Design
With years of experience, plus a university degree in web design I'm well placed to provide dynamic, fabulous looking, affordable, easy to use, mobile, tablet and desktop friendly websites for your small businesses, club or organisation.
From single page to larger multi page sites I'm happy to help!
Squarespace and WordPress are my go to content management system platforms for new websites. They're well supported, reliable, easy to maintain and have a proven track record. Both include the software to build your website plus the cloud server space to host it.
Single page websites from £450, multi-page sites from £950. Prices exclude Squarespace or WordPress subscription from £17 per month.
I also offer fully bespoke hand coded W3C standards compliant custom builds for those projects that require something extra special and individual.
Looking to sell your products or services online?
Using Squarespace awesome e-commerce platform I'll' build a fantastic website to showcase your products to the world at their absolute best with easy connection to leading payment, shipping, social media, and marketing tools.
Visitors can then browse your merchandise, add items to their cart, check out simply and efficiently, and leave product reviews. New websites from £1,450.
Subscription to Squarespace Commerce also required, from £23 per month.
Already got a Squarespace website? No problem, I can add e-commerce integration to any Squarespace 7 or 7.1 website built since 2014.
With Squarespace Scheduling I can automate your business by allowing clients to quickly view your availability, book, reschedule and pay for their appointments online.
Additionally iCloud, Google, Outlook or Office 365 calendar synchronisation plus automatic email and SMS text reminders helps you to save time and stay organised.
New booking system websites from £1,450.
A subscription to Squarespace Business or Squarespace Commerce is required from £17 per month, plus a subscription to Squarespace Scheduling, from £11 per month.
Already got a Squarespace website? I can add Squarespace Scheduling to your current site.
I've created hundreds of online forms from simple contact forms with a few input fields, to large multiple page GDPR ready polls, surveys, quizzes, order and application forms with complex rules to alter the appearance of the form in response to the information entered.
I can hand code forms from scratch in HTML and CSS, or using online cloud hosted platforms: Squarespace, WordPress, Firmstep, 123 FormBuilder, Mailchimp, Google Forms and Microsoft Forms, which offer additional backend functionality to store, collate and export any submitted responses.
Already have a great web developer or coder but need the visual look of your next website designing?
I can create mock-ups in Abobe XD, Illustrator, Photoshop or PDF formats in multiple sizes to represent how the web pages would look on different devices including mobile, tablet and desktop PC.
Maintenance, coding + training
I don't just build websites I fix, maintain, test and update them. Even if it's a site built by someone else.
Need some training or front-end coding, I do that too!
Squarespace and WordPress specialist.
From editing and uploading images, to adding text, creating new pages, or full blown website refreshes I'm happy to help with your website maintenance needs.
I currently offer this service for Squarespace, WordPress and static HTML based websites.
I charge £40 per hour, reduced to £30 per hour for websites I've built. Discounts also available for ongoing contract based work.
Need a trendy custom look or new feature adding to your website that the platform doesn't provide? As someone fluent in coding XHTML, HTML 5 and CSS I can help.
I currently offer this service for Squarespace, WordPress and static HTML based websites. From £50 per hour.
For only £129 I'll inspect and test the home page (or any other single page) of your website for issues that affect its performance. They include:
- Page rendering - how quickly your page loads.
- Accessibility - how easy it is for people, including those who may have disabilities to navigate your web page.
- Organic search engine optimisation (SEO) - how discoverable your web page is to search engines such as Bing and Google.
Once completed I'll supply a detailed, clear, concise, non-technical report, on the issues I've discovered and recommendations on how to remedy them. I'll also let you know of things you've done well so you can carry on in the future.
Along with being viewable on a wide range of devices such as mobiles, tablets and desktop computers, websites need to be usable by as many people as possible, including those with disabilities such as impaired vision or hearing, colour blindness, motor difficulties (coordination), cognitive impairments or learning disabilities.
For organisations in the UK public sector making their websites accessible became a legal requirement on 23 September 2018.
For just £249 I'll test any five pages of your website for accessibility issues that may hinder people from navigating them.
Once completed I'll supply a detailed, clear, concise, non-technical report, on the issues I've discovered and recommendations on how to remedy them.
Since 2016 I've successfully helped teach people of different ages, experience and IT literacy, how to use a variety of web related platforms including Squarespace, WordPress, SharePoint Online, 123 FormBuilder and Mailchimp.
I offer in-person one to one or small group training for just £95 per hour at your business premises for those located within the Stroud District or close surrounding areas.
For those further away I can provide training online at only £70 per hour via Microsoft Teams or Zoom.
Marketing + SEO
Need to promote your brand online or gain better visibility in search results?
I offer digital marketing services including email template design, website analytics, SEO and social media.
Want to know what visitors are looking at on your website, how long they view your pages for, where they came from and go to afterwards?
I can setup your website with leading tools from Bing and Google to monitor your website's traffic.
I charge a £40 per hour for analytics work.
Need an effective, professional, on brand email marketing campaign to communicate with your members or customers?
I can manage your email marketing campaign from start to finish! From building a template and contacts list to sending emails out to your audience.
Just require a template? I'll' design terrific looking, mobile friendly, Outlook compatible templates for your email campaigns. Either as a Mailchimp or Squarespace template, or alternatively a bespoke HTML template that can be imported into your preferred email system.
Having an awesome website is a missed opportunity if people can't find it.
'Search engine optimisation' (SEO) is the process of improving the quality and quantity of traffic to a website from search engines such as Bing, DuchDuckGo, Yahoo! and Google.
It can be accomplished with pay-per-click (PPC) adverts, known as ' Paid SEO', or by ' Organic SEO' which is achieved by building websites with appropriate page names, section titles, meta-tags, image sizes, page layout, unique content, fast loading times and backlinks.
For only £199 I'll inspect any five pages of your website for issues that affect how discoverable they are to search engines including Bing, DuchDuckGo, Yahoo! and Google.
Once completed I'll supply a detailed, clear, concise, non-technical report, on the issues I've discovered and recommendations on how to remedy them.
From creating social media accounts, pages, banner images and posts I can help. Whether it's just a one off post or an on-going campaign.
I'm also able to integrate social media feeds into your Squarespace or WordPress websites pages too.