Websites for small businesses – designed and crafted in Bristol
Your website isn’t just a set of pages; it’s a place people are invited to step into. When you walk into a room, you know in seconds whether you want to be there or not, and your site is the same. Is it spacious, is it easy to move through? How’s it decorated? What’s up on the walls?
Every decision says something about you: nothing is neutral. It meets all your potential clients before you do and represents you 24 hours a day, so it needs to look right, feel right, and have a clear route through it.
Phase 1 – Planning
Phase 2 – Creation
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Identifying Goals
Determine who the site is aimed at and what its purpose is. This stage involves creating user personas, drawing up a design brief and doing competitor analysis
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Defining Scope
Decide what content and features the website will need to fulfil its goals. Draw up a schedule for deliverables and milestones.
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Sitemap & Wireframe
Define how the content and features will interrelate. Consider the user's experience and map out their user journey. Sketch out a plan of the site.
Phase 3 – Preparing for launch
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Collaborate to whatever extent you require to ensure your content is clear, targeted and optimised for search engines.
Content Creation
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Now it's time to design the look of your site based on your brand identity, the design brief, and our competitor analysis.
Design
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Once you have approved the design, we move onto the construction of site – and your website starts to take shape!
Construction
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It's time to make sure your site is fully responsive – so your audience can have a great experience on any device. All aspects of the site are checked to make sure they are optimised for search engines like Google.
Optimisation
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Manual and automated testing on different devices – to check all the pages load quickly and optimally on different screens. It ensures all the links work, and any forms, checkouts, or automated content systems are properly set up.
Testing
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The exciting bit! Where we send your baby out into the big wide world! It's time to find out how your audience interacts with it.
Launch
What steps do we need to take to create your website?
Discovery
Crafting a website always starts with a process of discovery – talking to you in person or on a video call to find out the who, the what and the why of your project. It involves research and ideation. Your feedback at each phase is crucial. After all – you know your business better than anyone.