Website Design & Development
1.What are three important things everyone should know about website design and development?
The first thing everyone should know about website development is that they should always hire and use website development company; not a freelancer.
An established website company, with a track record, will be around for follow up service while a freelancer might get too busy for you or even disappear.
The second thing is that a growing company will need a higher level of technical service in the future. Therefore, they should hire a website company that can stay up with technology.
Only an established website company can stay up with the rapidly evolving technology land scape.
Finally, a person should use the website as the hub of their marketing strategy. All your marketing tools should lead back to your website because the website is the one online system that allows you to control content delivery and convert leads.
2. What is the top, most important thing clients HAVE to know about their website?
The one thing that a person interested in website development should know cold is that understanding who manages their DOMAIN NAME is very important.
Make sure you register and control the domain name because that is your business property.
Controlling your own domain name allows you to move freely to a new website developer if need be.
It is also it is also a nightmare to get a domain registered under your name if it has been registered with someone else.
Save yourself time and trouble, register and control your own domain name.
3. What are the common reasons why people need your service?
Some common reasons why people need our service are and that they have a website but for some reason lost the webmaster who was working for them.
No. 2, they want a new upgraded website design but don’t feel their current webmaster has the graphic design skills that are needed.
People also need our service because they might want to non-technically update and maintain their website. Their system’s website administration process may be too hard for them to update and it costing them in webmaster support fees for simple updates.
Finally, our services are needed for a new company to be able to have an online presence to show they are a legitimate business. They need a website to allow prospective client’s a way to evaluate their services and company background which ultimately leads them to a call to action.
4. What do people need to know that they come in NOT knowing?
What people need to know that they come in not knowing is that it is hard to change directions on our website design or website technology without costing the client more money if they straight off the original agreed-upon scope of work. So, a lot of the people will build a website or have a website built, decide that it wasn't the intention or didn't turn out how they wanted to or they added on to say they wanted a lot of new features or technologies that weren't initially budgeted or scoped out properly
So it could cause a lot of problems in cost overruns.
5. What areas cause the most confusion about website development?
There's confusion about that fact that the website design and development process is different than the Active elements of marketing a website. For example, prospects might ask “How do I get on the top of Google?” when they don't even have a website developed yet.
These are two separate things. Website Design & Development is like a platform for all the content whereas Active Marketing tools like Google Adwords, search engine optimization, email marketing, social media are inbound marketing tools designed and used to bring viewers to the website itself.
Everything in website marketing is Related; But Separate when it comes to development and roll out.
6. What causes pushback from the client when they interact with you?
A client might offer resistance or push back after the project is done because EVEN though the website design and development was delivered as per the specifications, not all clients can visualize what the website will look until it's actually there in front of them. So if they don't like it, that could be a problem. We keep the client informed and ask for approvals DURING the project to make sure the client will be happy with the end result.
7. What happens to our website if iTM closes shop?
Every now and then we get a question of what would happen to you on a website and Deborah and I somehow disappear or contingency for that is that our estate attorney has on the contact information for our programming team or affiliates who help us on that end of things who can either keep your website up and running as is or how to convert another platform or help you move over to another web development team if you need that information I have to do is ask and will probably provide you want to stay attorney's contact information
8. How long with the project take? What are the steps in the process? What do I need to do?
A website project usually takes one to two months to complete provided we get the web content, photos and graphics that we need or expect from the client.
We have broken down the process into a few steps.
The steps involve first getting the project specifications, wireframe, and sitemaps understood on paper. Once approved, we do design and any necessary programming. We then do content insertion and admin training for the client if they want to update and maintain the site themselves. We make the website live after that.
Throughout the process, the client doesn't have to do too much other than in the beginning when they are helping us define the specifications. We like to keep the ball in our court and just have the client review or give feedback to what we put up for approval. Our process doesn’t require too much client time. They can focus on their own business and we'll take care of the website development.
9. How much will the website cost?
The cost to design and develop a website could start at one thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars if it's part of a package that we offer with other marketing materials. The price varies depending on the project’s specifications regarding design customization or custom programming.
We ask the prospective client to fill out a design brief that helps us scope out the project. From that, we can determine the actual project cost. There are a lot of variables, so it's best to have a proposal and go back and forth to determine the final development costs.
We recently introduced some starter package websites and some special value add offers. Please call the phone number on this page and we will explain all the options.
10. How is my website maintained and updated? What happens if the site breaks, is hacked or malfunctions?
Our website systems are content management systems which allow the client to update and maintain their own one that says in a lot of money because they don't they can make it at this house that I have to outsource that work we also typically our clients well the backend of the technical side where responsible for keeping it up and running we have a very strong track record of keeping our way there's a problem that's on us will get that fixed for you
The first thing everyone should know about website development is that they should always hire and use website development company; not a freelancer.
