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This worksheet can help you to lay a solid foundation for your web sit e. It will help define your goals along with setting a o o r t p r guidelines to make sure your website is complete and useful for your visitors. If you don't know an answer or feel like it e k m s r o w l a t e doesn't apply to you, then simply leave it blank. If you have any quest ions; please call and I'll be happy to help you Name Address r City State Zip Code

Business Phone n Home Phone Cell Phone

Description of your business c o s (One Paragraph) e [Type a quote from the document o or the summa ary of an inte eresting point. You can t position t the text box a anywhere in the document t t. Use the Dra awing Tools t tab to change the e formattin ng of the pull quote text bo ox.] Description of services c e , (Separated by commas) Example: Pizza, Restaurant, Take Out, Salads, Italian, Entrees, Pasta, a m p s e [Type a quote from the u e document o or the summa ary of an interesting point. You can t anywhere in the document t. Use the Dra awing Tools tab to change e position the text box a the forma atting of the p pull quote tex xt box.]

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 What is your "Motto· or ·Slogan"? Do you want people to: ☐ Learn more about your business or organization? ☐ Hire you to perform a service? ☐ Buy products from you? ☐ Other Who is your target Audience or community? Examples: Age Group, Gender, interest, Areas Served [Type a quote from the document or the summary of an interesting point. You can position the text box anywhere in the document. Use the Drawing Tools tab to change the formatting of the pull quote text box.] [Type a quote from the document or the summary of an interesting point. You can position the text box anywhere in the document. Use the Drawing Tools tab to change the formatting of the pull quote text box.] [Type a quote from the document or the summary of an interesting point. You can position the text box anywhere in the document. Use the Drawing Tools tab to change the formatting of the pull quote text box.]

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Image &: Style
The visual appearance, graphic design and color scheme of your web site will communicate volumes to the visitor about you and your business. ☐ What image do you want to project? ☐ Traditional / Classic ☐ Contemporary ☐ High Tech ☐ Retro / ~50's Style" ☐ Feminine / Flowery ☐ Nostalgic / Historical ☐ Other What is the color scheme of your business? (Your main colors) Do have any existing graphics or promotional materials? Do you have a logo? ☐Yes ☐No ☐ Yes ☐No ☐No

Do you have photos that you wish to use on the web site? ☐ Yes

Other Websites Please list a few web sites that appeal to the same target audience or community, or that communicate an image or style that is similar to what you want. [Type a quote from the document or the summary of an interesting point. You can position the text box anywhere in the document. Use the Drawing Tools tab to change the formatting of the pull quote text box.]

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 Please list some of your competitor's web sites Let us know what you like and don't like about some of these sites. Regarding your budget (if applicable) what is your intention to create ☐ A basic informational website ☐ ☐ Website Content and Pages What pages would you like on your site? Indicate the pages you would like on your site using the suggested page titles below. The page titles can be whatever you want. The titles listed below are only to get you started. Remember that it is best to keep only one topic per page. You may also want to consider the how often this information will need to be updated. Most websites include: About Us I Bio (Who You Are) Our Services (What You Do) Our Products (What You Sell) Portfolio (How You Do It) Directions I Contact Us (Where You Are) 4 A professional website with custom design and programming Other (please explain) [Type a quote from the document or the summary of an interesting point. You can position the text box anywhere in the document. Use the Drawing Tools tab to change the formatting of the pull quote text box.] [Type a quote from the document or the summary of an interesting point. You can position the text box anywhere in the document. Use the Drawing Tools tab to change the formatting of the pull quote text box.]

