Web Design Agency
"They do excellent work with webpage design and functionality."
- Dr. Vincent Pankonin, Owner of Dr. Big Pain Solutions
Our process for designing a website
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Our team sees a website as more than just a "digital brochure". It's the focal point for all other digital and real-world marketing efforts. It's the place where web visitors become real leads in your email inbox. Since the website plays such a core role in these efforts, we believe in investing time and resources into this digital asset.
When you look under the hood at a website, you'll find a variety of HTML, CSS, JavaScript and more that all work together in a form of a dance to create an aesthetic, yet functional experience. The content management system (CMS) we use to bring all of these things together is WordPress. We believe it's the best platform for small and medium businesses to house their "digital storefront".
Services we offer
- Web design: Bluestem Media creates custom website designs for every client, ensuring it is functional, beautiful, and responsive. We don't use pre-built templates or themes.
- SEO: Our SEO services give your website the best chance possible to rank in search engines, including Google, Bing, and DuckDuckGo.
- Digital/online marketing: Helping you implement strategies and best practices for all channels of your digital marketing, including email marketing, social media best practices, Google Business Profile advising, Web 2.0 platforms, and more.
- User experience design (UX): We pay attention to how a customer will physically interact on your website. How will they interact with menus on a mobile device? Where should the call-to-action button be located on the page? These are all questions we consider to make an excellent UX.
- eCommerce design: Your website can become your digital storefront. We help you process payments, manage inventory, and more.
- Content management system (CMS): We will help you set up custom CMS solutions to help your business write content, manage news posts and blogs, etc.
- Web hosting & server management: Providing a secure, reliable, fast web hosting environment for your website. We utilize private servers that give users a faster, more secure experience on the web.
- Maintenance and support: Our team manages website maintenance, including security, plugins, backups, etc. You can always call us with support-related questions!
- Graphic design: Our graphic design services include custom brand logos, images, infographics, icons, and other visual elements for your website.
Need to sell online? We build and host eCommerce websites, too.
Whether you sell an online course, custom gadgets or manufacturing equipment, we can help you set up shop with eCommerce tools and design. This includes payment processing, invoice tools, inventory management, purchase order sales, equipment rental, and event tickets
Our client's eCommerce website increased pageviews by 800% after launch in the retail garden space. Read case study →
Bluestem Media Guarantee
After we launch a website, we don't just leave you hanging. We continue to provide security, updates, and service after. You have our email addresses and phone numbers and can reach out at any time.
When you work with Bluestem Media, you can have us on speed dial!
What our clients are saying
"They do excellent work with webpage design and functionality."
- Dr. Vincent Pankonin, Owner of Dr. Big Pain Solutions
"Easy to work with, always very responsive and professional!"
- Kari Score, Owner of Dakota Storage Products
"Our site is beautiful, simple and easy to navigate."
- Dr. Martha Kearns, President of North Dakota American College of Radiology
"It is difficult to find a webpage developer who is more responsive and reliable than Bluestem Media."
- Bridgit Ulrich Pankonin, Owner of Integrity Counseling
"Bluestem treated me like a VIP through the entire process."
- Peter Szuba, Owner of Gulf Coast Carpet Care
Websites and landing pages
We build landing pages that convert users to customers.
What you get with a custom-made website
Based in Navarre, Florida
But our services are offered throughout the nation.
About us
Bluestem Media is a family-owned and operated web design agency. We have been building websites and working with web design since the early 2000's. Bluestem was originally founded in Glyndon, Minnesota -- where the vast prairie grasslands were the inspiration for the business name. In 2019, the business relocated to sunny Navarre, Florida.
FAQ
We quote 8 weeks minimum for a standard website. Depending on functionality, scale, and complexity, this can increase to 12 or 15 weeks. We will give you a time estimate for your specific project.
A website will usually cost anywhere from $2,000 to $50,000. This will depend on what package you select, the level of design required, etc. We will give you a detailed quote/proposal for your project.
We build our websites with solid architecture, responsive design, and snappy speed. All of these factors give you a huge boost for SEO. Bluestem also offers SEO consulting to help you win in Google, Bing, and other search engines.
Yes, we will design your website to look and work well on mobile devices. Since the advent of the smartphone, it's become important for website owners to make websites that look good on these devices. This is called "responsive design" or "mobile-first design". Many people don't know this, but Google only uses the mobile version of your website when making ranking decisions in the search algorithm. This is why it's essential to have a solid mobile website.
Yes, you own 100% of your website. We provide hosting and management for your website, but anytime you want to take your website business somewhere else, we will transfer it to another provider.
Yes, we will work with you to sell products on your website and collect payments. This process is considered "eCommerce". We have experience in many different industries setting up multiple kinds of eCommerce-based businesses.
Yes we do! Let us know you are a first responder or retired first responder, and we will get you a discount on your website build. Thank you for your service in our community!