Often business owners wish to get an estimate for a website project whether it is for a new site, one that needs pieces added or one that needs a whole makeover. Although there are developers who have used formulas (ie: 10 pages, first page costs $x), it is better to figure out what features the site needs to before getting a quote.
Features you want to think about are:
- Allow visitors to buy directly from the site (digital or other products, services, subscription payments, etc.)
- Photo galleries
- Calendar with or without the ability to make appointments
- A blog
- Use of video
Other important pieces of a website project to think about are:
- Your budget limits
- Who will be working directly with the web developer (the fewer the better)
- If you need a new or revamped logo
- If you want to be trained to do the maintenance and what parts want to update
- If you need more than basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) such as Google AdWords
- If you have Social Media needs.
- If you need content to be written for you
- If you need to get photography and/or video and if you need photo and video editing
These are just a few areas to have thought about before asking for an estimate. I can often give a ballpark estimate/range in my first meeting.
Topics
- Budget
- Content
- Content Management System (CMS)
- Costs
- Cross Platform
- Domain Name
- Ecommerce
- Email Blasts
- Features
- Forms
- Hosting
- Maintenance/Updates
- Marketing
- Meta tags
- Mobile-Friendly
- Photo Gallery
- Photography/Video
- Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
- Social Media
- Time
- Training
- Usability/UX
- Using Video
- Web Designer/Developer
- What is a Blog?
- WordPress
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