Approach
How we look at a business, how we position it, and how we design and build.
How we look at a business
- Start with the business, not the brief
- A request for a new website is often a symptom. We look at how customers find you, what they understand and where they drop off before we propose anything.
- Numbers before opinions
- We ask for what the business already knows: enquiries, bookings, where customers come from. Then we look for what those numbers are not showing.
- Fix the leak before adding traffic
- More visitors do not help a business that loses them at the first question. We find where enquiries are lost before recommending anything that brings more.
- The smallest change that closes the gap
- Sometimes the answer is a website. Sometimes it is a clearer offer, a booking system or a better process.
How we position it
- Most businesses are better than their own description
- A company’s record is usually stronger than the way it describes itself. The first job is to find what is already true and say it clearly.
- Position on what a competitor cannot copy
- Years, people and named work belong to one business. Adjectives are available to everyone.
- Choose the customer
- A business that speaks to everyone is heard by no one in particular. We decide who the page is for before deciding what it says.
- Plain words
- If a sentence would not be said across a desk, it does not go on the page.
How we design and build
- Design for both ends of the page
- A page is used by the customer and by whoever answers them. A request should reach your office with what is needed to act on it.
- Show the real thing
- Plans, menus and working forms tell a customer more than stock photographs and slogans.
- Built for everyone
- Every site works on a phone, by keyboard, and for visitors who have asked for less motion.
- Yours to keep
- You own what we build, at one price agreed in writing before work starts.
See these at work in the projects. See the work
