You already know that a website is your gateway to a global audience and you might have already looked into the various options that exist.
You can either invest in a professionally coded site that gives you limited flexibility or invest your time in the DIY approach and learn how to build your own site inexpensively for the highest level of flexibility.
How can you save your time without investing a fortune in a professionally coded site?
I have helped a variety of clients and friends with this challenge in the past by creating a professionally looking WordPress site for them. The site you’re currently on, is a WordPress site, too.
While WordPress has the reputation to be difficult to manage, I disagree. There are a variety of great templates that can be purchased for less than $50 that come with a drag-and-drop builder and great functionalities. (Almost) everything else can be added via plugins.
The best part is that most WordPress websites that I have built in the past, were up and running after just two weeks and easily customizable. Once the site is completed, I will also train you on how to update your site on your own.
In almost a decade, I’ve created dozens of WordPress websites and maintained dozens more, including hard-coded websites.
Search engine optimization is always at the center of the websites that I create.
Not only have I created websites that rank high in Google for keywords that are important to my clients, I have also optimized various websites and assisted with black-hat SEO clean-ups, and negative SEO clean-ups.
Web security is of utmost importance to me when I create, maintain, and fix websites.
Among the “website fixing” projects that I have completed in the past were website hack clean-ups and securing the websites from brute-force attacks and other malicious attempts.
The cost depends on the scope of the project (e.g. a multilingual blog for a nonprofit vs. an ecommerce site for a mid-sized company) and the desired functionalities.
Website development services at CA$2,500.
Website maintenance and optimization services start at $800.
For nonprofits I offer a 30% discount on all website related services.
As you browse through the list, feel free to check the boxes of items you’d like to learn more about. I will respond to you within 48 hours, so we can get you started.
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