Web Design
Web Design Services for an Attractive, High-Performing Site
Want to impress potential customers online? You need a sleek and up-to-date website that clearly conveys what makes your company uniquely valuable. We offer custom web design services to give your business the website of your dreams.
Get a free Web Design consultation!
Find out how we could enhance your website for top performance.
Here’s Why Your Company Needs Website Design Services
Your company needs web design services because your website is your most important sales tool. These days, 97% of people research a company online before deciding to buy from them. That’s a lot of potential customers looking for you to impress them!
Put yourself in those people’s shoes. You look up a company only to find it doesn’t have a website, or worse, it is horrifically outdated and challenging to read. Are you more likely to buy from that company or a competitor with a sharply designed site?
Your website is your virtual storefront. Don’t let it fall into disrepair!
What is Web Design?
Web design is the process of planning, creating and publishing pages for an online domain. This process includes mapping the website structure and choosing the optimal layout, color scheme and imagery for each page. It also involves creating enticing page copy and making it easy for customers to get your offer with distinct calls to action.
How Does Web Design Work?
The key to creating a great website for a business is getting to know that business on a deep level. At Frontier Marketing, we prioritize this kind of business website personalization throughout every step of the process.
First, our web designer will meet with you to get to know your company’s goals, audience and vision for how you want the site to look. Then, a professional content writer will interview you to accurately capture your unique brand voice. After this, we’ll consult you throughout the site’s creation and launch to ensure the website perfectly aligns with your company’s identity. We also offer ongoing website management to keep your site up-to-date and running smoothly.
What Results Can I Expect?
Your new website will benefit your business in many ways. First, if you haven’t updated your website in more than three years, it likely has technical issues slowing it down. Our update will get your site performing at top speed again, keeping visitors from leaving in frustration.
Visitors will also have an easier time navigating through and reading your website, making them more likely to buy from you. Furthermore, we will optimize your website for SEO best practices so traffic to your site will increase over time.
In short, more web searchers will find your company, enjoy their experience with you and become paying customers!
Did You Know?
According to a recent survey, 88.5% of web searchers cite slow loading as the top reason for leaving a website.
Other reasons include a non-responsive website, bad navigation, outdated design and poor content structure.
Therefore, if your website has any of these problems, it’s costing you customers!
Professional web design services will prevent these frustrations and keep people on your site.
Our Four-Step Web Design Process
When you hire our web design company, you get your own personal team of seasoned digital architects. Our crew stays current on the latest web development trends and will use this knowledge and experience to craft a modern site that fits your brand. Here’s how we’ll go about constructing the ideal website for your business:
1. Conception & Planning
Our web designer will meet with you to understand your website’s purpose, goals and target audience. Then, we’ll help you select a responsive theme best suited for your website’s functionality and create a map of its pages. We’ll also collect all the marketing assets we need to personalize your website.
2. Content Creation
One of our content writers will interview you to capture your unique brand voice. Our writer will then craft the content for all pages on the sitemap using SEO best practices to maximize site visibility on search engines. The content will include strong calls to action and attractive images and graphics to support it. You will have final approval and the ability to request edits to the content before we publish.
3. Design & Build
Once you approve the content, our web designer will create the website using the responsive and consistently branded design you chose. The site will include a menu at the top for easy navigation and social media integration with your company’s primary social channels. We can also add a blog page, photo galleries, e-commerce functionality and more.
4. Website Launch
You’ll have all the time you need to review the new website and request any final revisions before launch. Upon your final approval and payment, we’ll make the website live and give you complete ownership of it and all associated assets. Your new website will come with Google Analytics tracking for ongoing performance monitoring.
Choose The Best Web Design Services for Your Needs
We create websites for many different business types, including the service, e-commerce, nonprofit, healthcare and home improvement industries. Whether you need a new website, an existing website managed or both, we’ve got you covered with these services:
Custom Website
Get a sleekly designed and easy-to-navigate website with search-optimized copy that perfectly fits your brand.
- Branded design that looks great on all devices
- All copy is written for conversions and strong SEO
- Exceptional technical performance and speed
- Google Analytics set up to monitor performance
E-commerce Website
Sell your products easily and efficiently with an attractive, branded website created using SEO best practices.
- Responsive branded theme and SEO-based content
- Integrated e-commerce functionality
- Creation of content and design for shop and product pages
- Google Analytics set up to monitor performance
Website Management
Ongoing completion of all essential tasks to keep the website running smoothly by our dedicated in-house team.
