Web Design Services Q&A
Can I make changes to my website myself once it's built?
Yes, if you want to add your own content to your WordPress website just let us know and you’ll be set-up with an admin login and video instructions or a live tutorial.
Can you help make sure my website shows up on Google?
Think of it like this: SEO is like running a race. Can you win the race if you run a 6-minute mile? Well, it depends on how fast everyone else is running.
We build your website with essential technical and on-page SEO components, like header tags, custom titles and meta descriptions, and we optimize for fast loading speeds.
But in a highly competitive industry, where other businesses frequently add content or have established a lot of traffic and backlinks to their site over the years, you might need a more comprehensive SEO strategy to stand out.
The good news is that we’ll help you with that! You’ll be well informed when deciding what pages to include on your website to drive traffic, and we’ll give you insider tips to optimize your Google Business Profile (super important for local SEO!)
If you decide to hire an SEO specialist to handle monthly SEO optimization, we have some trustworthy experts in our network.
On a budget? Check out our blog, we’re always updating it with tons of info about free things you can do to boost your organic search results.
How long will it take to design my website?
Once you submit your Project Prep List we’ll have a homepage ready for you to review within 14 days.
Depending on the complexity of the site, you can expect to review your website within 6-8 weeks of the project start date.
So what do I actually have to do here?
Don’t worry, we’re not expecting you to become a part-time web designer. We’ll supply a checklist of stuff we’ll need from you to start your project.
To get your project rolling, we’ll need:
– Your logo (or we can help you with that too)
– Your response to our questionnaire about your services
– Any images you want on the website, like headshots or photos of your work. Don’t have any? We’ll fill in with stock photos.
After that, we’ll handle the overthinking while you get back to whatever it is you actually enjoy doing.
How do you know what to put on my website?
Our questionnaire is specifically designed to extract all those important details about your services that you’ve explained 500 times but somehow never made it onto your website.
We translate your expertise into an easy-to-skim format that answers your customers’ questions before they even ask them.
Do I need a blog on my website?
You’re grown so we won’t tell you what to do. Buuuuut in our experience, websites with well-optimized blog posts perform better than ones without. Blogs are an excellent tool for adding fresh content to your website, which is vital for good search engine rankings.
They also provide a platform to answer customer questions directly and effectively.
For instance, imagine you run a landscaping company and a potential customer searches for:
“what flowers are best to plant in a summer garden in Florida”
If you’ve written a blog post titled “Best Flowers for Your Florida Summer Garden,” you’re directly addressing their question.
This not only helps in attracting visitors to your site but also establishes your expertise and authority in your field.
Google loves that!
Why is website copy important? Isn’t everyone basically saying the same thing anyway?
People hate boring and your business doesn’t always “speak for itself.”
Potential customers are distracted. On top of that they might not know much about your service or why they should invest in it.
You have to spell it out for them. Make it simple to understand what you can do for them.
Write so it’s easy to understand, interesting, cool or relatable and you’ve just differentiated yourself from your competitors. Look at you go!
Why is it so hard to write my own web copy?
Maybe you hate to write, are idea rich and time poor or you’re simply too close to it. Honestly, writing our own website was our hardest project 🙂.
But I bet you’re an expert at the service you provide.
As long as you can tell us what you do and who it’s for, we can turn that into web copy that speaks to your potential customers.
What kind of support am I going to get if something breaks or goes wrong?
Hey stuff happens to the best of us so reach out if you notice something’s not quite right. We’ll get on it ASAP.
Sometimes plug-ins don’t play nice with each other and just need a quick update.
If it’s something more time consuming, we’ll let you know.
Because we’re a small business, you’ll speak to people who know your project inside and out. No explaining your history every time you need help.