Preparing for your website project is much easier than you would imagine. This project is going to be quite enjoyable, so don't think of it as a drudgery! It won't take much time away from your work schedule and you'll be amazed how smoothly it can progress. While working on your website, we can have a relationship that will hopefully be pleasant for both of us. I hope you will ask any questions you might have!

Website Marketing Tips:

I strongly recommend use of CLIENT TESTIMONIALS that your customers have provided you (on your products or services). These comments will go a long way in validating your business reputation and help increase your customer base. I've had a number of web clients who say their new customers love the fact that they feel like they already know them personally once they have viewed their website information!

Detailed text descriptions are very necessary, but we'll also want to break up the text using crisp, clear photographs of your services, products or completed projects or other graphics as fantastic visual reinforcement. If you don't have any, I'll be happy to locate some inexpensive royalty-free stock photos to use very effectively.

When writing text content for the home page, be sure to use words and phrases that are positively descriptive in telling how your services or products are superior such as "FAST - EASY - A GOOD VALUE." Tell the viewers WHY you make these claims. We'll make this type of info the most prominent.

ABOUT having an Email Link ON YOUR WEBSITE: If you are not someone who checks your email at least every two days, I would not recommend that you have an email link in your web pages. You don't want neglected email responses to annoy potential clients/customers! If you are too busy to check your email, then it's better to have have the website guide people to call you or come into your location.

Things I'll need for your project:

Web Elements & Specific Client Design Requests must be submitted prior to starting your web project
You understand, and agree that it is necessary that you provide me any of your specific ideas, mock-ups or other design elements you'd like me to include or follow at the beginning of the project. It would not work well to have you submit them near the end of the project after I’ve done most of the work, and could possibly create extra time charges that were not figured in to your estimate if you were to do so. I understand you will be making changes and adjustments to the design we agree upon as we go, but that is totally normal part of the process, so not to worry.

• Do you have any mock-ups for layout that you want me to follow in the design?
   
• I'll need your photos, artwork or logo graphics. I prefer to use the original unedited photos for clarity. PLEASE KEEP YOUR ORIGINALS
   
• Do you have colors, or color schemes that you want? If you don't have one in mind, that's perfectly fine. About 75% of my clients ask me to take care of designing the whole website and I will certainly work the colors around your logo, and other photos or help you create a simple logo look for the website.
   
• Do you have any web design styles you have seen that you want me to follow? Will you show the web samples to me by providing a link? (Or is there one of my own custom website projects you would like me to use?)
   
• What functions would you like your web site to have? 
   
• What Navigation Links do you have in mind, e.g. home, about us, services, etc?

• YOUR DOMAIN NAME: Your domain name is your internet address name that will be registered and reserved for your use. It belongs to you only as long as you renew it.
  
  HOSTING ACCOUNT:  You/we will need to set up a hosting account to keep your website up on the internet. (I can assist you with this or take care of doing it for you.) I have had some bad experiences with a number of hosting companies because they are vastly different and I have my own NOT APPROVED list, so please confer with me beforehand since I'm the one having to deal with the variety of hosting set-ups and customer services.
  
  The PREFERRED HOSTING COMPANY I use is 12WonderWebHosting.com (No... I am not a reseller of their program.) I use this hosting company because they are a real hosting company and extremely reliable, helpful and secure, plus being  a good value. You are not required to use this hosting company HOWEVER, if you choose to use someone like GoDaddy hosting, Yahoo hosting or Register.com hosting, I will ask for an additional $45 fee simply because of the extra time it takes using their convoluted system set-up and and getting past the masses of advertising messages they inundate users with. If there are any problems it usually takes longer to solve them because many use off-shore customer support.
   
• If you choose to use the preferred hosting company it is up to you to read the TERMS OF SERVICE on their website so you are familiar with your account responsibilities. (TOS for 12WonderWebServices). 
   
• (If you use 12WonderWebHosting.com please mention LadyWebPro.com and they will forward me a copy of the technical information I will need to upload your site. If you use any other hosting company you will also need to forward me the information they send you.) 
   
• YOUR PHOTOS AND GRAPHICS:
  GETTING YOUR PHOTOS TO ME: You can email larger photo files to me at the following email box: Ladywebpro@yahoo.com. Be sure you tell me you sent them to me there.

  Another Photo Option: It might be easier for you to take your digital camera to a store that does photo processing like drug stores, Wal-Mart/K-Mart, etc., where they will quickly and easily download the photos from your camera to a CD while you wait. That way you can drop off the CD off for me or mail it to me.

  Scanning: I can scan photos, but the photo quality is not quite as good as being able to have them in digital format. If I have to scan very many photos it will take more time, so let's discuss the possibility of a $45 charge for that service.  

  If you would like items returned, please be sure to mark them with your name, and provide stamped, self-addressed return mailing materials.

  YOUR TEXT WEB CONTENT: It may surprise you to learn that approximately 50% of my clients have me take care of most of their text content because they don't know what to write.  If you have personal biographies or facts that are specific and pertinent, then please be sure to provide them. Here is a simple BIOGRAPHY suggestion sheet you can print out to use. Email me your WORD documents or PDF files.. When planning the design layout it is important to know how much text content there will be.
   

• PROJECT TIMELINE: You wonder about your project timeline? First I will let you know exactly when I can start your project and will reserve that time slot for you at the time you pay your web project downpayment. How soon your project is finished will depend on how quickly you provide me with the information and materials needed to complete it. If we stop and start and have long lapses in-between, that can be a problem for my project scheduling and workflow. Sometimes there might be a $50 reactivation fee to return to a project that has been set aside due to your delays. Be aware that I schedule projects allotting time accordingly. If you are slow with your information, it will move you down in the project schedule and  another client's project moves up.

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