About a year after launching our TrailsWeb Express program, we've made enough sites and recorded the time and money it took to make, and in some unfortunate cases - not make, each one to see how much it costs to build them. We've collected the facts about how much talent we're investing into our services, how long it really takes to make each site, and what gives our customers the greatest joys and anxieties about setting up a site.

First thing, for the health and safety of our company we raised our prices. Express sites are now $2500 each, and we've dropped the Flexible and Store packages. If a client needs those features, it always means custom development, there is no such thing as a cookie-cutter site at our stage of the game. This allows us to put in the extra time and attention to add the embellishments to both the content and the visuals and really tailor the site to our client's needs.

Second, for the health and safety of our talent, we started a Wednesday hike program. On Wednesdays at 1:30 we go to one of the nearby trails and hike outside for a couple hours. Everyone who's worked at a computer knows how difficult it is to feel good if you're motionless and staring at a monitor week after week. To combat mental and physical fatigue and job burnout, we go outside and get a little fresh air and exercise. Aside from the obvious benefit to morale, we've had better productivity all week long and improved communication and brainstorming about company strategy and opportunities.

And finally, because the biggest cause of anxiety for our clients seems to bee the waiting between payment and the completion of their site, we created an InstantSite program. Under this program, we will build a completely custom site in 24 hours. We have set aside blocks of time just for these customers. Especially helpful when there is cause for the rush, our customers talk for 30-40 minutes with our technical writer, and 15-20 minutes with our graphic designer. Once the call is over, we work like crazy to get the site put together and online. These sites are necessarily smaller (fewer written pages), and have fewer visual details and embellishments than our normal site, but we still maintain the utmost level of quality.

While our Express service stays busy making top-notch site for small businesses, TrailsWeb has been working long hours to meet the demands of our several mid-sized customers. Dr. Paul is always adding to the content on his site, and occasionally improving the look and feel of the site to make that content more and more accessible. Darrell with Timeshare Bid, Inc. and TimeshareEscrow.us is looking to expand the way his online services integrate with partner companies in his industry. Tom and the gang at AZNORTH are preparing for the revitalization in the real estate market and are looking to TrailsWeb for their web marketing and online sales tools. At the same time, we've put together some new sites for their capital management group and their newly remodeled Beaver Creek Inn.

Click any of the links above to see our work in real time. If you've got a project that needs a developer, look no further, we can help.