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Like all things, Website Design sees its share of trends come and go. While in the world of fashion or other areas, it might not seem necessary to keep up with the trends, there are some very good reasons you should consider keeping your website's design fresh, modern, and current:
Shows that you are "relevant"
Let's face it, a website is a tool of advertising. In fact, it is one of the main ways a prospective client, customer, etc. will judge you before they even meet you! You know what they say about first impressions! If your site's design (let alone content) is outdated and old-fashioned, then that will reflect your business in the user's eyes.
Keeps Visitors Engaged
The longer a person is on your site, the greater the change they will be influenced to reach out and contact you, buy from you, etc. There is a reason why certain design trends are ""in style"" - that is what is engaging people at the present time! Keeping your site's design current with the trends will yield a more appealing user experience and better engagement!
Shows that you are professional
If a user goes to a site and it doesn't have a cohesive, clean, look to it, it just doesn't look professional. A design is meant to enhance the content, not distract from it. Furthermore, outside of the home page which might look slightly different, the other pages of the site should look fairly similar to show uniformity with the site. If every page looks different (different background/different colors/different fonts/etc.) then the site will not have a uniformed and professional look to the user.
Shows you have restraint
This is actually no small issue. It goes back Jeff Goldblum's line in Jurassic Park, ""You were so busy figuring out what you could do, no one ever stopped to ask if you should."" When it comes to digital media there is a lot you can do. The temptation is very real to throw in as many effects, colors, images, etc. at a screen to ""show off"" a bit (it reminds me of one of the PowerPoint abuses I often talk about - too many effects/animations in a slide/slideshow).
When you humble yourself to follow the current design trends you end up showing a bit of restraint. Instead of showing off everything you can put on a page, you limit yourself to a design and effects that are cohesive, highlight your content, and are not distracting.
What are current design trends?
In the past couple years websites have gone back to cleaner, simpler designs. This is a big shift from design standards of 2016-2019 that tended to focus more on bold designs with a lot of different effects/animations (in part this was due to some new web technologies that were coming out and ""Everyone wanted to have them on their site"". Sites also tended to be overstuffed with content/pages. It is actually for this reason that at the time of this writing we are redesigning our own site - making it more streamlined, cleaner, and simpler. Right now we live in a sound byte society. People want their information and they want it fast, clean and easily digestible (think of how well twitter does with such a small character limit). A lot of websites now have white content areas instead of a lot of images or video moving in the background (again, simpler design). While effects are still present on a site, they are not overwhelming, they are often subtle, and simple. Again, the stress in web design today is clean, simple, and straightforward.
We want to challenge you to look at the design of your site. If it is in need of a facelift, please contact us, we would love to help! Ideally, a website's design should be refreshed every 2-3 years!"
Ongoing Support Packages
We know managing and running a website can be a bit overwhelming. While necessary for business, it shouldn't overwhelm your business. Afterall, you are not in the website business! To take some of the pressure off of our customers, we offer a variety of ongoing support packages that will take the pressure off of you from monitoring your site, updating it’s content, and troubleshooting issues that may arise. Plus, all packages come with discounts on design changes and upgrades! Please Note: these packages are completely optional, your site will function if you choose to have ongoing support with us or not!
Peace of Mind Plan: $19.99/month
Our Peace of Mind Package is perfect if you don’t plan on doing a lot of content changes but want to make sure your site is being watched. It includes:
- Savio Designs Site Monitoring (downtime/SEO/Speed/etc.)
- Site Audit every three months
- You can send us content (pics/text) twice a month to update for you (does not rollover)
- 10% off design changes/upgrades
Pioneer Plan: $34.95/month
Our Pioneer plan is great if you want to have an active web presence. It includes the following:
- Savio Designs Site Monitoring (downtime/SEO/Speed/etc.)
- Site Audit every two months
- You can send us content (pics/text) three times a month to update for you (does not rollover)
- 10% off design changes/upgrades
- Word Spinning and SEO updates every other month
Power Plan: $49.95/month
Our Power plan is for those who really want to keep their web presence active and fresh! It includes the following:
- Savio Designs Site Monitoring (downtime/SEO/Speed/etc.)
- Site Audit every month
- You can send us content (pics/text) five times a month to update for you (does not rollover)
- 15% off design changes/upgrades
- Word Spinning and SEO updates every month
- Minor design tweaks done free
Pay annually for any plan and save 5%! Contact us to add a Support Plan to your account today!
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Current Clients, please use this form to create a Support Ticket. Make sure you use the email that is connected to your Savio Designs Client Portal so that the ticket will show up in your Account! We will get back to you as soon as possible! Support Ticket submissions will take priority over email requests, as this allows us to track your support needs!
Remote Support
In many cases we can solve your issues through a phone call and Remotely Connecting to your computer. To request Remote Support, please contact us. In order for us to remotely connect to your computer, please enter the code we give you below and click "join", then download and run the remote tool (the files downloaded will automatically be deleted once the remote session has ended):
Remote Support Fee is $65/hour rounded up to the nearest 15 minutes.
In-Home Support
On rare occasions we offer In-Home Support where we will come out to you and help you in person. For In-Home Support appointments, please contact us.
Rates for In-Home Support are $75/hour rounded to the nearest 15 minutes + $30 travel fee. Must be within 10 miles of zip code 91304 otherwise additional travel charges would be incurred!
Computer/Laptop Repair & Upgrades
Are you having issues with your computer or laptop? Did you crack your screen and need it repaired? Do you want to upgrade your computer with more RAM, a new Hard Drive, or other components? Savio Designs can help! We can diagnose, fix, and upgrade most PC needs and we can repair screens on both PCs and Mac Laptops! We can either come to you or you can drop your computer off to us in West Hills, CA for us to work on! Contact us with your needs so we can help you out!
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