Very interesting project planning conversation which includes a project proposal to view what time and effort we put into making a professional website design proposal for our clients:
[Website Designers] Good to meet you yesterday, here are my notes, questions and things to do:
Website purpose:
One stop shop for all hair / beauty salons and mobile beauty in the UK
From our meeting / conversation and looking at the guide website your full request list includes:
1, Fully Functional Jobs Website – Jobs Directory (assume this part of the site is divided into jobs so you would have one section for hairdressers, one for nail technicians etc)
three ways:
- simple advert / form fill in – posted after client review
- headhunt – phone / email
- cv search (employee info upload and cv upload)
Website user will have the ability to apply for jobs online
2, Business Beauty Directory of Essex (free entry for a certain period then paid for inclusion) with same functionality as guide website.
3, Ecommerce section
4, Forum (Chat) with private forum
5, Communities section
6, Advertising for Employers / Beauty Salons
but only points 1 and 2 are initially required
We understand that you want us to develop a website having two primary features:
– Job listing
– Business directory
We do have experience in developing job website as well as business directory website. We understand that you want us to develop both types of website which combines both the features. But we can definitely develop one with sophisticated design and comprehensive features for you.
Here are some URLs of job websites developed by us (directly or indirectly with the developers we have).
Here are some URLs of business directory websites developed by us.
Before we come up with our project proposal, price quote and time estimation, we request you to clarify the following:
1) You have used Total Jobs website as the reference for the job section of your proposed website. As you know it is a massively ‘mature’ and industry leading website it is also a reasonably large website with many features and functions. Do you want us to include ALL its features and functions in our proposal? If so, that will substantially inflate the cost of the project. Alternatively, we can include only the key features of that website (and most other job sites) in our proposal. Awaiting your direction here but be assured that once the website
2) Do you accept that the example website Marquee Hire Direcory gives you broadly the functionality you require from the business directory website or would you like to send us some additional websites which combine both job listing and business listing OR you may be happy with us coming up on our own with a merged model for these two features? Please let us know.
To do list
1, Remove Treatments not relevant to your website fro mthis definitive list of Categories
2, Confirm website name
3, Decide or rules / prices / choices for inclusion in business directory
4, Decide on rules / prices / choices for job hunters / employers
[Website Owner] I would like to use the key features of total jobs i.e. 3 options of pricing for placing add and similar bits that give options to generate an income.
Yes I do want to go along the lines on that but the closest comparison for the directory I would like to be yell, by yell I mean layout search ability etc.
[Website Designers] Please find attached our website project proposal for you to review and comment on. As you will see we have developed a detailed project proposal for a site that will be a merger between a job site and a business directory / guide. We have studied the two different sites referred by you and have kept a standard between the available features and our proposed features. Please go through our project scope document attached and let us know your thoughts. We will be glad to clarify any points in case you have any doubts.
Also you can add / alter or remove any functionality. We will do the necessary technical analysis before committing their implementation in the site. If we commit implementation of the new features, that you propose it may or may not require a revision to our quote
Business Directory & Jobs Website Design Proposal
[Website Owner] After speaking to you today I spoke with my husband (my finance directory) and I would love to go ahead with ths and will provide you with the 50% deposit but it wont be able to affort that before Christmas, this is not to say I don’t want to or can’t go ahead with the project, I just will have to delay. Is there anything you could suggest making from the project that will be less expensive at the moment apart from using the template as you suggested earlier. Maybe build the proposed directory them in the new year continue to build the rest? How does this sound to you? I really hope you don’t think I’m messing you around as I’m not, I am serious about this project and will make it happen (with you hopefully) not matter how long it takes.