Web Design Ottawa.
Fully Custom.
We view web design from a creative and strategic perspective. Every website we create, every element and feature developed for our clients, should not only be stunning – it should also have a purpose. Trust us for professional web design.
Web design that includes strong content, along with an exceptional user experience, will increase your search engine optimization and make your business easier to find for potential customers looking for your services.
These features will raise the level of trust that search engines put in your business, and in turn, the qualified traffic that comes to your site.
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Here’s why you SHOULDN’T create your own website:
WEB DESIGN PROFESSIONALISM
We can help create a website that is truly professional. Professional web design companies don’t just hire average designers and of course DO NOT produce average designs.
They spend a considerable amount of resources in identifying the right people to work for them and also the right design to fit the client. This naturally reflects in the work that they deliver.
Plus, being a professionally run business, they can relate to you and understand your needs better than, let’s say, a hobbyist designer. The end result is that you receive a product that possesses inherent business value.
CUSTOM DESIGN
Apart from creating a professional website that is in line with your requirements, a web design company can also customize it to meet your exact business needs. They will take the time and put in the effort to understand every aspect of what you do and what your brand is all about.
For instance, your brand might primarily be interested in generating higher walk-in sales. A professional web designer will factor this requirement into the overall design and create a site that convinces customers to walk into your store.
On the other hand, an independent designer may not possess the know-how or the resources to create such a website. Similarly, you may not have the resources to create an in-house design team that is capable of delivering the same results.
UPDATED TECHNOLOGY
Digital technologies are evolving at an exponential rate and keeping a track of recent developments can be very hard for in-house teams or freelance designers. This can be either due to sheer complacency or a lack of resources.
On the other hand, web design agencies tend to be highly specialized and always in the know when it comes to technologies and standards of the digital space.
So, you can be sure they’ll implement these tools in creating websites that are up to date with current requirements. As a result, you’ll never have trouble with staying in “the digital race”.
ADDITIONAL SERVICES
Designing and building a website isn’t a one-time task. It’s an on-going process that requires designers and developers to make constant changes as necessary.
In order to ensure that your website remains relevant, professional web design companies provide additional services such as webmaster services and maintenance services.
They take way the burden from your shoulders and place it on their own, allowing you to focus on mission critical tasks and primary goals.
A FOCUS ON CUSTOMER NEEDS
Professional web design companies are like any other company – they understand the pain your business takes to meet customer needs.
In other words, they understand what customers are like and will work with you to create a site that offers a top-notch customer experience.
This includes delivering an attractive and professional design, simplifying navigation, and improving usability.
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Website Design Process
How do you design a website that is custom tailored to your business goals?
See below for an overview of steps from start to launch.
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Discovery & Strategy
Discovery & Strategy Phase Every professional website design project starts with a discovery and strategy phase where the web design team – consisting of web strategists, account managers, web designers, and technical managers – interview the client stakeholders on their value differentiation, competitive landscape, and goals for the project.
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Information Architecture
UX Planning & Information Architecture Once the target audience, value differentiation, and strategic business analysis have been established in the website strategy phase, the project moves into the UX (User Experience) and IA (Information Architecture) phase, where the website layout, features, functionalities, user path flows, and specification document are wireframed and documented.
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Creative Design
Creative Design Mockups led by Website Designer In this phase, website designers roll up their sleeves and start applying color and designs to the wireframes submitted to them by the UX & IA team. The web designers also provide clients with a design storyboard outlining the usage of fonts and colors throughout the site.
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Coding & Development
Responsive Web Design & Back-end Development All websites are made to be responsive so they will work across various screens, from mobile to tablet to desktop. All frontend coding is done in HTML5, according to best practices, and a CMS (content management system) is customized to give clients the ability to update their responsive sites.
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Quality Assurance
Quality Assurance & Testing Creating a high quality responsive website requires thorough quality assurance testing on multiple devices to ensure that pages load quickly and properly on mobile, tablet, and desktop. In addition, security measures are put into place and the site is tested for proper SEO performance.
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Launch & Optimization
Website Launch, Analysis & Optimization After exhaustive testing in the QA phase, a system administrator takes the new site live and another test is performed to ensure the new customized website is performing as it was designed. During the early launch, we also monitor user behaviors on the website and report back.
Web Design
a small preview of a few websites we've created...
Client: Online Printing Service
Description: Client is a print house that specializes in business cards. They wanted a way to reach online customers.
But they also wanted a way for customers to be able to design their business cards on the fly through the website. We put together a website that did exactly that and more!
Our Work:
- Logo
- Website
- Web development
- Design/Graphics
- Shopping Cart + Live Shipping Rates
Client: Rakz Clothing
Description: This is was a great client to work with. They are a clothing company based out of Ottawa.
You can find their clothes throughout shops in the Ottawa area. They wanted to expand and open an e-commerce website in order to sell their clothing online.
They didn’t want to pay the monthly store fees everyone else was charging. They also didn’t want a basic website, they came to us and we delivered an outstanding final product.
Our Work:
- Logo
- Website
- Web development
- Design/Graphics
- Shopping Cart + Live Shipping Rates
- Clothing Tags
- Flyers/Brochures
Client: CapWrapz
Description: We worked with this client one-on-one. We executed exactly what the client requested.
They wanted a trendy, stylish and easy to navigate website. They also wanted features like giving the visitor the ability to change the color of the cars to see how they look wrapped in specific colors.
Our Work:
- Logo
- Website
- Web development
- Design/Graphics
- Flyers/Brochures
SEO: This company is in Ottawa and in the ‘car wrap’ industry. They wanted to target as many keywords in this niche as possible.
- #1 on first page for car wraps
- #1 on first page for ottawa car wraps
- #1 on first page for ottawa hood wraps
- and more!
Client: Kastone
Description: This client came to us with an outdated website which he need entirely re-done. We scrapped his old website and started from scratch.
In the end we created a beautiful website for the client with many features and options including a calendar with live projects and more.
We also did a complete overhaul of this clients SEO on the new website and landed him #1 for many keywords.
Our Work:
- Website
- Web development
- Design/Graphics
- Business Cards
SEO: This company is in Ottawa and in the ‘construction management’ industry. They wanted to target as many keywords in this niche as possible.
- #1 on first page for for ottawa construction management
- #1st page for construction management
- #1st page for construction management in ottawa
- and more!
Client: Aya Beauty Studio
Description: This was a fabulous client to work with.
They’re in the make-up & fashion industry. They wanted to create an elegant website, easy to navigate with all the essential information a visitor could need available.
We packed this information into a compact and super easy-to-use website.
Our Work:
- Logo Design
- Website
- Design/Graphics
SEO: Coming soon