Contact me to arrange a conversation. We can meet in real life or by phone or Skype. Scroll down for contact information at the foot of any page.
This page summarises my offer but if you don’t see what you’re looking for, it is still worth making contact to discuss your needs.
If we agree to work together, I will write a proposal summarising what we discussed. When we’re both happy with it, we can work through it together, reviewing as we go.
Don’t forget this page suggests some of the things that might be possible but we may discover new ideas as we discuss your needs.
Plan and Design Your Web Presence
What are you doing online and how effective is it?
If you are starting out, what is the best way to get your organisation online?
What can you do online to generate income, build partnership and find supporters?
How can your web presence become more effective?
If you have a website, I offer a free rough and ready review service! This will show you how I can
- help you renew your web presence
- host your site or help you find a host. I recommend the latter because it means you control your own site.
- help you build your website. We can do it together or you can leave me to it. I use WordPress.org and so if we work together you will learn how to set up a WordPress site. I use Genesis themes. These are very well coded premium themes; they are reliable, secure and search engine friendly.
In addition, I add the following ‘behind the scenes’ factors into the sites I build:
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Google Analytics performance reporting
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Site security and anti-spam facilities
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Automated daily site back-up
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Validation and optimisation for search engines
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Optimise your site for use with screen readers. I can do more to increase accessibility if your site visitors are likely to need it. However, this may increase costs.
Normally I offer
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Workshop time to equip your website content maintenance team and agree site developments
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Unlimited phone, Skype, email contact for the team for 6 months from the start of the project.
Coaching and Workshops
I offer coaching and workshops in
- community development, neighbourhood work, strategic management, organisation development and troubleshooting;
- development of your presence online, integrating it with your real life activities, whether you are a business, community group, church or voluntary organisation.
Online or real life coaching, depending upon where you live.
You can work alongside me as we set up your site together or else I can set it up and then show you how to maintain it.
If you already own a site and need help keeping it up to date, I can help you. I will need access to your content management system.
If you have a site maintenance team, I can help them work out their strategy.
I offer a range of additional topics, including:
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writing compelling content
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increasing subscribers or membership
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building partnerships online and generating income
Marketing Strategy
- I can help you work out the products and services you can offer and show you how to produce and market them online. With an assessment, I can design a strategy tailored to your organisation.
- Also, an assessment can help you market your cause! Finding support for a cause depends on your market and the response you want from it. Sometimes you need products or services to equip your supporters or raise funds.
- I can help you research your market, product, service or cause.
- After the assessment, you may find you need additional functionality on your site. This is usually straightforward with WordPress. Most other content management systems have extensive potential functionality although some of them may charge fees.
- Review of traffic and conversions on your site. This will help by bringing visitors to your site and encouraging them to respond to your site’s content.
- Once your cause, products and services are clear, social media may play an important role. I can help you decide which platforms to use and help you set them up. Social media can be helpful to test new ideas or to roll out a programme or product.
Site Maintenance
For a small monthly or annual fee I can
- maintain your site
- make sure it is secure
- oversee a daily back up so that in the event of something going wrong, your content is safe
- keep your comments free of spam and
- make sure WordPress is properly updated.
I shall show your content maintenance team how to do these but some groups find it difficult to do these tasks internally.
If you supply me with content I can keep your site up to date.
Fees
Every client has different requirements, which may involve several of the above services. Normally I charge for work, such as building a website, followed by an extended period where we work together and you learn how to develop and maintain your site. So, I might charge more for a stand-alone service, than I would if it is a part of a larger package.
I do not charge an hourly rate. My fees depend upon the value of the work to your organisation. So for example, if I help you market a product, we might agree a development rate and then a percentage of the income you generate.
My rates are commercial but reasonable. If your organisation does not have a lot of resources, I will help you find the best package within your means. Generally, if you pay less, you do more of the work!
What To Do Next
If you are interested, contact me for a conversation about your needs. If you look at the foot of this page, you will find contact information. Use any of the media listed to make contact.
Or, use the form for requesting an assessment and then explain that you want a wider ranging conversation.