WordPress Website Design

Situational Awareness Institute

An image of a laptop displaying the SAI website.
1.
Wordpress Setup, Structure & Layout
2.
Logo Redesign & Image Editing
3.
Copywriting & Blog Setup
4.
Film & Develop Online Video Course
1.
Wordpress Setup, Structure & Layout
2.
Logo Redesign & Image Editing
3.
Copywriting & Blog Setup
4.
Film & Develop Online Video Course

Project Goals

Situational Awareness Institute is a consulting and training business, which equips organizations to prevent and survive active killer scenarios. As a startup, they had created a website on their own and were interested in a more user-friendly interface.

 

 

Our goal was to restyle the website and rework the copy to fit their target audience of corporate human resources. Several pages would be consolidated, and the training page would be divided into onsite and online trainings. We would then develop the online course, including production of video training modules. In addition, the owner produced weekly vlogs, so a Blog would be set up with SEO-targeted transcripts to increase leads.

Screenshot image of SAI website before redesign. An image showing the homepage website design for consulting business, Situational Awareness Institute.
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User-Friendly Design

SAI had several pages with content on their existing website, however, it was not mobile-responsive and their logo was unreadable at a small scale. The homepage layout was busy, without a clear flow and call-to-action. In addition, the high-contrast white text on a black background was difficult to read.

 

We rebuilt the website using WordPress and Thrive Themes, which allows for device-responsive design. We created a simplified, horizontal version of their logo that would look equally good on mobile devices, laptops, and monitors. Pages were styled using clean white and gray backgrounds with added accents of black and maroon.

An image of SAI's website on a tablet and a phone.

Copywriting

Situational Awareness Institute is a business centered on public speaking. Despite the serious and unfortunately timely subject matter, the owner has a dynamic, approachable presence that effectively engages his audience. Our goal was to translate his speaking style and knowledge into website copy that communicates confidence, trust and expertise to potential clients.

A screenshot of SAI's homepage with onsite and online training copy.

Blog & SEO

Blogs and vlogs are a great way to increase traffic to a website. SAI was already posting a weekly tips video to social media, so we embedded the videos into blog posts. SEO-optimized transcripts provide content readable by search engines. Social share buttons allow the videos to be shared from the blog, driving traffic to the website.

Screenshot image of SAI's blog.

Online Training Course

Once the main website was redesigned, we turned to online course development. Our team was able to advise on lighting, video, and editing in order to create video-based training modules. Our online course software allows clients to pay, enroll, and complete coursework on-demand from any web-connected device.

Screenshot image of SAI's online training course.
5/5

"My Highest Recommendation!"

"I have known the Watts' personally and professionally for over five years and can say they are some of the most intelligent, kind, helpful, gifted, and generous people I have ever known. Our relationship started as personal friends and then grew into business associates, when I entrusted my company name to them to promote. Their ideas and hard work took the web-presence of my company to a whole new level. But they didn't stop there, they continue to search for new ways to add value and increase business. They are a family of wonderfully gifted people who treat all of their customers like family members. They sincerely care about the well-being of everyone they interact with. I do not hesitate to give them my highest recommendation!"
Phil Ball
CEO, Situational Awareness Institute Inc.

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