expected outcomes

Blogs are the bridge from your social media experience to your website experience. If, in your socializing via Social Media tools, you only ever talk about how great your product, service or website experience is, and not offer your knowledge and expertise (as well as that of others), you are simply another fast-talking sales person, or worse yet, a spammer. Blogs allow you to develop your reputation as an expert, a trusted advisor, a well of knowledge from which others want to drink.

If your website or blog was developed a while back by your sister’s geeky (now ex-) husband or the neighbor’s teenage son who had taken a class in high school on HTML, it may be time for a “tune-up”. If you do not have a blog but you have a “killer” website, it is time to think “BLOG!” …. and that is where expected outcomes steps in.

expected outcomes uses the WordPress® platform for setting up a blog or website.  It is powerful, yet user friendly.  With expected outcomes as your host, you own your website, domain name and content. You can manage your content:  change it, add to or subtract from it, change pictures….you are in control.  You get automatic backups & upgrades.  There are no contracts so you cancel at any time.  You can use any theme of your choosing and all plugins and widgets, or you can have expected outcomes create a basic or a custom site for you.  Your website or blog will be search engine friendly. 

Our fees are reasonably priced so you can afford a blog for your business, your hobby, as a personal website or for  a group or association.

PACKAGES FOR BLOGS/WEBSITES:

BASIC PACKAGES:

3 Page Basic Package:  Includes Blog, About and Contact Us pages -$300 setup;
Options:  $5.49 per month hosting fee; $119/year maintenance fee**

4 Page Basic Package:  All of the 3 page package features plus one additional page of your choice; – $400 setup; Options:  $5.99 per month hosting fee, $119/year maintenance fee**

• ^Installation of WordPress with Database Setup on your hosting account
• Choice of selected WordPress Blog Themes from a collection of basic themes
• Set up one sidebar with up to six basic Widgets:  blogroll,  search, category, archive & two text-based customized widgets
• Installation of three basic Plugins: All in One SEO, WP DB backup (and if needed Configure SMTP), Askimet

This package does not include any other customization. *Content is supplied by the customer.

CUSTOMIZATION:

 3 Page  Customized Package:  $500 setup;Options:  $5.49 per month hosting fee, $119/year maintenance fee**

 4 Page Customized Package:  $600 setup; Options:  $5.99 per month hosting fee,$119/year maintenance fee**

With your choice of a custom theme, expected outcomes will customize

• ^Installation of WordPress with Database Setup on your hosting account
• the header graphic to include your logo, business name, tag line, picture or avatar
• Set up 1 or 2 sidebars, with choice of placement, with up to 3 additional Widgets
• Installation of these Plugins: All in One SEO, WP DB backup(with Configure SMTP if needed), Akismet
• Customized background color, menu style, font color/size, and footer
• Feedburner RSS feed installation(Subscribe by E-Mail or RSS Feed)

Additional Plug-Ins -$225.00 each
(examples – Contact Form with Captcha protection,  Shopping Cart,  Social Networking (such as “Share This” and/or “Follow Me”,  Photo Galleries or Albums, Inventory Management and more.)  Some plug-ins, such as monetization plugins/widgets,  may require special customization that will require a quote for extra fees. If you wish to monetize, please request a quote from expected outcomes. For other customizations please use the Contact tab and request assistance.

Additional Widgets – $150.00 each, client to provide content.

 Additional Customizations  are available -  call for quote  (Standard rate for customizations —  $75.00 per hour)
(example: from scratch, designed to your specifications – colors, fonts, header, header graphics, footer, background colors and designs, avatars, flash movies, green-screen photography, etc.)

Stand alone web hosting – $5.99/month; no contract; no minimum/no maximum. Discounts available for pre-pay/cash.

^Client must supply Hosting Service information; expect outcomes also offers hosting space, but is not required as host.
* Content Provided By Client
**Maintenance at $119/year includes assistance (by email/phone/IM) with how-to-do things you may not do often and have forgotten; advice for backups/restore; newsletter with tips for maximizing your blog; members only (password-protected) area with tutorials (coming soon); FTP assistance;