Process

YOUR WEBSITE Preparation

How to get your content organized…

1. Browse the web, collect URLs (web addresses) of sites you like and dislike as examples of colors, layouts, themes, etc. Looking at businesses within your industry can be helpful in deciding what kind of information will be important for your potential clients.

2. Create an outline of the content you want on your website (the information you want to provide about you or your business). Give a short description of desired visuals, colors, and ideas for the site if you have any, otherwise we will work our magic with supplied images and/or inspirations from your art or business.

3. Write the content — be informative but concise. You don’t want to overwhelm your audience with excessive text. Click here for an example of a great way to organize your content.  Before you start writing your content, think about good keywords for your business (words that you think people will type into search engines to find you).  Compile a short list and try to use them in your first 300 words of content, as well as for page headings or titles.

4. Gather photos, video and audio to be included. You may need to take specific photos or hire a photographer. There are stock photography sites which offer low cost stock photos. Here are a few stock photo sites we like 123rf.com,  istockphoto.com, stock.adobe.com. Feel free to provide specific photos as well as extras that appeal to you for backgrounds or collages. If a photograph is intended to be with specific text or on a specific page, please note this in your content outline.
All content (text, images, music, video etc.) must either be yours to use, approved for use, or from the public domain (no copyrighted material can be submitted or used without permission and consent).
Images for the web may be low resolution, but if we are also working on a print project together then it is best to submit high resolution photos.
We can do the photo searching and selection for you if you would like.

5. Keywords & Description:
Keywords & Phrases: 10-20 keywords and phrases you think people will use in search engines to find you, list most important first.
Description: a short description of your website purpose, using some of your keywords in the description; 1-2 sentences.
Keep your keywords in mind when writing your content. They will also be included in your page titles, headings and body copy to help search engines find your site.

6. Submit Content. All content needs to be finalized, spell-checked and delivered as one package whether by email, Dropbox.com or WeTranser.com.

YOUR PRINT Preparation

How to get your content organized…

1. Describe project details and desires.

2. Write the content — write down all text needed.

3. Gather photos. Images must be high resolution (300dpi). You may need to take specific photos or hire a photographer. There are stock photography sites which offer low cost stock photos. Here are a few stock photo sites we like 123rf.com, istockphoto.com, stock.adobe.com. Feel free to provide specific photos for collage or backgrounds. If a photograph is intended to be with specific text, please note this in your content submission. All content (text, images,music, video etc.) must either be yours to use, approved for use, or from the public domain (no copyrighted material can be submitted or used without permission and consent).
We can do the photo searching and selection for you if you would like.

4. Submit Content. All content needs to be finalized, spell-checked and delivered as one package whether by email, Dropbox.com or WeTranser.com.

5. Choose a printing company. We can send files to your local printer or upload them to an online printing company, a few we like are ~ www.moo.com,  www.gotprint.com, psprint.com,