Get a good, custom made website for cheap!

Mercurius Creative is an experienced web design company based in Phoenix, Arizona with a global vision. Our skilled website developers are capable of building various types of sites including traditional business sites, Wordpress sites, Joomla sites and other dynamic sites. A professional website gives you the resources you need to represent your business on the internet. Web pages are the business cards of the 21st century.

We offer 3 flat rate website packages:

ECONOMY STARTER SITE
This is a basic starter site for those who need to get online quick and are on a restrictive budget.

• One (1) page website
• Custom template (we never use pre-made templates)
• Information about your company or project*
• Five (5) images on the page, including your logo
• Hosting (web space for your site to be online)
• One (1) email address (something@yourwebsite.com)
• Google search engine keywords and meta tags
• "Connect" buttons for your Facebook, Twitter and other social sites
• A fillable Contact/Leads form for fast on site customer contacts

Price: $199.00 (Regular price $300)


DELUXE PRO SITE
This is a professional website which gives you all the space you need to communicate with your visitors.

• Five (5) page website
• Custom template (we never use pre-made templates)
• Information about your company or project
• Your logo and other images on the site
• Hosting (web space for your site to be online)
• Two (2) email address (something@yourwebsite.com)
• Search Engine Optimization (Website content, Keywords, & meta tags)
• "Connect" buttons for your Facebook, Twitter and other social sites
• A fillable Contact/Leads form for fast on site customer contacts

Price: $499.00 (Regular price $1000)


PREMIUM BOSS WEBSITE
Plenty of information and extra SEO work will help gain high exposure and high results!

• Twenty (20) page website
• Custom template (we never use pre-made templates)
• Information about your company or project
• Your logo and other images on the site
• Hosting (web space for your site to be online)
• Ten (10) email address (something@yourwebsite.com)
• Search Engine Optimization (Website content, Keywords, & meta tags.)
• "Connect" buttons for your Facebook, Twitter and other social sites
• A fillable Contact/Leads form for fast on site customer contacts

Price: $999.00 (Regular price $1500)

Learn more on our Web Development & Design page.

About Mercurius Creative, LLC:

Mercurius Creative, LLC specializes in graphic arts, web design, and studio audio. We are based in Phoenix, Arizona, with international reach and vision. As a design company we work with various concepts combined with real world sensibility in order to produce unique, quality results. This applies to company logos, single pieces of artwork, websites, and more. We find that most ideas are possible in one way or another. The key is making sure you execute the idea correctly with the appropriate resources. Between our 10+ years of experience and our creativity, we always find a way to make our clients' visions come true.

Can you learn how to SEO your own website?

In short, yes, yes you can. Most people can learn to do anything, even SEO (Search Engine Optimization). By that same logic, a person can fix their own car when the engine dies... or fix their own septic tank when it starts leaking sewage. While these analogies are extremes, they apply because SEO, being a mechanic, and being a septic tank expert are all trade skills that, more often than not, should be handled by a professional. It's also worth noting that optimizing your website for search engines is about as important as having an engine in your car and working plumbing in your home.

Why hire a professional?

Search engine optimization is a really specific set of skills. Despite what many will tell you, it's not a black art that can only be performed by the internet elite ("Webmasters"). Rather, it's a method of content creation and scheduled maintenance that adds up to improving your websites relevance (aka rank) on websites like Google. As mentioned above, you can learn this skill, but is it worth your trouble? Do you have the time to add on a second career to your already busy life? If you don't have the time to dedicate to it, then it's best to find someone who can handle the task for you properly.

Where do I find an SEO professional?

This is a tricky question. Continuing the mechanic analogy above, there are many people that offer SEO service but not everyone knows what they're doing. SEO pricing can range from $1000 per year to $1000+ per month; it really depends on what you need. Do you really want to hire someone who is using a $29 product from GoDaddy that walks them through only the basics of SEO? Probably not, but that is a common practice. It's best to find an SEO expert that is confident in their skills and experience. Don't be afraid to ask them questions to test their confidence. More often than not, the person you're talking to only understands the utmost basics like Meta Tags and keywords. Since it's not longer 1999 (although it is a great song), you need someone who keeps up to date on the changes that Google makes to it's search engine program. Many people offer search engine optimization, very few understand it. 

Isn't SEO expensive?

It can be, but "expensive" is relative. SEO prices tend to range from $1000 dollars per year for small sites and upwards of $100,000 per year for online stores with thousands of products. It really depends on the depth and labor involved for your website. Many small businesses have a website, which is great; however a website that cannot be found on search engines is valueless. Consider SEO as a part of your marketing & advertising budget. It's an expense; a cost of doing business. For small businesses, this how the average person will discover you. For online stores, search engines will be your life blood.

What's the difference?

The average small business site is lucky to get 300 visits per month. With today's hyper-connected world, online marketing is as competitive as ever. Consider that most people visit a website several times before they buy or call. When they do finally buy, they change from a visitor to a customer. We call that a "conversion" in the website business. The average conversion rate for well known online retailers (like Amazon.com) is about 10%. That means for every 10 visits, they make 1 sale. For unknown and small businesses, it's closer to 5% or less. This means is that you will get calls for your business or receive orders online only by earning traffic to your website. 300 visits per month, at a very optimistic conversion rate of 5% would give you 15 sales or calls per month. 300 visits per day would yield approximately 450 sales/calls in theory. Although there are many factors to a website being successful, you have zero opportunities with zero visitors.

