Website Development

Your business changes, so should your website.

We use WordPress + Thesis to build sites that are beautiful and functional as well as search engine optimized and standards-compliant. This means your site will be loved not only by you and me, but also by your customers (and search engines!)

But, isn’t WordPress for blogs?

Yes, WordPress is great for blogs^* and it’s also a remarkably stable, robust and feature packed content publishing and management system.

Did you know that Fortune 500 companies like BestBuy, OnStar, Ford and Wall Street Magazine have chosen WordPress for their content management solution? And, that many prominent universities and school organizations utilize Worpdress for community outreach programs and student publications?

And, by using WordPress instead of a custom coded site, you will gain functionality, templating, and a strong support community out of the box which cuts development and support costs over the life of the web site.

_{*In fact, it’s the most popular blog software in use today.}

So, how do I get started?

With the “Basics”, of course…

The Basics package includes:

• A premium SEO-packed WordPress theme and a special group of plug-ins hand picked to help grow your audience.
• An informational homepage with a small description of your organization, what you do, and where to find you.
• A dynamic page which you can update yourself to include company news, specials, or anything else you see fit. No more having to go back to your designer every time you want to change a word on your site.
• A contact page for people to contact you by filling in a form (which gets emailed to you).
• A simple and elegant blog design using your colors and a custom header with your logo.
• Preliminary site optimizization using your keywords so that your audience will be able to find you!

You will get all of this – a completely customized and optimized site that *you* can edit – for only $1,200 $800 $600.

Other Services

Online Presence Management

Maybe you just want to have your website or blog set-up for you and just begin writing. No problem. We can register a domain for you, set-up hosting, install WordPress and do all the configuration and set-up for you. We will of course work closely with you to make sure the end result is exactly what you want. Let me customize a plan for you today.

Maintenance and Upgrades

I typically encourage users to take up the responsibility of managing their own website (especially since WordPress makes most updates as simple as one-click), but I do offer maintenance services for security updates, plug-in updates, and minor changes for $75 per month.

Consulting

Questions about creating or improving your online presence? Choosing the right technologies for your organization? Figuring out how your organization can use it’s website / blog / email / Facebook / Twitter more effectively? Let’s work together to hash through those issues. Check out our Consulting page for more details.

I’m in. What’s the next step?:

1. Use the Contact page to contact me.
2. I’ll respond back within 48 hours and we can begin discussing your request.
3. Together, we’ll decide on how to proceed and provide you with an estimate on the requested work. If the scope and estimate are to your liking, I’ll write up an estimate.
4. Accepting the estimate will result in an invoice being sent to you. Once we receive payment (50% up-front, 50% on delivery), we’ll get to work!