FAQ
1. I am a small business owner. What can a website do for me?
2. How much time does it take to build a website?
3. Can I just design a website on my own?
4. How can I promote my website?
5. Can you guarantee my site will be listed in all the search engines?
6. If I build a great website, will they come?
7. What kind of services will I need once the site is completed?
8. How much does a website cost?
9. What ingredients should a "good" website have?
10. If there are any problems, how are they corrected? Support service?
11. Would we need to use your company to revise and update our website?
1. I am a small business owner. What can a website do for me?
A website can offer your business many advantages, including a:
More professional company image Improved branding Increased sales Inexpensive advertising Edge on the competition Better customer relations A website can help your business reach new customers, keep you in closer contact with your current customers, and enable you to respond quickly and efficiently in a rapidly changing market.
2. How much time does it take to build a website?
A website can be completed in as little as a few days to several months. Completion time would depend on several factors: the size of the website and the amount of time it takes the site owner to offer feedback on the web design in progress and to provide relevant content (images, pictures, text, etc.) for the website.
3. Can I just design a website on my own?
Of course! If you like HTML, CSS, SSL, CGI, SSI, XML, PHP, CFM, JSP, ASP, DHTML, SHTML, Flash, Java, .... If you don't want to spend months learning the basic foundations of web design, you might want to let a professional designer develop your site.
4. How can I promote my website?
Optimize your website for search engine and index submission, submit the site to the search engines and indexes, negotiating reciprocal links with other sites, set up affiliate programs, put your URL on all correspondence and marketing materials, e-mail marketing ... and that's just the beginning.
We will optimize your site to all free search engines and indexes.
5. Can you guarantee my site will be listed in all the search engines?
No, and no reputable company should make these guarantees! However, all of the sites we design, optimize and submit to the search engines are eventually indexed.
6. If I build a great website, will they come?
If you build it, promote it, nurture it, update it, they will definitely come. We will submit your completed website to the search engines and indexes that are still accepting free submissions, but we cannot guarantee if and when the search engines will index any website. We can also provide you with other online advertising venues which provide immediate exposure for your site.
7. What kind of services will I need once the site is completed?
Some websites require minimal maintenance while some require daily updates. Be sure to discuss your site's future needs with your web developer.
8. How much does a website cost?
If a Website is not an integral part of your companies marketing campaign now, it will be in the near future. For that reason a website should be one of the best parts of your overall company branding. In doing so, your website needs to be consistent with, or guide, your current marketing efforts and tie intimately into your business strategy.
Because every business is different it is difficult at best for us to present a price list for our designs. Design companies who have stagnate price lists are providing you with pre-designed templates accepting insertions of your companies information- we believe your business is more important than that. Take a few minutes to speak with us and we will produce a no cost or obligation proposal for web design services within 1 week. As a first step, we encourage you to take 15-20 minutes and complete our consultation form.
9. What ingredients should a "good" website have?
Effective design, sound navigation, pertinent content, fast loading pages and lots of attention.
10. If there are any problems, how are they corrected? Support service?
If there are problems with the website's functionality, that would be our responsibility. You are hiring a web designer/developer to not only design your website, but make sure it is functional across all platforms and make sure your users are getting the most benefit from your website. If there is a server related problem, your web designer would interact with the web hosting company to resolve those problems. We have close relationships with several hosting companies and understand how they work and speak their "language."
11. Would we need to use your company to revise and update our website?
You can call on us at any time to revise and update the website. This is an ongoing service we provide to all our clients. Or, in the alternative, you can select any designer of your choice. After we have completed a website, we will provide you with all the source files and code, and a document which contains all the passwords, usernames, database information and any other information related to the website. Any experienced web designer should be able to follow through.
So, armed with this information, you will be free to choose whomever you wish to revise and update your website.