Affordable small business web site design and maintenance
Hi. My name is Isabella. I always enjoyed creating websites for myself, friends and family. People always commented on how easy, professional and appealing they were. Since 2009, I decided to turn my “hobby” into part-time business. All the development is done personally by me and no part of the process is outsourced. I currently serve a variety of clients here in Montreal as well as Eastern Canada.
I promise to deliver the following:
Low-cost, professional websites
Economical maintenance
No fine print or extra fees and charges
Quick turnaround
Personal Attention
How it work
Phase I of the website creation process I will accomplish the following:
Determine Your Needs - We talk about what you want to do accomplish with your website. Do you want to sell items or services online? Do you just need to offer information? Do you need forms that people will fill out? What would you like the site to look like? Do you want photos on the site? If you want photos but don’t have any, what is the best way to get the graphics you want? Do you need to have maps and directions?
Domain Name Registration - That YourName.com thing. This gives you a name to use, but no office space. For a place to actually put the files of the website, we then choose:
Web Hosting - I can host the site myself.
Keywords for Search Engines - If you want people to find your site when using the search engines, we will determine what those should be, and discuss how we can seed your site with them so that when the search engine spiders come to the site to index it, it will help you in the rankings.
Basic Site Structure - Even before we figure out what photos need to be used and you write the content to fill the pages, we will come up with a basic site skeleton that will make the job of creating content easier. I will create a directory on my website just for you that will be the place I upload the site for your feedback. You will be the only one that has the address.
Phase II - Doing the dirty work The time involved for this part of the process depends on how much time you have to devote, and what my schedule is for the projects I am working on.
Creating the content - writing the text (you do the writing), choosing graphics, photos, editing photos and other graphics, converting any sound or video to the form best for the web, creating any forms, pdf files.
Making the site look the way YOU want - Choosing colors, layout, sizing and placement of graphics and photos, tweaking the site structure.
Making the site available to the public - Once you feel the site has the look and feel that you want, with the content you want, and then we are done with Phase II and I publish the site so that it is available to the public.
Phase III - Search Engines The total cost for this depends on the needs for the website. I submit the site to the Search Engines for Indexing - It can take the search engines up to 3 months to index a site, so you might also want to consider the following:
Google Ad words or Yahoo Sponsored Searches - for as little as 5 cents / click you can be in the sponsored section of the search engines.
Phase IV - Maintenance Web site maintenance is an integral part of updating and keeping your site working properly. Many people don’t realize the benefits of site maintenance, but having a good web developer update and maintain your site is something one should not only seriously consider, but DO!
How much it cost
Standard Site: $199
Choice of site templates.
6 pages from your selected site template.
15 links to another websites
You provide content, images, logos to customize template.
10 emails (unlimited number available for a set-up fee).
Free maintenance for the first 3 months
Not Included:
Domain registration ().
Website hosting: $8/month when you prepay for 2 years of hosting. Month to month plans also available at $12/month.
Maintenance Plants:
Each plan includes:
Adding Pages/Photo Additions
Adding new content to your site
Updating your existing content
Updating links, inserting new links
Adding Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn images and links
Basic Photo Editing
Removing or archiving current content
Uploading/Placing/Replacing new images or photos
Adding New Email Accounts/Email Account Set-Up
Guaranteed commencement of work within 24 hours
Six-month Plan Express
Perfect for Small or Medium size Websites that contain between 1-20 web pages who require monthly Website updates and search engine optimization.
7 hours maintenance per month
Six-month contract
Price: Six months maintenance assessed at $30.00 per hour assuming one-hour Website maintenance per month.
7 hrs x $30.00=$210 - $30.00 discount = $180
Pay-As-You-Go Plan
No contract
This plan billed at an hourly rate of $40 in 15 minute increments. If a project takes 15 minutes or less than the cost would be $10; between 15-30 minutes would cost $20; 30-45 minutes = $30, and a full hour $40