 You may also consider: ☐ Calendar of Events ☐ What's New ☐ Request Information ☐ Frequently Asked Questions ☐ Helpful Links ☐ Customer Testimonials ☐ Our Team ☐ Photo Gallery ☐ News ☐ Media I Press ☐ Guestbook ☐ Blog ☐ Order Page On the worksheets that follow, you'll provide a short description for each page and what you want the page button to say. Worksheets are provided for the common pages (listed above): Who You Are, What You Do, What You Sell, how you Do It, and Where You Are. Use the ~Generic Page Worksheet (p. 10) to describe and provide information on any of the optional pages from the list on the right. (Optional)
Keep in mind that some of these pages will require regular or frequent updating, such as the Calendar and or Blog. Some of these pages may also require website editing software in order to make updates to the content regular/y. For example, a Photo Gallery will usually have the ability for a site admin to up load new photos using a website editing software package that we can provide. Site editing software and frequent updates to pages can make the over all price of your website increase. But most people feel that the initial investment is well worth the money saved over the life Of the site due to adding these features.

How often do you want the information on the pages to update? ☐ Daily ☐ MONTHLY ☐ Never ☐ WEEKLY ☐ When Needed

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Will you need assistance with content management or do you have capabilities in‐house to maintain the content updates of your website?
☐ I will need help maintaining the site content and making site updates regularly ☐ I have the capabilities in‐house to edit the html coding and graphics and do not need assistance with Content Indicate here if you would like to hire custom writing on this page. ☐ Yes. I need to hire custom writing.
If you checked ∙ Yes" above, then please specify (in the box to the right) a basic idea or outline of the ∙Content" to be created. Additional fees may apply if you require custom writing. Frequent page updates are a great way to move up in search results. Search engines rank pages higher if they are updated regularly. Most consumers now expect websites to change frequently.

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 What You Do Page This page is an explanation of what your business provides for your customers. Make sure you list everything you do. Button Examples: Home. About Us, introduction, history, Our Business, Welcome [Type a quote from the document or the summary of an interesting point. You can position the text box anywhere in the document. Use the Drawing Tools tab to change the formatting of the pull quote text box.]

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 What You Sell Page This page is an explanation of what you offer your customers. Make sure you list all of the brands you sell and or vendors you work with. Button Examples: Home. About Us, introduction, history, Our Business, Welcome [Type a quote from the document or the summary of an interesting point. You can position the text box anywhere in the document. Use the Drawing Tools tab to change the formatting of the pull quote text box.]

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 How You Do It Page This page is an explanation of what you have done for your customers. This can be a few pictures of before and after work, work completed, or step‐by‐step process on how it's done. Button Examples: Home. About Us, introduction, history, Our Business, Welcome [Type a quote from the document or the summary of an interesting point. You can position the text box anywhere in the document. Use the Drawing Tools tab to change the formatting of the pull quote text box.]

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 Where You Are Page This page is dedicated to your location and other vital information which includes hours of operation along with what you accept for payment. Provide all of your contact information (if different from above) along with your new email addresses. If needed, add any special instructions to get to your business if you share a facility or are in a complex. Button Examples: Home. About Us, introduction, history, Our Business, Welcome

[Type a quote from the document or the summary of an interesting point. You can position the text box anywhere in the document. Use the Drawing Tools tab to change the formatting of the pull quote text box.]

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 Generic Page Worksheet Use this worksheet for any additional pages needed for your website that are not included with the previous worksheets. Make as many copies of this sheet as necessary Button Examples: Frequently asked questions, Testimonials, calendar, Portfolio, links [Type a quote from the document or the summary of an interesting point. You can position the text box anywhere in the document. Use the Drawing Tools tab to change the formatting of the pull quote text box.]

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 Final Checklist and Delivering Your Content
When you have completed these worksheets, the next step is to send us everything you have for your site. You may deliver your worksheets and content easily by faxing your worksheets to: 602‐795‐3011. Then simply email your content and required photos, logos or any other necessary documents to us. When sending fi les electronically, create one email for each page and attach the photos, art, logos, and page text content for that page. You may send your text as MSWord documents. A typical web site page will be no more than a single 8.5xl ' ∙ Word page. (to give you an idea on the length of text)

Have you completed all the following?
Completed this Website Planning Worksheet Gathered all photos Logos, artwork Page content text has been saved as individual files (MS Word format), using the page title for the filename (one doc per website page) . Email each page with attached photos and artwork (if applicable), one page per email message.to:mjbphxaz@cox.net Send to Mike Brooks mjbphxaz@cox.net

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