Summary

SEO is critical to most business's online success. Having the sexiest website in the world doesn't matter if they can't find you under your business category keywords (plumber, doctor, etc). Unless you have the time and resources to focus on a brand new technical skill, then it's best to hire a professional. Find someone who explains what they do (within reason) and is confident. SEO should be part of your marketing budget, plus it's a great tax write off at the end of year.

Mercurius Creative, LLC is proud to offer SEO services.
Check out website to learn more.
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Logo Design Disaster Recovery

A common situation for small businesses is hiring a graphic designer for a company logo. A logical and critical step for defining your company identity. The logo gets put into your website and years go by. Eventually, you need a new website; or maybe, you want to get some new business cards made. You call the designer and tell them that your logo is on your website. They respond by asking for a high quality copy of your logo, preferably in 300 DPI (common print resolution). Sounds familiar?

Mercurius Creative, LLC specializes in graphic design, including logos and company identity. We can take a company logo and restore it, even from a low quality web site image and make it print ready. Ready to be used for any form of marketing.

Check out this logo design restoration we made for a customer of ours...

Notice how the top image is from the customer's old website. It's dark and lacking clarity due to image compression for the website. The second image shows you the first step in our process, which takes the logo design down to it's basics. Then, the final step smooths the logo out and makes it into a vector file usable in Illustrator and Corel Draw (commonly used by graphic designers and print shops). Because of this special format, the logo now has an infinite resolution and can be recolored and modified in any number of ways.

For more information on our graphic design services, check out our website.

About Mercurius Creative, LLC:
Mercurius Creative, LLC specializes in graphic arts, web design, and studio audio. We are based in Phoenix, Arizona, with international reach and vision. As a design company we work with various concepts combined with real world sensibility in order to produce unique, quality results. This applies to company logos, single pieces of artwork, websites, and more. We find that most ideas are possible in one way or another. The key is making sure you execute the idea correctly with the appropriate resources. Between our 10+ years of experience and our creativity, we always find a way to make our clients' visions come true.

New Website for 2013

We've redesigned our website and added some additional services we provide. This is the first phase of our new company vision. Going forward our goal is to produce more content to show potential customers and fans. We are also going to be taking part in more online communities.

Currently, we offer the following services...


WEB & INTERNET :
Web Design & Development
Wordpress Development
Joomla Development
Freelance Website Updates
Search Engine Optimization
PPC Marketing
Social Media Marketing

GRAPHIC ART & DESIGN :
Logo Design
Business Identity
Business Card Design
Photo Enhancment
Character Design
Fine Art
General Graphics

AUDIO & MUSIC STUDIO :
Audio & Music Mixing
Audio & Music Mastering
Music Production
Song Writing
Synthesizer Session Musician

Check out our new website and feel free to contact us! 

About Mercurius Creative, LLC:

Mercurius Creative, LLC specializes in graphic arts, web design, and studio audio. We are based in Phoenix, Arizona, with international reach and vision. As a design company we work with various concepts combined with real world sensibility in order to produce unique, quality results. This applies to company logos, single pieces of artwork, websites, and more. We find that most ideas are possible in one way or another. The key is making sure you execute the idea correctly with the appropriate resources. Between our 10+ years of experience and our creativity, we always find a way to make our clients' visions come true.

Phoenix Comicon!

We are proud to announce our new project, Cosplay & Fan Gear, will be at Phoenix Comicon this week!

We will be located at booth 1113 selling custom made cosplay accessories, buttons, and more.

Check out our new site here!

You can check out Phoenix Comicon here!

See you there...

Website Updates

Hi all!

Check out our website as we've added new information regarding web design and graphic design services. Furthermore, we've added a new section called "Learn" which you can use to find out about the Wordpress training classes we offer in Phoenix, Az.

Check out the website right here!

More information pages coming soon.
Thanks.

Logos & Seals

This is the graphic that defines who your project is. It is the identity of your company or event. This can often make or break if potential customers perceive you as a legitimate operation. If you want your project to be recognized, then you need a professionally designed logo.

Who is this service for?

• Small & large businesses, Bands, DJ's, public figures, clubs, consumer products and more.

Why choose Mercurius Creative, LLC for your logo?

• You will have an original logo that tells people your company or project is unique.
• Customers will remember your company identity through your logo.
• People will be attracted to your company by having an interesting, professionally designed logo.

How does this all work?

• Tell us the type of image you want for your project. We have a specially designed "Creative" questionnaire to help us learn exactly what you want.
• Show us some example designs so that we have a reference of what you want.
• We will create 3 different designs based on your choices. Then you pick the one you like best and we'll make 2 revisions of it leading to the final product.
• Your logo will be completed and sent you to once completed. You will get the logo in high resolution print format, web format and black and white format.

Learn about pricing at our website!