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1-2 weeks

Phase 1: Strategy

Strategy Questionnaire

We begin with our strategy questionnaire. You’ll answer questions about your organization, your audience, and what you want to accomplish.

Strategy Call

We schedule a call to really get to know you and your work. We talk through your questionnaire responses and dig deeper into your goals.

Site Outline

We map out your website’s structure and flow. This plan shows how pages connect and how visitors will move through your site.

“Their setup questions were thought-provoking and made me really consider what I wanted.” — OUPSF Marketing Team

Go deeper on the podcastListen to Ep. 01|Listen to Ep. 02

1-4 weeks

Phase 2: Branding

Moodboard

We pull together inspiration, imagery, and direction that captures the feeling of your brand. We gather website links you like.

Logo & Identity

Have a logo? Great. We’ll use it and move on.

Starting from scratch? We draw yours by hand

Brand Guide

If we’re doing the branding, we’ll deliver a brand style guide: your custom, hand-drawn logo, color palette, typography, textures, and usage guidelines.

Go deeper on the podcastListen to Ep. 03

1-4 Weeks

Phase 3: Copywriting

Good: You Write It

We give you a page-by-page outline with guidance on what each section needs to say, and you write the copy yourself. We’ll review it and suggest edits.

Better: AI-Assisted Copywriting (Project CORE)

This is Project CORE. We dig into your strategy questionnaire, your brand voice, your Google Analytics/GSC, and your customers’ own words, then use that context to write professional copy for every page. You review and revise.

Best: Professional Copywriter

We bring in Brittany Downey of DowneyStrategy.com: a brand messaging strategist who partners with ARTILLERY on projects that need deeper copy work.

Go deeper on the podcastListen to Ep. 04

2-3 weeks

Phase 4: Design

The Wireframe

We create a blueprint for your key pages. This sketch shows the layout and helps us figure out how to guide visitors where they need to go.

The Style Tile

We pull together the visual elements for your site: colors, fonts, imagery, and overall feel. This is where we get aligned before a single pixel moves.

The Mockup

We bring it all together into a full page mockup. You’ll see exactly what your site’s homepage will look like, and we refine until it feels right.

“They really designed our perfect branding and site design on the first round.” — Jamie Tompkins

Go deeper on the podcastListen to Ep. 05

2-4 Weeks

Phase 5: Development

Site Build

We build your site in our testing environment. This is where designs become a functioning website. We use WordPress and Divi and follow current best practices.

Edits + Testing

We walk through the site with you and make any needed adjustments. Then we test everything: different browsers, different devices, all the forms and features.

Launch

Your site goes live. We handle the technical details: DNS, SSL, redirects, speed optimization, and make sure everything transfers over correctly.

“I felt at ease the whole time, knowing that they had clearly perfected this process over many iterations.” — John Clarke

Go deeper on the podcastListen to Ep. 06

Into the future

Phase 6: Post Launch

Training

We record custom tutorial videos showing you how to update your own content. Text changes, image swaps, adding a blog post. You’ll know how to do it yourself. 

Hosting + Support

Your site moves onto one of our managed hosting plans. We handle security, backups, WordPress updates, daily plugin maintenance, and more. Month to month, no contracts.

The Relationship

This is where most web companies disappear. We don’t. You’ll have a team that knows your site, knows your business, and answers when you email.

“After the site launched, they remained side-by-side with us, walking us through the next steps and handled all of the ‘hard stuff’ for us.” — Jamie Tompkins

Go deeper on the podcastListen to Ep. 07|Listen to Ep. 08

Sound likea plan?

We’re ready when you are.