Web & SEO Questionnaire

Welcome to ASTOUNDZ! We are excited to work with you on your new Website Design and SEO optimization. This is a collaborative process and needs your involvement in all stages. Please keep in mind, the more detail and better information you can provide to us, the better results we can deliver. Username and Passwords can be provided at a later date if this is being answered prior to having a formal Service Order in place.

GENERAL INFORMATION AND CREDENTIALS

1) Please provide us with some general business information and who our primary contact will be:

Company Name

Primary Email(Required)

First Name(Required)

Last Name(Required)

Work Phone(Required)

Cell Phone

2) What is your primary business address and hours of operation? If you have multiple locations, please include those as well. (Please include Street Address, City, St, Zip, Hours of operation, Any special hours)

3) What is the website address/domain of the website we are going to build and optimize?

4) If there is an existing website, can you please provide the username and password for the CMS or add Webmaster@ASTOUNDZ.com as an Administrator?

5) If there is an existing website, where is it being hosted?

6) Please provide your domain/DNS hosting information. (Please include DNS provider, Username & Password)

7) Please list all domains you are currently using.

8) Please list all domains you currently own.

9) Do you currently have Google Analytics set up for the website we are optimizing?

Yes

No

If yes, can you please add Webmaster3@ASTOUNDZ.com as an editor, or preferably as an additional administrator?

10) Do you currently have Google My Business set up for the website we are optimizing?

Yes

No

If yes, can you please add Webmaster@ASTOUNDZ.com as a manager?

11) Do you currently use Pay-Per-Click with Google AdWords?

Yes

No

If yes, can you please provide your Google Ad Account ID XXX-XXX-XXXX? We will then request access to your account if needed.

12) Do you currently have Google Webmaster Tools set up for the website we are optimizing?

Yes

No

If yes, can you please add Webmaster@ASTOUNDZ.com as an Owner?

TELL US ABOUT YOUR COMPANY

1) What does your company do/what services do you provide?

2) Who are your major constituents or target audience?

3) What are your major objectives that you would like to accomplish with your new website?

4) What are your “One-Clicks”? (i.e., what would you like visitors to quickly access in “One-Click”) ASTOUNDZ will also help provide direction with this if needed.

5) Do you have any specific call-to-actions? What action would you like for users to take when they visit your new website?

6) Do you have a vision statement or a tagline you want to include?

HOMEPAGE COMPONENTS & PRIORITIES

Please list the components you would like to include on the homepage. Samples below are just an example to get you started, feel free to copy & paste the existing components.

Priority #	Homepage Component
10	Hero / Image Slider at the Top
9	“One Clicks” - Top 3-4 Quick Access Buttons / CTAs
8	Info on Team / Company - Expertise
7	Awards / Credentials - Authoritativeness
6	Google Reviews / Testimonials - Trustworthiness
5	Resources
4	Call-To-Actions
3	Footer with Quick Links
2	Location Map

Please list the components you would like to include on the homepage. Samples above are just an example to get you started, feel free to edit the existing components and numbers.(Required)

Priority#

Homepage Component

FEATURES & FUNCTIONALITY

1) Do you have a calendar? Are you using any services such as Eventbrite that need to be integrated into the website?

2) Will you require any integrations with applications such as email marketing or customer relationship management software? (i.e., Salesforce/MailChimp)

3) Do you need fillable forms? How many forms? Fields?

4) Will users sign up for anything on the website? (Examples include: Newsletters, blogs, etc.)

5) Will you need any live feeds on the website? (Such as social media feeds, RSS feeds, etc.)

CONTENT FOR YOUR WEBSITE / PHOTOS

For the Main Navigation pages of your website, ASTOUNDZ will need at least 300-500 words of good marketing content for each of these pages. ASTOUNDZ will create the SEO content. We will need your content for the Main Navigation pages as soon as the website development begins. Content is the biggest hurdle to completing any website.

1) Is good marketing content something you are comfortable and prepared to provide to ASTOUNDZ in a timely manner?(Required)

Yes

No

2) Depending on how complex your Product or Service is, ASTOUNDZ can develop this content for ~$150 per page. Do you want ASTOUNDZ to develop the content for your Main Navigation pages?(Required)

Yes

No

3) Great photography makes for great websites. Do you have high quality photographs that you can provide us for your website?(Required)

Yes

No

4) Do you want ASTOUNDZ to provide stock photography for your website at $20 per photo?(Required)

Yes

No

GMP - GOOGLE MAPS PLATFORM

Most all of our websites utilize the Google Maps Platform (GMP) to display your map location on your website. Google now requires you to have a credit card on file for this service. Google provides a FREE credit of $200 of usage each month, meaning most clients will never be charged for this, but for it to work properly, a credit card is required. Here is a link to learn more: https://cloud.google.com/maps-platform/pricing We will call you so we can get a credit card to use for this service.

