I just had a FREE, no-obligation consultation with “Clear as Crystal” a  Web Designer in Wrexham to find out how their approach could help my business grow. I was prepared for a discussion which had as it’s objective Crystal identifying where they could provide paid for services, in fact after the consultation I was happy that their objective had been to help me improve my website without their services.

Clear as Crystal telephoned me at my booked time and we discussed the overall design of the Pimlico Flats website and came to the conclusion that whilst there are improvements that could be made to improve to overall user experience and conversion rates of the site, we don’t really need a redesign, and that to re-do the site would be change for change sake. We talked about search engine optimisation, and Nikki Pilkington’s “299 steps” ebook, and the areas where I need to put more work into making site information clearer to Google (Titles, Alt Tags).

We discussed at length my current methods of contacting customers, which are not terribly satisfactory as I currently direct people to subscribe to this blog. If they have subscribed just to be notified about vacant flats, and don’t want to read my musings about Website design this can’t be terribly satisfactory.  An alternative would be the Crystal  HTML management system.

Crystal coached me on the use of the twitter search feature to tap into the “stream of consciousness” – searching for terms such as “I need a flat in London” and similar terms to identify potential clients.

In conclusion I thoroughly recommend a free consultation (which can be booked here ) to any small business with a Website, or considering one.