New Website Questionnaire

Please take your time and answer ALL of the questions. Web design and development is a collaborative process and needs your involvement in all stages.
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    Please provide us with your basic information:

    Company Name (required)

    Your Name (required)

    Your Last Name (required)

    Your Address (required)

    Your Email (required)

    Your City (required)

    Your Street (required)

    Your Zip Code (required)

    Your Office Phone#: (required)

    Your Mobile#: (required)

    Are there other decision makers? Please specify: (required)

    Website address – or desired Domain(s): (required)

    About your Company:

    Please give me a brief overview of the company, what you do or produce?

    What is the purpose of this site?

    This section should include an overview of what the general purpose and goal of the web site is. Please put a checkmark next to the ones that apply to you.

    Explain your products and services

    Bring in new clients to your business

    Provide your customers with information on a certain subject

    Deliver news or calendar of events

    Create a blog that addresses specific topics or interests

    Sell a product or products online

    Provide support for current clients

    Do you have a time frame or deadline to get this site online? (If you have a specific deadline, please state why.)

    How much are you willing to spend? (If you don’t have a budget please provide a range that you are willing to invest, or more importantly how much money you want to make from the site in the first year. Please keep in mind that most custom sites for small business will run in the mid four figures.)

    Budget:

    Target market:

    Who will visit this site? Describe your potential clients. Kids,Young, Old, demographics etc.

    You could use percentage:

    Why do you believe site visitors should do business with you rather than with a competitor? What problem are you solving for them? Any special promotions?

    What action(s) should the user perform when visiting your site? Please put an X next to the ones that apply to you.

    Call you

    Fill out a contact form

    Fill out a quote form

    Sign up for your mailing list

    Search for information

    Purchase a product(s)

    Content:

    What are you offering? Make a list of all the sections/pages you think that you’ll need. (Samples below are just an example to get you started, please fill this out completely.)

    Home

    Contact Us (Form needed)

    About Us

    Mission / Vision

    Our Team

    Our Blog

    Do you have the written content and images/photographs prepared for these pages?

    YesNo

    If not, will you need copywriting and photography services? (Please note that before any real design work or site construction can begin, an outline of the content and preferably all of the content will be needed.)

    YesNo

    Are you willing to commit time/effort into learning how to use WordPress and edit your site?

    YesNo

    Is this a site re-design?

    YesNo

    If yes, can you please explain what is working and not working on your current site?

    Are you going to need?

    Ecommerce (sell products)

    Membership of any kind

    If Products please specify numbers and categories:

    Products:

    Categories:

    Are there any additional features that you would like for your site or things that you would like to add in the future? Please be as specific and detailed as possible.

    Design:

    People are coming to your new site for the first time. How do you want them to feel about your company?

    Are there corporate colors, logo, fonts etc. that should be incorporated?

    If you do not already have a logo, are you going to need one designed?

    YesNo

    Is there a specific look and feel that you have in mind?

    Websites of your closest competition:

    Please include at least 3 links of sites of your competition. What do you like and don’t like about them? What would you like to differently or better?

    Link #1:

    Link #2:

    Link #3:

    Websites that we like:

    Along with putting down the site address, please comment on what you like about each site, i.e. the look and feel, functionality, colors etc. These do not have to have anything to do with your business, but could have features you like. Please include at least 3 examples:

    Link #1:

    Link #2:

    Link #3:

    Marketing the Site:

    How do people find out about your business right now?

    Have you thought about how you’re going to market this site?

    YesNo

    Do you have any social network accounts setup? (Facebook etc), if yes please specify:

    Do you want links to those accounts on your site?

    YesNo

    Do you have a mail service account? (Constant Contact, MailChimp etc.)

    Will you want to build your mailing list and use it for advertising & newsletters?

    YesNo

    Will you want printed materials (business cards, catalog, flyers, etc.) produced as well?

    YesNo

    If someone were searching for your product/service, what types of search terms (single words or phrases) might they use?

    Please list all the possible search terms you can think of:

    Domain and Hosting:

    Do you already own a domain name(s)? Example: (www.mygreatsite.com)

    YesNo

    Do you have a hosting account already? (This is where the computer files live.)

    YesNo

    If yes, do you have the login/IP information?

    If no, what name(s) would you like?

    Maintenance:

    Will there be sections that need regular updating? Which ones?

    Would you like to be able to do most of the updating yourself?

    YesNo

    If you’re planning on writing a blog do you already have several things written?

    YesNo

    Do you already write on a regular basis?

    YesNo

    Are there any features/pages that you don’t need now but may want in the future? Please be as specific and future thinking as possible.

    Please include any additional notes.