An established website company, with a track record, will be around for follow up service while a freelancer might get too busy for you or even disappear.
The second thing is that a growing company will need a higher level of technical service in the future. Therefore, they should hire a website company that can stay up with technology.
Only an established website company can stay up with the rapidly evolving technology land scape.
Finally, a person should use the website as the hub of their marketing strategy. All your marketing tools should lead back to your website because the website is the one online system that allows you to control content delivery and convert leads.
2. What is the top, most important thing clients HAVE to know about their website?
The one thing that a person interested in website development should know cold is that understanding who manages their DOMAIN NAME is very important.
Make sure you register and control the domain name because that is your business property.
Controlling your own domain name allows you to move freely to a new website developer if need be.
It is also it is also a nightmare to get a domain registered under your name if it has been registered with someone else.
Save yourself time and trouble, register and control your own domain name.
3. What are the common reasons why people need your service?
Some common reasons why people need our service are and that they have a website but for some reason lost the webmaster who was working for them.
No. 2, they want a new upgraded website design but don’t feel their current webmaster has the graphic design skills that are needed.
People also need our service because they might want to non-technically update and maintain their website. Their system’s website administration process may be too hard for them to update and it costing them in webmaster support fees for simple updates.
Finally, our services are needed for a new company to be able to have an online presence to show they are a legitimate business. They need a website to allow prospective client’s a way to evaluate their services and company background which ultimately leads them to a call to action.
4. What do people need to know that they come in NOT knowing?
What people need to know that they come in not knowing is that it is hard to change directions on our website design or website technology without costing the client more money if they straight off the original agreed-upon scope of work. So, a lot of the people will build a website or have a website built, decide that it wasn't the intention or didn't turn out how they wanted to or they added on to say they wanted a lot of new features or technologies that weren't initially budgeted or scoped out properly
So it could cause a lot of problems in cost overruns.
5. What areas cause the most confusion about website development?
There's confusion about that fact that the website design and development process is different than the Active elements of marketing a website. For example, prospects might ask “How do I get on the top of Google?” when they don't even have a website developed yet.
These are two separate things. Website Design & Development is like a platform for all the content whereas Active Marketing tools like Google Adwords, search engine optimization, email marketing, social media are inbound marketing tools designed and used to bring viewers to the website itself.
Everything in website marketing is Related; But Separate when it comes to development and roll out.
6. What causes pushback from the client when they interact with you?
A client might offer resistance or push back after the project is done because EVEN though the website design and development was delivered as per the specifications, not all clients can visualize what the website will look until it's actually there in front of them. So if they don't like it, that could be a problem. We keep the client informed and ask for approvals DURING the project to make sure the client will be happy with the end result.
7. What happens to our website if iTM closes shop?
Every now and then we get a question of what would happen to you on a website and Deborah and I somehow disappear or contingency for that is that our estate attorney has on the contact information for our programming team or affiliates who help us on that end of things who can either keep your website up and running as is or how to convert another platform or help you move over to another web development team if you need that information I have to do is ask and will probably provide you want to stay attorney's contact information
8. How long with the project take? What are the steps in the process? What do I need to do?
A website project usually takes one to two months to complete provided we get the web content, photos and graphics that we need or expect from the client.
We have broken down the process into a few steps.
The steps involve first getting the project specifications, wireframe, and sitemaps understood on paper. Once approved, we do design and any necessary programming. We then do content insertion and admin training for the client if they want to update and maintain the site themselves. We make the website live after that.
Throughout the process, the client doesn't have to do too much other than in the beginning when they are helping us define the specifications. We like to keep the ball in our court and just have the client review or give feedback to what we put up for approval. Our process doesn’t require too much client time. They can focus on their own business and we'll take care of the website development.
9. How much will the website cost?
The cost to design and develop a website could start at one thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars if it's part of a package that we offer with other marketing materials. The price varies depending on the project’s specifications regarding design customization or custom programming.
We ask the prospective client to fill out a design brief that helps us scope out the project. From that, we can determine the actual project cost. There are a lot of variables, so it's best to have a proposal and go back and forth to determine the final development costs.
We recently introduced some starter package websites and some special value add offers. Please call the phone number on this page and we will explain all the options.
10. How is my website maintained and updated? What happens if the site breaks, is hacked or malfunctions?
Our website systems are content management systems which allow the client to update and maintain their own one that says in a lot of money because they don't they can make it at this house that I have to outsource that work we also typically our clients well the backend of the technical side where responsible for keeping it up and running we have a very strong track record of keeping our way there's a problem that's on us will get that fixed for you