Guides for local business owners.
What things cost, how long they take, and what to do when Google will not cooperate. Written for the person running the business, not the website.
Latest from the studio
What a small business website should cost.
The honest price ranges in the GTA, what actually drives the cost, and how to avoid overpaying.
Five things a trade website needs to book jobs.
What separates a trade site that gets calls from one that just sits there looking tidy.
Why isn't my business showing up on Google?
The usual reasons a local business is invisible, in the order worth checking them.
Who owns your website after it is built?
Domain, files, hosting and content. Who holds what, and what to insist on before you pay.
Does your web designer need to be local?
What proximity actually buys you, and the parts of the job where it makes no difference at all.
Getting off paid lead platforms.
What you owe, what you keep, and how to move the work onto something you own.
Six ways to improve the experience on your site.
Small changes that make a site easier to use, and which of them are worth doing first.
Why your Google Profile beats your website.
For a lot of local businesses the profile does more work. Here is when that is true.
What it costs to maintain a website.
What upkeep actually involves, what it should cost, and what you can reasonably do yourself.