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website design and development

Get your business online...

Do you know what your clients are looking for? Does your current website reflect that? Do you even have a website? Have you thought about your dream list of features? What are the expected outcomes you are looking for? Do your expectations meet with your budget? Do you want to be found on Google? Are you confused about the internet in general?

Web is still clouded with mystery, let us help and guide you through the development process all steps of the way, from content, design, domain names, hosting, SEO and other google goodies - such as google maps, adwords etc.

Our goal is to make it easy for you, help your business grow, increase leads, enquiries and sales.

At fauvdesign, we offer a number of general directions in web design:

Adobe Business Catalyst: a premium self-edit online business system
Wordpress Websites and hosting < great for those that want social media
gpEasy budget websites and hosting < our preferred entry level CMS for startup SMEs
Custom coded websites or components of existing sites
eCommerce sites
Email campaign delivery
We can host your sites for you too!
Basic to complex SEO: organic, AdWords and local area web marketing
Social Media integration and campaigns

If you want to take your website to the next level, get yourself onto our premier online business solution - Business Catalyst. Or if you dont need a Ferrari to go to the shops to buy milk, get your business online quickly with our gpEasy and Wordpress options.

Our self-edit Content management Systems (CMS) are great value for money for small businesses all the way up to franchises. Each web system has been carefully chosen to suit specific budgets, situations and outcomes.

Website System Comparison Chart

Feature Snapshot	gpEasy (Budget CMS)	Wordpress (Midrange CMS)	Business Catalyst (Premium CMS)
Edit text yourself
SEO basic setup (ongoing plans extra)
Create & edit new pages
Can host anywhere
Fully customisable
Custom graphic design
Automatic updates to new software
"Free" open source			Yearly Subscription
Blogs	basic	advanced	advanced
Create and manage forums	plugin needed	plugin needed
Integrated CRM database		plugin needed
Add customers to segmented lists		plugin needed
Lead management		plugin needed
Manage customer enquiry workflows
Create multiple secure zones		limited
Built in reporting and analytics
Live feed of customer interaction
Weekly emails of website reports
RSS
FAQ module
Ad rotators
News/announcements modules	plugin needed	plugin needed
Drag and drop web form builder		plugin needed
Integrated search module	plugin needed
Take event style bookings & payments		plugin needed
Media/literature downloads
Built in photo gallery
Build and customise web applications
Ecommerce ready		plugin needed
Catalogues and products		plugin needed
Aust post/ fed ex integrated
Shipping		plugin needed
Discount codes & set tax rates		plugin needed
Inventory control		plugin needed
Payment gateway/paypal support		plugin needed
Ecommerce reporting		plugin needed
Gift vouchers		plugin needed
Email marketing campaign and reporting	plugin needed	plugin needed
Import and export to excel
Built in full feature webmail email interface	subject to hosting	subject to hosting
Documentation	limited	community based	online wiki + more...
Website updates or extra functionality - can vary considerably	POA	POA	POA
Hosting included	first year FREE if hosted with us	first year FREE if hosted with us	Must be hosted with ADOBE. $484 inc extra
inc gst and are guides only	from $1800	from $2500	from $4400

EXTRAS:

does not include the purchase of stock images, photography, video setups, copywriters or ongoing seo/social media plans.

some of our websites:

Towerhill Electrical Services: gpEasy CMS Website
PYBS: gpEasy CMS Website
Vitality Therapy Solutions: gpEasy CMSWebsite
Huckleberry Lane: Business Catalyst e-commerce shop
DIQA: Diagnostic Imaging Quality Assurance: Business Catalyst Site
Walktober 2010: Business Catalyst Site
Polywrap: Business Catalyst Site
2011 Melbourne Flower & Garden Show Business Catalyst Site
Cape York Fishing Charters Business Catalyst Site
FitGenes Business Catalyst Site
Waterdos Instruments Business Catalyst Site
Hawksburn Terraces Prahran Budget CMS Website
Errols Cafe Budget CMS Website
Business Success Nexus Budget CMS Website
Perri Commercial Concepts Budget CMS Website
Management Coach Budget CMS Website
Bate Architecture Budget CMS Website
Aluminium Platform Specialists Budget CMS Website
Inyahead Press Soon to be Upgraded to Business Catalyst Website with new look and many more features
bizcom Budget CMS Website
BCP: Boundary Corporate Park Budget CMS Website

We also work with other website developers providing the graphic design component...

Outdoor Furniture Ideas Design Only (Business Catalyst Site)

Cafe Ideas Design Only

StreetSmart Australia Design Only

Claire's Cosmetics Design Only

Channon's Refrigeration Design Only

Bayside Church Design Only

Graphic design and designers and website development company. Small business and corporate branding company. Servicing South East Melbourne and Bayside Suburbs including: Brighton, Cheltenham, Hampton, Highett, Moorabbin, Sandringham, Braeside, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.