Every business is different
Which is why every website Should Be too
Here are a few examples of projects I’ve worked on
Broken website – abandoned by previous developer
Free website health check identified the error with the old site – sadly could not be repaired, but content was salvaged.
Community Project rebranded
New name, needed a new website with a fresh new look.
Site needed to be easy to navigate, with a linked calendar and social media feed.
No bells and whistles – just information presented clearly
A no-nonsense, authoritative and trustworthy style was needed here – conveying important information simply and effectively.
Silly, funny, joke website – flush your cares away!
A bathroom inspired palette, a quirky avatar and a very simple 5 page website with emails – completed and live in under a week.
Every website tells a story…
Left in the Lurch By Another Developer…
Portajet.co.uk
Carl explained that he’d had the website for over a decade, but it was tired and the content needed updating. Worse news was that some of the pages were no longer displaying correctly and were showing gobbledegook code instead – including the Contact Form Page!
The original developer had sold their business to another agency – who were refusing to help.
I initially did a free website health check.
I was able to identify the cause of the gobbledegook issue – the original developer had used software which is no longer available. Unfortunately, this meant the content wasn’t salvageable, and so a full rebuild was required.
The company’s well established social media feeds had a wealth of information about their work – which provided excellent content for the new site, and amazing before and after shots that perfectly illustrated the great work the company does.
As cleaning is a very visual service, I utilised multiple galleries to showcase the different aspects of the business, and build confidence in the quality of the work. I rationalised the site layout to make it simpler to navigate, and found customer feedback from the business’s Google Reviews to support the images.
A social media feed on the homepage was established to keep the content fresh, while keeping the rest of the site low maintenance for many years to come.
From this… | To this… |
“I knew how much an improvement the new website was – what I didn’t expect was the uplift in customer enquiries straight away.”
Sharing Is Caring…
IncredibleSurplus.org
Originally called The Real Junk Food Project Birmingham – a food waste redistribution project wanted to rebrand and have its own identity. The old website was also very text heavy and not very visually appealing.
A graphic designer provided a bright new ‘Incredible Surplus’ logo and graphical elements, and I turned these into page spacers and icons to brighten up the pages.
A widget was sited on every page to show the upcoming calendar events, a link for donations was added, quotes from customers from Facebook and Google reviews were sprinkled around, and a new volunteer password-protected area was set up to allow essential documents to be found and downloaded easily. Interactive Google maps were added to venue pages.
From this… | To this… |
“The website is much brighter and more appealing, with some really useful features for customers and volunteers alike.”
Information and Support…
BigBirthas.co.uk
Originally called The Real Junk Food Project Birmingham – a food waste redistribution project wanted to rebrand and have its own identity. The old website was also very text heavy and not very visually appealing.
A graphic designer provided a bright new ‘Incredible Surplus’ logo and graphical elements, and I turned these into page spacers and icons to brighten up the pages.
A widget was sited on every page to show the upcoming calendar events, a link for donations was added, quotes from customers from Facebook and Google reviews were sprinkled around, and a new volunteer password-protected area was set up to allow essential documents to be found and downloaded easily. Interactive Google maps were added to venue pages.
| From this… | To this… |
“The website is much brighter and more appealing, with some really useful features for customers and volunteers alike.”