Welcome to Design-First
We are your "one-stop" creative source
Whether you need a brochure for a trade show, copy writing and editing, a logo designed or a completely new website, Design-First, Inc. can provide you exactly what you need and more?on time and within your budget.
We provide professional graphic design and pre-press services and the finest quality four-color printing.
Your business can benefit from a creative marketing strategy. Instead of "hit or miss" marketing, Design-First can make sure all your marketing materials including your website, work together to generate new business and to keep clients coming back.
Website design and ecommerce
From dynamic website design including ecommerce, content management systems, online operator applications, email newsletter systems to website marketing strategy, Design-First has the knowledge, experience and creativity to help your businees fully utilize your website and achieve your marketing goals.
For companies and organizations who need to expand their website's capabilities with custom programming, Design-First offers full project management from requirements gathering, specification documentation, prototyping and programming through testing and quality assurance for web-based business applications.
Design-First also has experience creating niche social network websites.
Search engine optimization made easy
Design-First believes you should build your website to be search engine optimized from the ground up?not an afterthought. We provide search engine optimization services and organic SEO strategy so your website can be easily found by potential customers.
We can help you, no matter where you are located!
Design-First is located in Duluth, Georgia, in Gwinnett county, We serve the metro Atlanta area as well as northeast and northwest Georgia.
We also serve clients all over the United States. We are just a phone call or E-mail away from you?wherever you are located.
Information you need to get started
For your convenience, we offer many articles in our Creating Project Success area including Project Planning and Project Guidelines.
We also offer many "How-To" Articles, which will help you with everything from Marketing Your Business to Graphic Design and Printing to Website Design. We also offer Case Studies to give you insight into how Design-First creatively solves different marketing prolems.
Request a proposal or a quote
Are you ready to move forward with your project? We provide free, no-obligation project quotes and proposals. Go to our Request a Quote page or go to our Request a Proposal page.
Featured Articles
Website 101
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What should your website "do" for your visitors? This article explores how to best deterine what features your website should have?before you start to building.
eCommerce 101
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Getting your products or services online and opening your Internet store front can seem like a daunting task. But with the right shopping cart system, a terrific website design and the right guidance, your ecommerce website can go from and idea to sales in a few weeks, not months.
Design-First Partners with Interspire to provide complete website solutions
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Design-First offers "world-class" web-based business solutions utilizing Interspire's Website Publisher, Email Marketer, Shopping Cart System and Knowledge Manager.
Recent Articles
Pre-Press Guidelines
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- Project Guidelines
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If your project requires furnishing pre-press files to Design-First for "re-purposing" or utilizing on a new project, this article provides insight into what type of files we can work with.
Website 101
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What should your website "do" for your visitors? This article explores how to best deterine what features your website should have?before you start to building.
Brochure Design Planning
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When creating a brochure, where do you start? What size should it be? What is important to include?
Website Guidelines
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- Project Guidelines
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What's the best way to get your website project started? This guide will walk you through the different steps, and help you with creating project success.
How to Find the Right Graphic Designer
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How can you determine if a design firm is right for you and your project?
Website Project Planning
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If you have a website project, this article will walk you though what to consider before you start your project.
Testing For Better Website Conversions
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Converting website visitors into real leads is a challenge, and it may surprise you how many potential customers are visiting your website, but may be clicking away after viewing one page.
7 Effective Traffic Generating Methods
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If there is one thing that every website needs, it's consistent traffic and at times, it is necessary for us to continue to get more and more traffic along the way. Although there certainly are a lot of different ways that you can do this, it often can bog you down if you're trying to do it in too many different directions at one time.
Develop a Brand Story Communication Strategy Now
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- Marketing Your Business
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Marketing campaigns should always start with a communication concept: a conceptual premise and framework that attracts attention and engages an audience in a way that penetrates each viewer's mind, and captures the audience's collective consciousness. This is the foundation of your brand story.
Email Marketing Tips For Maximizing Sales and Referrals Through Opt in Email Marketing
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- Marketing Your Business
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Is opt-in email marketing a low-cost and effective marketing strategy for your business? If you?re not capturing leads on your website and blogs through an opt in email marketing form, you are leaving most of your profits behind.
Recent News
Design-First Creates StoneCrestNewHomes.com
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VisitGwinnettPlace.com a success for Gwinnett Place CID
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Recent Blogs
Are blogs an effective marketing tool?
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