BanjoCat Creative

The BanjoCat Guesstimator

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• New WordPress Websites
  This is our "meat and potatahs". We love working with WordPress and want you to enjoy working with WordPress too. We will help choose a theme that gets close to your vision, install it, scrub it of its defaults, set up the architecture and fully configure it for ease of use. If you want significant customizations to the chosen theme, we LOVE this challenge! See below under "Theme Customization" for more information on how we can create a website that is truly YOU. A user manual tailored for your new site is included with every WordPress website we create - you'll never be in the dark while learning your site's tools.
• Existing WordPress Websites
  If your current website is already running on WordPress but you are concerned that it needs some updating, we would love to take on that challenge to make your vision happen. Don't know what it needs exactly? That's part of the challenge - and part of the fun!
• Non-WordPress Websites
  We are experts at building websites from the ground up! That being said, we have decided to only offer limited support for non-WordPress website's (e.g., add a blog, create a logo, etc..). Don't let that scare you off! We encourage you to contact us with your questions and concerns and let us see what we can do to help remedy your website situation.
• Theme Customization
  We don't claim to build custom WordPress Themes from the ground up. We prefer to focus our energy on getting a reliable WordPress theme installed that is well written and updated regularly. What we specialize in is building what are termed "child themes" on top of an installed theme. This means we can manipulate any theme to fit you and your business while we avoid touching the "core code" that offers the stability and security you want your site to possess. Does the "parent theme" require an update? No problem! An update will not overwrite your custom child-theme version. We can even build custom page layouts within custom page templates for your focused needs. A child theme created by BanjoCat Creative will bring highly stylized form, fit and function to YOUR website.
• Custom Page Templates
  WordPress themes include their own standard (default) page layouts. WordPress plugins are available (both free and premium) that can add either entire custom page templates or additional functionality that can be added to default pages. For instance, the gallery and image slider offered here are plugins we install and configure for your needs. Sometimes, however, you might have an idea for a specific page for which no available plugin exists. In that case, we can design a custom page template to fit the need.
• Additional Pages

  Each New WordPress Website we build automatically includes 4 pages plus the blog page setup. If you require more pages, no problem, just ask us to add them for a small per-page fee. If the pages you want to add require a custom page template, there is a bump in the fee as it falls under that of a Theme Customization.

  If you have selected Existing WP Website Help, the base charge for this project assumes a single page. If you have more than one page you need help with, we add an extra (reasonable) per-page fee.

• Assets for your Theme
  Sometimes you have the assets (e.g. photos, graphics, etc.) we require to get started on your project, sometimes you don't. We have accounts on several asset provider websites to acquire such "assets" under the proper licensing requirements. These assets vary in pricing, as you might well imagine. The Guesstimator uses a practical number based on the average cost of a typical asset.
• Get a Blog Setup
  Setting up a blog is included with a new WordPress website project. However, if you have an existing WordPress website that either has no blog or has a blog that needs some help or if you have a "non-WordPress" website and want to add a WordPress blog, we can do this for you.
• Logo & Branding

  The base price includes (only) 3 logo variations, 3 font styles, 3 color schemes and 3 revisions.

  Note: A logo identifies a business in its simplest form via the use of a mark or icon. A brand or branding is the perceived corporate image as a whole. Identity denotes the visual aspects that form part of the overall brand.

• Content Integration
  We can help integrate your content into your new WordPress website for a small per page fee. The more pages, the lower the per-page cost. The Guesstimator default is based on the content of a single page being integrated.
• Contact Form
  We can add a customized contact form to your WordPress website. The form includes the installation of an anti-spam WordPress plugin.
• Photo Gallery
  We will install, set up, and add up to 6 photos to get you started on your own photo gallery - use it as a portfolio or a creative way to share your story.
• Image Slider
  Want to add marketing eye-candy to your website to ensure your message gets noticed? An image slider might help achieve just that.
• SEO Help
  We can help you with Search Engine Optimization. While no one can guarantee you will wind up on the first page of Google search results for any odd query, there are things you can do to "up the odds" for just that goal. This begins with the installation and set up of two tools commonly used for WordPress websites. In addition to the help WordPress tools can provide, any content we author is search engine friendly.
• Install Google Analytics
  This is slightly more complex than setting up and configuring a WordPress plugin. It requires setting up a Google Analytics account and dashboard. However! If you want to know the specifics of your website's traffic, this is well worth the investment.
• Sell Stuff
  This is a sticky subject. It enters into a whole new realm of considerations regarding your website. Fear not! There are solutions that can work for you! In a nutshell, selling online boils down into two tiers - selling a few items "here and there" on your site, or building an online store. We can help determine which direction you really want to pursue with an online shopping solution, then help you get things set up! The Guesstimator default reflects a "base" price (only) for whichever solution is decided upon.
• Manage Content
  Lacking time to author, let alone manage, the content on your WordPress website? Let us help! The more pages, the lower the per-page cost. The Guesstimator default is based on the content of a single page updated per month.
• PSD to HTML
  Photoshop-or-JPG-or-PNG Design-to-HTML template services. Have a design you would like to see "come alive" in a static HTML Prototype that can be used as a template for your website project? These are a lot of fun! We can create a pixel-perfect representation of your design. The Guesstimator default here is for single-page design. There is a per-page discount for multiple pages converted.
• Business Card Template
  We use VistaPrint for our printing needs and are very savvy at creating custom Photoshop templates for your business card needs - each of which matches your website branding. The Guesstimator base price assumes we have the required assets (logo mainly, plus branding colors, etc.) and includes up to 3 revisions.
• Retrofit a Responsive UI
  The responsiveness of every interface we design and build is very important to us and is therefore included with every new WordPress website project. If you have an existing WordPress website or a non-WordPress website that looks awful when viewed on mobile devices, we can fix that! Our websites are mobile-ready and mobile-friendly.
• Hosting/Domain Help
  We do not provide hosting, but we are eager to help those of you who are a bit in the dark on how to proceed pursuing your Web presence vision. We can help establish hosting and help with determining the right domain name for your new project.
• Compose a Jingle
  Have you listened to the "BanjoCat Song" found down there in the footer of our site? Give it a go! We can put together a jingle for your business that will keep your customers humming and get your business humming too! Talk about clever marketing! We bring back a faded tradition of superb marketing techniques! And for such a low cost!! This cost includes finding the right music, writing original lyrics, arrangement and the final recording. For an additional small fee we can help get it integrated on your site.