Belton

Belton is a simple, minimalist, black and white theme that includes an array of modern features like custom hover animation, multiple header options and Valid HTML5 / CSS3 pages.

It’s been optimised for mobile and touch capabilities so your site visitors will be free to scroll without issue, no matter the device they’re using.

This is a fantastic website template for showcasing a creative portfolio, highlighting the services of a forward-facing business or promoting a cause.

Vinero

Now this is a website template with a focus on stylish design and contemporary features. It’s perfectly suited to creative agencies, freelance photographers and modern ecommerce stores.

The typography and design elements are clean, crisp and complementary to the customisable image and copy sections. It allows for Google fonts and maps, a parallax video background, fixed menus and footers and many other handy features.

This template is not only easy to edit, but it’s easy for website visitors to navigate too!

Simple Creative Landing Page

If what you need is a minimalist, modern and straight-forward landing page, this is the template for you!

It’s perfectly suited for design agencies, artists, photographers, writers and other freelancing creatives. It includes a range of call to action (CTA) buttons, social media icons, contact forms and more.

Entice visitors to convert by utilising the subtle selling style of this simple, yet effective, landing page for your next campaign.

Dallas

Dallas is a website template pack that’s the perfect addition to the toolkit of creatives in a range of industries.

It comes packed full of 65 HTML pages, with 9 unique home pages to choose from. It’s built on the Bootstrap system to allow for easy usage and is also highly attractive with a minimal theme that’s extremely popular right now.

The contrast between dark and light colour schemes is used perfectly throughout this website template. It truly is beautiful to behold.

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To kick off our series, our number 10 website template is…

Slideby

This template is a simple, professional, no-nonsense design that’s easy to use and easy for site visitors to navigate.

It features icon lists, highlights, code snippets, dropdowns, buttons and other features to make accessing and using any site an absolute breeze.

The design ensures that no elements intrude on each other’s space to create a minimalist design with a classic, simple style.

Slideby is easy to use on WordPress, Joomla, Cordova and PhoneGap and offers compatibility with all mobile and tablet template options.

Suprimo

This HTML template is PERFECT for professional businesses who fit within the corporate design niche.

It is especially popular with law firms due to its crisp, clean, unique design and simple functionality that also make it easy to navigate and edit.

It utilises the Bootstrap grid system to make customisation easy and to create a style that sets professionalism as the leading quality.

Suprimo comes fully loaded with everything a business could need in order to set up and maintain a beautiful website for a successful law firm.

Acerola

This one’s for our minimalists out there who want their website to make an impact, in the least cluttered way.

Acerola has been developed in a way that allows for easy customisation and simple user efficiencies. It is highly responsive, retina ready with awesome parallax effects and utilises innovative Bootstrap 3 technology.

This is the perfect website template for creatives of all kinds…

- Designers

- Photographers

- Content Creators

- Marketing Agencies

– And More!

Masy

This beautiful template isn’t just aesthetically pleasing, it’s highly functional as well. Masy is Litmus tested, Mailchimp compatible, Campaign Monitor compatible and fully responsive with full-width design and many other innovative features.

With easy-to-edit functionality and a design that welcomes site visitors with open arms, this is a template that works in so many ways, for so many different businesses.

The combination of minimalistic style plus a bright pop of colour truly makes Masy a beautiful website template that will be popular for years to come.

Images from Envato Elements

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In short, setting up a website for your business is a highly beneficial decision, not just for now, but for the future as well.

If you’ve been wondering whether your small business needs a website, keep reading to find out why the answer is YES!

PROFESSIONALISM

Investing in a well-built website is going to make sure your business has a place for potential clients to go to check you out before approaching you directly. There are a few places people go for information before hiring a business: Google, social media and websites!

In today’s technological age, having a website could mean the difference between a client questioning the validity of your business if they can’t find you online and jumping straight into a deal with you if they like what they see on your website.

A website allows you to show off any credentials or testimonials you’ve amassed to boost your professionalism to a higher degree.

You can also pick up a personalised email address with the creation of your website, again adding a little more credibility to your business.

SHOWCASE PRODUCTS & SERVICES

No matter the industry you’re in, a website should act like a portfolio for your products and services. It should allow potential clients to get a feel for your business before they even make contact with you.

People like to know what they’re getting into. They turn to business websites, as well as social media platforms, to get to know businesses and their offerings before making any decisions when it comes to buying products or investing in services.

