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Request a Quote Forms: Good or Bad?
Posted August 23, 2010 @ 6:06 PM, by Marc, in Business, BWS, Client — 6 
I’ve always wondered if it’s a worthwhile effort for a service-based company to build, then field inquiries from, a request a quote form on their website.
A What?
Well, Query McCheery, a request a quote form is similar to your average contact us form, but it has additional fields that ask for project-specific details such as:
- Type of project
- Project goals
- Project budget
- Project deadline
- Special considerations
- …and so on
A visitor who is searching for a company that provides services they are in need of will often fill out a request a quote form to start the conversation between themselves and the company. The purpose of such a form, for the company anyway, is to act as a filter for project inquiries. If someone uses the form to submit information that is not inline with the service company’s offerings, project or client goals, availability, etc., then a polite email can be sent back that says, in more words than this, thanks, but no thanks.
A Summer Internship
Posted June 11, 2010 @ 9:41 PM, by Marc, in Business, BWS — 8
They say that you should try to hire people who are smarter than you are, so please take a moment to congratulate me because I’ve done that very thing. Between the end of this month and half-way through August, the talented Bruce W. Spang—‘W’ for Win, probably not his real middle name—will be the smartest person working at Boston Web Studio. As magical as that may be, I regret to inform you myself that it’s not a permanent position, something about Bruce finishing high school, so the increase in office-awesomeness will be but a moment in the company’s lifetime.
3 Things About 5, Starting on the 1st
Posted October 13, 2009 @ 3:36 PM, by Marc, in Business, BWS — 6
While January 1st is still a couple of months away, it’s been on my mind recently due to three important things that take place on that day, each of which has something to do, more or less, with the number 5:
