Recommendations to others considering RapidWeaver Elements:
If you are a beginner I would recommend that you try RapidWeaver first as they have a free trial and you have nothing to loose
Professionals and intermediate users working with small businesses that don't require large teams will reap the benefits of giving RapidWeaver a try
Casual users will benefit from Rapidweaver as a learning tool in addition to the many educational resources out there that are available for free
If you are the type of person who doesn't want to be stuck to a subscription model this is the perfect offer for you
Consider investing in some of the add ons as part of your budget as the small investment will save you time in the long run
Some new users are surprised at how much money they spend on add ons but it's all about getting what you want at the price you consider fair... That said, it's too easy to get carried away collecting add ons but this is a mater of perspective
Experienced designers can do as much coding from scratch as they want while beginners can do as little as possible
If you feel more comfortable working with web based apps you should compare the cost of ownership vs the yearly subscription fees Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
What problems is RapidWeaver Elements solving and how is that benefiting you?
The ability to have full control of our website and a custom theme without having to subscribe to a monthly or yearly plan
When I designed my first company website in 2003, I was quoted $10 000 for what I was able to do on my own in 1 month as a beginner
Rapidweaver has empowered me to gain enough web design knowledge to be able to make better hiring decisions when the time comes to delegate the maintenance to a freelancer
These days I use Rapidweaver to mock up new concepts quickly and I don't have to spend too much time coding to get pretty close to a page that will be ready to go live soon
With the Foundation and Stacks add ons, we have managed to improve our SEO tremendously without having to hire a company on a monthly contract to update and improve our ranking on a regular basis
The ability to do SEO in-house has saved us $600 per month which is the last quote I got to hire a company to do it to the degree we've managed to do ourselves by using Rapidweaver and the add ons that help with SEO
Our pages look great when we shared them on social media platforms because we have full control of what the appearance of the images linked to each of the main platforms we use (Linkedin+Twitter+Facebook)
We recently started developing a secure dashboard for our clients and this has allowed us to process 10 times more of the estimates we used to and this is possible without having to hire additional staff to create more estimates and submit them faster
In addition to being able to turn estimates into orders faster, we also added a module to give clients updates on each one of their projects
Deploying a secure log in system was a lot easier than we could have anticipated with the help of some of the ad ons that are available and easy enough for an intermediate user to deploy
This secure dashboard is showing information from a Filemaker Pro database
By our calculations this dashboard has saved us having to hire two people which translates to savings of $80000 per year
In addition to providing live updates on each project for each individual client, the dashboard allows us to collect files from clients as part of project management and they are uploaded directly into their designated Dropbox which is then used by our Filemaker in-house system to keep all project components organized and updated
This has reduced the amount of email by 60% and with every file being timestamped the possibility of mistakenly using outdated files has been greatly reduced
Additionally the estimates that are now converting to invoices have increased our sales by 300% during the covid crisis and this in turn is allowing us to invest in new equipment and start planning for expansion Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
