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Website Design Chicago may be a one person company but I know how to create a presence for your company's website.  Just as a person is said to have charisma or presence, you want your website to stand apart from your competition’s and be as personal and inviting as possible.  I design with the power of communication, simplicity and beauty, not flash, in mind.  The keys to communication are well written content, usability and search engine visibility.  Simplicity enhances by not drawing attention away from the content.  Beauty initially draws your website visitor toward the content.

The major steps in obtaining a profitable presence on the web are . . .  

•  Analyzing current and possible future true customer base
•  Brainstorming to find words the above customers will most often use when searching the web
•  Collecting the physical assets (domain name(s), webhost, etc.) to begin design
•  Design with search engine visibility, ease-of-use and attractiveness in mind
•  Execute the design
•  Further site usefulness by promoting both on and off the web
•  Gather feedback from online customers concerning your site's usefulness
•  Monitor website statistics and maintain

To paraphrase the real estate axiom, the three most important aspects of a website are content, content and content.  The design may be dazzling and attractive to video gamers, but your potential customer needs to know within seconds if you offer what they seek.  The first sentence should tell the majority of visitors they have found the right site.  The first paragraph is the last chance to hold eighty percent of first-time surfers to your website.  Each page of your site must use the most effective keywords and phrases to drive the search engines rankings of your company to the top.  The majority of web surfers prefer to try other search phrases rather than clicking to the second page of search results!

Many questions must be considered in composing content.  Here are a few . . .

•  Is your customer base primarily business to business (B2B), government or individual consumers?
•  What is the psychological and physical profile of your likely online customer base?
•  Who are your most likely competitors for this customer base and what are they doing online?
•  What are your most popular and profitable services or products?
•  Geographically does your marketing target locally, regionally or even more widely?

Please email me to discuss your requirements at and below are a few examples of my work. . .

chicagobackflow.com parenting-resources.com carringtonroofing.com chicagocompactdiscs.com backflow.com celticbodyprayers.com respondnow.org

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