We hope our FAQ will answer many of the questions you have about website development, costs, hosting and other issues. It's full of useful information that will help you make a decision about having Digital Dezines develop a website for your company. Should there be any questions or concerns not addressed here, be sure to contact us.
Why would I want or need a website for my business?
Why should I hire Digital Dezines to develop the website for my business?
Digital Dezines' philosophy of developing websites
How long will it take Digital Dezines to complete my site?
Does Digital Dezines market my site when it is completed?
My site is complete. Now what?
What will hosting my site cost?
Ok, my site is active, how do people know?
What else do I need to know?
Why should I hire Digital Dezines to develop the website for my business?
Why not?
- When you consider that we've been in business for 12 years developing websites that should answer the question.
- When you consider we've provided responsive, timely service to our clients for 12 years, there's no reason to look anywhere else.
- When you know that we have developed attractive, customized, unique websites to our clients for 12years, why hire anyone else?
Many companies say they can develop a web page for you "cheap". Yes, they can. And you get what you pay for.
A professionally developed website should consist of all the information necessary to ensure your business has a presence on the web that your company will be proud of and be a presence that will be attractive, functional and effective for your business. Digital Dezines provides personalized, comprehensive service — something we provide in abundance.
We offer customized graphics and many other client specific services so that your business is afforded recognition from the start.
During our time in this business we have seen more than one cut-rate company go out of business, leaving many business owners high and dry with money spent and no service or support received. We are here when you need us.
A poorly developed site can result in your web presence being more of a detriment to your business image than an enhancement.
We pride ourselves on providing CUSTOMER SERVICE. We are always available to our clients and provide many other services that no one else does. When our sites are done and live, we don't disappear. We are here when our clients need updates to their sites in a timely cost-efficient manner and even offer training to employees in the use of the Internet and setting up and using e-mail accounts. In other words, we're a FULL SERVICE development company.
Why would I want or need a website for my business?
Ask yourself these questions:
- Do you have something to sell?
- Do you have something to promote?
- Would you like to market your services or products to anyone who may be interested?
- Would you like to have your business open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week without having to be "there"?
The question you really should be asking is why pay more to be able to do all of this?? Digital Dezines offers more than competitive development pricing and you get more for your marketing dollars from us than just about anybody.
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Our philosophy of developing websites.
Our philosophy is simple:
- Be responsive and attentive to our clients needs at all times.
- Develop a site that is:
- crisp, clean, attractive and unique
- fast loading
- easy to read
- easy to navigate
- informative & useful
- functional & effective for your business
We believe these are the most important factors in website development and design a website that has none or only some of these is, in our opinion, a waste of your marketing dollars.
Gizmos and gadgets are great attention grabbers but let's face it, after the first look, you're drumming your fingers on your desk because the site is taking too long to load. Your ultimate goal is to impart information that will help your business grow, not waste your customer's or a potential customer's time.
You have to ask yourself what your purpose will be in having a website for your business. In most cases, the answer will be that you want to provide an easy, effective way for your customers and potential customers to learn all they can about your business, what services or products your business can provide and sell to them and continue to add to your customer base. A website is the perfect medium.
How long will it take to develop and construct my site?
We realize that time is money, money you're possibly losing by not having a website for your business. Most of our site development, from start to finish, takes from 2 to 4 weeks, depending on content, your availability and the timeliness in which we receive requested materials from you to complete your site. We're known for our ability to produce a professional, complete website in the shortest time possible. Just ask our clients! Some of our sites have been produced, including setting up hosting and the site being live and open for business in less than 72 hours!
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Does Digital Dezines market my site when it is completed?
The simple answer? No. We do not get involved in the marketing aspects of websites. While we take special care to work closely with the client on the meta tag keywords and descriptions search engines look for when indexing a website, that is the extent of our marketing services. We do, however, have resources we can provide you with for marketing assistance. We concentrate solely on developing fully functioning, attractive, useful and cost effective websites. We believe the marketing of a site is best left to those who know how to do it best.
. Dotster, Network Solutions and GoDaddy are just a few of the companies offering domain name registration.
We will be happy to assist you, as part of the included service to our clients, in finding a domain name that will work for your company and in getting the name registered.
If you already have a hosting provider selected, they can register the domain name for you. Many do this as a free service, others may charge a fee. You can effect the registration yourself but it is best to leave this to those who know what they are doing. Any subsequent changes that might need to be made to a domain once it is registered is often not a simple process and can be quite confusing to the uninitiated.
You will need to pay the cost of the domain name fee for the first year or an initial period of time you select. You will then also be responsible for the renewal fee at intervals chosen by you.
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My site is complete. Now what?
If you haven't already selected an ISP (Internet Service Provider) to host your completed site, we recommend you sit back, relax and let us handle the rest. Part of our included service is making sure that when your site is completed we help you choose a reliable company to host your site.
If you have already chosen a host, we will work with that provider to get your site up and running in no time.
You don't have do a thing!
We highly recommended Watchtower Hosting, Inc., our exclusive hosting provider.
Service, support and professionalism are the hallmarks of Watchtower Hosting, Inc. Our only vested interest in Watchtower Hosting, Inc. is the trust we have placed in Watchtower Hosting, Inc. and we have trusted the owners and principals for over 12 years.
We receive NO "kickback" or any other compensation for placing sites we develop with Watchtower Hosting, Inc. for hosting. Our only compensation is the peace of mind and satisfaction we have always been able to rely on in our dealings with Watchtower Hosting, Inc. They offer many different packages streamlined to fit your business' needs at very affordable costs.
What will hosting my site cost?
Most providers offer a variety of hosting packages with a variety of pricing structures and we will be happy to assist you as part of our included service in selecting the right package for your site.
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OK, my site is active, how do people know?
Listing your site with a search engine is the easiest way to notify the world that your website has arrived. There are many search engines available but you don't need or want to be listed on all of them. We automatically register your site with the most current top search engines who offer free registration at the time your site goes live as a part of our service. Be aware that providing your site's URL to a search engine carries no guarantee of inclusion and many can take weeks to index a newly submitted site.
Also, placing your website address and e-mail address on everything your company provides in the way of printed material is a MUST. It's an invaluable, inexpensive and easy way to let people know you have a site.
Marketing a website is a must. While our forte is web design, we can put you in touch with experts who know how to market a site. We recommend that you ask us about this when your site is ready to be published so you can take advantage of the best marketing strategies for your site.
What else do I need to know?
- You need to consider keeping your site up-to-date. An outdated site is useless - you need to keep people coming to your site and one way to do that is to provide a fresh, accurate site at ALL times.
- If you use external links on your site, it's a good idea to periodically check those links to make sure the sites you have linked to are still active websites and to appoint someone in your company to keep an eye on any external links.
- You need to consider periodic updates to keep your site interesting and useful. Ask us about our site maintenance plans a site that is not updated on a periodic basis can become stale, outdated, inaccurate and unattractive to your visitors. We offer many different maintenance plans.
- You need to make sure that if you use e-mail links on your site that responsible people are in place to respond to any e-mails generated from your website. Unanswered e-mails could contain new business for your company and not promptly responding is not only business lost but rude as well! If someone takes the time to inquire about your business and the products and services you offer, be sure to respond as soon as possible.
- Finally, you need to know that Digital Dezines has been developing websites for over 12years. We work closely with our clients producing sites that meet or exceed all of their expectations. We work in an efficient and cost effective manner and are very responsive to our clients. Our clients trust us to do what is right, to deal with them in an honest, forthright manner, and to provide a valuable service at a reasonable cost.
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