Websites

Looking to grow your business online?
We developed our web design service with you in mind.

Websites

Looking to grow your business online?
We developed our web design service with you in mind.

Your website is your digital shopfront.

It is what every customer is expecting to find when they search for your business online, but being there isn’t enough… you have to impress them.

We’re here to help communicate what makes your business unique, turn your web traffic into valuable conversions, and provide the best experience possible to the people that matter the most: your customers.

A photo of a MacBook Pro showing a website

75%* of consumers judge your credibility based directly on your website. 

*Source: Zippier

We have created our web design service to ensure you don’t have to choose between form & function.

We work with businesses of all shapes and sizes across nearly every industry and sector. So, whether you’re a start-up looking to make your mark or an established SME looking to showcase your experience, we’re here to help.

Why does your web presence matter?

Businesses with no website lose an average of 75% of potential customers*

*Source: Blue Corona

Following a poor customer experience, up to 89% of consumers have switched to a competitor’s website.

*Source: Zippier

Nearly 60% of users won’t recommend a business with a poor website*

*Source: Zippia

Core Features

Bespoke

No two businesses are the same, so why should your website be? Our proven design process ensures your website is fully tailored to the unique needs of your business, helping you build brand awareness and drive valuable conversions from your web traffic. Every business we work with has their own distinct story, and it’s our job to help you share yours.

Visually Stunning

When it comes to websites, looks matter, with 94%* of your customer’s first impressions coming from design. Captivating and considered visual elements help to build trust in your business and showcase the quality of your products or services. Balancing both sides of the coin, our visually appealing websites are still grounded in function and usability.

*Source: Zippia

Responsive Design

Mobile now accounts for well over 60%* of all web traffic, and up to 80%* of customers immediately leave a website that doesn’t display correctly on their device. The importance of responsive web design cannot be overstated. Your website will be optimised across all screens and tested to ensure that however your visitors reach you, they can interact seamlessly with your website.

*Source: Exploding Topics

Optimised & Secure

Organic Traffic (SEO)

Utilising our expertise in SEO, your website will be optimised for search engines from day one of development to ensure it has the best chance of generating organic traffic. Businesses that blog get nearly 70%* more leads per month. That’s why we also support your SEO needs after your site has gone live, with packages available for ongoing content creation and management. 

*Source: DemandMetric

Fast & Secure

70%* of site visitors say page speed directly affects their experience online. Our job is make that a positive one. We use industry best practices to ensure your website is secure and optimised for speed to better promote valuable conversions. This includes video/image compression, keeping plugins and apps up-to-date, creating regular backups, and ensuring your website has an active SSL certificate.

*Source: Unbounce

Support & Maintenance

Analytics 

There is no need for guesswork when you have access to data. Your website will be integrated with industry leading analytics tools, and we are on hand to digest the data and uncover real insight into your visitors, as well as actionable steps to continually optimise your website. We are on hand to hold regular performance meetings to measure growth & demonstrate the value of your site.

Ongoing Support

We offer a selection of ongoing support packages to our clients, giving you the freedom to choose a package that suits the needs of your business as it grows and develops. Encompassing site maintenance, analytics insight, meetings, content updates and design work, you can rest assured that we are looking after your website and can respond to your needs.

Easy to Manage

We work with some of the world’s largest and most trusted content management systems to ensure your website is easy to manage and update. No matter how much experience you have with websites, we can teach you how to get the most out of your site and be confident editing text, adding images, blog posts and more.

Our Process

Ensuring you have a fantastic project experience matters just as much to us as the quality of the final product we hand over. 

Our process framework not only ensures that all of our projects run smoothly, but it also gives you ample opportunity to be as involved in the design & feedback process as you’d like to be.

First, we take the time to fully understand your objectives so that we are certain we are starting from a place of unity and know what direction is best suited to the needs of you and your business.

Taking influence from the discovery phase, we will work with you to produce a plan of action. Typically, we’ll construct a low fidelity wireframe to help us bring clarity to what information is to be presented and to establish where new content may need to be produced.

Once a wireframe has been established we can turn our focus towards the look and feel of your website. 

By working in this way and thinking about the content first we not only expedite the design process by working concurrently to build content and copy, but we ensure that we have a solid foundation for design based on functionality first.

Depending on the complexity of the project at hand, we will create full website mock-ups to clarify our design before developing the site itself. For simple projects, the design and development process can be combined, saving time and enabling you to get a hands-on look at your site as it’s being built.

The development phase of the project sees us execute our plan; we make sure you are always kept in the loop and able to be as hands off or as collaborative as you want during the entire process.

We take care behind the scenes to ensure that best practices are followed. Our websites are optimised for all devices and are developed with user experience and SEO in mind. The invisible parts of a website are often where corners are cut, we pride ourselves on making sure things are done correctly and our quality control throughout the process.

We don’t leave you in the dark after a website is up and running. We will always provide you with training so you get the most out of your new website.

We offer a selection of ongoing support packages that cater for a variety of needs across all sizes of businesses. This ensures our process of refinement continues long after a project is launched using real world feedback to gain valuable insight into how visitors are using your site.

You also have access to a range of SEO specific packages should you want to invest in keyword driven content to drive organic traffic to your website.

A word from our clients

We work hard for our clients and pride ourselves on the the reputation that we’ve built. We have over 35 five star reviews on Google, and counting. Our clients express the powerful impact and support that we can provide in a way that we never could.

Wilkes Wood built my new website and I couldn't be more pleased.

They were excellent to work with… I was very informed throughout the entire process and they helped me learn the website so now if I want to make any changes I can do it myself. If I had any questions along the way they got back to me in a timely manner.

I would highly recommend Wilkes Wood to anybody in need of a new website.

Blake McFarland – Founder of BM Sculptures

Wilkes Wood built my new website and I couldn't be more pleased.

They were excellent to work with… I was very informed throughout the entire process and they helped me learn the website so now if I want to make any changes I can do it myself. If I had any questions along the way they got back to me in a timely manner.

I would highly recommend Wilkes Wood to anybody in need of a new website.

Blake McFarland – Founder of BM Sculptures

FAQs

A professionally designed website enables you to reach, impress and convert audiences online. It is a space you have full control over, giving you the opportunity to communicate your story in a way that is truly yours, without the limitations of social media profiles or third party sites. A website that is optimised for search engines is also a long term investment, as you can organically drive traffic and achieve conversions from search engines such as Google and Bing.

Without asking a few questions about your requirements, we can’t give an accurate quote for website work. Different bespoke websites vary tremendously in complexity by their very nature and this is reflected in the investment they require. However, as a rough guide simple websites tend to start from £2500; exceptions can be made for smaller budgets with limited specifications. Get in touch to receive an accurate quotation for your website needs.

Websites differ in size and scope, so it is very hard to give any sort of generalised time-frame to a project without accessing further information. We always discuss deadlines in our initial meeting, so if there is a pressing launch date it is really important that we know before starting work. We will never commit to a hard deadline we aren’t sure we can make and will talk to you about how you can help us stay on-track and keep the project running smoothly.

All of our websites are built on globally trusted content management systems such as Wordpress. These are specifically designed to make it as easy as possible for you to update content on your website. When we hand over the website to you, we will provide you with training to ensure you’re confident in getting the most out of your site. We also offer ongoing support packages suited to a variety of needs.

As soon as we receive full payment for the project, the website is entirely yours. You will not be locked in to using Wilkes Wood as your web design agency and can move or transfer the site as you wish. 

What Now?

All of our web projects start with a free no obligation chat. That gives us the chance to discuss where you are now, where you want to be, and how we can help get you there…

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