How much should you pay for a brochure website
How much should you pay for an ecommerce website
Template websites versus custom designed websites
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Template Websites versus Designer custom built Websites
At $1300 for a Starter or Brochure website designed by designers with 15 years+ in the advertising and design industry Templates are pretty hard to resist. Templates are a cheap way to get your business online and we make a point of ensuring that any we produce look good. Honestly by choice we wouldn't create them for our customers as we don't really think this is the best long term strategy for business growth.
Templates may be cheap however when you use a template there's a strong possibility that the plumber or the Mechanic down the road are using the same template.
How are you going to make your business stand out from the crowd if you are using a template that makes your business look like all the rest?
The question then is how are you going to make your business stand out from the crowd if you are using a template that makes your business look like all the rest. It's just common sense. It's the same as buying a cheap pair of shoes - you know it's really tempting and they may look good at a casual class but you also know they probably won't last 6 months. Versus buying quality where you buy a pair of shoes that costs a little more but you instantly feel good in them and the quality pair lasts for years.
This analogy is a simple way of explaining the hidden benefits of Template sites versus Custom sites.
When we design a custom site our aim in designing the site is to create a website thats better than all your competitors on the Market. A site that's instantly attention grabbing, that shows the uniques selling points your business has to offer and includes a call to action where ever possible. We design our sites so that in 20 years your site should still look contempary and fresh the same principle you apply when designing a logo, you need to think long term.
Another big advantage in creating a custom site is that all your print communication material such as your Logo, Business Cards, signage, all your brand Identity can be brought into line website or vise versa.
When looking for a Web Company consider most of all can they handle
all our other brand and communication needs to ensure brand consistency?
When looking for a Web Company consider most of all Can they handle all our other brand and communication needs? so the brand does not become fragmented. Because they specialize in one area most likely not. In short we can and we are affordable . Please see with the sites below short Indications of the brief and prices below. We've found with recent quotes we're coming in approx 25% Lower than other competitive pitches.
For those looking to establish an ecommerce site it's often daunting. After searching even the first page of Google for Web designers one can often feel a sense being lost in the wilderness as Web companies websites can quickly look the same. Some appeal offering rock bottom price, others technical proficiency others still claim to be the Bees Knees and masters of design.………
So how do you choose?
Excellent websites, Instantly capture your attention, Show your Unique selling points
and have a call to action, designed so they still look good in 20 years.
Utimately you need to find a balance of all the above. Templates and cheaps sites generally in the end look cheap from our experience. Sites that are designed by those who claim to have excellent technical proficiency often look grid like and boring and websites designed by wizkids often lack sales practicality. Excellent website design must enhance the brand, Instantly capture your attention, Show your unique selling points and have a call to action. Your website should be designed like a logo - so it will still look good in 20 years time unless you are in the fashion industry where you'll need more regular updates. A Website is a sales tool and if it's not generating business then it's not working. What you need to realize is that your website by itself just about always won't be a Golden Goose. It needs to be part of an overall multi-pronged strategic plan to generate sales. Above all things your website needs to be on Page one of any of your customers relevant Google searches and this is achieved by correct Search Engine Optimization SEO and Search Engine Marketing SEM. This is the second and argueably most important part of website development for only 7% of the public will go past the first page when looking for a product or service.
Elan Design's big point of difference is that we can not only develop your website but we can build your companies visual communications and marketing from the ground up so that your website becomes part of a wider fishing net to generate sales. We use Industry Standard ecommerce software to create unique custom designs for our clients so you can forget about the techical worries and just get on with building your business
How much should you pay for a brochure website
How much should you pay for an ecommerce website
Template websites versus custom designed websites
