PROCESS

Our website design process in Chicago

Seven clear steps from the first conversation to a website that is live, tested and easy for you to update.

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Quick answer

Media Express (Website Design Chicago) builds websites in seven steps: discovery call, plan and quote, structure and content, design, development, testing, and launch with support. Scope and price are agreed before work begins, and simple sites can move from call to launch very quickly.

The seven steps

  1. Discovery call. Your business, customers, goals and budget.
  2. Plan and quote. Pages, features, timeline and a clear price.
  3. Structure and content. Sitemap, page outlines and copy, written or edited by us.
  4. Design. Desktop and mobile design around one clear next step per page.
  5. Development. A lightweight custom theme, forms, tracking and structured data.
  6. Testing. Phones, browsers, speed, forms, accessibility basics and redirects.
  7. Launch and support. Search engines notified, training on Szef Editor, ongoing care if you want it.

What we need from you

  • A short conversation about your business and customers.
  • Logo, photos and any existing text, if you have them.
  • Access to your domain and current website, for redesigns.
  • One person who can approve decisions.

How long it takes

A simple business website can be ready the same day, depending on scope, content and our schedule. Larger sites are planned in phases. You get a timeline with the quote.

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Questions and answers

How involved do I need to be?

A discovery call, supplying what you already have, and approving the plan and design. We handle the rest and keep you updated.

Do you write the website content?

Yes, if you want us to. We can write from a short interview or edit your existing text.

What happens after launch?

We notify search engines, train you on editing and, if you choose, keep the site updated, backed up and secure.

More about us

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Our own audience

We don’t buy traffic. We create it.

Most agencies build a website and leave you to find visitors. Media Express owns the audience. Polish Network is the largest Polish-American network of owned media in the USA: 120+ of our own websites and portals, social media channels and news portals.

We also run the world’s largest aggregator of Polish radio stations, with 300+ stations from Poland, the United States and the diaspora in one place. We are building the American edition now, and next an edition for every country.

And we run your business on Szef.AI, our own AI operating system and CRM that works with everything, everywhere. New and better AI models appear every day, and Szef.AI is already connected to them. It is a solution nobody can match.

More than 8 million Americans report Polish ancestry (U.S. Census Bureau). Through our network, millions of people can become your customers. A typical web design agency cannot offer you this.

Ready to talk about your website?

31+ years of continuous web work, same-day website design that grows from a business card site to a portal for millions of views, a media network of our own, Szef.AI, our AI operating system connected to every new model, and direct access to the people who build your site. Tell us what you have in mind; you will get a clear recommendation, scope and price before any work begins.