If you wish to establish a firm online presence, a website is an excellent investment. According to Yelp, 85% of consumers use the Internet to find local businesses.

Perhaps you already have a website, but feel it might be out of date, or could look more modern, tidy and sleek? A functional, effective website is a website that is regularly maintained and updated. This has several benefits:

• Helps to make a good first impression on visitors and builds a brand. A website is an online store-front of your business.
• Improves your Google rankings
• Keeps the security tight to prevent hacking and theft of information

All kinds of work with graphics undertaken. This could include elements of your website, leaflets, logos, brochures, booklets, business cards and anything else associated with building a brand for yourself.

In order to reach a wide audience, using social media to promote a business is a must. This could include Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, TripAdvisor or any other sector-specific websites.

I can assist with setting up accounts, advise on promotional activities or even manage your online presence for you. Scroll to the bottom of this page for Ongoing Support packages.

I can help with the following:

• A complete brand design if you are planning to set up a new business
• Logos, business cards, leaflets, brochures, van wrapping design
• Refreshing the image of an existing business
• Brand marketing, including online advertising and building an online presence
• Marketing advice and guidance

Freewheel’s websites work correctly across a range of devices, platforms, systems and browsers. A key feature, seeing how many people use their phones, or tablet computers to get on the Internet.

Responsive design guarantees that your website will display correctly, and will look just as intended, regardless of whether the viewer is using an iPhone, an iPad, a tablet, a laptop or a desktop computer; Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome or Safari.

No distorted or squished websites here! See for yourself!

…as standard with all websites! All of Freewheel’s websites contain a user friendly control panel.

This means that you can easily make changes to the content of your website once my work is finished. It’s really simple to use: no web development or coding skills required.

I will also take the time to demonstrate how to use the control panel, and even provide you with a handy manual explaining, in plain English, the different functions and features.

No old-fashioned designs, no messy layouts, low resolution or blotchy images, no frames – just sleek, modern-looking websites, driven by the latest standards, technologies and tools in the web design.

At the same time, Freewheel doesn’t overdo it with the size of the website – everything is optimised to ensure the site runs smoothly on any Internet connection.

A stylish image slider on your home page; a smoothly animated image gallery; an elegant contact form, which prevents spam messages; a blog, where you can create new posts in a quick and easy way; a usable map embedded into your website…

The list goes on. Engage your audience with a range of cutting-edge, modern and innovative features.

As a part of a standard design package, I will set up a Google Analytics account, and integrate it with your website’s control panel.

Now, you will be able to clearly see who visits your page, when and how. This is a powerful tool, as it allows you to monitor the traffic on your website, see which marketing strategies are effective, determine which pages engage the visitors the most, as well as find out where the visitors come from and what exactly do they look for on your site.

Facebook, Twitter, Trip Advisor…who hasn’t heard about these? Depending on your needs, these can be either integrated with your website, or stand-alone accounts can be set up.

Facebook will give your customers an opportunity to ‘Like’ your business, ‘Check in’, ‘Share’ your page and spread the word about it.

Twitter can be used to post information about special offers, discounts and events.

Trip Advisor is an invaluable tool which can be used by businesses associated with hospitality, as it gives your guests a chance to review their experience and recommend you to others.

There are several other websites, depending on the sector of your business, which can be used to promote and advertise you, or your company.

The servers which host your website are UK-based and offer a range of useful features, including:

• An unlimited number of email accounts
• Daily backups
• 99.9% uptime
• Virus and spam protection
• Plenty of hosting space
• Free cloud drive for file storage

…as standard with any project. A website, no matter how beautiful, is no good if it can’t be found by your audience.

For this reason, all Freewheel websites are submitted to a number of popular search engines.

Additionally, each page is manually optimised to contain appropriate keywords and phrases, which will drive more traffic to your website.

I can be contacted easily and strive to respond to questions or requests as soon as possible. Simply call me, email me, or meet me face to face.

Additionally, I won’t just disappear off the face of the earth once the website is completed. If you need any help or advice, get in touch.