Get Started
Thank you for your interest in working with MRM! We are so excited at the possibility of partnering with you!
Below you’ll find lots of information regarding our working together, including:
- What previous clients have said about working with us.
- A detailed glimpse at our design process.
- Pricing and timelines.
- Payment information.
What Our Clients Say
The Step-by-Step Process
- Project Intake Form. We use a detailed questionnaire to help us gauge your interests and website needs, so we can be fully prepared for our initial consultation phone call. Please allow 15-20 minutes to complete the form.
- Free consultation. When you’ve read through the information on this page and submitted the intake form, we will contact you via email to schedule our one-hour free consultation call to discuss your project.
- Sign our agreement. After our call, we’ll send you an email with a recap of our call and summary of your project. If our summary is accurate and if we both decide to move forward, we will then send a detailed agreement that includes the project scope, a list of our services, and the milestones necessary to complete the work. This agreement will be a legally binding contract to protect all of us as we work together.
- Pay your deposit. At that point, you’ll need to pay a 30% deposit to secure your place in our queue. The remaining 70% of your project balance will be divided into 2-3 equal payments, dependent on the timeline, with the final balance due upon project completion.
- Project management. We will connect you with our content manager, who will help outline the milestones and deadlines for your “homework”, tasks that will help us stay on track. Our content manager will also work with you to create a site map for your website and organize the content for each page.
- Homework. In addition to the site mapping with our content manager, our designer will provide you with a list of questions to help guide the design process. We recommend you create a Pinterest board for design elements, other websites or logos, color palettes, and fonts that appeal to you, and our designer will use that to get started. If you are not comfortable using Pinterest, you could provide this information to us via email.
- Consultation call. The week before the design and development portions of your project begin, we’ll schedule a 30-minute consultation call to review the milestones and identify anything missing from the “homework”. This will be the perfect time to ask any last-minute questions or make any necessary changes to the project scope before we begin.
- Logo design. Using the information you provided in your homework, we’ll show you 2-3 ideas for your main logo. Once you choose the one you like best, we’ll refine it over two more rounds of revisions. When your main logo is complete, we’ll move on to the rest of your design.*
- Social media branding. If social media branding is included in your package, we’ll use your colors, fonts, and new logo to create a cohesive and seamless look across your social media platforms, creating cover images for both Facebook and Twitter.*
- Website design. We’ll create layout mockups for 2-3 key pages of your website based on the design style we’ve determined and the site map outlined. You will have two rounds of revisions to the page mockups before the design is finalized.
- Website development. When you’ve approved the design and layout of your website, we’ll get started turning the mockups into your live WordPress website. At this point, we’ll build in any additional website features specific to your project. After one round of minor revisions, we’ll make your new site live.
- Final payment. After final website approval, we’ll email for the balance on your project. When payment is received, we’ll turn over all pertinent website logins and ensure you have access to all design and logo files.
- Website wrap-up. Once the website is live and final payment is processed, we will send a wrap-up email with detailed instructions for using your new online home. We will also install a premium tutorial plugin to provide hours of WordPress training, if necessary.
*Please note: Some of these steps will not apply to all projects, and are determined by the package options chosen below.
Design Packages
Starter WordPress Blog Design & Development
Starting at $1200
- Customized Genesis Child Theme & Simple Site Design
- 1-2 Design Mockups
- Setup of Home, About, Blog, and Contact Pages
- Email Service and Social Media Integration
- Domain Email Address
- Basic SEO & Feature Additions
Timeframe: 4-6 weeks
Premium WordPress Design & Development
Starting at $1600
- Unique Genesis Child Theme & Professional Site Design
- 3-5 Design Mockups
- 2-3 Unique Page Layouts & Sidebars
- Setup of up to 10 Key Pages
- Email Service and Social Media Integration
- Domain Email Address
- Google Analytics and Basic SEO & Feature Additions
Timeframe: 6-8 weeks
Brand and WordPress Design & Development
Starting at $2000
- All items in Premium WordPress Design Package
- Brand Design & Style Guide, plus Logo Variations
- Social Media Branding
- Email Service and Social Media Integration
- Domain Email Address
- Google Analytics and Basic SEO
Timeframe: 8-10 weeks
Please note: The final project investment will depend on the scope of the project. For example, any additional features such as eCommerce, event calendars, sales pages, or memberships will increase the project scope and total investment.
Payments
After our call, if we both decide to move forward with the project, we’ll send you an email with a recap of our call and summary of your project. At that point, you’ll need to pay a 30% deposit to secure your place in our queue. The remaining 70% of your project balance will be divided into 2-3 equal payments, dependent on the timeline, with the final balance due upon project completion.
All invoices are handled through Freshbooks, and payment can be remitted via PayPal, credit card, or check.
