Jay Braver Web Development FAQ | Athens / Atlanta Georgia

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Why Hire Jay?

Quality, Price, & Service

You won't find higher quality elsewhere.
I do custom web design from scratch created just for you. Your web site will look like you paid 3-5k for it and your clients will assume you're very good and successful at what you do to spend this much on a custom designed website. The point of a website is to make you look good which it can't do unless it also looks great.

Price-wise, as a free-lancer with low overhead, I provide superior web sites at very competitive prices. I regularly sub-contract for marketing companies or others and they routinely charge several times what I do for the same work. Higher me directly and save big bucks!

Finally, service is my first priority. The #1 complaint I hear about other developers is that my client's were never able to get them on the phone or to do what needed to be done. When you work with me, you're working with the boss and the employee in one. I will never let your calls go unreturned or your emails unresponded. I don't give deadlines because I assume that everything is needed ASAP. If it's going to take me more than a few days, I'll let you know. Otherwise, I wait on my clients and you will not wait for me.

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How much will this cost?

Sites range from $500 to $1500. My standard site package nicely equipped will cost $850. From your basic site, we'll add-on elements a-la-carte as you desire.

Your biggest expense for a website will be the ongoing hosting charges. I host on NearlyFreeSpeech.net which is not-for-profit and charges on a usage basis rather than a flat monthly fee. So, rather than paying $120 yearly, the site will cost only about $20 per year. Thus, a site from me will pay for itself in the long run.

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What comes with a website?

Domain name selection, registration or transfer
Site Hosting setup
Custom Graphic Header featuring your logo
4-6 pages w/custom web design
In-set Pictures/Images on every page
In-domain Email
Google Analytics
Basic Search Engine Optimization

At a additional fee I can add on any of the following:
Animated Header Graphic
Intermediate Search Engine Optimization
Paypal Buttons / Shopping Cart
Blog / Forum
Database
Video
If I don't know how to do something you need,
I'll either figure it out or sub-contract the work.

What doesn't come with a website?

The content, which mainly consists of the logo, text, and photos.

There are a number of different ways to obtain the content:
If you don't have or don't love your logo, we can have one professionally designed with a contest at the graphic web design contest site 99Designs.com.
For the text, we can take it from your current marketing materials or you can write it or we can sub-contract a professional writer.
For photos, you can take them or we can contract a photographer or we can use nice and inexpensive stock photos from a site like IStockPhotos.com.

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What are Jay's areas of expertise?

I see myself primarily as an web site developer. Like a general contractor building a house,
I bring together all of the elements of a web site in a professional, cohesive, attractive whole. I'll do the work I'm best at and contract experts for the work they're best at to achieve very best final result. For example, although I can do graphic design, I'm just not as good as someone who spends all day every day concentrating on only designing logos (especially when we can outsource overseas cheaply). Likewise for writing the text or taking photos, an expert's touch is evident in the final product.

What I do really well is html, css, dns, web design, general Internet tech and post-production video editing. I'm skilled with the Adobe Macromedia family of products including Photoshop, Fireworks, Dreamweaver, Premiere and After Effects.
I also know WordPress very well and all of the Google products such as Google Apps, Adwords, AdSense and Analytics.

I can set up any Internet add-on you can think of such as photo galleries / slide shows, blogs, forums, chat-rooms, search engine optimization, google ads, video editing, embedded video, traffic metering, online membership directories or listings, Paypal ‘Buy Now’ buttons, shopping carts and much more.
If I can‘t do it really well, I know someone who can.

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Who is Jay?

I've been interested in computers since I was young. I recently turned forty years old and have been working with computers for the last thirty years. I got started by riding my bicycle down to the local Radio Shack and spending all day in their computer section.
My first computers were the Tandy Color Computer and TRS-80s in 1982.

I attended the University of Georgia, have a degree in computer programming, and spent a decade writing database software. I've been setting up web sites since the dawn of the Internet.

My main personal pursuit of late is turning my elementary age boy/girl twins from little monkeys into fully-formed adult human beings with my wife of twenty+ years.
I enjoy spending time riding off-road motorcycles and I'm a certified Master Gardener.

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Will my website come up first on Google?

I will perform basic optimization on your site so thatyou will likely be on the first page when your business name is searched or your industry and location are searched.
If you need more traffic or want hire rankings, I can put additional work into it.

The term for adjusting your web site so that it will be returned near the top in search results is 'Search Engine Optimization' or SEO. I will do all of the standard internal things that promote good SEO so that your site will come up first when your unique business name is searched. Beyond that, there is much we can do if you want to optimize your site to come at the top when your general industry terms are searched ex. 'hospice Tulsa Oklahoma'.

However, I find that for many clients who want more visitors to their site, what they really need is Online Networking and/or Social PR. This is because there may not be many Google searches for your product/service in the first place. In other words, if no one is aware of your product/service, they can't search for it and won't come to your site.
Online networking gets the word out via Facebook, MySpace, blogs, forums, articles, comment areas, etc. This can be very effective not only at improving your traffic but the traffic will be high-quality, potential customers.

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Do I need a web site?

Probably. The phone book is like the typewriter: yesterday's way. Today, if you need a phone number, address or information of any type, we do a quick Internet search.
If a customer can't find your phone number, they'll call somebody else.

So, you definitely need an effective web site if you are in any type of business, organization, or seek to entertain, educate, or opine.
Depending on your needs, we can utilize the internet to maximize your objectives.

If you're an individual, I strongly encourage you to consider buy the domain of YourName.com. Dot Com addresses are valuable and increasingly rare commodities. Seriously, there are 4 other 'Jay Braver's out there and eventually, one of them is going to wish he had bought JayBraver.com before me.

The bottom line is that there is no more cost effective way to communicate with your neighbors or the world than the Internet and your web site is your portal to it.

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How long will this take?

It's up to you. I'll be waiting on you and you won't be waiting on me.
If I have all the content, I can create a full site from scratch in only about a day and a half. But in reality, it takes time for us to gather all the necessary content like photos, logo files, and text. I will stop often for your feedback and input and that takes time. At a couple of points, I'll need final proof approval to procede. On average, sites take about two weeks to two months depending on how quickly you're able to get back to me.

If after a few weeks / months, you do not provide the content or feedback necessary for me to proceed, it makes my job take additional effort and is more time-consuming.
Websites take a great deal of mental energy and multiple stops/starts working on your site are not included in all-in standard package price. But if you have to take an extended break before continuing, we'll work out fair compensation for my additional time.

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Jay@JayBraver.com | Phone: (706)363-0529 | Click here to call me for free!
Internet Development • Web Design • WordPress • Google Products
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