Website Development
Choosing a website and a web designer for your business can be a daunting and confusing experience and prices that developers charge for a simple website can vary enormously.
Whether you already have a website that's not meeting your requirements or you have decided that now is the time to create an effective online presence, you may find that you:
- Are feeling confused about what you really need
- Find technology and terminology daunting
- Have a limited budget for your website
- Are concerned about the costs of ongoing maintenance
- Find it hard to translate your ideas into a workable brief
I know many people who have spent lots of money creating websites and are now finding that they have to go back to their developer every time they want to add a new page or make some changes and it's just not cost effective or efficient for their business. And I also know that if you are looking at traditional web development the cost can sometimes be a little prohibitive for your first site and won't provide the flexibility you need to grow and adapt your marketing with your business.
As a small business owner are you looking for a website or blogsite that :
- Is low-cost yet professional
- Can be easily maintained so that you can add and update your own pages
- Has an in-built in blog (this has numerous benefits alone!)
- Can be developed for you very quickly
- Is tailored to your specific business and brand requirements
- Can grow easily with your business
- Can be easily integrated with auto-responders and shopping carts to enable you to sell products and automate workshop registration
- Is designed by a marketing expert- not a technie!!?
When I created my own first website, other than looking for something that was low-cost, I also wanted something that I could easily maintain myself without either becoming an html expert or constantly having to pay someone to add new enhancements and updates for me.
In this dynamic world of online marketing, keeping your website up-to-date and fresh looking is crucial to your business success. I use a product called Squarespace to develop professional, well-optimised and easy to maintain business websites. The websites I create are developed quickly and cost-effectively and tailored to your specific requirements.
A great website would not be effective without great copy too and as a marketing coach I understand how to step into the mindset of your target market in order to create marketing messages and copy that really sell you and your services and help you build relationships with your clients while you sleep!
“The fact that I can really easily update my own website is a huge bonus; I don’t have a huge amount of time to spend online but it’s so easy to upload pictures, change text, make blog entries and even add new pages. This means that not only do I have a great looking website designed to my specification, I can also make changes whenever I need to and ensure it always looks fresh and up to date. Not only that, Jenny has set it up so that payments, newsletters and workshop registrations are totally automated which means my website works hard for me while I sleep!I know so many small business owners that are disgruntled because their web designer wants to charge them £100+ everytime they want to add a page to their site; after my small initial investment in creating the site with Jenny, all further updates were within my control and totally free!” Liz Scott www.imagetastic.co.uk
Example sites:
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Websites
From as little as £275 I will build you a well-designed and professional 5-page website and you can add as many pages as you wish for just £35 per page.
Blogs
If you have a website but not a blog, I will create a blog that integrates seamlessly into your site and with the same look and feel as you existing brand - or with a totally new one!
Cost from £150 depending on requirements.
Training
Because I use a content management system to build my your website, this means you have total flexibility when it comes to adding content, pictures, new pages and blog entries. After your site has been completed by me I offer a 2-hour training session to enable you to go away and easily be master of your own website and never have to pay a web designer to maintain your site for you again! Well worth the investment in your long-term marketing.
Cost £125 for 2-hour session
Copy Writing
If you are suffering from writer's block or you need help with writing some great copy for your website then I will create professional copy from as little as £65 per page. More information
For further information and to find out how you can create a professional and cost-effective online presence contact me at:
t: 01932 221712 or jenny@bigstrides4business.co.uk