{"id":42998,"date":"2016-01-08T10:00:56","date_gmt":"2016-01-08T15:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/?p=42998"},"modified":"2024-09-23T23:28:03","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T03:28:03","slug":"small-business-starter-package-easy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2016\/01\/08\/small-business-starter-package-easy\/","title":{"rendered":"Branding Starter Package: What if it was easy?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_42956\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42956\" data-attachment-id=\"42956\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2015\/07\/02\/we-choose-cc-by-lemasney\/we-get-in-our-own-way-cc-by-lemasney\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/we-get-in-our-own-way-cc-by-lemasney.png?fit=1000%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"we get in our own way cc-by lemasney\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;we get in our own way cc-by lemasney&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;we get in our own way cc-by lemasney&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/we-get-in-our-own-way-cc-by-lemasney.png?fit=1000%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-42956\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/we-get-in-our-own-way-cc-by-lemasney.png?resize=1000%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"we get in our own way cc-by lemasney\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/we-get-in-our-own-way-cc-by-lemasney.png?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/we-get-in-our-own-way-cc-by-lemasney.png?resize=500%2C250&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-42956\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">cc-by lemasney<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>LeMasney Consulting is now offering a branding\u00a0starter package for individuals and companies<\/h3>\n<p>You keep seeing beautiful, informational web sites. What about your own site? Do you have one? Can you update it? Are you happy with your online presence? When you are just getting started with that presence, the answer is often <em>no<\/em>. Our small business starter package can help.<\/p>\n<p>To feel supported in your online presence, you will need a few things for the digital side, and a few things on the real-life side. I have helped thousands of people with technology, and I have learned a lot about what my clients want. Take a look at the Testimonials page for more on what people are saying about their experience with me, then consider\u00a0my\u00a0Small Business Starter Package to get your own great online presence!<\/p>\n<p>We want to make having a great online business presence easy!\u00a0I&#8217;m excited to help you! If this package does not cover all that you need, fear not! Maybe you need a graphics package. Maybe you are looking for help with a podcast. Maybe you already have a site and just need to migrate to an easier system. I&#8217;m flexible, and we can do everything that you want at a reasonable price.\u00a0Too much? Too little? Let us know what you need, and I assure you that I will do everything I can to get you set up at the right price.<\/p>\n<h3>Does this describe you?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>You are building your idea\u00a0somewhere in the world, but you need to build your online presence too.<\/li>\n<li>You want to truly own the message you are putting out, down to the colors and fonts.<\/li>\n<li>You are an individual who wants to focus on ideas, not technologies.<\/li>\n<li>You have tried other solutions, and they were too expensive or too difficult.<\/li>\n<li>You do not have an endless budget for your web presence, but you know it is important to be <em>out there<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>You just want it taken care of, and ASAP.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>How long will it take, what will\u00a0I get, and how much does it cost?<\/h3>\n<p>I want to help you in your new task. For just <strong>$500<\/strong>\u00a0(10 hours at the\u00a0standard rate), you&#8217;ll get the following (20 hours estimated work &#8212; that&#8217;s half price!). I&#8217;ll help you to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>define your <strong>brand<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>purchase and set up\u00a0your <strong>domain<\/strong> with a domain host and email<\/li>\n<li>create a wordmark based <strong>logo<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>set up your new <strong>website<\/strong> with a great content management system<\/li>\n<li>add a beautiful <strong>theme<\/strong> from a curated set for business owners like you<\/li>\n<li>carry out <strong>SEO<\/strong> (search engine optimization) best practices<\/li>\n<li><strong>Responsive<\/strong> design for mobile audiences<\/li>\n<li>5 edited\u00a0<strong>photos\/images<\/strong> of your location, products, or staff<\/li>\n<li><strong>Analytics<\/strong> so you can see who came to your site and what they did there<\/li>\n<li>create a <strong>standard 10 page set<\/strong>, including\n<ul>\n<li>a <strong>home<\/strong> page<\/li>\n<li>an <strong>about<\/strong> page,<\/li>\n<li>a <strong>contact<\/strong> page with social media connections and contact form,<\/li>\n<li>a <strong>portfolio\/gallery<\/strong>\u00a0page for your completed projects,<\/li>\n<li>your first <strong>news<\/strong> post,<\/li>\n<li>your first <strong>offer<\/strong> post<\/li>\n<li>your first <strong>featured<\/strong> post<\/li>\n<li>A <strong>testimonials<\/strong> page<\/li>\n<li>A work <strong>philosophy<\/strong> page<\/li>\n<li>An <strong>introduction<\/strong> post<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>and finally, I&#8217;ll teach you how to <strong>manage it<\/strong> all with a training\u00a0session.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The average time from start to launch is about<strong> two weeks<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Examples coming soon!<\/p>\n<h3>Interested?<\/h3>\n<p>It starts with a free hour-long meeting that you set up in one of two\u00a0ways:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Contact me by <strong>email<\/strong> at <a href=\"mailto:lemasney@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lemasney@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Contact me by <strong>phone<\/strong> at (609) 553-9498<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m John from LeMasney Consulting. Let&#8217;s do something great together!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you happy with your online presence? If you&#8217;ve worked with me, you know how much I love helping businesses get started. You need a few things for the digital side, and a few things on the real-life side. I have helped thousands of people with technology, and a lot of them are pleased. Take a look at the Testimonials page for more on what people are saying. Then consider our Small Business Starter Package!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42195,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[22,3,19,7,18,3659,1128,4110,3653,3658,16,3070,17,3654,21,23,3657,29,31,5],"tags":[244,902],"class_list":{"0":"post-42998","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-professional-affiliations","8":"category-brand","9":"category-classes-presentations","10":"category-consulting","11":"category-cv","12":"category-design-principles","13":"category-illustration","14":"category-inkscape-portfolio","15":"category-insights","16":"category-instructional-technology","17":"category-libraries","18":"category-open-source-consulting","19":"category-photography","20":"category-portfolio","21":"category-professional-activities","22":"category-professional-experience","23":"category-requests","24":"category-research-interests","25":"category-teaching","26":"category-technology","27":"tag-design","28":"tag-website","29":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/tshirtfront.png?fit=2469%2C1556&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3h6y2-bbw","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":851,"url":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2011\/06\/06\/event-tedxprincetonlibrary-the-cornerstone-event\/","url_meta":{"origin":42998,"position":0},"title":"Event: TEDxPrincetonLibrary: The Cornerstone Event","author":"lemsy","date":"2011-06-06","format":false,"excerpt":"June 1st, 2011: For a few months leading up to June, 2011, I was part of a team that came together to produce a TEDx event under the TEDxPrincetonLibrary brand. 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