about each other’s businesses.