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Website design

Websites that get you noticed

Your website has only seconds to make a first impression. Let’s make it a good one.

Your business deserves a website which showcases the best of what you do and becomes an essential part of your sales pipeline. We design websites which reflect your values, are highly visible in searches and convert visitors into customers.

Website design and development

We work with businesses of all shapes and sizes with just one thing in common – ambition.

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Tailored to your needs

Whether you’re a young business hungry to grow or a successful firm eager to build on your achievements, we will take your website to the next level.

We offer a full package of strategy, design, copywriting and development, all underpinned by our expertise in search and conversion optimisation.

  • Listen to your needs
  • Create a compelling user experience
  • Focus on converting visitors to customers
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Our website design process

Our starting point is to get to know your business, objectives, audience, competitors and wider marketing strategy. Pulling this all together, we’ll create a plan to design, build, write and optimise your website.

We’ll recommend a site map for the website and present initial designs for your approval.

Once we’re all happy with those, we’ll start writing the copy, collating images and completing the design and development of your website.

Everything will be presented for your final approval before the website is made live.

  • Clearly defined project process
  • Checkpoints at each stage
  • Friendly support throughout the process
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Ecommerce and bespoke functionality

If you’re selling online, we can get a simple ecommerce website up and running quickly, for example using Shopify or Woocommerce.

For an ecommerce solution, or any other bespoke, complex functionality, we’ll project manage the entire process, from concept to delivery.

  • Quick delivery to get you started
  • Full project management for complex requirements
  • Experienced ecommerce developers

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Questions?

How do you align website design with business goals and user journeys? +

Prior to starting work on your website, we’ll conduct a discovery session to get to know your business, the market you operate in and your objectives.

All of this information will feed into the design and development of your website, ensuring that it’s fully integrated with your wider marketing strategy.

What does a discovery session involve? +

All our websites are designed uniquely for the needs of your business.

To understand your business and how your new website can best serve you, we hold a discovery session to gather the necessary information. The level of detail this goes into depends on the complexity, size and objectives of your new website.

What’s the process for designing a new website? +

We usually start by agreeing what the overall structure of your website will be and designing the homepage. Once you’re happy with these, we’ll move onto designing the other page types and pulling together the text, images and videos.

When you’re happy that we’ve perfected the design, we’ll start to build the website, populating it with the agreed content.

The completed website is presented to you for review and testing. Once you’re happy with it, we’ll manage the launch process for you.

Do I need a full site rebuild or just targeted improvements? +

That’s a good question – often a complete rebuild isn’t necessary, or can be carried out as part of a longer term strategy of website development.

We’ll review your current website and your growth ambitions, then recommend whether a new website straight away would be the best option, or simply building on your existing site.

Do you build ecommerce websites? +

Yes, we can create simple or bespoke ecommerce websites using WooCommerce or Shopify. And our Google advertising services work alongside your website to maximise your sales.

How much does a new website cost? +

This is a difficult question to answer as it depends on many factors, such as the complexity of your requirements and how bespoke you’d like it to be. Book in for a free discovery call to discuss your needs and we’ll be able to give you a steer on the likely cost.

What technology do you use to build websites? +

Our websites are built in the WordPress content management system to the highest technical standards. We provide professional website hosting services, ensuring that your website runs speedily and securely, and has robust backup and recovery provisions

Will my new website be mobile-friendly? +

Yes, absolutely.

What search engine/AI optimisation do you include with new websites? +

As experts in both traditional search engine optimisation and AI search optimisation, we’ll ensure that your website is search engine friendly and ready for any long-term search related activity you wish to undertake.

When my website changes, will I lose my Google rankings? +

We take all precautions to ensure that your Google ranking, and AI search visibility, is maintained following the launch of your new website.

All our websites are Google-friendly and adhere to Google’s Search Guidelines.

This includes retaining all page URLs (addresses) where possible and ensuring redirects are set up where URLs are changed.

When your domain name (the main website address) doesn’t change, your rankings are normally unaffected and sometimes they even improve.

If the domain name does change, temporary fluctuations in rankings should be expected. To minimise negative impacts, we launch new domains in accordance with Google’s Site Move Guidelines In our experience, rankings can drop for several weeks before returning to their pre-move level.

How fast are your websites? +

As standard, all website files are stored on solid state memory banks (SSD) meaning our websites load quicker than those using hard drives.

For even more speed, our hosting uses “Litespeed” caching technology.

Where additional performance levels are required, we offer enhanced hosting options.

How secure are your websites? +

Our website security includes:

  • Software firewall to detect and block malicious code.
  • Only using plugins where essential and sourcing these from trusted providers.
  • All plugins and WordPress versions kept up to date with security enhancements.
  • Constant monitoring – for uptime, unauthorised content changes and unusual behaviours.
  • Security certificates – all our websites are secured with a security certificate (aka SSL or https) which encrypts any data users send from your website, such as in a contact form.
Will you provide photos for my website? +

Yes, we can provide fully licensed stock images for your website. We can also connect you with suitable professional photographers to take original photos for your new website.

Do you write the copy for websites? +

Yes, we have a team of copywriters ready to provide perfectly pitched content for your new website.

We can also work with you long term to continually develop your website content:

Can I transfer an existing website to you? +

Yes, we can take on most websites, supporting you with both hosting and content management services. Find out more about our website hosting and management services.