Get Started Guide
The Get Started Guide provides a series of questions to help you understand the requirements of you web site project. In order to provide a custom design solution that meets the needs of you and your customers, it is vital that you and four:thirty-nine have open and ongoing communications. After reading through this guide and thinking about these questions, you will be familiar with many of the items we will need to discuss during our initial consultation.
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Web Site Purpose
- What are the main purposes of you site?
- Product Branding of Announcement
- Increasing Sales or Business Leads
- Marketing or Brand Awareness
- Online Sales
- Collecting Customer Information
- Social Networking
- Share News or Ideas
- Drive Store or Business Traffic
- Other
Goals and Needs
- What goals do you have for your site?
- Who is your target audience for your site?
- Is it for internal use?
- Is it for new or existing customers?
- Who is your target customer (ie age, gender, etc.)?
- What information do you want to share on your site?
- What are the major sections or categories of information for your site?
- What content will be displayed in each of these sections?
- How often will your content change or be updated?
- Will you need blog functionality?
- Will you need a system to manage page updates?
- Who will be responsible for producing the text copy for the site?
- What information do you need to collect on your site?
- Will you need to collect user data (ie name, e-mail, phone, etc.)?
- Will you collect data through surveys or polls?
- Will your customers be able to add ratings, reviews, or comments?
- Will you need your customers to have user accounts?
- What additional functionality will you require?
- Will you need audio or video playback?
- Will you be selling products online?
- What type of products will you be selling?
- How many products will you be selling?
- Will you need a photo slide show?
- Will you need the ability to search your site's content?
- Will you require database support?
- Are there any other requirements for your site?
Branding
- Do you have an existing logo?
- Do you have a color scheme in mind?
- Do you have a set style for your branding?
Design Considerations
- If you have an existing site, what do you like and/or dislike about your current site?
- What do you like or dislike about your competitors' web sites?
- What are three web site designs that you like?
- Do you have a design layout in mind?
- What look and feel do you want for your site?
Media
- What media elements will be needed (ie video, audio, flash animations)?
- What images will be used on the site?
- Who will be responsible for providing the images and other media elements?
Logistics
- What is the expected time frame for your web site project?
- What is your budget for your web site project?
