Web Design
The main advantages of having a web site are that your company services or products are accessible to prospective customers 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. More people these days are using the internet as a first post of call because of its convenience to save time. Customers and the general public almost expect a company to have a website. If people want information on a product or service they will visit your website first. A web site is a quicker, easier and more cost-effective to update than a printed based ad; Therefore, you can have your company information, description of your services and products, pictures, and prices available to anyone with Internet access. A web site can play an important part of your company’s promotional and marketing strategy. It makes a powerful statement about your business. It shows that you have secured your online presence today and that you want your business to grow and be successful.
Your website says everything about you and your business, that is why we use all the latest design and publishing software to give your site a modern, up to date look and feel. We use products from internet industry leaders, such as Microsoft, Macromedia and Adobe to name but a few.
At M.A.D. Designs we know how important a strong online presence is to your business and can design logos and insert photos/artwork that reflects your company image. A lot of businesses are purely internet based now, so your site is the only contact you have with potential and existing customers. Visit our e-commerce section to find out how we can help.
The website design process can take anything from one week to a couple of months to complete, depending on the size and complexity of your site.
We can help you with every part of your online campaign.
Design
We will work very closely with you and make suggestions based on our experience. It is very easy to get carried away with flashy graphics and sounds, but tests have shown that if your page doesn’t load within 5 seconds most web users will move away from your site and probably to your competitors. We will advise you on every aspect of the design process, we know from experience what works and what doesn’t.
You do not need any knowledge of HTML or web design, we can handle every aspect of the design and layout of the pages. You just tell us what you want and we do the rest.
When your site is complete and you are 100% happy with it, you will receive a copy of our work on CD-R.
Domain name registration
We can register your name for you, saving you time and frustration. A domain name is the name that follows www. in a web address, for example our domain name is mad-designs.org, therefore our full address is http://www.mad-designs.org/ .
We can check your domain name availability for free, just email us at dan@mad-designs.org. If your required name is unavailable we will suggest a suitable alternative.
Hosting
Website hosting is the service that makes a website available to others on the internet. Basically when you rent web space you are renting disk space on someone’s computer which is connected full time to the internet. Of course technically it gets more complicated than that, but that’s the basic definition.
We will find and arrange the right hosting package for your needs.
Search engine optimisation and internet marketing
This is the most important stage and can make or break your new website. Luckily we are experts at SEO and will use all our expertise to place your site as high as possible in search results.
