Commercial Web Development

Dear Prospective Client,

Businesses and service providers want a commercial site for various reasons, but most commonly some combination of the following factors provide the motivation to finally make the leap into the Internet marketplace:

• The Prestige Factor: These days a website is practically mandatory for any business to be able to hold it's head up as a credible business. The words "Visit our Website" look good on your business card, and people just expect you to have one.
• Ability to Describe Full Array of Services: Many business provide a wide range of services not necessarily implied in their name. For instance, one of our clients, Alert Muffler & Brakes in Las Cruces, NM, actually provides a full range of automotive repair and maintenance services. The same could be true of an accounting firm or law office. Publishing a list of the services you provide along with your terms and conditions of service can save you hours of time explaining the same things over and over again to customers.
• Publicizing Events and New Offers: A website can also keep your customers informed about exciting new offering or promotional events you may be hosting.
• Hope of Attracting New Business: We can likely put you in the Top Five Google search results for your keywords.

It will do little good to describe every facet of Internet design and marketing. That should all be behind the scenes and under the hood from your perspective as a client.

How much does it cost?

Only an extensive conversation about your needs will result in any real idea of the cost of services. A lot of questions must be answered to evaluate cost, and only you can provide the answers:

• Do you just need a dozen or so attractive pages describing your services? Then the cost would likely be well under $1,000.
• Do you need the web site to do tricks like present a shopping cart and take credit card payments? Obviously the cost increases, because now we have an interactive database and shopping cart script to install and configure.
• Do you need the ability to update pages frequently all by yourself? We have a script which allows clients to update, create, and delete pages on their own. It adds $400 to the cost of the site, but will save you bundles compared to paying a developer to be involved in site maintenance.

A consultation is free, and we will be able to give you a concrete proposal after discussing your needs.

Why Us?

Your Second Question is probably who to trust ? Since the number of people offering web design services has grown exponentially in the past few years, please examine our 3-step method to evaluate a web developer. All you need is common sense and about fifteen minutes.

I've been in the computer industry for 25 years, long before there was an Internet. I did not begin my web ventures by thinking of offering development services, or even with the idea of making money from a website, but by designing and marketing for my own travel site as a hobby. Little did I know my site would become a viable presence on the web or that web development would one day become an important part of my business services.

The business is travel, but the same techniques I used to make this web site successful will also work for your web site, no matter what type of business.

• World Countries Info receives between 90,000 - 100,000 visitors a month and serves almost a half a million pages a month. It has a self-publish cafe for travel writers, a Photographer's gallery, a discussion forum, and world class feature articles written with the assistance of major governments such as France, Chile, Denmark, and many others. It is currently in the top 5 in both Google and Yahoo for "World Travel Articles".

This site generates thousands of dollars every month in advertising revenues and is linked to as information resource by organizations and companies as diverse as the U.S. Marine Corp to MSN Travel New Zealand to AfricaGuide.com.

Am I the only developer who can make your venture into the Internet a success? Of course not, but I'm saying use the 3-Step method before you spend your money.

I don't fear you comparing prices or putting my company to the 3-Step evaluation. If fact, I welcome it, because, if you do, I'm probably going to get your business, because thanks to our advanced technology our cost will be lower than another competent developer's. Feel free send me an email or give me a call at (505) 541-0929 if you have any questions.

Regards

Ron Mears
President & Owner