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Home About & Contact Gallery Fees & Quotes Read My Email Resources         Website Design & Promotion   Writing for Print & Online   Digital Design for Online   Media Kits & Strategies   Graphic Design for Print   Marketing Plans & Advice           Website Design & Promotion >Website Design Gallery  >Website Design Services Details  Website Optimization - SEO   Website Design Services | How to determine what you need This website planning overview will give you some ideas on how to prepare for building your website. This is a very simplified list of 4 general areas to consider in building your website. Depending on what the purpose of your site is, what type of audience you want to appeal to, and how established you are, some of these areas might take a lot more work than others.   Having worked with a wide variety of clients, although all areas need addressing on every website, each of the areas requires a different level of attention for each client.     Style Colours Page Layout Fonts Visual Enhancement   Your Unique Value Highlight Benefits Special Offers Testimonials Slogans Photos & Graphics Biographies Articles Product Writeups Video   Architecture Navigation Usability Shopping Carts External Interfaces   PLANNING STEP 1 Unless you've built a website before, it might be difficult to determine what your needs are. The best place to start is to make some basic notes about what you will need in each of the 4 areas above. Using the Web Design Services list (right) make a list of what you think you will need.   Your needs might require a different balance that more closely resembles a chart like one of these. It's just an initial list, so it will remain flexible. PLANNING STEP 2 After you've done that, make some more specific notes for the items you need. For example, if you already have a logo and standard colours that you use, make note of that. If you want to write your own biography but have it edited, make note of that. Keep it simple. It should take 1 to 2 hours at the most.     PLANNING STEP 3 Then contact Macali Freelance to start a Website Needs Assessment. When that's complete, your goals can be fine tuned and your fee quote will be more accurate.     STILL NOT SURE WHAT YOU NEED? THAT'S OKAY! EMAIL ALISON TO GO THROUGH THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT PROCESS WITH YOU MACALI'S WEB DESIGN SERVICES LIST   This list doesn't include every detail, but is a good overview of what goes into a full service website design by Macali Freelance. Not every client requires every item on the list.     Style & Design Complete, original visual style for your website Develop a branding style for your new online presence Create original graphics for overall design & page features Create special feature graphics (coupons, gift certifs, etc.) Edit photos provided by client (headshots, products, etc.) Stock photo searching & selection   Content Organize your information into suitable sections and pages Organize your website navigation (menu(s) Edit your text, using online writing guidelines Write marketing copy (products, services, talent, etc) Suggest additional content, headings, slogans Write biographies (individual and/or company) Minor editing of audio or video files   Marketing Develop an online marketing plan Evaluate your competitive advantage Integrate style & content to suit your audience Enhance content wisely to highlight your uniqueness Refine your content for online best practices   Technical Search available domain names Walk you through domain name selection and registration Walk you through arranging a hosting account for your site Set up your email addresses (you@yourdomainname.com) Build & launch your completed website   Some Possible Additional Features Set up a blog as a separate site, or part of your website Create documents for downloading from your site Set up a shopping cart through Paypal, for an online store Interface with an updatable Google calendar   Additional Web Related Services Search engine optimization Improve your Google ranking   Website promotion plan Get more traffic on your website       What kind of web design service do you need?   Advanced Website Design   Basic Website Design   Website Re-Design Complete organize, design, writing, optimization with special features such as a Paypal shopping cart.   Primarily design, minimal direction on organization, no writing or optimzation.   Primarily design, using content on your current website or blogsite.

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