General FAQ’s
Turnaround time for printing generally varies from 1 week – 3 weeks depending on the type of project and vendor. Please ask for price estimates and turnaround estimates early on in the project to make sure we can plan ahead for your deadline.
After you have approved a project proof we can send your print-ready file to the vendor of your choice, or we are happy to provide a recommendation or order for you through one of our many suppliers. We choose the best vendor for the specific project needs.
We work on a wide variety of graphic design projects including logos, visual identity and branding, website design and development, business cards, envelopes, brochures, rack cards, postcards, flyers, invitations, museum panels, signs, banners, product packaging, t-shirts, vehicle wraps, and trade show booths. We have also worked on custom projects such as jewelry designs, so if you have a unique idea in mind, feel free to reach out to us!
You can schedule an in-person or zoom consultation with us via our calendly scheduling page. Once you click the button below, you will be able to choose whether you would like an in-person meeting or a zoom meeting and then a date and time that works for you. We are generally available for meetings Monday-Friday 8:30am-5:30pm.
Yes, we are happy to work with clients anywhere in the world, and offer zoom and telephone consultations. We speak English and Spanish.
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The StartUp plan is usually fine for most small businesses, but some businesses may get more traffic and may need to adjust the plan based on need. There is an option for a free domain registration for the first year with a new hosting plan.
Step 1: Gathering Information
What is the purpose of your site?
What info do you want to provide? Promote a service? Sell a product?
What are the goals for the site?
Target audience?
Content? Pages? Slideshows? Gallery? Contact form?
Please fill out our website questionnaire to help us gather this information to greater understand your needs for your new website.
Step 2: Planning
What tabs do you want? Sub pages? Which sections will you be editing yourself most frequently? We create custom WordPress sites that allow you to edit the content yourself if you wish. We are always available to assist with revisions to your site at any time at our regular hourly rate after the launch of your new site.
Step 3: Design
What are some websites you currently like and why? Style?
What is the over all look you are going for?
Colors?
Specific photos you want?
All of this comes into play, while we design your Mockup. Once your Mockup is completed, we will send you a proof of what it will look like once coded. Now is your chance to let us know what/if you do not like something. 6 hours are allotted for your Mockup, all additional time spent on design changes will be billed at our regular hourly rate. If there is something you do not like, please let us know before you approve your mockup. Once the Mockup is approved, it goes into the coding phase. It is much more difficult to change the design, once your site has been coded.
Step 4: Development
Your website is now in the coding phase. Your mockup is now becoming a working site.
During this time, it would be helpful for you to send us your hosting account information. Having this information in advance will allow us to have a quick upload when the time comes.
If you do not already have domain name registration and/or hosting, please read our page explaining these accounts and our recommended companies to purchase from.
If you do not feel comfortable setting it up yourself, we would be happy to do it for you.
Step 5: Testing
During this stage, we will send you a working proof.
This working proof will allow you to see what your working website will look like. How things will move. All the content, etc.
Once your working proof has been approved. We will send you your final invoice. Once this invoice is paid, we will upload your site.
Step 6: Maintenance
Depending on your business, you may need a little or a lot of maintenance.
All maintenance is billed at our regular hourly rate.
Lara J Designs is located in historic downtown Cartersville at 12 South Erwin Street, Suite 2, Cartersville GA 30120. Our building is right next to Christina Jenkins Law Office on Erwin Street, and has street parking available directly in front of our building. You can download a parking map on this page. We have a beautiful and vibrant downtown community, so plan to spend the day around town while you are here!
Lara J Designs bills for monthly web maintenance at the end of every month at our regular hourly rate. 1 hour minimum per invoice. If you don’t have any changes that month, then you will not receive a bill. We can maintain pre-existing websites in HTML or WordPress, but do require a look at the backend of your site prior to quoting. If you need extensive design changes to your website, please request a quote!
Yes, we do require a 50% deposit before the start of all projects here at Lara J Designs.
Step 1: Gathering Information
Please fill out our logo questionnaire below to give us more information about what you have in mind for your new logo. Are there any specific design elements you would like included in your logo? Are there any styles that you love and want to share with us? Does your company have a pre-existing logo that we need to look at to make sure we continue your previous brand colors, etc?
Step 2: Designing
We will design a logo based on the information you give us.
We will creates sketches for you to look at. Once a sketch/concept is approved, we will design it digitally.
During our sketching phase, if there are specific colors you want let us know. You can send us a link to a color swatch/swatches and we can exactly match the colors you pick.
Once we have created your proof, we will send it to you. Let us know if there is anything you wish to change.
Step 3: Completed Logo
Once your logo has been approved, we will create it in multiple formats for you to use in the future. We will email these different formats to you as well as provide a USB drive with your new logo in all the formats that you will need.
