Since Christmas I have been working hard on other things, hence the lack of posts that have been written here in comparison to last year. A few weeks ago I launched Webmark Design, my web design venture in the local area. Well this has turned into a great success, so much so that I have formed a partnership to produce our new web design company. I give you Equal Design.
We are offering affordable web design to small and medium sized businesses including advert sites, information based sites and content management systems. We are also offering eCommerce solutions to business too.
Check out our website at equaldesign.co.uk.
March 21, 2008
Looking good there mark. Focusing on local businesses is a wise idea for the new venture. Good to hear that it’s been a great success.
Might I make a couple of suggestions from a business perspective?
At the moment, as good as the site looks it doesn’t inspire trust when the only contact detail is an email or a mobile phone number. Mobile numbers can come and go with the wind, as can website. I suspect that many of your potential customers will be at the budget end of the market and will therefore want to be sure that you’re not a fly-by-night affair that will simply take their hard earned money and run. I certainly wouldn’t deal with any company that only offered contact via email or a mobile.
I think you need to put an address on the site somewhere (and obviously not a PO Box). Also get a geographical phone number. 0870 numbers are freely available but they’re being discontinued very soon and as you know people dislike calling them these days as they are now expensive on free-to-call plans that are common today. I suggest getting a second line at home (if you’re working from home).
Also, putting your registered company number on the site somewhere is not only a legal requirement but also another stamp of assurance for a would-be customer.
Without these basic reassurances I think you’ll struggle to get that many customers, though I might be completely wrong
Nonetheless, good luck with the Equal!