Primer...

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October 26th, 2009

Who reads the "About section of a website?

I do, and it seems that you do too! It's a good thing in this case because in order for you to fuller understand the pieces you can find here in this website, you need to know more about the process I use when you hire me as your web designer.

Enjoy...

 

My work flow...

 

As of: October 26th, 2009

First of all we need to address the concept of work flow...

Short version: Work flow in web design is nothing more than the process we use to get the job done. It is very important to understand that every web designer works differently, but that it is oftentimes a tactic used by my professional peers when that process is not transparent. That is why I have taken the time to make my workflow clear for you...


 
I use a website called Dream Template to allow my customers to shop for a website look that they would like customized for them by a professional web designer. Go ahead and take a look!

There you'll find over 2,700 web templates to chose from, and as you can see you have two options for payment (actually you have three): $59 for a one year membership, or pay the unique price for that website (usually more than $2,000, it depends on the website). Your third option is to hire me to customize the website for you, and you will pay the unique price for that website, but here is what you'll get in addition to have a template customized for you by Dream Template...
  • You will hire me as your personal web designer. A person you can call, meet with (if you are local to me), submit changes to throughout the process and most importantly... you can hire me for any other work that you need related to your website as well.
  • I will talk you out of a tree! We're going to do a professional business analysis and determine your needs, your budget, and I'll let you know when you're considering technology that you don't really need. Find another web designer that does that!
  • After we determine your business needs I will give you a written proposal that you and I will work on until it is a document that both if us are happy with. There will be no hidden costs, and all of my estimates for contracted outside service are cost plus so you can rest assured that even the variables will never grow out of control without you knowing exactly what you're getting into. My promise to you is NO SURPRISES!!!
  • I will brand the website with a custom, unique, hand made logo for you at no additional cost that you can use for anything else you chose, delivered in any format that you need and any size that you request!
  • I will optimize your website to rank as high as humanely possible in Google. I will explain the process and how it works, but I will also work with you to advertise your website at cost if you need more or local market saturation.
  • I will create the content for every web page that is included with the web template. I will work directly with you to gather the information, edit it, submit it to you for review and make any necessary adjustments until you are satisfied with the final product.
  • I will use Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and server-side includes (SSI) to allow you to make future changes very simple in the future. I'll explain this powerful technique to you in detail when we talk later on, but trust me... this alone is worth hiring a professional web designer.
  • For very reasonable rates I can and will install any web technology you want on your website! If for example you want a shopping cart that is professionally done, I will work with other vendors to give you exactly what you are looking for at cost plus pricing (cost plus a very reasonable hourly rate).
  • I will register your domain name and pay for 2 years of hosting, and you will be given the keys when I am done. I work for you, and I don't hold ANYTHING back from my customers.
  • You will have your own email address (you@yourdomain.com), and I will configure your email client to send a copy to any email address you desire and even show you how alerts can be sent to your cell phone alerting you that "you've got mail!"

As you can see, you get a lot for your money when you hire me as your personal web designer. I have all the professional tools needed to tackle any project, and I work with technical specialist for projects that require the purchase of off the self web technologies not included with the web template you chose for your initial purchase. Go ahead and shop around. I am confident that you'll be back because I don't know ANYBODY who not only does what I do, but that can or would do it for the price I will do it for every day of the week.

How can I work so cheap so such high quality work at such unbeatable prices?

I don't have a team of web and graphics designers on payroll, so you aren't hiring a firm... you're hiring me. I will knock out your website in about a week, and after I account for my business expenses I can still make a good living while saving you thousands! The key to my success is that I keep busy enough to keep my business rolling, but I don't get greedy and venture into creating a web farm that becomes a bloated business no matter how hard you try to keep it lean.

Got questions? Call me at 360-286-0752 and we'll talk! If the price for a particular product is a problem we can discuss payments that can fit your budget.

Believe it or not that's not all either, but you get the idea by now. I have tons of free products that you can take advantage of through my preferred web hosting service, but as you will find out... this deal will just keep getting better the more you learn about it.

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