Website design for physician

[Bonez]

I am interested in creating a website to give information about and promote my practice. I have some colleagues who have hired people for website design but it sounds like they paid upwards of $8k for the finished product and that sounds a little steep to me! I'm fairly tech savvy and thought before I invest that kind of money in someone else doing the work for me I may try putting something together myself. Has anyone on here done this? And if so, what software did you use? Thanks

[adventure]

One place I worked we did it with Google sites. Free. Some boring dated templates at the time, but cost was right, easy editor, allowed us to add the pertinent details so we'd show up in a Google/Bing/Yahoo search. Had our phone/fax/pictures/text/ and some downloadable new patient intro forms.

[Miss Bonnie MD]

If your website will just have basic info and nothing fancy (scheduling on line etc), so easy to DIY with wordpress. Maybe just buy a nice premium theme. Can be done for under $200...

Or use one of the website developer engines like wix.com

[RDB]

My neighbor is a wig at a fancy marketing agency and has recommended squarespace to me in the past.

[STM]

We used Wix for my husband's professional website. I've also heard good things about Squarespace. Both very inexpensive. If you're tech savvy at all, it should be fairly easy to create a nice looking site.

[djohnflatfeecfp]

Don't forget sites like fiverr.com.  You can find some great freelancers on there at reasonable rates.  I hired one to set up the framework for my blog site (separate from my main website). I think it cost me $35.  It would have taken me hours and lots of swear words.

[Raster]

I don't think $8K is way off the mark for a good professional website.  You certainly can get an older style site much cheaper.  Look at the sites of a bunch of practices in your field and all of them will say who designed them at the bottom.  Contact 3-4 of the firms and get a quote.  More modern websites seem to favor long scrolling pages than the single screen with lots of hyperlinks of the past.  Be sure to ask questions about the firm's expertise in search engine optimization.

[MochaDoc]

In addition to Search Engine Optimization (SEO), you want to make sure your website is constructed with "responsive web design" in mind. This basically means it shows well on all platforms including smartphones.

 

If you're truly motivated, spending time learning about Google Analytics would also be time well spent.

[Bonez]

It sounds like Wix or squarespace may be a good place to start (I also like the Google sites idea since I use a lot of Google apps already). I'm not in a huge hurry to get this up and running quite yet, so I figure I will try my hand at it first. My practice has a site and I have a page for myself on that site, but I just want to make a totally separate domain/site that I can customize. It won't need to do anything fancy other than having a "blog" where I can post up news about my specialty, links to educational videos/pictures/etc, postoperative protocols, FAQs, and maybe a "make an appointment" page where people can input their info to be contacted by my clinic.

[Practice]

I am interested in creating a website to give information about and promote my practice. I have some colleagues who have hired people for website design but it sounds like they paid upwards of $8k for the finished product and that sounds a little steep to me! I'm fairly tech savvy and thought before I invest that kind of money in someone else doing the work for me I may try putting something together myself. Has anyone on here done this? And if so, what software did you use? Thanks

You can build a great website on WordPress. You can also go to sites like Upwork or People Per Hour or even Fiverr and look for web designers. Ask them to show you some of the sites they have built. Look at the sites, look at the reviews, and look at the prices they are charging. I tend to look at designers that have a fair amount of reviews. The ones with less reviews I just kind of skip over. Anyway, that has worked for me.

[Gold Medal Waters]

It sounds like Wix or squarespace may be a good place to start (I also like the Google sites idea since I use a lot of Google apps already).

Agree. WiX and Squarespace are both easy to use platforms for a basic site.

FYI. If you use WiX, and don't want to spend the time DIY, you can hire good WiX designers to build the site for you for a much better cost. ~$500-$1500+ in the WiX Marketplace. https://www.wix.com/marketplace

[ACN]

Our practice and individual docs used Your Practice Online. Individual pricing is like $3k startup and $1k yearly.

[Hank]

Seems like a rather old thread to drag up at random.

[ROC MD]

A word of caution: Believe it or not some ambulance chasing attorneys are suing businesses because their website is not ADA compliant. And I wouldn't bring this up except for the fact that it also happened to me! I have a solo primary care practice and in 2019 I was served with a subpoena. I had created a free website on Google business sites. The subpoena listed in very technical terms about 10 violations of the ADA. Apparently this person was blind so he could not easily access the information on my website and that was violating his rights to access healthcare. When I searched the internet, this same person and attorney team had about 100 other lawsuits for the same reason. Because I created and maintained the website, I was responsible for this and had to settle and write this scumbag a check. The lesson is be sure your website (especially on Google) is ADA compliant.

[Tim]

I wish it was illegal to abuse of our legal system.
“Frivolous” is about the nicest way to describe it.