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How to Tell If Your Website Is Out of Date

How to Tell If Your Website Is Out of Date A website does not need to be ancient to be out of date. Sometimes a site built only a few years ago can already feel tired, slow, awkward, or out of step with how customers now use the web. The difficult part is that business […]

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Why Your Website Gets Visitors But No Enquiries

Why Your Website Gets Visitors But No Enquiries Getting visitors to your website is only half the job. If people arrive, look around, and leave without calling, sending a message, booking, or asking for a quote, the website is leaking opportunities. This is frustrating because it can look, from the outside, as though the website […]

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Why You Should See Your Website While It Is Being Built

Why You Should See Your Website While It Is Being Built A website build should not feel like sending your business into a black box and hoping something decent comes back six weeks later. Yet that is still how many website projects work. You have an initial conversation, send over some content, wait in silence, […]

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Before You Hire a Web Designer, Check Their Own Website

Before You Hire a Web Designer, Check Their Own Website Before you pay anyone to build your website, there is one simple check most business owners forget to do: use the web designer’s own website properly. Not just a quick glance at the homepage. Actually use it. Open it on your phone. Click through the […]

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Fixed Price Website Design vs Hourly Website Design: What Lincolnshire Businesses Need to Know

Fixed Price Website Design vs Hourly Website Design: What Lincolnshire Businesses Need to Know If you have ever asked for a website quote and been given a vague price range, you will know how frustrating website pricing can be. One designer says it depends. Another says they charge by the hour. Another gives you a […]

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Web Design for Tradespeople in Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire: What Actually Works

Web Design for Tradespeople in Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire: What Actually Works If you are a plumber, electrician, builder, roofer, decorator, landscaper, joiner, plasterer, kitchen fitter, or any other tradesperson working across Lincolnshire or Nottinghamshire, your reputation probably still matters more than anything else. Good work, recommendations, repeat customers, and word of mouth are still powerful. […]

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The Hidden Costs of a Cheap Website

The Hidden Costs of a Cheap Website Cheap websites are everywhere. £99 websites. £199 websites. “Free” websites. “My mate can do it cheaper” websites. They all sound tempting when you are trying to keep costs down, especially if you are starting a business or replacing something old. But a cheap website is only cheap if […]

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Is Your Contact Form Losing You Enquiries?

Your contact form should be one of the simplest parts of your website. Someone fills it in, you receive the enquiry, and you reply. That is the job. In reality, contact forms are one of the easiest places for a business website to quietly lose work. The form looks fine on the page, but enquiries […]

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Wix, Squarespace, GoDaddy, Ionos or a Proper Website: What Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Businesses Actually Need

Wix, Squarespace, GoDaddy, Ionos or a Proper Website: What Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Businesses Actually Need If you run a business in Lincolnshire or Nottinghamshire and you are thinking about getting a website, you have probably already looked at Wix, Squarespace, GoDaddy, Ionos, or one of the other do-it-yourself website builders. They all make the same […]

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Why Small Business Websites Should Not Be Overcomplicated

A good small business website does not need to be complicated. It needs to load quickly, explain what you do, make you look credible, work properly on phones, and help people contact you. That sounds obvious, but a lot of websites are built as though the visitor has come to admire the technology behind the […]