This Website Design QuoteQuestionnaire was designed to assist you in the process of projecting the development costs, planning the target audience, purpose, and design of your web site. Whether you are planning a new site or redesigning an existing site, hiring a web designer or building the site yourself, filling out the information below will help you develop a targeted, cohesive, attractive web site.

Before filling out the form, please compile a list of web sites that contain features which you particularly like, and would like to incorporate into your site - as well as features which you do not like. This will be of great benefit when planning the layout, content, and interactive features of your site.

We will respond to your form as soon as possible, usually within 2-3 business days.

Date:

Contact Name:

Title:

Company Name:

Email:

Phone:

What is the nature of your business?

Do you currently have a Website?

Yes   No

If yes, what is the URL of the Website and where is it hosted?

1. What immediate goals do you have for this website?

2. What long-term benefits do you want this website to provide?

3. What outcome will make this website successful? How will you measure success?

4. How soon would you like to have the website up and running? If there is a deadline, what is driving it?

5. What is your budget for this project? Is there an acceptable budget range, depending on the level and comprehensiveness of services provided? What is determining the budget range?

6. Please identify any identity/branding assets (logos, other artwork, and fonts) or issues.

Please assign each of the below choices a value between 1 (least important) and 10 (most important) in the adjacent box:

Obtain names, addresses and other information about visitors for use in mailing lists

Obtain demographic information about your customers through online questionnaires (marketing research)

Promote your product line / services

Have an online catalog

Brand ID (create an easily identifiable image)

Market product line / services (through direct online sales)

Create an online community of dedicated visitors

Improve access to information (customer support)

Establish presence on the Web

Have a better, more effective Web presence than your competition

Sending the message that your company is "Web-savvy"

1. What target audience(s) do you want to reach with this website?

2. What are your goals for each target audience? What sorts of products/services will you offer for each target audience?

1. Who will develop the initial website content? Who will provide updated content?

2. Is the current content in hard copy, electronic form, both, other?

3. What sort of content will be incorporated into the website:

Information about the company (history, employees, etc.)

Featured products/services

      Number of featured products/services?

Online catalog

      Number of products/services listed in catalog?

Product/Service Order form

Visitor feedback form

Tips & tricks regarding your company's products/services

Visitor suggestions for new products/services etc.

Contests / Giveways

Free stuff for filling out feedback form

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Links to other websites

Other (please describe):

4. How often will you be adding or changing content?

5. Would you like Multimedia Firm to maintain your website after the initial launch?

     If your answer is "no", who will be responsible for maintaining the website after launch?

This is a very important part of this questionnaire. The more effort you put into researching this list, the better your website will be. Find the highest-quality site(s) (more is better) on the web that relate(s) to your website in the following categories. Please also note what specifically about the websites caused you to choose them for that category (e.g., a certain graphic or interactive feature that you particularly liked). Also, feel free to note sites that you really DON'T like - they can be just as important in designing the website.

1. Branding in a situation similar to yours (reinforcing an established brand, creating a new brand, etc.):

2. Appeal to same target audience of customers:

3. Colors, look/feel, user interface, layout:

4. Scope/extensiveness of project:

5. Attracting new people to the site (newsworthiness, giveaways, impact, etc.):

6. Quality of content:

7. Quality of graphics:

8. Functionality/Interactivity (things sites do for people):

9. Community, special features, responsiveness, other categories important to your project:

10. Overall favorites sites (for whatever reasons).

Your website will need to be hosted on a web server. SMP Data Systems can host your site, you can use a hosting company of your choice, or you may host the site on your own servers.

1. Who would you like to host your website?

Multimedia Firm

We will

Our current Internet Service Provider

Undecided

2. How are you currently connected to the Internet?

     Name of ISP:

     URL of ISP:

3. Does your company own a domain name (e.g. "your-company.com")?

           Yes  No

     If so, what is your domain name:

4. If you do not yet have a domain name, or if you would like to change your domain name, what names are you considering?