Community Portal Development
As the web continues to grow, simultaneously, the demand for community portals is also rising. Whether you are looking to develop a new online venture or a reliable partner to manage your existing community portal, at Qudos, we have the knowledge and resources to make your vision a success.
Through our practical experience, we realise that when considering the development of community portals, analysing the factors below are key to the projects success
Project Objectives
Business Development Strategy
Post Development Project Maintenance
Future Growth Projections, ROI & Overhead Calculations
Project Objectives
The most common error in our experience, when developing a community portal, is not having clearly defined objectives and desired outcomes.
At Qudos, before commencing the development phase, our consultation team will work alongside your team to ensure that a solid strategy has been established for the entire project.
At Qudos, before commencing the development phase, our consultation team will work alongside your team to ensure that a solid strategy has been established for the entire project.
This will include:
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Formation of a complete Business Strategy & Development Structure for the entire
venture. - Formation of clear deadlines for each development phase of the project.
- Formation of a complete management strategy for the portal so that a robust infrastructure is in place once the initial
development phase has been completed. - Providing ROI & Overhead Management Consultation to improve bottom line, with defined growth targets.
Business Development Strategy
This includes:
- Consultancy support on revenue generation & equity growth of portal
- Online Brand Consultancy
- Marketing Strategy Consultancy
- Outlining value added applications for business growth
Post Development Project Maintenance
To ensure long-term stability and success of the portal, at Qudos, we realise that a robust long term management and maintenance strategy is essential.
Our aim is to provide our clients with total end to end management solutions which include:
- Providing full technical support on all aspects of portal management once the initial development phase has been completed.
- Designing Content Management Systems (CRM's) which are fully updateable, streamline the management process and
reduce overheads - Providing onshore and offshore management, staffing and infrastructure support for increased efficiency and overhead
reductions. - Business Development Consultation post completion of initial specification.
Overhead Calculations
Portal management can be a costly venture if unnecessary processes are in place. At Qudos, our goal is to ensure that our clients achieve optimum performance levels at the lowest overhead costs possible. We enable this through our dual onshore/offshore model which leverages high performance with the cost savings achieved through offshore outsourcing.
To ensure our clients achieve optimum bottom line results:
- Our consultation process before starting the portal development phase involves doing detailed overhead & ROI calculations
to support our clients in making informed management decisions. - Provide our client with cost effective end-to-end onshore/offshore staffing & infrastructure solutions to manage certain
components of the portal or the entire venture.
Future Growth Projections, ROI & Overhead Calculations
To provide a holistic solution which ensures success in all aspects of the venture, our management team will:
- Provide you with full consultation support on overhead calculations for the entire venture. This will include accounting for
infrastructure costs, staffing costs (administrative & technical) and all other overheads. - Provide you with the option to utilise our dual onshore/offshore management model to effectively manage the entire
operation or certain components of the portal. Through implementing our dual management model, our goal is to achieve
optimum performance levels for sustained growth whilst leveraging the cost reductions which are achievable through
offshore outsourcing. - Alongside effectively managing overhead costs, at Qudos, we realise that it is essential that growth targets are firmly
established and ROI calculations are done from the initial stages of the project to ensure informed management decision are
made. As our client, we will continually work alongside your organisation in reviewing your ROI and growth strategy, with a
constant focus on improving bottom line.
