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Why Do I Need A Web Site Designed?
Website
hosting is a complex process and basically requires you to choose
a domain name, which identifies your identity on web. Choose a platform
to host, compare the prices and shift through disk space offers.
Put in your objectives on an html pages with pictures, texts and
other ingredients and upload on net. This process requires specialized
approach, as a freelance webdesigner leave your worries to us. You
tell me your objective as to Why you want to be on net and we suggest
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Why Can't I make my own Web Site?
Definately
Yes. There are many software programs on web some are free open
source WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) for download that
will allow you to create a website fairly easily. But every new
approach requires a learning curve, though it may seem cost effective
way to get your webpage online. We realize that your time is valuable
and is best spent running your company also you should consider:
Since you are going on net to impress visitors, Internet users
are very selective as numerous choice are available to them, and
will quite often make judgments about your company by the impression
they receive from your website. Creating a highly effective, professional
website involves more than the ability to put words and pictures
on an HTML page. It also involves the ability to incorporate a strategic
marketing plan with a unique, creative design that is not only pleasing
to look at. It gives first level of confidence to potential customers,
help them to learn about, decide and purchase your products and
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Why do I need a Web Site for my business?
Creating a website
with your products and services information gives your business an
advantage over your competition. It helps to reach the potential customers
who cannot and most likely will not visit your savvy showroom unless
you spend a huge budget on marketing. It helps allows your company
to grow and succeed in your market area.
Business can only prosper by increasing their marketing profile. A
website goes beyond the boundaries of local marketing and traditional
methods of advertising. A website provides a permanent, easily updated
and cost effective method of not only attracting new customers, but
also providing a valuable service resource to existing clientele.
If your competitors have a website that informs, educates, and entices
visitors to do business with them, and you do not, then you are at
a disadvantage.
Many companies use their web sites not only to present their products
and services to potential clients, but to also provide on-going customer
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What information should I put on my website?
Your website should
include the best representation of your image and objective. Pictures
are powerful than thousand words. The homepage forms the interface
and a flawless design is necessary to give your visitors a fair
representation of your business. It should also provide them a means
to contact your company for more information or to purchase your
products and services.
Here are some things to consider when planning your website:
Objective: You should be very clear as to what you are targeting
and why at all you want to be on web. If this is clear and concise
think your half work is already done.
Text: The targeted objectives should be descriptive, informative
and easy to read. It's important to get your message across in an
accurate and concise manner. Using lots of technical jargons and
terminology will only confuse your visitor and leave them wondering
what you are talking about. Paragraphs should be kept short and
to the point. Your visitors should be able to comprehend your subject
without having to read through tons of unnecessary content. I provide
content planning and writing optimized for search engines.
Photos: Pictures speak more than thousand words, they provide a
visual presentation of your company. Including photos of your products,
your place of business, or even yourself, on your website will give
your visitors a better idea of what you do, or what you are selling.
We can use existing brochures, pamphlets, catalogs, etc. to scan
from, as well as photos both digital and print.
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What if I don't know what I want to have on my website?
I can
help you to effectively reflect your needs and objectives online.
The Internet is subject to trends and changes just like any other
medium. We'll advise you on what's hot, and what's not. |
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Do I need a computer and Internet access to have a Web Site?
Yes
and No, It depends again as to why you are on web. If you are going
to have your personal website then a frequent access to net is enough
and I shall monitor your site regularly for its functionality. But
if you are in to business, it is possible to have a website which
presents your products and services to potential customers without
owning a computer yourself, the effectiveness of being able to communicate
with those clients is greatly reduced. Having a computer and Internet
access provides your company with online capabilities such as email
response forms, online ordering, etc. which allows you to take full
advantage of the website's marketing potential. We could however
decide to put on 24X7 support depending on web response and your
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What kind of website can I have? What different types are there?
Personal Website: A personal website represents about you on
web, depending on your personality and your image the site is
designed that revolves around you, these type of site are typically
more image oriented.