1) Please acknowledge you understand and are willing to provide a credit card for this service(Required)

Yes

No

SEO OBJECTIVES AND RESOURCES

This section helps us understand what your objectives are, who your competitors are, and who you are trying to target. We will take this information and compare it with our own research to develop a SEO action plan.

1) Describe your target audience. What individuals/groups/companies do you wish to target?

2) What geographical areas and/or neighborhoods would you like to target?

3) What product/service would you like to promote the most?

4) What are your prospects’ typical objections to buying your product or service? (Price, location, etc.)

5) What separates you from your competition?

6) Reviewing your top competitors give us great insight into how competitive your industry is and how we need optimize your website.

7) Who do you think has the best websites in your industry?

8) To help give us better insights for your industry as part of ongoing content development, can you provide any online resources or websites that track industry news/trends or are used as reference sites?

9) What kind of challenges are your prospects currently experiencing with your website?

10) Are there any business directories or associations that you or your employees work with that could provide backlinks to your website? This is very helpful for localized search results.

11) Do you or any of your employees support any non-profits organizations, churches, schools, chambers, etc., that could provide backlinks to your website? This is very helpful for localized search results.

12) Is anyone within your company doing any regular blogging or social media content development? If yes, what type of work they are doing? How often they are doing it? Who is responsible for this, and can you provide their contact information?

GENERATING SEO KEYWORDS AND KEYWORD PHRASES

Please provide us with the keywords and keyword phrases you want to be found for in search. We will use this information and also provide our own analysis to determine the most relevant keywords and phrases that are searched, and that you can compete based on your SEO plan.

1) What specific keywords/phrases do you feel are most relevant to your business?

2) What specific jargon, phrases, or language in your industry should we know?

3) Are there any seasonal aspects to your industry/market that should be of note?

4) Are certain services and/or products more in demand at different times of the year?

5) In your experience, what do you find your clients searching for when dealing with your types of products or services?

6) What terms would you most like to show up for in searches?

WRITING THE CONTENT

We are going to write the content for you, any and all resources you can provide to us will assist us in writing good, unique content that works well for search. The more information you can provide, the better.

1) Do you have a “guarantee”? If so, what is it?

2) Does your company have any awards, honors, or recognitions that should be mentioned in the content? If so, what are they?

3) Would your company like to offer any promotions/bonuses/free services?

4) How is your product/service priced compared to your competitors? Do you think this should be highlighted in the content?

5) What things about your product/service will excite your prospects the most? Please list at least 5 benefits, with the most important benefit first.

6) What statistics about your business, product, or service can you provide? (Ex: XYZ Lighting saves 50% on energy bills annually)

7) When a user clicks through to a landing page, what action would you most like to promote (call, email, fill a form out, etc.)?

REPORTING

Based on your SEO plan, we will be providing weekly or monthly reporting. The more interaction we have and feedback from you, the better our results will be.

1) For monthly reports, are there any specific website metrics or stats that you would like to be focused on?

2) Are there any custom metric(s) you would like us to track and report? (Examples: Tracking whenever an outbound link is clicked. Creating filters to track location-based traffic.)

3) Who do the reports need to be emailed to? (Please provide form for name, phone number and email address)

SUCCESS

1) How do you define success with your website and SEO? Is it contact form submissions, emails, phone calls, orders, etc? Can you please explain?

2) How do you track your leads? How do you track your incoming phone calls?

3) On average, how much is one new client or one new sale worth to your business?

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GENERAL INFORMATION AND CREDENTIALS

TELL US ABOUT YOUR COMPANY

WEBSITE DESIGN AND COMPONENTS

HOMEPAGE COMPONENTS & PRIORITIES

FEATURES & FUNCTIONALITY

CONTENT FOR YOUR WEBSITE / PHOTOS

GMP - GOOGLE MAPS PLATFORM

SEO OBJECTIVES AND RESOURCES

GENERATING SEO KEYWORDS AND KEYWORD PHRASES

WRITING THE CONTENT

REPORTING

SUCCESS

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