We’ve just launched a redesign of one of our long-time clients, Nstyle Fashion Xchange. They first signed up way back when I was doing all the design work. We’d tweaked their design a couple of times since then, but this is the first time they’ve had a complete make-over.
Compare this to my original design from back in the day, and you’ll be glad I’m not doing the design work anymore:
Thanks to Dave, myself and our new programmer, Amber Hanks, we now have a new look for our webmail. Dave designed it all, I coded the inside pages, and Amber coded the login page.
We’re also looking for suggestions on how our webmail can be improved. If you have any questions or suggestions regarding user interface, features, etc., send them our way!
Here at T&S, we’re in the process of launching our new, low-cost websites that run just $99/month. You can read all the details here.
We came up with 99 reasons you should buy this new, affordable website option from T&S, and thought we’d share those reasons with you.
1. inexpensive
2. easy
3. effective
4. domain name included
5. hosting included
6. unlimited # of pages
7. T&S takes care of initial setup
8. no setup costs
9. T&S fills in initial pages
10. no special software on your computer
11. Easy updates
12. 1 hour training included
13. up to 60 email addresses
14. unlimited email support
15. only 1 year commitment
16. hundreds of designs to choose from
17. no hidden fees
18. T&S speaks english, not techno-babble
19. save money compared to other advertising
20. increase professionalism
21. compete online
22. don’t pay thousands of dollars
23. content management system is expandable
24. customizable with your logo
25. content and template checked for compatibility
26. one central location online
27. more room than a business card
28. more space than the phone book
29. did we mention unlimited pages?
30. establish online presence
31. supplement traditional advertising
32. no technical knowledge needed
33. create a hub for your social network marketing
34. blog is included 35. quick gallery updates
36. upload any file type
37. more room than a magazine ad
38. no more newspaper ads
39. add features without changing monthly cost
40. easily advertise specials
41. provide better customer service
42. it’s your answer to everything
43. be accessible 24/7
44. update site anywhere, anytime
45. replace traditional advertising
46. get customer/client feedback
47. look better than competition
48. widen customer base
49. compete internationally
50. expand your business
51. save money
52. give favorable impression
53. generate leads
54. more room than a brochure
55. get customers’ business
56. strengthen brand identification
57. simplify your marketing
58. make info available about services
59. no more phone book ads
60. yearly payments available
61. appeal to target market online
62. user friendly
63. very low risk
64. quick setup
65. make your small business look better
66. receive setup assistance
67. blogs increase traffic
68. blogging helps you learn
69. advertise your business
70. it will help grow your business
71. receive flexible service
72. communicate better with clients
73. no html knowledge needed
74. ecommerce capabilities
75. control your updates
76. keeps prices competitive
77. establish customer trust
78. if you don’t exist in search engines, you don’t exist
79. establish word-of-mouth
80. try unique marketing ideas risk-free
81. easy to fix snafus
82. use an award-winning content management system
83. no print costs
84. no color matching with print items
85. update content quickly
86. expand your target market
87. templates are professionally designed
88. no more mail-outs
89. increase your credibility
90. more room than a flyer
91. make product info available
92. inexpensive redesigns
93. easy to add new pages
94. your customers expect you to have one
95. professional installation & setup
96. it’s green
97. you can’t afford not to
98. allows for easy payment
99. if you don’t exist online, you don’t exist
Thanks for reading, and contact us if you would like to meet to see if our $99 per month website would work for you.
Well, in the very, very early hours of this morning, we launched our new website’s design. It had been a traditional “shoemaker’s children” type problem, where our quality of websites and design in generally has continuously improved over the past year, but our site stayed the same because we were busy work on other people’s websites and print design.
After putting it off for much too long, we all pitched in and worked really hard these last couple of weeks to get our site done. And it’s really paid off.
Take a look above at our old site on the right compared to our new site on the left, and you’ll see what I mean about our drastic increase in skill over the last several months. Although the website we designed for ourselves at the beginning of last year was solid, it was no longer reflective of our collective capabilities.
Major kudos goes to Dave, who spent hours and hours working on the site, getting it done phenomonally fast while still doing an outstanding job. And to Eric, who still plans to redo much of the coding his boss threw together to get the site online quicker. Eric, please don’t cry when you start looking at my code.
Please, take a look around. We would love any feedback on the new design.
We will be working with Diabetes Solutions of Oklahoma, the February winner of our free non-profit website. We are looking forward to helping Casey Bottoms and Kim Wilson in the overhauling of their current website.
We’ll be giving away another website in March. You can fill out an entry form on the details page.
Can you tell I’m a little stuck on logos lately? Our job here at T&S is to help businesses put their best foot forward on the web. Unfortunately, bad logos tend to work against us in that regard. We have to come up with creative ways to use logos we’re not fond of in a design we are fond of. Our designers, Emily Spirek and Dave Roach, do a great job.
However, let’s assume that you’ve decided you want your business to have a new logo, but you have it on so much material that it would be cost prohibitive to create a new one. Here’s a simple solution.
Replace it everywhere you don’t have to spend extra money, then on one thing at a time where you do have to spend money.
At the very beginning, replace it on your website, documents that you print directly from your computer on an as-needed basis, etc. Then you should probably replace it on your business cards as well. If you have a storefront with a sign, that should be your next stop.
If you use professionally printed letterheads, labels, envelopes and other items, consider temporarily printing them yourself on your computer until you can afford to replace all the items.
An alternative is to simply get the logo redesigned, then calculate how much it will cost to switch everything over and start saving up. That way you can wait and just switch everything over at once.
If you like your new logo much more than your old one, you’ll probably find yourself saving the money that much faster.
We often run into clients who we think should redo their logo, and they frequently resist the change for one reason or another. More often than not, they created it themselves and put a lot of hard work into it.
Now, I have no doubt that if you made the logo yourself, you put a lot of work into it. And it was probably fine for a period of time. But if you’re serious about building your business, you need a good logo.
So if you made your logo yourself, or if someone else has told you they think it looks unprofessional, email a dozen people or so and see what they think of the logo. Clients and customers would be ideal if you have some whose opinion you trust. Email them something that they can reply to quickly and easily. Here’s a possible message.
I’m thinking about creating a new logo for my company. I’ve attached my existing logo to this email. Do you think I should replace it or keep the existing one?
That’s it. Keep track of the responses. If most of the people think you should redo your logo, then do it! Make sure this time you use a professional or logo creation software.