Hi all,
We are getting busier and busier and our team needs extra hands. So if you are PHP developer who looks for freelance job, please contact us. London based only.
S-Development team
Hi all,
It is well known secret that when you start a new business you need to be smart and find ways to be efficient and cost effective. This is very easy to say but not easy to implement. It is very confusing time that many companies offer you products that according to them will make you a successful business man.
Well… there isn’t even one software out there that can make your new venture successful. Even us can’t help. It is up to you and the way you set up your business. Set it right and your business will rock. Set it wrong and you will struggle to make profits.
There are many factors how to set a business right, but I want to focus on the web side (of course…). And it goes without saying that you need a good website. But you also need a good tool to track your business. I met a potential client the other day that wanted to buy a File maker database, because he worked with it in his previous work.
I asked him what does he need. It is quite simple – track orders, clients and supplier and to be able to generate invoices and job sheets. I gave him an estimated quote of £100-£150 (yes its that cheap…) and he replies this is the same of buying Filemaker.
Well my answer was it just look like the same price. Because when you buy the Filemaker or any other DB product you need to sit down and learn how to program it, so it will do what you want it to do. This can be a very tough time. Most of the people are not developers and to design a database you need to know what you are doing. So the learning curve can be very steep and you can end up spending weeks of something that is not your business.
I will try to emphasis this subject because it is important. Instead of focusing on your new business and how to bring more clients and develop your business your are busy on developing database. This is not your business and you should leave it to professionals.
Now even if you managed to set it right, you start to work with what you have created and you thing that if you can add a new button that will create a report of how many people from East London have had order your product your life will be easier.
You have two options:
1) If you asked a developer to develop you a tool, you call him or send an email with your request. Then they give you a quote. Now because you are already their client and they want to keep you, they will give you a cheap quote and they can do it fast.
2) If you bought the Filemaker you need to go back to the books ask in forums and pray. Again you will spend 2-5 days just to add a simple thing.
Did you save money? I don’t think so.
Hope my hope is clear,
Assaf Scialom
S-Development team
Hi all,
I’ve just got an email from one of our clients:
The freelancer tool works really well! It has allowed me to do in 10 minutes what would have otherwise cost me half a day.
So with a simple tool we saved him half a day of work. Can you measure it in cost? Only you know how much you time is worth. But I am sure it is more than £50 ($100) that this simple tool cost him.
Can we save time and money for your company?
Contact us to find out.
S-Development
Hi all,
I saw in one of the Intranet forums a guy asking how he can replace the email address on hundreds of pages now that their email address has changed.
Most of the time it is quite simple. You have one include file where you change the email address and that’s it. 30 seconds job.
But in this case they don’t have one. As the guy said it is 10 years old Intranet which back then the include technology weren’t that popular (although I do remember back in 1998 using them) . He also said this:
Unfortunately our Intranet is about 10 years old and has been allowed to grow without any proper control. There is a collection of websites and they are not all ASP files. Websites have been built by different contractors using different methods.
This is really bad… the last thing you want is that you web development will go out of control. This is true to your Intranet system, and your Intranet as well.
So before you start any web project talk to your developer and agree on one method that the site will run. Otherwise you will end up search and replace a lot…
S-Development
Hi all,
We are at the moment working on big web application project for a big client. It is one of the most complicated developments we ever did. To manage the project efficiently we are using a dedicated project manager that coordinates between the developers and the client.
But before we even write one line of code we need to understand exactly what the client wants. This can be trick. Most of the time the client has a clear vision of what he wants to achieve, but they didn’t think on the small details.
This is where we need to put all our expertise and try to think of any possible scenario. Sometime it is boring stuff like ‘what happens when you click on this button?’ and sometime is more conceptual questions like ‘what kind of control do you want to have on this section?’
The more details we get the quicker the development process will be. On the other hand if we will not get this step right, it will cost to the client time and money. We had a client that wanted a website. But they didn’t think about what they really need from the website. So it was on going learning process. They tell us some bits, we do them, only to discover that now they need more things and so on and so on. This is not the way we like to work. It took us almost 8 months to develop a website that normally we will do in a month time. We just waited to their answers.
We can’t do it for clients. We don’t know what they want. We can help and suggests idea but only the client knows what they need.
So don’t skip on this step 
Have a nice weekend,
S-Development team
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Sometime we are more than just a development company. Our clients rate our opinion and often ask us about marketing and how to get more sales.
Some of them just want a website and that’s it. This is fine but…
When you develop a website it should represent your company. Do it the wrong way and you will send the wrong message to your potential customers.
I once had a client that wanted us to develop a website for him. As a normal procedure we tried to understand what his business is all about, and what he wants to achieve from the website. More sales? Show clients some examples of their works? Let his clients upload stuff? Many questions…
But he could care less. All he wanted was that we will create the website and leave him alone to do another phone call. Needless to say that he wasn’t happy with the website. That’s fine we’ve told him. What is that you don’t like.
He couldn’t say… and so on and on. The message is clear. We are here to help your internet business grow. For doing that, we need to understand your business and your goals.
Another client of us has a nice product that they wanted to sell. The profit margin was low, but still they wanted to spend a lot on Google ads. So they will pay $100 for 100 clicks which should generate them $50 profit. Not a good deal if you ask me. It took us long time to explain them that traffic is nice, but if you are losing money it is not good.
So if you need an advice about your current site / development / internet business just contact us. We can help.
S-Development
Hi all,
Imagine that your client can track online what is the progress of the order. Or even better they can add more details to the order so you can communicate which each other without the hassle of sending emails back and forward.
Wants more? What about you upload those files and they can download them? And change things and upload it back? Or let them see a preview of the file?
Sounds great, no? this is exactly what we offer. In our Intranet solutions it is easy to create a work space where you and the client can share information online.
The idea is simple but powerful – for each order you have a secured space where you can insert and edit data. I am sure this is something that can help you attract more clients. Because they love that they can see all the relevant info without sending you and email.
To see a demo please contact us
Hi all,
If you run a search on Google for the term ‘online database‘ you will see many ads and sites that offer you to create a powerful database in 60 seconds or so.
This is really impressive and some of them are really good tools. But let me tell you this – Creating a database is a dame difficult job. I am doing it for 10 years now and it is really complicated thing. It is not a rocket science but it is not something that you can do without training and experience.
That’s why you need a developer (us!) that can do it for you. You should focus on your business and not on trying building databases. I have one client that was involved in the process to define the database and he swear to me that he will never do it again.
What we do is understanding your business and than design a database that is relevant to your needs. It may be a long process, but the end result is very good. And once you have a good structure it is very easy to add more things.
So if you need a database, don’t buy ready made one. Save your money and give us a call or drop us an email. We will be happy to assists.
Assaf
Hi all,
We want you to see for yourself how an Intranet can change your business and make it more efficient. A good Intranet can save you a lot of time running your business and manging it.
We at S-Development believe that Intranet is something different from all these ready made applications that companies try to sell you. We think that a good Intranet is something that evolved from the business itself. We have many customers to prove it.
Before you buy off the shelf an Intranet product, contact us, and we will be happy to show you a demo.
Have a nice weekend!