E-commerce Web sites: E-commerce web sites are usually used
for on-line stores, in which visitors may purchase online a company's
products or services. These web sites usually have shopping carts
and credit card purchasing capability
Intranet/Private Use Web sites: An Intranet website can be used
in-house by a company and would not normally be accessible by
the general public. Intranet web sites are not necessarily online,
and can reside on a company's in-house network of computers. Private
web sites may be online, but accessed may be restricted to certain
members or groups of people, such as a private online community.
These sites can be very simple or extremely complex. They can
be password protected and can limit access to many levels.
The Brochure Website: This is the simplest form of business website.
It is basically an on-line brochure usually consists of 3 or 4
pages with information about a company's products and services.
It is used most often by small business owners. As their online
business grows, their website can grow seamlessly, allowing them
to grow their site as they grow their business.
Customer Service Website: These web sites offer more to the visitor
in the way of inter-activity with a company through the use of
online forms, message boards, chat rooms, newsletters, calendars,
and news. They are serving to the existing customer support and
are much beyond the classical brochure web sites in term of functionality.
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What Determines the Cost of a Website?
The Three main factors affecting the cost of a website are:
* The size of the website
* The features of the website
* The technology used for website
Size: A three-page brochure-style website will cost less than
a much more complex e-commerce website that consists of 300 pages.
Pricing a website can be a complex, I overcome this by applying
a fixed charge per page for HTML web sites, regardless of the
number of images, or the amount of text per page. I also offer
package pricing, in which web sites are customized to your company's
particular needs. I suggest a starting step with three HTML pages
- an About Us page, A Products/Services page, and an Email Contact
form. This can be a cost effective way to acquire an Internet
presence, which can be expanded upon as the success of your website
becomes apparent. But your thoughts and desires are given priority.
Features: Your website can be as simple or as complex as you
need it to be in terms of its content. Your website could simply
reflect your brochure or may define your complete business and
marketing tool. It could just have text and images or added features
as audio, video, animation, and inter-activity to your website
to grab and hold the attention of visitors to your site. These
additional features require additional time and expertise, thereby
adding to the cost of your website. Our pricing for such features
as video production, original music/sound production, Flash animation
and database programming, are billed on an hourly basis. Estimates
for these features are provided to allow you to consider the cost
benefit before work commences.
Technology: Your website can be just simple html files linked
to each other with little or no interactivity, or can be programmed
based dynamic pages with database oriented, a complete flash webpage.
It may have lot of interactivity forms that gathers information
from visitor, or can be ecommerce website requiring password restrictive
site. These adds up the cost, costing of such a site is done based
on hourly basis or turnkey projects.
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How my web site will looks like?
Your
webpage reflects your identity and projects your image and objectives,
I rely heavily on your input and wishes for your website. I work
directly with you submitting daily progress report, uploading web
design on my test server that best represents you, your products
and services, and that is also professional-looking and technically
sound. Your daily communication is important to determine the progress
of the design and timely completion. I give complete satisfaction
guarantee. |
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Will my website work on all browsers?
Generally
speaking YES, every website I design is tested on all major browser
platforms to gain as much cross compatibility as possible. The browser
used typically for testing web pages are Microsoft Internet Explorer,
Netscape and Firefox. |
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How about starting with few pages?
Definitely
YES, I always suggest to start with basic 3 html page setup, not
every business needs a large site to start off with. As your business
changes and grows so can your website. Start small and simple with
a small initial investment and build upon its success. I give you
free six months support with all designs where you can expand your
web pages based on per page charges, the support can be extended
till you desire with a small maintenance fees. |
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Can I password protect certain areas of my web site?
The
answer is a big YES. Password protecting your website containing
copyright or information that you charge is useful if you have members
or subscribers. I can set up your website to only allow authorized
access to parts or all of the site. |
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I already have a outdated website. Can you redesign?
Yes.
