Vancouver Web Design

Ten Day Design has over a decade of real-world experience in the web and print publishing world. Having worked with the very popular BC based publishing company that produces the best-selling Canadian series Backroad Mapbooks and was the company trusted to create the website design and publication for one of the preeminent sources for information on personal injury, ICBCadvice.com.

The company was created by Brett Firth, a veteran in the print publishing world with extensive training from UBC on internet programming and from BCIT on sales and marketing. With over 30 titles that made the Canadian bestseller list, he decided to create a company that could effectively meet the needs of small and medium sized business.

How we are different

To ensure that we know all of the complications of running an online business we decided to put our money where our mouth was so to speak and create numerous profitable websites.

Everything from payment methods, integrating multiple shipping methods, effective design elements, ease of updates, working with price points to get above average results and using our proprietary systematic procedure set to place our sites on the first page of Google results for specific keywords within weeks.

The website sells VirtueMart themes which are ways for other web developers around the globe to theme their shopping cart systems to look more professional. It's even featured on Wikipedia.

What to expect

With our years of experience you can expect a smooth and easy transition to get your business online, looking great and generating revenues.

If you don't have content, we'll find it or help you create it, if you don't have product images we'll send our professional photographer to make them or help you create an in-house option, if you don't have product videos we'll show you how to make them. Anything and everything you need to succeed online, we can help you with and show you step-by-step how to take your online presence to the next level.

Content Management System

We build all of our websites on well supported open source platforms. This strategy gives our websites the flexibility to continue to grow with new technologies, the ability for easy user website updates and ensures that security of the website is always evolving to keep pace with new threats.

An added bonus of working with a well supported content management system is that it is template based. What this means is that if you get tired of the look and design of your website, it is a simple matter of updating your template files, no need for a major site overhaul – just change the look, no need to worry about the database or content!

features

• 1 Year Domain Registration
• 1 Year Website Hosting
• 25 FREE email accounts with over 6GB of storage for each account
• Content Management System - easily manage your own website without any recurring service costs
  
• Friendly URLs - all page locations are readable and make sense for both search engines and visitors
• Multi menu navigation - easily expand your web site with flexible menus
• Cross browser compatible - web site is guaranteed to work the same on any computer
• PDF, print or email all content - make your content easier for visitors to use
• Site fully searchable - all content on your site will be indexed and fully searchable
• Podcasts compatible - add podcasts to your web site. We even GIVE you free software to make them!
• Integrated videos on your website
• User registration and restricted content
• Frontpage slideshow to promote new products or content - promote your new services and products just like CNN.com
• Sitemap automatically generated and updated - a professional sitemap that updates itself
• Privacy and legal content provided
• Content compatible with RSS - allow your visitors to subscribe to your web site content
• Add in subscribed information from other web sites - add in a "feed" from another site to supplement your content
• Customizable user polls - find out exactly what your visitors are looking for

Writing & Content Creation

With over 10 years of experience in the print publishing industry, and credited in numerous Canadian bestsellers we have developed a simple system that anyone can use to easily create content that can communicate your message to your customers.

We call it weekend writing, and we have developed a step-by-step approach that will quickly transform any blank page into a powerful sales communication.

The system is featured in our first publication Tapping into Digital Revenues.

Website Strategies

Whether you are looking to use your website to create more leads, find new customers or sell more products we have proven strategies.

In a chapter from our publication, Tapping into Digital Revenues, we cover 6 ways to monetize your website, 10 ways to generate free targeted traffic, tips on identifying niche markets, and tips to creating a memorable domain name.

Website Design

Our concept on design and usability is simple - we analyze your most successful online competition and take a few of the design elements they use to communicate to your market and combine them traditional, proven design elements to create a unique look that will inspire your customers with a sense of trust and familiarity at the same time properly represent your brand image.

One of the main concepts that we try to incorporate with all of our designs is marketing integration. We want your customers to instantly recognize your brand, even if all they have seen is a business card.

We feel that one of the most common missteps that businesses make when they go online is that they want to create a wholly unique experience. Where we have found that by creating your website in your brand's image is a very effective way to not only promote and solidify your brand in your customers' mind but also a great way to instill trust and comfort which will increases your sales.