Your web site should be driving in lots of new business.
If it's not you need to call us!

Potential new customers should IMMEDIATELY be impressed with how professional your company looks. The design of the site alone should let them KNOW INSTANTLY that your company is trustworthy, stable and capable. If that's not the impression when they first look at your site—you're losing a HUGE portion of your potential sales.

The point is, you should never try to get by with a cheap-looking site. A properly designed site will make you far more money than it costs. Your sales depend on how effective your site is in getting your message across and getting people to call. We've been designing gorgeous and highly effective sites for companies around the world since 1996.

CleanPower Energy Systems, Inc. CleanPower builds alternative energy generation plants, including solor, wind power, hydro-electric and bio-mass electrica power plants and installations. We designed the logo and web site to help them compete in the Canadian and American markets.

Mad Nutrition of New Jersey. Julie Cohen is a certified Holistic Health Counselor and needed an elegant and effective way to promote her business. She say "Mad Nutrition" came from being the "mad scientist" of healthy lifestyles as named by her kids. Julie hired us to create her logo, web site and a continuing series of newsletters that appear on her site at various intervals.

Working with you to create a professional web presence. The process of web design is a partnership between your company and ours. We'll interview you to find out what you're looking for, do research into your industry or business category to see what others are doing, interview your staff (if appropriate), and really do our homework to ensure we have enough information to get across what you're all about.

A new or redesigned web site can make a huge difference in your sales leads and company growth. For example, KRC Mining Consultants, one of our Australian clients, hired us to redesign their site recently. In just a few months they have expanded their offices to accommodate new projects not only in Australia, but South America, Africa, Malaysia and the Far East. They're hiring new staff while other companies are downsizing!




If you have a new company, your site should make you look like you've been around for years. If you're an established firm, your site should reflect effortless competence—and even if you have pages and pages of information, it should be EASY for customers to find what they're looking for—the navigation and search functions should be a joy to use. If your site looks dull and stodgy, we will redesign it so that it's bright, friendly and a pleasure to visit.

Redesigning your web site can move you into bigger and better markets. Want to expand? You have to look the part. Want to move out of your local environment and out into bigger markets? You need to call us to help you create the web presence that will get you noticed. Call us at (727) 466-6888 to discuss your web design needs.

FREQUENTLY ASKED WEB DESIGN QUESTIONS

Is is difficult to work long distance on a web site project? Not at all—we've been doing it daily for clients across the U.S., Canada, Europe, South Africa and Australia since 1995. In fact over 90% of our clients are out of state or outside the U.S. They usually find us through our web site (or through a referral from an existing client). They look through our web site design samples, then give us a call or email and then start working with us. We have regular phone meetings, and when possible, we use Skype, a free Internet calling program that lets us talk as long as we want at no charge. For those with videocams on their computers, Skype allows video conferencing which is the next thing to being in the same office. See www.Skype.com for more details on their free software. It's easy to set up and costs you nothing.

What kind of web site services do you offer? Design Strategies provides web design, custom programming and basic site optimization to help your site rank higher on web searches. We offer site hosting services through affiliate companies or we can use the hosting company you currently use. We also offer photography, illustration, logo design and copy writing services as required.

What does a web site cost? Web sites vary considerably in price depending on the answers to questions like:
How many pages will your site have?
Will you need custom drawings, artwork, photography or stock photos?
Will you be supplying text and product photography or will you need us to research, write and/or do photography?
Will your site need custom programming, a web store, an online catalog or database connectivity?
All these things have a considerable impact on the time and effort that goes into creating your one-of-a-kind site. A typical small business web site can range from $2000 to $4000, while larger, more involved corporate sites can be moderately to majorly expensive and range into the tens of thousands, so it all depends on what you need. We'll work with you to design exactly the site you need to reach your customers, with care and an eye towards your budget—which is especially important in these uncertain financial times. After discussing your needs on the phone or in person, we will send you a written quote with exact specifications so that you will know exactly what it will cost and what you will get. Everything is up front and in writing so that there is no confusion on what was ordered or what you'll be paying.

How will I know I'll like the design you come up with? We take the design process one step at a time, with you in control at each step. After thoroughly discussing the project with you, a basic design sample will be created for a single page. It will show the navigation bar, basic graphics and general layout so that you can see exactly what it will look like. We will then fine tune it to your satisfaction. We only start building the actual web site AFTER you're pleased with and have signed off on the basic design concept. So, there are no unwanted surprises. As each page is completed it is posted to a temporary location on our site so that you can reviews the design process as it is happening.


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Are your web sites based on pre-designed templates? NO! We NEVER use pre-designed templates or cheap-looking clip art. Everything in your web site will be custom-designed for you alone, so that it has your company's unique look and feel.

What is the best way to send text and photos to you that will be used in the site? We prefer text in Microsoft Word format (Mac® or Windows®). You can also fax us hard copy or FedEx it to us (see address and phones below). Photos can be emailed to us as JPGs or burned to a CD or DVD and FedExed. We'll also have you send us your current and recent brochures and ads to get information about your company.

What if I need you to photograph products? FedEx the products to us and we'll do all the custom photography to make them look their best. You can also hire a local photographer and have him or her send us the shots on CD or DVD.

OK, so how do we get started on the project? Give us a call at (727) 466-6888 and we'll discuss your company, your products and services, and what you're looking for. We'll then send you a complete quote and on approval we'll get started on your site. Alternately you can fill out our online form including info about what you need and we'll call you.

What about financial arrangements? We require a 50% deposit at the beginning of the project with the balance due at job completion. For very large web projects we can work out a payment schedule that is divided into 3 or 4 payment periods coinciding with major points of the site development. We accept Visa, Mastercard and American Express cards, and checks made out in U.S. funds.

Do you have other questions? Give us a call at (727) 466-6888 or fill in our contact form! We'd be happy to have you pick our brains and check us out. We're looking forward to working with you.

DESIGN STRATEGIES, INC. 2060 Sunset Point Road, Unit 52 Clearwater, Florida, USA 33765 Phone: (727) 466-6888 Fax: (727) 466-6881 Skype: design-strategies