Proposed Solution

Amasong has requested a proposal that includes both an organizational branding process and a robust CMS to handle an enterprise grade web presence. The Zanlus team combines a highly qualified and experienced graphic designer with skilled web developers. While all initial contacts will be with Ross Musselman, the lead for the project, each member of the team will work directly with Amasong to create and implement products of the highest quality.

Although the branding process and the web development process will occur concurrently, we will break them up in the proposal for the purposes of clarity. We begin with the branding process, followed by a lengthy discussion of the web development process.

Points of Reference

Throughout the design and development process we will benchmark our work against the appearance and functionality of a range of websites that represent a cross-section of Amasong's peers and a selection of the best design and functionality the web has to offer. The following is a preliminary list of those sites.

Amasong's Peers

• Amuse Singers http://www.amusesingers.org/
• Artemis Singers http://www.artemissingers.org/
• Complaints Choirs http://www.complaintschoir.org/
• Libana http://www.libana.com/
• Prairie Ensemble http://www.prairieensemble.org/

Best of the Web

• Drupal Functionality: Drupal http://www.drupal.org/
• Drupal Design:
  • Bitter Sweet http://www.oswd.org/design/preview/id/3569
  • SEO position http://www.seoposition.com/
• Best of Web Design: CSS Zen Garden http://www.csszengarden.com/
  • Mozart Design http://www.csszengarden.com/?cssfile=189/189.css
  • Atlantis Design http://www.csszengarden.com/?cssfile=028/028.css
    
  • Zunflower Design http://www.csszengarden.com/?cssfile=026/026.css