For example, if you run a restaurant it’s a great idea to showcase your menu with high-quality imagery on your website. It also pays to provide any details surrounding gluten-free, vegan or other dietary options. Both of these steps will entice hungry foodies to your restaurant, especially because they know they can find delicious food if they’re coeliac or vegan, etc.

Allowing your customers the chance to get to know you with an informative, intuitive website is the best way to make a great first impression and truly showcase the amazing products and services you have on offer!

OPTIMISATION

Optimising a website for SEO purposes is a genius move because it will help drive clients towards your brand, your products and your services.

Ranking well in Google searches is the best way to bring in a constant flow of new clients without having to put too much effort into your other marketing strategies.

By utilising the power of website optimisation and a basic but refined digital marketing plan, you could be seeing a boost in enquiries from potential clients within a very short period of time.

ENTICE CUSTOMERS TO GET IN TOUCH

Having your business contact details out there and accessible allows customers and clients to easily reach out and engage your services!

A website allows you to fill your online space with a plethora of ways for prospective clients to contact you – from contact forms to address maps, footers and featured contact pages.

Research (and common sense) shows that the easier it is for a potential client or customer to contact you, the more likely they are to follow through. We’re simple creatures at heart, we just want life to be that little bit easier! When our first impression of a business is that they’re easy to contact, we assume the rest of our interactions with them will follow suit.

HIGHLIGHT REVIEWS & TESTIMONIALS

When a prospective client or customer consider purchasing a product or service, you can bet the first thing they do before moving forward is search for reviews and testimonials about the business and/or products online.

Having a business website allows you the opportunity to showcase your BEST reviews and testimonials right in the front yard of your very own space on the internet. This helps establish rapport with consumers before they even engage your services!

Even though review sites do exist, it’s always a good idea to have your own way of showcasing your reviews and testimonials. Plus, if review sites happen to become obsolete in future, you’ll still have a permanent archive of your best reviews!

GOOGLE MAP INTEGRATION

We spoke briefly about maps in our last post, but we couldn’t just brush past them without giving them their own feature post!

Embedding Google maps into a website so clients and customers can easily find and visit your store, office or other place of work is a genius move! People like it when things are easy. If they can find a map on your website that links to their Google map app and provides directions to your location with just one click – well, that’s about as easy as it gets.

It’s also handy for businesses who regularly host events at different locations. Rather than posting an address and leaving attendees to figure it out for themselves, a website that allows for map integration does all the hard work instead!

ESTABLISH YOUR SPACE

Every industry is flooded with competitive businesses. Whether you’re in tech, marketing, retail or hospitality – you will always have competition to try and outrun.

If you’re yet to create a website for your business, chances are a good portion of your direct competitors already have one. They’re gaining clients and customers through digital marketing and an online presence.

To stay relevant and to make yourself easy to find within your market, you need to establish an online space for your brand to shine.

By creating a website now, you have an advantage – you can see what your competitors are doing and build a site that’s completely unique. You can make yourself stand out in a crowded market.

KEEP IT SIMPLE

You know, there’s always been a bit of hesitation, intimidation and fear surrounding website management.

What a lot of people don’t realise is that you don’t need to be a web developer to create and manage your own professional site.

When you use modern website builders like Squarespace, Wix and WordPress, you have pretty much all the freedom in the world to easily turn your very own space on the internet into a successful online information hub for clients and customers.

Of course, if you don’t have the time to create and manage your own website, we’re always here to help… 

BUT you don’t have to pay super high fees or extensive management costs when you work with us because we choose to keep it simple!

ONLINE IS THE FUTURE

We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again…we live in a digital age and it’s only becoming more and more digitally charged as we progress!

As of 2020, almost 4.54 BILLION people were using the Internet. That’s 59% of the global population. That’s over half the people in the world that your business is essentially invisible to if you don’t have a website.

With technology progressing at a startling rate, more and more people are going to be relying on the Internet to browse and buy goods and services. You don’t want to miss out on appealing to the majority of the population in years to come.

IT’S HIGHLY COST-EFFECTIVE

A website doesn’t have to break the bank!

No, seriously. Nowadays, sites like WordPress and Wix allow for the building of high-quality, fully-functioning websites for a surprisingly affordable fee.

They do provide the option for any business to get in there and build a website themselves, however, you may not have the resources, the time, or the know-how to do so.

That’s where we step in. Because of the low fees these sites charge and how cost-effective a website is to maintain, we’re able to offer our services at a highly affordable level too!

Ultimately, you need to make the decision as to whether the low cost of building a website outweighs the potential for huge growth within your business.

Get in touch for a quote today!

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