SharpWebStudio Strategy for Building Profitable Website.

From our experience of working with a myriad of businesses and having developed numerous projects ranging from simple websites to complex enterprise-level solutions, we have developed a consistent web development methodology that helps us to stay on a coherent path with every client that we interact with. This helps us to deliver every project successfully that we undertake and maintain a clear vision of tasks that lie ahead.

Requirements Analysis

The initial step is to understand the needs of the clients thoroughly. Our management team or our project manager will carefully understand and discuss your needs before initiation of the project. If we have alternatives, we will be glad to discuss these with you. When we feel that ideas match, we will call in for the required project details to begin execution of the project. At this time, we will propose a suitable business model and decide upon the costs and the time-frame.

Clarify Requirements

After conferencing with you or reviewing your questionnaire, we will email you a Project Clarification document to ensure that we understand your business and goals. This will give you the opportunity to clarify any questions or provide additional information needed to finalize the project specifications.

Website Development Proposal

We will use the information provided above to create a proposal that is specific to your needs and includes a step by step project plan to make your project a success. Included in this proposal will be our price for services and terms of payment.

Proposal Acceptance & Contract Execution

After receipt of your approval of the proposal, we will forward a formal contract and request for retainer to begin work. Upon return, your project is slotted into production and we begin work.

Project Commencement – Content Collection

At the beginning of your project, we will ask you to organize and deliver to us all content for the site. This will include company logos, any corporate or branding guidelines you may have in place, color choices, the text for all pages, detailed contact information, any related photography or graphics that we are to work with in developing your site.

Concept Design and Approval

Working closely with you or your designated resource(s), we will concept and then create an initial layout or set of layouts for your site. Upon your approval, the design and layout are delivered to our programming department for implementation.

Programming

Upon your approval we’ll convert the design into XHTML/CSS files (web optimized files) and theme the design with the Content Management System (CMS) and customize CMS as per your project specifications.

Testing

Upon completion of programming our quality control experts will do a full site review to test and correct any errors and ensure that the site meets your requirements.

Evaluation & Assessment

Upon completion of programming and our internal testing we’ll notify you to complete a full site evaluation and report any remaining issues.

Final Updates and Project Launch

Upon completion of the final updates we will ask you to give final approval. Upon your approval and final payment we’ll launch the site on your server. Upon delivery, we provide to you or your designated resource a personalized training session on Content Management System (CMS) administration and use and provide you with a full month of on-demand support for any questions or modifications of items that were within the project’s original scope.

While we find most do not have need of it, we do provide extended support and maintenance contracts for those interested.

And it doesn’t end with your website launch…

Follow-up Orientation and Training

Once your website is launched, we will take the time to show you around and acquaint you with the functionality of your website. If your website includes eCommerce shopping and/or is built around a Content Management System (CMS), this is the point at which training in your use of the system begins.

Website Marketing

When we feel we’ve learned enough about your business through the process of building your website, we’ll get together with you to develop a customized package of Online Marketing Options that meet the needs of your website and business…

Developing a long-term Relationship

We can handle any ongoing website updates and maintenance on a monthly or an hourly fee basis. Or we can train you and/or your staff to maintain your website.

We can then continue on to help you with your long-term marketing, maintenance and development of your overall online strategy – to ensure that your website becomes and remains a functioning and profitable tool for marketing your business…

We look forward to developing a long-term relationship with you… SharpWebStudio