Expert Witness Network Blog

If you are considering advertising your services as a litigation consultant or an expert witness, chances are you may want to get a website to do so.  Here is an excerpt of a few time and cost effective tips from Barbara J. Pumphrey’s blog.

You know it’s time for a new website to your expert witness practice as: promotion of 1) your home page has a button that says "click here to skip intro", 2) your webmaster to stop more than two years ago and you have not had time to find a replacement, 3) your site still features a visitor counter, or 4) your site uses frames. Today there are many options available to an expert in need of a new website. This article will use a web site "template." In short, a template is a ready-set of one or more web pages complete with images, menu buttons, attractive colors and text fields to your expert witness to describe the practice.

You can choose from several vendors, including Template Monster Templates Resource, Perfectory, or Templates.net Boxed Art. (Note that these are not product endorsements.) Pros and Cons of Pro website templates # 1: Purchase prices are affordable, usually in the range of $ 40 to $ 250 for a one-time payment.Pro # 2: Templates are a quick way to create and launch a new website site.Con # 1: Your site is not unique. You may see the same website design in use by other experts, even competing experts.

You can use a "unique buying" for a higher fee to make, which means that the provider is not the same design to sell to someone else. You still compete with others who bought the same model before did.Con # 2: You need some basic technical skills to set up the website template. Orders also can be difficult. If you’re not technically inclined with basic HTML skills, chances are that you enjoy your webmaster or designer need. Only you can decide if a website template is the right approach for you.