Package Deals
“How much will this cost me?” is a perfectly reasonable question. At Findable Blogs, we think it deserves a straight answer. For clients whose needs are straightforward and who like to keep things simple, we offer several packages to give you options and off-the-shelf convenience for a flat-rate, up-front price.
- Blog Starter Package
- $650
- Everything you need to get started blogging, including our favorite plugins (already installed and configured for you) and a selection of high-quality, SEO blog themes
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- Blog Promotion Package
- $600/month
- All the routine tasks of blog promotion without the hassle and expense of hiring an employee to do it
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Custom Design
Quoting a flat rate for our standard packages is easy because we spell out in advance exactly what’s included and what’s not. But when it comes to an original, one-of-a-kind design for your blog, setting a price takes a bit of homework. For custom blog designs, the answer to “How much will this cost me?” is “It depends.”
If you asked a contractor “How much does a custom house cost?” he or she would need to ask a lot of questions before they could give even a ballpark answer. They’d need to know how big, what style, what neighborhood, how many stories, which finishes and materials, whether it would be a rental or a primary residence, who’s going to live there and for how long, your timeline, your budget, and so on.
The range of possibilities in blog and web design is virtually unlimited. Before estimating a price, we work with you to get a clear understanding of your vision, your goals, and your needs.
- Custom Blog Design
- $2,700-$15,000+
- If you can imagine it, we can create it
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How Our Pricing Works
Price estimates for blog or web design—or any other creative service—might seem arbitrary at first. For those of you who are reeling from sticker shock at the range quoted above, we’ve put together this page to give you a better idea of where those figures come from.
Why? Because the more prepared you are going into this, the more effectively you’ll be able to make the most economical use of the designer’s time and expertise. This applies whether you’re working with Findable Blogs or any other professional design firm.
Why It Pays to Use a Pro
What are the advantages of working with a professional web designer or design firm instead of trying to do the work yourself, or hiring a friend’s nephew to build you a site for $50?
1. Professional results.
The biggest drawback to a site somebody’s nephew slaps together for $50 is that it looks like a site somebody’s nephew slapped together for $50. A professionally designed site, on the other hand, sends the message that you know what you’re doing and that you’re committed, confident, and successful enough to invest in quality work.
2. The job actually gets done.
You’ve got a business to run, client relationships to build, more things on your to-do list than Superman could get ever get to, and—if you’re smart and/or lucky—you also have a life. Also, you need a great website, now.
You could keep writing “look into cheap alternatives for web design” on your to-do list every day for the next year or so while missing out on the business opportunities having a website would bring in. Or you could hire a pro, set a timeline, and get a great website, now.
3. You save time.
You are almost certainly smart enough, and the resources out there are good enough, that you could learn everything you need to know about building and using a website on your own. The trouble is that learning takes time. And starting from scratch takes lots of time.
Working with web professionals allows you to tap into their experience and knowledge and save yourself hundreds of hours -hours you could be spending doing something you’re already good at that makes you money.
4. You attract more visitors.
Professional designers and design firms pay particular attention to the details that make or break your site. For instance, there are some very specific standards established for the behind-the-scenes code that runs websites.
Across the board, sites with good code that follows those rules get found more often in search engines. That translates to more visitors, giving you a much better return on your investment. Having a site that no one sees is like putting a physical store in the middle of nowhere; but that’s essentially what happens if nobody’s minding the details.
5. You skip the learning curve.
A professional designer or design firm isn’t just selling you hours on a project; we’re selling you years of experience in the sometimes overwhelming world of the Internet. We already know where the snags and gotchas are and how to make sure your blog avoids them.
Working with established pros takes that steep learning curve completely out of the picture, because over time and many projects, we’ve mastered what works and what doesn’t in areas like color, style, and the multitude of different ways information can be presented.
6. You’re not alone.
Invariably, once your blog or website is up and running, something will come up that you didn’t anticipate. Or there will be a feature or function you wanted that seemed like a good idea at first, but after trying it out for awhile you have a better idea and want to change it.
With an expert in your corner, you’re not alone. If something isn’t right, we can reconfigure it. If something goes wrong, we can save you hours of downtime and anxiety because we know what it takes to make it right again.
Get the Most for Your Money
The more clarity you have going into a project, and the more specific you can be about what you have in mind, the easier it will be for your designer to deliver results you love. So the first step toward saving your money by minimizing the designer’s time is to determine what your goals and preferences are before the project starts.
If you have no idea what you’re looking for in a blog beyond knowing that you really should have one, a Blog Consultation with guru Sarah Lewis can give you an invaluable jumpstart and guide you through the maze of options. The best goals are concrete and specific (“increase leads from 3 per week to 10 per week”) but even general concepts (“get more customers”) are a place to start.
The second step is to ask lots and lots of questions before choosing the designer you want to work with. Any reputable professional loves to work with clients who think and want to know more, so we welcome the chance to answer questions like “What does that include?” and “How will that feature help my business accomplish this goal?”
Communicating creative ideas can be tricky, so it’s very important to find a designer you like and trust who speaks your language. Even more importantly, they should ask the right questions and be able to demonstrate that they “get it”—whatever “it” means to you, uniquely and specifically.
