Easy Steps To get You Online
Get in touch with us, and we can discuss your requirements and design brief.
Before getting in touch try to decide on your website requirements: The number and type of pages required: Home Page, About Us, Blog, Photo Gallery, Testimonials etc.
Do you want an image gallery to showcase your services or products, Contact Form, Location Map, Email Addresses, Document Downloads, Accreditation Logos etc?
Once we have established your requirements and provided you with precise prices, if you are keen to proceed, we will email you an invoice for a $200 deposit. Once we have started work, this will be non-refundable.
You should start to gather your content together (this is normally sent to us remotely via Email, Dropbox, We Transfer or alike).
What we need from you:
We need your Logo, Business Contact Details, Text Content for all the Website Pages you require, and image material such as photos and or any graphics you may have.
IMPORTANT – Your website content (logo, text, images, documents etc), should be provided to us within 1 calendar month of the project start date (the project start date is the date your deposit is paid). We can assist with photos and writing your text copy if needed.
Once your new website is live, we recommended that you perform some basic Off-Page SEO. We can assist here if required.
This involves submitting your Website Domain, Business Details and address to a variety of search engines and directories as well as Google and Bing.
Creating quality link backs to your website and spreading its web presence. This can involve a number of things, including an active social media campaign (Facebook, Twitter, You Tube etc). Maybe maintaining a good quality blog with regular posts, listing your website link in relevant industry websites and generally creating link networks back to your site.
This all helps to get you found online and competing for FREE traffic within search engines.
FAQ'S answers to common questions
Domain Name: Every website on the internet requires a domain name. It is like your Internet telephone number, it enables the world to find your business on the web. A good domain name makes your site easier for customers to find and remember in the future. For example, if you own a business called Great Builders, you would register a domain name like www.greatbuilders.co.nz.
Hosting: If you’re new to the Internet world, you may find yourself asking “What Is Hosting ?”
Hosting is a service that securely stores your Website & Emails on a big computer for you. Your Website is then made available for viewing for internet users around the world, 24 hours per day, 7 days per week 365 days of the year.
Website Design fees are a one-off cost. Further fees will apply if you request us to make further design changes or add additional pages later.
Your Domain Name and Website Hosting must be renewed yearly to keep them operational.
Off Page SEO – if you have some computer knowledge and a day or so spare, you can action this yourself if you are on a tight budget.
Yes you can. If you select QPM Design to Create and Host your WordPress Website, we can provide you with control panel access to maintain and edit your website.
You can get your OWN personalised email address:- [email protected] when you register your Domain Name and sign up for a Hosting Plan that includes Email Hosting.
Owning the lease to the Domain Name entitles you to the email address, however, you will also need Email Hosting if you want to use your domain name to setup email accounts.
Using an email address like [email protected] looks unprofessional and is advertising Spark instead of advertising your business.
SEO = Search Engine Optimisation. SEM = Search Engine Marketing.
We know these terms may sound a bit techno nerd but it’s the most important thing you can do for your website. Performing On and Off Page SEO is how you get found online!!!
There are two parts to SEO. ON Page SEO & OFF Page SEO.
ON Page SEO: Behind your website the pages are made up of: HTML Code, Page Titles, Meta Descriptions – (page descriptions), Keywords, Header Tags, Page headers – H1, H2 etc, images, file names and Alt tags. Search engines send robot “spiders” to index the content of your web page. QPM Design complete ON Page SEO for you and prepare your web pages for optimal indexing.
OFF-Page SEO: This involves submitting your site to Google, Yahoo, Bing etc. Creating link-backs to your site and generally spreading your web presence. This is never ending and can involve a number of things including: an active social media campaign (Facebook, Twitter, You Tube etc). Maintaining a good quality blog with regular posts, listing your website url on other industry relevant websites and generally creating link networks back to your site. The idea is to give search engines lots of information in a format that they can understand, providing clear and abundant clues as to what your website is about. This is called “search engine optimization,” abbreviated as SEO.
You can advertise your business and website in a variety of ways, it just depends on your budget:
Completing the basics of OFF PAGE SEO is very important.
You can also consider:Google & Facebook Ads, Signage at your place of business, your home and on your vehicle, Branded Uniform, TV, Radio, Newspapers, Flyers, Billboards, Brochures, Newsletters, Leaflets – Direct Mailings, Email Signatures, Business Cards, Envelopes with your Company Logo, Social Networking Websites, Free Web Directory Listings, Google Reviews, Facebook Reviews and most importantly….Word of mouth.
