Creative Strategy

Any website project can be an intimidating experience. Most clients are not sure what is involved, what costs to expect, what determines a good website from a bad one, and even what you need to have on the website itself.

We want this process to be as painless as possible. In order to get the process started, we have created this questionnaire for all new website clients. Please take a few moments to answer these questions. Your well thought out answers will help us get a grasp of your needs, start devising a strategy to maximize your outcome, and prepare us for your specific project.

About you and your company

Name:*
Company: *
Title: *
Address: *
Phone number: *
Primary email: *
Background Info, What's your story?
Tell us about you, your company’s vision, staff and goals.
Tell us about the industry your company works in and how you envision this website giving you an advantage against your competition.
Do you currently have an existing website? If yes, what is the address of the site and why do you feel it is not currently meeting your company’s needs?

Website Goals

What are your short term goals for the website (what MUST it do and have when it is launched)?
What are your long-term goals for the site (what do you envision it doing for your business 3-5 years from now?
How will the site serve your visitors/users/clients?
How do you envision the site generating more business/clients for you?

Content & Design

Provide an overview of the content you will provide users. Please try to identify both content that doesn’t change (known as static content – like a company about page, pricing page, or a portfolio) and frequently changing content (known as dynamic content – things like product inventory, user-submitted content, news & updates, etc.).
What content (if any) will require direct user interaction (i.e. submission forms, user registration, account profiles/management, shopping cart, etc.)?
How far along are you in defining the content of your site? Have you written your company description, services outline, pricing guide, staff bios, terms of use, privacy policies and other similar content (if applicable)?
Do you have company Logo, Branding, and Identity established?
Do you have images, media, and textual content prepared already?
How would you breakdown the various sections of the website (i.e. homepage, about, products, etc.)?
Can you provide an estimate of how many”unique” pages you see for the site?
Is there a particular color combination or mood you are looking to portray?

Technical Needs

Have you already secured a domain name (i.e. yourbusiness.com)

Yes

Do you need the website hosted? ( if not I provide hosting services for $5 a month)
Do you need domain specific email accounts/support?
If your website generates the traffic you anticipate, how many daily users do you anticipate initially, 1 year from now, and 3-5 years from now?
Will your website require a back-end database and application to handle dynamic content or user submitted content?

Reference

Are there any websites that you have seen and liked that you could refer me to as a point of reference?
What are the web addresses of your top three competitors? What do you like about their websites? What do you dislike?

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