I spe­cialize in helping small firms grow online by crafting web­sites that mean business. So I’ll work closely with you to tailor a web design solution to your spe­cific needs and audience.

It doesn’t stop there, though. A great website without onoging mar­keting is like a Ferrari stuck in a garage. If you’re new to all this, there’s a lot to learn; if not, you already know mar­keting is an ongoing com­pet­ition. So I can provide various mar­keting ser­vices if needed, as well as ongoing support and startup coaching too.

Step by step:

1. Get started. Book a call, or pick a plan (see the “How much…” item for links to more info). Until you commit, dis­trac­tions will keep appearing.
2. Relax. Building effective business web­sites takes weeks or months, not in a few hectic hours or days. So I’ll walk you through the process, working around your other com­mit­ments as far as pos­sible. If investors or events beyond your control have set urgent dead­lines, def­in­itely book a call first, though. Otherwise, you’ve got time, and I can help you find it.

Yes. We all have our own exper­ience and skill sets. Helping small business owners like you is mine. Asking ques­tions is better than learning stuff by trial and error, so never feel awkward about it.

Timescales for building web­sites vary depending on the pro­ject’s com­plexity and scope, and how quickly you can provide feedback when required. If all the content is available up-front, and you aren’t busy, a very simple business site could be built in a fort­night or less. That’s assuming you want it done well enough to compete. However, because most small business owners are busy, most pro­jects take two months or more.

Not really. I can help with those — oth­erwise it’s easy to make common mis­takes. Just book a call, and we can discuss what you’ll need to get from where you are to where you want to be, and how to get those things sorted.

Yes, I can offer copy writing, blogging, custom video and stock media to cover a wide range of needs, as well as general content planning help. I can also provide basic com­pliance content for your Cookie and Site Privacy Policy pages.

Success takes more than strong visuals and catchy copy writing. So it’s essential to con­sider your target audience, ease of nav­ig­ation, respons­iveness across dif­ferent devices, search engine optim­iz­ation (SEO), brand identity, site security and support for ongoing mar­keting strategies.

Certainly — if you want to! I nor­mally base sites on user-friendly content man­agement systems (CMS) to let you make changes and addi­tions to your web­site’s content easily. If you don’t think you’ll have time for that though, let me know and we’ll discuss other options.

Absolutely! In today’s digital land­scape, having a mobile-friendly website is crucial. So all the sites I build are “responsive”, adapting to dif­ferent screen sizes to optimise user exper­ience across desktops, tablets, and mobile devices.

The cost of website design varies widely, based on the size and com­plexity of the project. So we’d nor­mally need to discuss that in depth, on a scheduled call or video meeting so that we can focus on the details, free of dis­trac­tions. That said, over the years, I’ve developed a few flexible packages that cover most common startup requirements:

• Affordable sites — editable sites with setup pay­ments split over several months to help your cash flow. Covering any­thing from simple tem­plated bro­chures to bespoke e‑commerce, these range from about £1500 to £3500 in £300 or £500 incre­ments. These also offer 100% green, high-per­formance, secure UK hosting, security updates, ongoing support, email and more from £75/month. Some clients qualify for dis­counts on these prices, whilst others choose to add extra fea­tures to them, so these packages work out as the most flexible, cost-effective options around for small firms.
• Budget sites — built on pro­pri­etary systems, these aren’t as flexible or user-friendly as my affordable sites, but can support basic blogging and eco­m­merce from just £900 plus £60/month. So if your site isn’t business-critical but you still need basic mar­keting fea­tures on a low, fixed budget, these sites can help.
• Basic “Static” sites — simple, non-editable (aka “Static”) bro­chure sites. These can be lim­iting, as they can’t support more advanced mar­keting strategies like blogging. Still, if you’re on a very tight budget, just want to present a few pages of info with a contact form, and don’t want to do any future site edits yourself, starting from £600 plus £60/month these may work for you.
• One page sites — a single, non-editable page that can present a few sec­tions of info and a contact form, from as little as £45/month. Such small sites can’t attract much traffic on their own, so really need to be sup­ported by paid ads and/or offline mar­keting like net­working or vehicle livery.

More bespoke pro­jects, like large website redesigns, will still need to be indi­vidually assessed and start at £3000. Finally, bespoke web devel­opment (programming)to implement pro­cesses spe­cific to your business), starts at £10,000.

Yes — and no. It’s here, but I don’t keep it up to date as testi­mo­nials are far more important in web design. You’re not a carbon-copy of any of my pre­vious clients, so your site will have dif­ferent images, content and branding. What will stay the same — I hope — is that you’ll be as happy to work with me as the pre­vious clients who provided those reviews.