Why Do You Need A Website?
A website introduces you to your customers, or those who are interested in you, your business, or your group. A website doesn't have opening hours - it's available around the clock and it's your opportunity to show what you do, what you offer, what makes you different, and why you want them to know.
Websites today are central in business and public life. If you sell something, or if you are a charity, a club or society, then the first place people go to find out about you or to look for you is the internet. If you're nowhere to be found then you are missing out on customers, members, supporters etc.
If you sell something, either goods or services, you may want your website to deal with booking appointments, the purchase of items, and so on. Websites that provide the ability to pay for something are known as 'E-Commerce' sites.
Your website may primarily be to let people know about what you do or offer. It's a place where you give information, so it's important the information you give is current and accurate, and also easy to find. On a good website finding important information is straightforward.
What Can Caledonian Websites Offer You?
I will chat with you in person or on a video call to ask about what you need from your website, and who you hope to reach. This way I'll get to understand what content you require and will advise on the best website in light of what we discuss. I'll always give you a fair price, based on the number of pages to be developed and the technical elements your site needs to have included (for example, if you require e-commerce, an online booking system, the ability for users to download documents or files, etc).
All sites designed and hosted by Caledonian Websites are secured with SSL (that means it begins with https:// and the top bar shows a secure padlock). I prefer to design sites with WordPress, but I'm happy to offer clients the option to use Weebly or other systems if you so wish. Everything is hosted on fast SSD drives, I take daily backups of all data and use cloud web servers that are among the fastest in the market today. All sites are SEO friendly, (search engine optimised) so can be found and ranked by Google, Bing, etc.
Once we work out the structure together (number and titles of pages, etc) I will ask you for the text and suitable photographs to use on the site, but I can also provide the text and images myself for an extra charge. Before a site goes live on the internet I keep it in a private area where you can access it to comment on progress, edits, etc, but which will not be publicly available. When you are happy with the site, we'll agree a date for it to 'go live'.
When your website is completed you have two options: a few clients prefer to take full control of it themselves, taking responsibility for updating the content etc. If you intend to make regular updates you my wish to consider this, as it puts you in complete control of when updates happen. Website upkeep can be daunting though, so if you prefer, we can do the updates for you for an additional charge. If you choose to do updates yourself we provide access to your private control panel (know as cPanel) which gives you full control of your data, images, files, etc.
Next Steps
If Caledonian Websites is offering what you are looking for the next step is for you to get in touch to discuss your needs. I'm happy to talk on the phone, meet in person, or have a 'Teams', 'Skype', Zoom', 'WhatsApp' 'Facebook Messenger' or other video chat. The conversation is free! No obligations on your (or my) part and I'll advise on what I believe might be possible. If you require a more complex site than I specialise in I'll happily point you in the right direction for the assistance you require. If I think it's something I can provide then I'll let you have a work plan, time frame and costing. I look forward to working with you.