Affordable Custom Websites for Small Businesses

We've cracked the code on helping consultants, sole proprietors and friends with small businesses build strategic, attractive, high functioning, optimized websites at very reasonable rates. Ask us how:

1) Refine your strategic brand positioning for the web

We strongly believe that all great websites are the outcome of smart strategy. Content Strategist, Abigail Fisher will work with you to nail your unique value proposition and present it with impact on your website. What's included:

- 2 telephone coaching sessions
- define your business goals and relate them to your website
- target audience review
- unique value proposition and key messaging
- home page content outline
- main navigation

3) Give you a design makeover

As long as we're moving your site onto a new operating platform we should use the opportunity to highlight your value proposition with compelling design. We're not creating a new identity but improving your overall look. Working with hot new design talent Kate Hunt here's what we can offer:

- home page theme (one option)
- secondary page theme (one option)
- 2 rounds of revisions
- Photoshop files for developer

3) Move you onto an Open Source content management platform

Open Source is the way to go for affordable websites. We specialize in Drupal and WordPress development - excellent options for clients to be able to manage their own content going forward. Arque CTO, Akbar Pasha can deliver what you need:

- theme development 5-10 pages (talk to us about pricing, we're working on delivering the most affordable options)
- a la carte (add ons):

  • small plug in $100 (e.g. Twitter feed)
  • medium plug in $300 (e.g. picture carousel)
  • large plug in $500 (e.g. gallery) 

- includes basic training on WordPress
- hosting if needed
- team building, client service & project management

4) Optimize your website for Search

Now that you're making the investment to rebuild your site, it's time to work on getting it noticed. We invite you to work with our ace Search Strategist Maria Calanchini on optimizing your website for search engines. Maria prepares an SEO plan best suited to your business with the most important things you need to know to reach the top of search rankings, then takes you through it step-by-step during a one-on-one session that covers:

- SEO audit of your website content Ranking factors (how search engines see your website)
- understanding how search engines work and what this means for your business
- best practices for selecting keywords 
- guidelines for not getting booted from Google
- action plan for reaching the top of search rankings

Need help learning about using the Social Web to build your business? Sign up for blog training or our Twitter workshop.