I can redesign or freshen up your existing website more quickly,
and for less money, than building one from the scratch and it definitely
carries my support for six months and satisfaction guarantee. Send
me your existing web address, and we shall analyze your current
website and provide you with a free project report and proposal
to define the areas of your website that need improvement. |
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What is turnaround time and How long will it take before my site goes online?
You
give me your objectives and purpose of your web presence. I shall
prepare a project report and quotation defining the scope of work.
Once we have mutually discussed and agreed all the aspects with
you. I would require you to furnish all your information, images
etc, along with initial advance of 25% of price agreed to. I will
have something to show you within a week or two. I communicate daily
by email submitting daily progress report, uploading web design
on my test server for which your comments and suggestion are sought.
Once all the design elements are completed, and you are 100% happy
with your website on my server, it will go live almost immediately
following payment of the balance due. |
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What does "Website Maintenance" mean and do you maintain?
Once
your website is complete and is "live" on the Internet,
it is important to maintain your website to keep the content fresh
and updated. With my design I carry six months free maintenance
which includes periodically, changes to your website, such as text
and/or image changes. These changes are known as website maintenance.
It however does not include new design and addition of new pages
they are charged separately. I carry out web page submission to
major search engines at regular intervals. |
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What does it mean to submit a site to a search engine, don't they just find you?
Most
of the present day internet user uses Search Engines to find their
needs. Many of the search engines use "spiders" to crawl
the entire internet looking for website's. In theory, all websites
will eventually be found and listed some day. It could take years,
or never happen at all and I believe you would not want that. Research
has found that 98% search are carried out using top three search
engines GOOGLE, YAHOO and MSN, I submit all ours by hand rather
than using automated software and the cost is included in my designing. |
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If my site is submitted to a search engine, how often it will be submitted?
Most
likely recommended interval is every month. In order to keep their
results fresh for the searcher, search engines are continually changing
the criteria which must be followed when submitting websites to
them. Often, this may result in your website dropping in the search
engine rankings, or even being dropped from their listing totally!.
See the current example of Goggle, when it implemented it's Jagger
update many fraudulent webmaster lost their ranks. I keep up with
the most current search engine requirements and to optimize and
re-submit your website as necessary to meet those requirements. |
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Can you guarantee my website a top ranking position in major Search Engines?
Absolutely
No and believe on search engines CEO nobody can, they can only help.
I am not what many companies claim to be able to guarantee top rankings
in search engines. With the number of websites on the Internet today,
and with more and more websites being added every single day, it
is virtually impossible to guarantee a top ranking on even one search
engine, much less all of them. I guarantee that your website will
be optimized to keep it current with the search engine criteria
in order to get your website ranked as high as possible. Search
has now grown into advertisement business and almost all of the
major search engines are now implementing programs such as paid
submission, keyword bidding, etc., by which companies can pay for
inclusion into their listings or bid on specific keywords, which
can result in higher visibility for your website. I keep abreast
of the latest submission options and assist you in determining the
value of using these options in your online marketing plan. |
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How do cost on web compare to other forms of advertising?
This
is a million dollar question with a penny wise thinking. Any way
you look at it, a website is fabulous value for money compared to
any other form of marketing. Newspaper ads, Yellow Page ads, television
and magazine ads all cost a lot of money, only reach a local audience,
are static and unchangeable, and can only run for a specified period
of time. The cost of a website as compared to print advertising,
or television commercials is nominal. A website is available 24/7.
It can be continually changed and updated. It is not restricted,
it's presence is around the globe, probably if Martians have access
they could call you from Mars. It can be a communication tool, a
marketing tool, a sales tool and a customer service tool all at
the same time, and around the clock. |
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If I need support, how can I contact you and during what hours?
I am
a freelancer and am always available to answer questions via telephone,
email. I can't afford to operate a 24/7 support function, but am
not bound and do work well beyond the typical 9 - 5 day seven days
a week. In this age of IT revolution my laptop with mobile internet
connection will help me to be in touch with you mostly at all times.
Just give it a try call me up on my mobile +91-9381029718 or +91-9444818596
or you could very well send me your queries from right here.
I shall reply you soon. |
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