WEB DESIGN FOR SMALL &
MID-SIZED BUSINESSES
Websites professionally built to your specifications using Open Source (FREE) Content Management Systems. These systems are already built. All you really need is a professional look and the modifications to fit your online business needs. Keep It Simple!
To understand the process:
1. The CMS
What is a CMS?
Content Management Systems (CMS) simply help you manage the copy, dates, events, etc. on your own website. SiteDesignZ focuses on two primary types of CMS’s: WordPress and Joomla.
WordPress Website Design
90% of most of our websites.
- Simple to use
- Same system most Pro-Bloggers use
- Most cost effective to implement
- Extremely SEO friendly
Ecommerce
BigCommerce / OS Commerce / Volusion
- Requires HTML knowledge to update
- Most design flexibility
- Extremely SEO friendly
- Closest to fully Custom
Included in your new website package
Joomla Web Design
Membership Websites
- Very robust system
- Allows for MEMBER logins to view permission-based content.
- Most cost effective to implement
- Extremely SEO friendly
Static Websites
Simple brochure sites
- Requires HTML knowledge to update
- Most design flexibility
- Extremely SEO friendly
- Closest to fully custom
Included in your new website package
2. The Modifications
Once we determine the best CMS for you to use, we look at your requirements and determine if you need anything “modified” or “added”.
This is where the beauty of all the CMS’s we use comes in. They all have a HUGE development community and have THOUSANDS of plugins or modules that are capable of doing almost everything you are looking to do.
Events
Membership
Ecommerce
Galleries
Forms
But don’t worry about what you need. We will find the best plugin for you, install it and configure it as part of your development.
3. The Look
Choosing the Website Look
There are two primary ways of designing the look of your website, “Themes” and “Essence”.
What is a Web Design Theme or Essence website?
1) Web Design Themes
Not templates, but “Themes” are sets of design styles that have already been coded by other companies. They offer the greatest flexibility and customization for using with a Content Management System (CMS) like WordPress or Joomla.
2) Website Essence
Not an exact copy, but taking the “Essence” of a website that you have seen and making it your own. Have you ever seen a competitor’s website you really admire, the way it works, flows, the elements contained? We can grab the same overall feel of the website (its “Essence”) and customize it to make it yours.
Because there is no base code to start with, the “Essence” web sites are slightly more expensive than a “Theme” based website package.
4. All the little stuff
Website Domain Names
If you do have a domain name(s), SiteDesignZ will help you quickly and securely transfer your domain(s) to our Domain Name Management system (GoDaddy) and keep it secured, locked and renewed.
If you don’t have a domain name, SiteDesignZ will work with you to determine the best one to use, not only based on the way it flows, but based on solid SEO protocol.
Website Hosting
SiteDesignZ will manage your hosting for you. This is of course your own hosting, so you will be able to access the back end through your own control panel (CPanel) and be granted FTP access if needed. Site backups are done every Friday.
The start of a professional business is to have all your email addresses using your business’ domain name. In SiteDesignZ’s initial phone consultation with you, we will determine the initial list of email addresses you need set up and we will take care of that for you. We will set up to 20 email accounts!
5. Getting you found!
Basic Website (SEO)
All of our sites are set up and designed with SEO in mind. However, when it comes to doing online marketing for your website, there are several options you can choose.
Without adding any online marketing to your website, the only traffic you will have coming to your website is from your ads and traditional marketing efforts.
We offer 4 types of Online marketing and SEO services, all of which will most benefit if started in the website creation phase:
Small Business SEO
LOCAL Small Business SEO
Essentials Budget SEO
Consultation/Learn/Do it Yourself
Powerful Website Reporting
POWERFUL analytic software will allow you to login and check the performance of your website at any time.
How many visitors
Where they came from
What they clicked most
Search terms they used in Google
How long they stayed on the site
Much much more
5. Monthly Support
Support ( Optional )
“SiteDesignZ support is like having your own professional web designer on staff. ”
All SiteDesignZ customers are given their own Online Support area where they can:
View/Pay Invoices
View and export account statements
Submit support tickets
View status on current projects
Approve estimates
Why get Support?
Without Monthly Support packages, any work done on your new website will be billed out at: $150/hr.
We have found that most support needs fall just under one hour per month so we create these packages to save money and give you the resorces you need to make and implement any changes you need quickly.
Monthly Support Packages
Add $50 per Month for 30 min.
Add $80 per Month for 1 hour
If plans are implemented during site creation, there will also be a discount on the actual set up cost of your website package.
Time is billed in 15 min. increments. However, support under 5 min. is FREE. You will get 2 free support requests, after the 3rd request we will charge for a 15 min. increment.
Cost for “Theme” and “Essence” based website packages
Website Design Outright
Theme Based – $699 down/$49.99 monthly
Essence Based – $999 down/$49.99 monthly
One time cost includes customization of logo, colors and adding up to 10 images. Initial creation of 7 “Pages” (Home, About us, Services etc.). One hour of back end training on using your new CMS.
The monthly is for the CMS core and plugin updates, and security patches, hosting, domain and email management.
Website Design w/Support
Theme – $699 down/$89.95 monthly with 30 min. or $129.95 monthly with 1 hour per month
Essence – $999 down/$89.95 monthly with 30 min. or $129.95 monthly with 1 hour per month
One time setup includes customization of logo, colors and adding up to 10 images. Initial creation of 7 “Pages” (Home, About us, Services etc.). One hour of back end training on using your new CMS.
The monthly is for the CMS core and plugin updates, and security patches, hosting, domain and email management. This package requires a 12 month commitment to support.
Website Design w/Support + SEO
Theme Based – Starts at $699 down/$129.95 monthly/1 hr. support included (with SEO Package)
Essence Based – $999 down/$129.95 monthly/1 hr. support included (with SEO Package)
One time setup cost includes customization of logo, colors and adding upto 10 images. Initial creation of 7 “Pages” (Home, About us, Services etc.). One hour of back end training on using your new CMS.
The monthly is for the CMS core and plugin updates, and security patches, hosting, domain and email management including 1 hour of support for ongoing maintenance with addition of an SEO package. One hour of support is FREE in this package while the SEO commitment time frame is in place. When the SEO package ends, the support will be available as a package service or as needed.
Packages do not include the cost of Theme. If one is selected, you can either purchase the Theme and send us the download to install and customize for you or we purchase the Theme for you and just add the cost to your setup fees.
