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Featured Services

Design

Web design, graphic design, branding, and marketing design are just some of the visual design services offered by cedownes.design. Design services can be ordered as standalone projects, or bundled with other services listed here.

Build/Rebuild

In web design, the visual work is only half the battle! cedownes.design is expert in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, as well as in tools like Webflow, Wordpress, and Shopify. That means full service under one roof, greatly increasing efficiency.

Maintain

Tired of having to maintain and update your website once the build job is done? cedownes.design offers affordable ongoing service and update subscriptions; so changing menus, events, branding, and features will be handled by us.

Marketing/Social

Whether cedownes.design builds your website or not, professional, marketing materials and social media are all part of building your online brand presence. You will have years of experience and local knowledge working to engage your audience.

Local SEO

Local SEO is important for small businesses and restaurants who depend on in-person interactions for success. cedownes.design will make sure that residents and visitors to your town find your business when planning their shopping and dining.

Responsiveness

With more than 50% of the Internet’s traffic coming from mobile users, and Google prioritizing mobile for SEO, it’s imperative your site is designed with mobile in mind. cedownes.design specializes in responsive web and app design.

Site Migration

If your legacy site is hosted on a custom server or legacy system that makes it difficult or impossible to update, cedownes.design will migrate your site to Webflow to ensure that future updates and maintenance are easy for you or us to handle.

E-commerce

Leveraging Webflow's CMS and e-commerce features, or integrating with Shopify and other online stores and ordering systems, cedownes.design will ensure that your customers can place orders directly from your site.

Intuitive Updates

If you choose to handle content updates for your website yourself, cedownes.design can optimize the back end of your site to make that as robust and intuitive as possible, especially if you opt to be hosted on Webflow.

Analytics

cedownes.design will connect your new site to your existing Google Analytics account so you can track how your new site is improving in terms of traffic and conversions. We will also analyze your legacy analytics to determine ways to improve your new site.

Animation

Nothing sets your website apart like animation, creating a more lively and inviting experience. cedownes.design has unique expertise in animation as a means of audience engagement and interaction design, sure to set your site apart.

Saratoga Springs

As a business local to Saratoga Springs, cedownes.design knows first-hand the unique needs and interest of visitors and residents of this town. The walkability of Broadway is second only to Local SEO in driving in-store traffic.

Data on Restaurant Website Users

80%

of consumers prefer restaurants with technology experiences.

"Today's consumers expect full-service, expedited, and frictionless ordering experiences."

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77%

of diners check restaurant websites before visiting.

Of that group, nearly 70% have been discouraged from visiting the restaurant because of its website.

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56%

of diners say mobile-friendly websites are very important, and 36% say they've been discouraged from ordering food because it wasn't mobile friendly. Similar numbers to people who would be turned off if restaurant was dirty or outdated.

Source

About Chris

Organized

The secret to having your cake and eating it too is efficiency and organization. Need a bespoke, creative website in a short amount of time and on budget? Chris’s collaborative, iterative design process (along with Figma and Webflow) make that possible.

Versatile

The problem with large agencies is the overhead built into their price. As a designer, writer, engineer, illustrator, animator, SEO expert, and project manager, Chris can provide agency-level services without costly add-ons and up-charges for outside hires.

Experienced

Chris has been designing websites since the early days of html and Flash in the 90s, and ever since has been at the cutting edge of web design trends and technologies - with a unique flair for animation - to give you and your users a future-proof experience.

Creative

The purpose of design is problem solving, the soul of design is creativity. Ensure that you don’t end up with a cookie-cutter agency design template by working alongside a designer who cares just as much about making something new and exciting as you do.

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Process

Define

Kick off development by defining all business and brand requirements, making initial technology and design decisions, and creating an estimate to cover all required services

Design

Create wireframes and prototypes for all required pages in order of priority, regularly submitting for feedback and adjustment until all parties are excited by the design.

Develop

Build your website in Webflow or your existing platform, working to ensure seamless integration with existing processes while increasing efficiency and usability for you.

Deliver

Once everything looks and works perfectly, we will handle all publishing tasks for the new site, and all updates required over time if desired.

Testimonials

"Chris was a great addition to our team in his role as Interface Designer. We valued his creativity and skill bringing professional and modern designs to our new website, and throughout the project he was a motivated self-starter who maintained a quick turn-around time. He had an excellent attitude, was a team player, and received feedback well. Chris approached product design with a eagerness to learn, interact with new people, and grow his skills while thinking outside the box and bringing new ideas to the table. I highly recommend Chris for his talent, enthusiasm, collaborative approach, and ability to deliver results."

Ashley Tobin

Director of Product Marketing, ELLKAY

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