Grand River Webs

At Grand River Webs, we believe in helping our clients set and achieve their web marketing and ecommerce goals. The development of an effective business web site requires a combination of skills and knowledge and some in depth process planning to make it work. We set the objectives, research the target market and design the website for usability. These are the important steps in the web design process. The following are the step by step planning process:

 

1.) Determine Business Objectives: The first step in all our web designs is to take a look at the business objectives and goals.

 

2.) Examine Business Process: An important step is gaining an understanding of your business process or how you do business.

 

3.) Look for eCommerce Opportunities: Once we understand your company and have a good understanding of how your business works, we begin researching the opportunities your business has for making the connection between you and your customer.

 

4.) Design Prototype: During our first consultation we will have asked for input from you on the preferred look of your site. We will take any color preferences, existing logos and advertising materials and create a site design that matches or blends with your current business branding.

 

5.) First Draft Approval: At this stage of the development process, we seek approval from you for the initial design concept.

 

6.) Content, Content, Content: Once the first draft is approved and we have a working site map, it is time to gather content. We will sit down with you and discuss the needs of the site. In most cases, content for the website is already available within company brochures, business plans and product brochures.

 

7.) Final Draft: With design approval and digital content we build a functioning website complete with text, images, programming, and functioning links. We present this final version to you from our temporary web server so you can click and navigate it thoroughly and make edits or changes to content and function before the actual website launch. When you are happy with it, we get your final approval before setting up the site on the chosen host server under your domain name.

 

8.) Search Engine Optimization and Submission: Unlike many web designers we believe that optimizing your site so it will be found in the search engines is part of our job. A website that is never visited will not be successful. Once the site is optimized we submit it to the free search engines and our list of regional directories.

 

9.) Training and Content Management: Your site is up and running but it doesn't end there. We can show you how to work with the various components of your website.

 

10.) Ongoing Support and Maintenance: As your website designer we provide ongoing support and maintenance when you need it. We renew domain names, look after hosting issues, make changes and updates to your website, add new pages and features and provide further training when needed. Monthly maintenance contracts can be negotiated if you would like us to keep your site up to date.

 

We hope this information has been useful in outlining the web development process and the steps we go through to build a website from start to finish. If you would like more information or have any questions about our process or pricing, please contact us via phone or email.

 

If you want someone to work 'with you' and translate technology into business terms you can understand - you want Grand River Webs. See our services page for more ways we can help.