These and other questions can be answered here on the website, by phone or in person with an Avanti team member.

My business and I are in Massachusetts. Isn’t it difficult to work with a client who is not in the same city or even state as Avanti?

Not at all! A high number of our clients are outside of the Denver metropolitan area (headquarters for Avanti). Utilizing phone, email and in-person meetings (when necessary), Avanti will make the working relationship with our out-of-area clients feel like we are all in Denver.

Why should I use Avanti instead of having an in-house employee in my company/organization design and maintain the website?

Avanti helps you and your company/organization maximize their work time, create greater efficiencies and utilize resources better. You may not have an individual who is knowledgeable about all of the aspects of website creation. If you are part of an organization, everyone involved has a full-time job and time is better used by hiring Avanti to oversee your website needs.

Is it really that important for a small business to have a website, especially if advertising is not part of our marketing plan?

In this technology age, it is important [even for a single owner-run business] to have a presence on the Internet. If the goal isn’t to increase sales and revenue and remain competitive, the website should still have a PR presence on the web. A website is a great way to promote and represent your company.

What is the process for creating my website?

The first thing Avanti will ask is “what is the purpose/goal for having a web presence”. You also need to have several things circulating in your mind such as budget, your target audience, maintaining consistency with your company’s print materials and on-air advertising… Secondly, Avanti team members will talk (in person or by phone) with you to discuss, in greater detail, your vision for the site and how Avanti can integrate this vision into a successful and productive website. Following will be more communications, drafts and approvals and the final product.

How do I determine what information should be on my website?

If your business sells products, you will need to consider an e-commerce functionality to the website. Organizations are increasingly having online website directories integrated seamlessly into their websites (always current and an enormous benefit to members). Your decision on what appears on the site returns to your purpose and goal for the website. What do you want to accomplish and communicate?! It is Avanti’s responsibility to work closely with you to arrive at final determinations for web content, graphics and develop a site that fulfills your needs and exceeds your expectations.

How much time and money will be involved for the maintenance of my website?

Some of our clients’ websites contain Content Management Systems (CMS) which allow the clients to add, delete and revise text and graphical content using a program as easy as Microsoft Word. Other clients have Avanti’s web maintenance team oversee their respective websites and make changes to the site per the clients’ requests. This latter scenario will have what is known as an Annual Maintenance Fee. In this scenario Avanti will gather information from you to arrive at an annual maintenance fee schedule for maintaining all of the content on your website in addition to its everyday integrity (estimate of time it will take to maintain your site over twelve months time).

I have no literacy with the computer – your typical technophobe – and have no idea about initiating the whole website process. I am not creative and not good at writing effective copy. How can Avanti help me and other clients like me who need to be guided and hand-held?

We help guide and direct you from the first meeting through the completion of the website and all of its functionalities. Avanti has a team of talented individuals (web design, backend, graphic/logo design, copywriting…). Serving our clients’ needs is of the utmost importance to us and we will do whatever it takes for the highest quality end product.

How expensive are your services?

The services we provide greatly vary in price from as low as $1,500 for a simple HTML website to tens of thousands of dollars for a website with databases, flash animations, search functions, hundreds of pages of content …. Oftentimes we put together a quote for creation of a website and the quote is broken into phases of development wherein the later phases can be done any time after the main creation when it makes better sense for the client (strategically and financially).