FAQ




Why Choose Simple Spark Design?

Simple Spark Design keeps you in mind throughout the entire process. We go to great lengths to ensure your satisfaction and create something entirely unique to you and your business. Some of our process:

  • Monitor competitors to create an edge over them
  • Monitor customers to determine exactly what they are looking for
  • Keep an even keel with current design pieces
  • Identify trends in the business and loosley base your piece off of them

There are plenty of design companies that broadcast their greatness, but very few go through the detail and, often times, the most important parts of the design process. You can expect a truly unique and qualifying design with Simple Spark Design




What services does Simple Spark Design offer?

We offer quite a few design services encapsulated by a marketing eye and brain. Something you usually will not get with most marketing firms.


Website Design and Hosting

Web Design

Our web design practices create a beautiful and unique site that will be sure to wow your customers. We work extremely hard trying to introduce all information associated with your site in a nice, easy to find and subtle way. Our organization and attention to detail will get you plenty of compliments from your clients. Also our search engine optimization skills are second to none. We will get you to the top of the searches in no time.

Hosting

We have our own hosting set up and ready to go for you. Most places charge for extra pages and larger databases. Not us. We charge a flat rate, regardless of how much traffic and data you have online. Typically this is where most people spend the majority of their money, but with us you'll never have to worry.

SEO -- Search Engine Optimization

Tons of companies right now are screaming about how great their SEO functionality is, but in reality its how well google sees the site. That is why our layouts are the way they are. Sleek, easy to follow and all in all just usable. All of our sites are W3C compliant. Meaning the world wide web will see it as it's meant to be seen.


Print Design

Designing for Print

Business cards, postcards, flyers, product catalogs and so on. We have done it all. We know the standards when it comes to creating that perfect print piece. Everything is created in 1200 dpi format and CMYK color. This is exactly what print calls for. Heh, just Contact Us to request a business card. You'll see quite quickly what we are capable of

Print Houses

Our print houses have a 100% satisfaction guarantee, therefore if something doesn't come out like it was supposed to, you don't get stuck with the bill. Also they will print and ship within 2 days of nearly every order meaning you get your product FAST!


Logo Designs

Logo designing is one of our favorite things to do. We get to take all of your business model, from clients to current designs and mash em all up and create something that justifies the entire business. Our proven processes and creative minds get you something entirely unique and beautiful (unless you want it to be ugly).


Photography

Greg Frieden is our photographer. A highly skilled and creative person. His portfolio boasts headshots, set photography, wedding photography, product photography and much more. If you are in need of a product shoot we are ready for you!


Video

Video is fun. Not only do we make a piece perfect for your business but we also include you in the process. We always love it when our clients want to be the actors. We like to get ahold of what you are trying to market and play around with it for a while. Then we Brainstorm!. We think to ourselves

Wow it would be really cool if we did 'xyz' with this product! It would display the message but also be extremely memorable!

We also shoot on very expensive equipment. Our cameras and editing software is the same that is used in Hollywood on feature length films. We have the capacity to shoot something that looks as if a high priced director was behind it!


DVD

DVD Authoring

Our DVD authoring skills are among the best in the industry. With animated transitions, custom audio scores and an attention to detail that is unrivaled you will be more than happy with what we produce. We can create your DVD in Blu-Ray format, or in regular old Standard definition.

DVD Duplication

After you have your DVD ready to go with all of your animated menus and transitions to your great content, you need a way to get a whole bunch of them! Well, we offer duplication as well. Couple that with our print skills and you've got a fine looking DVD set you are ready to hand to your clients.




Pricing Information

Pricing varies among services offered, but we assure you, you will not find a less expensive option in the state for these services. Feel free to look around, we'll even give you some links to our competitors, that is how confident we are in our prices and abilities!


Web Design

  • Site Design - $60/hour
  • Registration - $25/year
  • Hosting - $15/month includes 1 free update

Average site cost - $1200


Print Design

Print design is a flat rate of $60/hour


Logo Design

  • Initial consultation - $200
  • Creation of Logo - $60/hour

Average Cost of Logo Design - $400


DVD

DVD Authoring and Duplication are $80/hour


Photography

Photography is very dependant upon what needs to be shot. Please Contact Us for a quote


Video

Videography is very dependant upon what needs to be shot. Please Contact Us for a quote




How quickly can you make stuff?

We are extremely fast and efficient in our methods. Average turn around times:

  • Web Design - 2 weeks
  • Print Design - 1 week
  • Logo Design - 1 week
  • DVD Design - 3 weeks
  • Photography - 1 week
  • Videography - 4 weeks

You won't find this kind of speed elsewhere in the industry. When the clock strikes 5 for most design companies, they turn off and go home. For us, closing time is when our head hits the pillow.




Where are you located?

We are located conveniently in Iowa City, IA. This allows us to travel throughout Iowa at pretty much any given time to meet with you.




Do you have your own host for websites?

WE DO! This means we take care of any technical problems that may come up at any given time. Chances are we see this before you even do! And this service is FREE just for being hosted with us.




I have a cool idea for something, can you do it?

Well, we'll try our darndest. We get a lot of questions about making something neat or creating something that is just a wildly epic design. We have yet to come across something that we could not tackle and make outstanding. So yes, JUST ASK!