Web Site Design & Development

Visitors to your website are looking for information. If that information isn't easily found, your visitor will move on to a competitor's site. So the goal of your website should be to fulfill your visitors' needs as quickly as possible and move them further along in the purchase process (ie. submitting a contact form or dialing your phone number).

The key to delivering information quickly is a well designed website. That means it needs to look professional, be easy to navigate and be highly usable. That old saying about first impressions is especially true in regards to websites. Nothing will turn off a visitor more than a website that makes it difficult to accomplish the task at hand. So remove the splash page, turn off the background music, shorten the contact form and put the phone number on every page. The "back" button is just a click away and your website's visitors are savvy enough to use it to go find a more usable site.

A good website should also be an extension of your company's brand. It needs to reflect not only your existing design elements, but also your company's values. If your photos are blurry and your text is full of typos, then what will people assume about the product you're selling?

South Island Design specializes in creating custom designed websites. Your business is unique and your site should be unique too. We take special care to understand what exactly your business does, what your specific goals are and what your site's visitors are trying to accomplish. A custom designed website is the best way to effectively deliver prospects to you.

Our web services include:
• Custom designed web sites - HTML and FLASH
• Content Management System (CMS) - Joomla, Word Press
• Shopping Carts
• Databases
• PHP Programming
• HTML newsletters
• Search Engine Optimization
• Site reporting and analysis

Looking for something else? Contact us and we'll see what the team can do for you.