- Annual renewal of domain and SSL certificates
- Regular backups, updates and monitoring
- Minor modifications to improve site elements
- Monthly technical optimization and reporting
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Convenient Pricing Packages to Match Your Needs
Our web design services are entirely customizable to get the exact site you need. Therefore, the total cost of your website design project will depend on what you’d like your website to include. Here’s a pricing overview of each of our services and their main features:
Website Design
Project Based Rate-
Website build with HOME page: $2,000
Each additional page: $300 -
Domain & Hosting for First Year
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SSL Certificate for First Year
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WordPress Theme
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Branded Design
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Copywriting With SEO Foundation
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Standard Plugins
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Google Analytics Set Up
Ecommerce Store
Project Based Rate-
Website Build with HOME & Shop page: $3,000
Additional Charge per Added Product -
Domain & Hosting for First Year
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SSL Certificate for First Year
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WordPress Theme
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Branded Design
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Copywriting With SEO Foundation
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Standard Plugins
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Google Analytics Set Up
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Ecommerce functionality with SHOP page
Other Projects
Hourly Rate-
Updates & Changes
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New Pages
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Site Audits & Cleanups
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Software Updates
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Security Implementation
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Technical Maintenance
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Google Analytics & Search Console Set Up
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Consulting Services
Let Frontier Marketing Fully Manage Your Website On An Ongoing Basis With Monthly Packages Below
Website Management
Lite Plan-
Maintain Website Monthly
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Software Updates
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Daily Full-Site Backup & Storage
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Security Scans
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Technical Maintenance
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Yearly Hosting & SSL Included
Website Management
Plus Plan-
Maintain Website Monthly
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Software Updates
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Daily Full-Site Backup & Storage
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Security Scans
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Technical Maintenance
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Yearly Hosting & SSL Included
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Urgent Support/Restore If Website Hacked
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1 Hour of Webmaster/Month
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Monthly Google Analytics Report
Website Management
Pro Plan-
Maintain Website Monthly
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Software Updates
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Daily Full-Site Backup & Storage
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Security Scans
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Technical Maintenance
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Yearly Hosting & SSL Included
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Urgent Support/Restore If Website Hacked
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2 Hour of Webmaster/Month
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Monthly Google Analytics & Search Console Reports
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Quarterly Website Review
How Your Plan Works
- LITE plans can add webmaster services by the hour ($100/hour)
- Use webmaster hours for support, webpage updates and additions, website audits, website consulting
- Each request is a 15-minute minimum deduction
- Unused rollover hours expire after 90 days
- Cancel any plan with 30 days’ notice
- All requests are handled Monday – Friday; 9am – 4pm
Typically, non-urgent requests are handled within 3-5 business days - Emergency (losing money, fined, customer experience of multiple customers) evening or weekend requests have additional charge of $200/hour
Frequently Asked Questions About Web Design
Why should I hire Frontier Marketing rather than create my own website?
Creating a high-quality business website takes a lot of time, energy, knowledge and experience. We have no doubt you could pull it off if you could devote all your attention to it, but we’re guessing your resources are limited.
Our company already has all the knowledge and experience, and we’re willing to put in the long hours necessary to do it right. It’s also cheaper to go with us than to hire your own website designer in-house, and we’ll work with you just as closely as an inside hire would.
What sets your web design company apart from your competitors?
We prioritize fostering a close relationship with your company to create a website that accurately reflects who you are and what makes you great. Our websites are never cookie-cutter or one-size-fits-all. Instead, we’ll take the time to come to a deep understanding of your brand and optimize your site to achieve your marketing goals.
Which web design CMS do you use to create your websites?
We use the WordPress content management system for all our websites. WordPress offers a wide variety of designs and plugins, enabling us to adapt the site to each client’s specific needs. The website you’re reading this on right now was created using WordPress.
Don’t worry if your current website is not a WordPress site. Our team can migrate your domain to WordPress as we update it!
How will the new website support my company’s brand and marketing goals?
No matter what your marketing goals are, we’ll optimize your website to support them.
Want to sell more products online? We’ll build your site with e-commerce functionality and easy navigation for quick shopping.
Looking to increase brand awareness and become an industry authority? We’ll fill your website with high-value educational content and add a blog page for ongoing content creation. (We also offer ongoing professional blogging with our organic SEO services.)
Want to dominate search engine results pages? Our website designers and content writers follow the latest SEO best practices for the best long-term results.
Whatever your goals are, we’ll make them ours as we design your customized website.
How do you ensure the websites you design are mobile-friendly?
The WordPress CMS we use has responsive templates that automatically adjust the web pages to look great on any screen. We also review each page we make on several different screen sizes to ensure the format translates well and adjust our designs as necessary.
Can you provide examples of websites you’ve designed in the past?
Absolutely! We’re always happy to provide links to sample projects we’ve completed. Our portfolio has quite a few of them, including websites for Northern Illinois Window Tinting, Lumberjacks, Sal’s Pizza Place and more.
How do you incorporate SEO into your web design?
Our web design service prioritizes two essential types of SEO: technical SEO and content SEO. On the technical front, we design a website to run without any hiccups that could lower its search ranking. Some examples of how we do this include:
- Creating the website with a secure (HTTPS) URL
- Compressing image file sizes to keep them from slowing the website down
- Using schema markup to help search engine crawlers understand the site
We also optimize the content we create for SEO by:
- Targeting high-value keywords
- Creating in-depth content
- Using an organized heading structure to make the content easy to follow
These are just some of the many ways we accomplish this.
Will I be able to make updates to the website myself?
Yes! Once your new website is complete and live, we’ll give you all assets and login information so you’ll have complete ownership of it. You can log in to WordPress and adjust anything you want; our team will give you any guidance you need on how to do that.
We also offer an ongoing website management service to manage all website updates for you. Let us know what updates you’d like to see, and we’ll make them, so you don’t have to!
Do you offer training or resources to help my team use and manage the new website?
Of course! We wouldn’t want to make you a new car without showing you how to drive it. Our team will happily walk you through the WordPress CMS and answer questions to set you up for success.
Ready to Take Your Web Design to the Next Frontier?
We’re ready to make you a beautiful site that attracts loads of new customers! Contact us today for a free consultation with our expert web designer. We serve organizations in Fox Lake, IL, the McHenry County region and throughout the country.