Atilus Internet Marketing & Web Development

How much does a website cost? Well… that depends. How much does a building cost? “Ballpark figure. If you had to give me a number?” All buildings are different. Is this a manufactured home you’re thinking of? A commercial building? Perhaps a beautiful lake front mansion with marble Romanesque columns. I guess the answer should be… it depends. And web development is not much different.

I can’t believe that it would take a company apparently as professional as yours upwards of 12,000 to make a blog. Either you’re ripping customers off or you’re incompetent. One framework could be re-used thousands of times, saving you time and your customers money. Yes, each site needs its own modifications, but if you build a solid framework you can run pretty much anything off it.

I’ll address this comment later, but first of all I would like to thank Scott for writing and publishing his great article on our blog – to which the above was a comment - just a few weeks ago. He was really able to sum up “what does a website cost.” Without going into full detail on everything mentioned here is just a brief break down of what was discussed regarding the cost of a good website:

• $1000-$2000 Basic Design Website
• $3000-$7000 Custom Design Websites – visually attractive, completely unique design
• $7000- $12,000 Content Management System (CMS) Websites
• $12,000- $100,000+ - totally custom situations, implementation of more advanced design & programming, etc.

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Internally we had discussed the idea at length – writing an in-depth article about how much does a website cost – and, finally decided to hit “publish” after weighing everything. We effectively laid all of our cards on the table, allowing our audience, the web developer community, our competition and future clients to understand how much this web stuff costs. The truth is the biggest thing we were concerned with in writing and publishing an article like this would be backlash from the web community or independent developers. Ultimately, the benefits outweigh the negative – we have to educate the community on the steps, time, and price involved in a proper web presence.

Personally, I am sick and tired of hearing two things from new or potential clients:

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13 May | Post by Zach Katkin. Filed under Web Design, Business, Design.

The Island Coast AIDS Network (ICAN), was founded in 1987 and incorporated as a not for profit corporation in 1989.

Its mission is “To stop the spread of HIV/AIDS and assist individuals infected and affected in Southwest Florida.” As a community based AIDS service organization, ICAN provides a wide variety of services to its clients as well as the general public. Atilus is proud to have partnered up with ICAN to provide them with a sophisticated, content management based website with complete calendaring allowing them to reach their audience more quickly and efficiently and allowing the entire ICAN network to stay in touch and up-do-date on the latest news and events at ICAN.

The completely redesigned website features large easy to read text and navigation, email newsletter integration, and event and calendar management tools. It was a pleasure assisting this organization and helping them develop the unique, customized tools that would most benefit their key personnel and audience.

Thank you to everyone we worked with at ICAN, we look forward to much more!

13 May | Post by Zach Katkin. Filed under Site Launch.

• Plastic Surgeon of Naples | Luciano Boemi, MD, FACS | Home

  Luciano Boemi, MD, FACS is Naples, Florida’s premiere plastic surgeon. Dr. Boemi’s Naples based plastic surgery center specializes in Facial Contouring Rejuvenation, Breast Reshaping Procedures, and Body Contouring (liposuction)

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08 May | Post by Zach Katkin. Filed under Uncategorized.

I recently authored a post regarding the housing market situation in the Southwest Florida region as well as throughout the country. This situation continues to escalate, but fortunately it is creating new opportunities and some businesses, like Equity Management Solutions, are here to help. EMS specializes in helping individuals and families stop foreclosure, save their credit, and prevent bankruptcy.

Equity Management Solutions approached Atilus with a need to build out and customize their existing flash website. Our core flash team was able to build out the site in record time. Preliminary search engine optimization techniques and marketing have already led to success and qualified leads!

We look forward to working with the EMS team over the coming years to market their website and grow their business online using our proven and measurable marketing techniques.

08 May | Post by Zach Katkin. Filed under Site Launch.

Luciano Boemi, MD, FACS a Naples Plastic Surgeon, and his team approached us recently. With a great looking site, sophisticated online seminar booking management tool and nice photo & video gallery they were ahead of the curve.

Unfortunately it just wasn’t performing as expected.

The site was nice looking and usable, but no one was visiting. After initial consulting and research we realized their site, although attractive, was not properly coded for marketing and search engine success. By restructuring the code, making it more friendly for general users, handicapped users, as well as search engines, and making sure to take careful care in crafting TITLE and META information we could quickly help the site rise in the search engines.

We are pleased to announce the release, and success of the Boemi restructuring. In just a few days since launch they are already ranking for desired and meaningful terms (”Plastic Surgeon of Naples“) getting in front of their target audience and seeing amazing results! We look forward to working with the Boemi team over the coming years, increasing their web presence and helping them to strategically marketing their business online.

06 May | Post by Zach Katkin. Filed under Site Launch.