Website design
Websites for small businesses, built properly.
Designed around your business, built properly behind the scenes, and set up so you can change the words and photos yourself.
Where are you starting from?
Every site starts somewhere different. These are the three I hear most.
Starting from scratch
A new business, or one that’s been getting by on Facebook and word of mouth. You need a proper website, and someone to sort out everything that goes with it.
Your site’s showing its age
It looks dated, it’s slow, it’s awkward on a phone, or it just doesn’t say what you do any more. Time for a fresh start.
You’re stuck with it
The last developer disappeared, nobody can find the logins, or every small change turns into a job. I can untangle it, or rebuild it properly.
What you get
Every site is designed around your business, not squeezed into a template. Whatever the size, it comes with the things that make a website actually work.
Designed for your business
Built around what you do and who you do it for, not a template with your logo dropped in.
Words that sound like you
I can write the copy from a chat with you, or polish what you’ve already got.
Fast, and works properly on phones
Most of your visitors will be on a phone, so it’s designed for that from the start.
Easy to update yourself
Change the words and photos without breaking anything. Or just send them to me.
Set up for Google
Clean structure, page titles, descriptions and a sitemap, so search engines know what you do.
Enquiries that actually arrive
Contact forms that land in your inbox, not your spam folder.
The technical bits, sorted
Domain, hosting, email, security and backups, all set up from day one.
A proper handover
A walkthrough of how it all works, and logins that belong to you.
Need a logo too?
I also design logos and simple brand styles (colours, fonts and how it all fits together), so your website, signage and socials look like they belong to the same business. It’s often easiest to do both at once.
Need something more custom?
Sometimes a standard website doesn’t quite do what your business needs. That’s the part I enjoy most: automations, databases and websites that do a bit more of the work for you.
Automations
Enquiries that go straight into your systems, emails and tasks that happen on their own, and fewer things to copy and paste by hand.
Databases and directories
Searchable listings, member areas and directories, built so they’re easy for you to keep up to date.
Dynamic websites
Content that keeps itself up to date. QuizFinder, for example, pulls in more than a thousand weekly quiz nights automatically.
How it works
- 01
We have a chat
Coffee, phone or Zoom. Tell me about the business, who you’re trying to reach and what’s not working now.
- 02
We plan it out
I map out the pages and what goes on each, and we sort out the words: I can write them, or work from yours.
- 03
Design and build
You see the design early and we refine it together. Then I build it on a private test site, so nothing’s public until you’re happy.
- 04
Launch
I put it live, sort out the domain, hosting and email, and show you how to make changes yourself.
David is a true wizard when it comes to website design and implementation.
Then I stick around.
A website isn’t finished the day it goes live. Most clients stay on a care plan, so updates, backups, security and the little changes are all handled, and you’ve always got someone to call when something stops working.
About care plansQuestions people ask
Something else on your mind? Just ask. There’s no such thing as a silly question about websites.
Ask me a questionCan I update the site myself?
Yes. Everything’s set up so you can change the words, photos and things like opening hours yourself, and I’ll show you how. If you’d rather not, send me the changes and I’ll do them.
Do you write the words?
I can. Writing about your own business is often the hardest part, so I’m happy to write the copy from a chat with you, or tidy up what you’ve already got.
Can you design a logo as well?
Yes. I design logos and simple brand styles, and doing them alongside the website means everything matches from day one.
What will it be built on?
WordPress, built cleanly and without a pile of plugins, so it’s fast, secure and easy to look after.
Do I own it?
Yes. The website, the content and the domain are yours, and you’ll have your own logins.
I already have hosting and email. Is that OK?
Usually, yes. I’ll take a look at what you’ve got. If it’s fine, we keep it. If it’s causing problems, I’ll suggest something better and move it for you.
How much does a website cost?
It depends on what you need, so I quote each site individually after we’ve had a chat. You’ll know exactly what’s included before anything starts.
Tell me what you’re working on.
A new site, fixing the one you’ve got, or not really sure yet - that’s fine. Send me a message and I’ll get back to you myself.