Riverview Website Design Services

In today’s world and even before the pandemic, a major part of the business was done on the web. In fact, it is most likely the first place people look for information about a service or product they need. The online presence of a business is a major game-changer to a successful or failing business, and because of that, it is of the utmost importance to have a responsive, visually appealing, content-rich, easily maintainable, easily navigated website. At Smith Consulting & Design, LLC we are a website builder that focuses website builds on all these elements, that bring more visitors, spark more interest, and create more clicks ultimately leading to the conversions needed. We are a Website Builder but The Goal isn’t to build a Website; The Goal is to Help you Build your Business.

Where should you begin your business website build?

In every journey, there has to be a starting point, and building a website is no different. If you provide a service, have products that people can use, or maybe you just want to showcase your talents for the world to see, your journey has already begun. To open up this journey to the world by building a website, does not have to be that hard of a concept, but it can be somewhat of a challenge for people not trained to do it the right way. There are always choices to be made and we try our best to lay these choices out so they are very easy to understand for our clients.

1. The first choice in this journey is to establish your business name. In many cases the name should be an exact match to the name on your business license, this will help with Google My Business verification later in the process.
2. Research an SEO-friendly domain for your business or personal webpage. Please be aware that all domains may not be available, if you have a few names in mind please reach out to us today, so we can verify your domain is available. Things to keep in mind:
   • Always strive to include the name of your company or brand in your domain name.
   • Exact match domain names that are too long aren’t as successful as they used to be.
   • Although a keyword-rich domain is not an SEO strategy in and of itself, it can be advantageous as part of a larger, integrated SEO plan.
   • Consider including one or two more keywords in your target list.
   • Domain names should really be brief, interesting, and creative.
3. Secure website hosting that will house all your files. Files for a website may consist of HTML, PHP, Javascript, CSS, and many other file types. You must rent out space so these files can have a place they call home. 3 Important factors to consider when deciding on where you want to host your site:
   • Server Reliability
   • Uptime Scores
   • Security
4. Finally, at this point of the journey, we come to the content. It is very important to be sure to produce high-quality content on your pages, especially your homepage. Your website page content will draw more users and entice webmasters to connect to your site if it provides valuable information. Write pages that specifically and correctly explain your topics when producing a helpful, information-rich site. Consider the keyword phrases that people will type into Google Search and include them on your page. A few things to consider when preparing your content:
   • Does each page have enough content?
     • Try to aim for about 700 words per page. An experienced web developer will lay out each page using the proper hierarchy for on-page SEO.
   • Images, Logos, and Videos are all content that is very important in the digital marketing world. Make sure the images you intend to use on the website are legally yours to use, first. Also, be sure that your web developer will optimize this content to help speed up your website.

At this point, I do hope you have a better idea of what steps need to be taken to put your website on the Internet. Also, as I mentioned before these steps to a person that is not in the world of web development, may be overwhelmed. That is where Smith Consulting & Design, LLC can make your life much easier. We will take care of all these steps for you because that is what we do, we help build your business for the digital world to see you. But we do not know what your business is until you tell us by filling out our proposal form. The form will help gather information about how you envision your website, so it can better help with the estimate. If you feel more confident in writing your vision on a Microsoft Word document, please email it to us at info@smithcd.com.

Please contact us today and let us get you online, your clients are depending on it!

For us to start any project the following will need to be addressed:

• An agreement is electronically signed on what is to be developed.
• 50% of the amount that was quoted to start the work.
• Developing the website will be charged at a $75.00 per hour rate.
• A minimum of 8 hours is needed to set up a WordPress website.