Well, this has been a very interesting experience of building a website dedicated to irish art and developing it.  If you are thinking of going down this route (I mean any type of website) I have a little bit of advice:

Hire good people. The two areas I’m talking about are:

Building Your Site

Building the actual website is easier said than done and off course it’s easier to comment on it looking back than it is as you are about to jump into it. Dan from Impact Design built my site and I have to say, he was fantastic. I would highly recommend him and his company. Excellent knowledge and response time was second to none.

Web Development

I wouldn’t wait until after your site gets built before you think about web development and Search Engine Marketing. I have used a few web development companies and you have to be very careful in this area. Go with the wrong crowd and they could do serious damage to your site’s future prospects. If you want to use the best in the business talk to Aaron Wall. He runs a company called SEO Book. There is no one better.

There is my honest opinion and by the way I’m not paid for this. If anyone was starting out I would these are the 2 points of advice I would give them.

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