Web Design or Redesign Packages:

Package: Joomla! website or Wordpress Blog - STARTER

Includes web host and domain purchase assistance
Design, layout and editorial consultation
Joomla! 1.5 or Wordpress 3.0 and professionally designed template installed
up to 10 pages of content and up to 10 images sized, optimized and placed
1 month of free email support after the site handover
On-site / telephone/ online support during design and construction phase
Three hour training session online or at your office or mine during site handover
Training videos and customized user manual
Price: $850 to $1500

See www.thetomato.ca, www.lenbracko.ca and www.alfrescocontractors.com for examples of starter website packages

Package: Joomla! website - BASIC

Includes web host and domain purchase assistance
Design, layout and editorial consultation
6 – 10 pages of content and up to 25 images placed and formatted
Optional photo gallery or event calendar
1 month of free email support after the site handover
On-site / telephone/ online support during design phase
Three hour training session at your office or mine or online during site handover
Training videos and customized user manual
Standard search engine optimization (i.e. search engine friendly URLs)
Price: $1500 - $2500

See www.gemport.net, www.vivianeforest.ca, and www.albertaamateurwrestling.ca for examples of basic website packages

Package: Joomla! website – BUSINESS

Includes web host and domain purchase assistance
Design, layout and editorial consultation
Joomla! 1.5 and professionally designed template installed
11-25 pages of content and up to 50 images sized, optimized and placed
Optional photo gallery or event calendar
1 month of free email support after the site handover
On-site / telephone / online support during design and build phase
Two 3 hour training sessions at your office or mine or online during and after the site handover
Training videos and customized user manual
Enhanced search engine optimization (i.e. SEF URLs and contents optimized for search engines)
Price: $2500 to $5000

See www.whitemudequine.ca as an example of a business package

Package: Joomla! website - eBUSINESS

Includes web host and domain purchase assistance
Joomla 1.5! and professionally designed template installed
5 – 30 pages of content and up to 25 images placed and formatted
Online shopping cart or product catalogue
Site updating and security programs installed and configured
2 months free email support after the site handover
On-site / telephone/ online support during design and build phase
Three 3 hour training sessions online or at your office or mine during and after site handover
Training videos and customized user manual
Enhanced search engine optimization (i.e. SEF URLs, contents optimized for the website and site map to submit to search engines)
Price: $5000 and up

See www.mediainalberta.ca or www.mediamag.ca as examples of a ebusiness packages.

Your new website will have the following features built in:

A “no html required” admin area
Ability to add unlimited pages of content
Contact form with anti-spam feature
Blog capabilities
RSS syndication
Audio/video display
User level access settings
Polls/surveys
News feed display
Ability to easily upload and display banner ads
Weblinks directory
Site search function

Prices include the following:

Design and editorial meetings as required
Site design, navigation, and template to your specifications
Editing text supplied for typos and grammatical errors
Images sized and optimized for the web
Status reports every five hours so you can monitor the progress
Email, telephone and online support during the design phase
Training sessions upon site hand over, online or at your office or mine
a minimum of a month of email support after the site handover meeting, more depending on the package you choose

Package rates are based on our estimate of how many hours your website project will take at the rate of $95 per hour.

What we'll need from you:

a signed agreement that details the look, feel and functionality of your new website that we arrive at together in our first meeting
payment for half the agreed upon fee before we begin the project
payment for the balance of the project paid at the end of the site handover
edited text and images as determined during our first editorial and design meeting to be provided at the half way point of the project (the exact date to be detailed in our agreement)
quick responses if we have a question during the design or construction phases

After your new site is completed, we can also help you present, promote and protect your reputation online. And, we can help you design and publish an enewsletter to complement your new website, as you wish.

If you contract our services to design or redesign your website, we’ll host it for the first year for free and show you how to set up email accounts and manage your website domain's control panel at no charge. (valued at $150).

Feedback from others...

"I have taken numerous workshops with Marilyn over the past three years and have contracted her media release distribution services for the same length of time to great success. This year we also contracted her to rebuild our current website into a content management system so that I, as the Executive Director and only staff member, could update it myself..."

“Thank you Marilyn for helping us with the AAWA website. Starting a new website is a daunting task and can lead to some confusion on where to start and what to do. Thanks to your help we have hit the ground running with the new website. By showing us how to maintain our own website and edit content ourselves, we are able to maintain our site better, faster and for a far lower cost..."Read more about what Mike from the Alberta Amateur Wrestling Association had to say about this experience...

"I would definitely recommend this tutorial to anyone who wants to learn how to publish professional looking electronic newsletters. I really enjoyed the opportunity to work one-on-one with Marilyn. I learned so much about how to design and distribute an enewsletter! Marilyn was able to answer every question I had and walk me through the publishing to distribution process and beyond, step-by-step to make sure I understood." ~ Shannon Werbicki, Central Alberta Manager, Kidsport Alberta

"Whitemud Equine contracted with Marilyn earlier this year to help us rebuild our website and help us create an enewsletter program. The response to our enewsletter has been fantastic and it has grown from 100 subscribers to over 600 in just six months! Writing and publishing the enewsletter has been incredibly easy since Marilyn provided the template and great advice as to regular content and continuity. The website development is also getting great reviews and Marilyn is excellent at providing trouble-shooting and advice. She is also very aware of the latest applications and technologies which have really helped to make our website serve our membership. As a non-profit organization where time and money is always in short supply, I am happy that I can finally maintain the website and the enewsletter in-house. Any changes, news items, etc take just a few minutes and Marilyn is always on the other end of the phone if I need help." ~ Diane David, Administrative Director, Whitemud Equine Learning Centre

"I attended two workshops led by Marilyn Jones: Optimizing Media Releases and Social Media Relations. Marilyn is a dynamic facilitator and instructor who not only knows her subject thoroughly but can communicate it well and understandably no matter what the background and experience of the participant. In addition, Marilyn delivers more than promised and one such gem was hearing about Joomla at the workshop, which inspired me to create my own website using Joomla after hearing Marilyn's story's about its strength, ease of use and suitability. Anyone considering learning more about all of the potential within the world of internet media, social networking and marketing and how to make it work for them should not hesitate to sign up for her workshops." ~ Brian Scott Marketing, Technology & Research Director, Communitas, Edmonton

What makes our website or newsletter publishing services unique?

It's not hard to find someone who can help build your website or design your enewsletter for you. It's harder to find someone who wants to build your website or design your newsletter and then show you how to maintain it or publish it yourself thereafter. There isn't anyone else in Alberta who offers such specialized training. Read more...

Upcoming Workshops

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Considering blogging about your book or business?

If words are your pleasure, check out the Blog Your Book Workshop in the Writing Works program at MacEwan to run over two Saturdays, October 29 and November 5, 2011. If business is more your pleasure, check out our "Blogging for Business With Pleasure Workshop" on Wednesday, June 29, 2011. If neither of these dates suit your schedule, call and arrange for a three hour private session online or at your office or mine.

Interested in publishing an electronic newsletter?

If you've decided that now's the time to get your enewsletter program off the ground check out our upcoming workshop Electrifying Electronic Newsletters. If you prefer private hands-on training or another option to produce your enewsletters, check out the enewsletter publishing options we offer ...

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