Port Business Web Page Project

The Port of Port Townsend is making a one-page website available to all Port businesses, free of charge, as part of our efforts to promote economic development in Jefferson County.  Your site will be hosted on the Port's web server, using a standardized design that allows you to present your business to existing and potential customers.  (Click here to see Taku Marine's site as an example.) If you don't already have a website, this opportunity bings an easy, cost-free entry to online business.

Are you unsure as to whether you qualify for this service as a Port business?  Please contact Sue Nelson at 385-0656 or via email at snelson@portofpt.com for more information about eligibility requirements. 

If you already have an Internet presence, it provides you with another entry point bringing visitors to you.  Your site on the Port server will include a link to your existing website and serve as an additional portal to the information you are already providing for your customers.

Your site on the Port server can include links directly to any blogs and/or social media sites where you have a presence, such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or others.

Want More? If one page is not enough for you, or if you need photography done for your business, our web developer can build additional pages for you and/or come to your business for a professional photo session at a special Port rate that will provide you with a set of photos that you can use with your site or other promotional materials.  Most of the photos on the Port website are his work. For the Web You can work with our web developer directly to have additional pages for built for your site.  This special offer will include pages built at a reduced rate, using a look and feel in common with the Port's site.  Your site will still be hosted for free on the Port's web server. Click here to make your request Photography High-quality photography can go a long way toward helping you promote your business to potential customers.  If you don't already have a stock of top-rate current photos on hand, we have made arrangements for a special Port rate from our web developer, who provides excellent work for our site.  To have a look at more of his work, please click on this link to his online portfolio. If you choose to have him do your photography, he will come to your place of business at his special Port rate.  You will be granted copyright use rights for the resulting photographs that you can use for the photos you use on your site, as well as for other print and electronic information putposes. Photo optimization for the website will be included as part of our project.  Optimiation for other projects will be billed separately, as arranged between yourself and the photographer. Model releases will be requested for all identifiable people photographed in connection with his photo session at your business, as well as for the business location itself. Click here to make your request

Your new site will be linked from the Port's Marine Trades online directory on the Port website.  You will be able to use your site's address in your advertising and other materials you provide to your existing and potential customers.

What we provide:

• A cleanly designed one-page website, based on a standardized template that includes:

  • Your business logo/brand
  • Your business contact information (address, phone(s), fax, primary email contact)
  • Up to two photographs related to your business, optimized for best appearance, composition, etc.
  • Aerial photo or map of your location on Port property
  • Up to 300 word description of your business and areas of expertise
• Hosting for your website, free of charge, on the Port's server
• Minor occasional updates for your site

Materials and information we need from you:

• Artwork of your business logo/brand, preferably in high-resolution electronic form
• Two photographs you would like used to represent your business, digitial files preferred, but we can scan hard-copy photos if necessary
• Artwork for profesional organizations and memberships, programs sucha as EnviroStars, and other branding you would like included
• Business description narrative, 300 word maximum

Putting it together:

We've developed a website application to help guide you through the process and ensure that we have everything we need to build your site as rapidly as possible.  There are two versions available, and all you need to do is to click on the link for the version you prefer and get everything ready to go.

Fillable form for use on your computer

• Click on the link above to download the form and save to your computer
• Open the form in Adobe PDF Reader (download available, if you don't already have it installed on your computer)
• Fill in the requested information as completely as possible
• Save the form with the file name of your choice
• Attach the form, photo and logo files to an email and send to snelson@portofpt.com or print the form and put it in an envelope with the photo and logo files and deliver to the Port office.

Lined form that you can fill out by hand

• Click on the link above and download the form and save to your computer.  (If you don't have a computer, forms are available for pick-up at the Port office for your convenience)
• Open the form in Adobe PDF Reader (download available, if you don't already have it installed on your computer)
• Fill in the requested information as completely as possible
• (Optional) Make a copy of the completed form for your records
• Put the form in an envelope with your photos and logog/brand artwork and deliver to the Port office

Next steps:

Once you have delivered your information to the Port office, it will be sent to our web developer who will build your site in the order it was received.  Once it's in final draft, you will be contacted for an opportunity to review the work prior to its going live on the Port site.

After your review, your site will be available to the public, and you can use the web address in your promotional materials.