Notes from Largs Web
A little know-how.
Less guesswork.
Practical notes on websites, local search and running your business online. Plain English, honest answers, and a few things you can do yourself.
Stephen MurdochWeb designer, developer & your local explainer.
Getting your business on Google Maps
The free listing that helps local customers find you, and how to make it useful.
Read the noteBefore you build.
Make a clear plan for the website your business needs.
Is one page enough for your business?
A practical guide to choosing a one-page website or a larger site, with examples for small businesses and clear prices from Largs Web.
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What should a small business website actually include?
What customers need from a small business website: clear services, useful photographs, location, reassurance and an easy way to get in touch.
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What a website actually costs
The build, the domain, the hosting and the extras. A straight answer about what to budget.
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Website, or just Facebook?
An honest answer if your Facebook page is already doing the job, and what a website adds.
Read the noteMake it work for you.
Enquiries, ownership and life after launch.
People visit your website. Why aren’t they enquiring?
A practical check for small business websites that get visitors but few enquiries: clarity, reassurance, mobile contact forms and useful next steps.
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Who actually owns your website?
The practical questions to ask about your domain, website files, business accounts, licences and access before commissioning a website.
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Your website is live. What happens next?
What to check after a website launches, what first-year content updates include at Largs Web, and which running costs and changes are separate.
Read the noteBookings and selling.
Choose a setup that fits the way you do business.
Taking bookings without living on your phone
How online booking can help a small business, and what to decide about availability, appointments, deposits and running costs before choosing a system.
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Selling online: do you need a full shop?
How to choose between enquiries, hosted payment links and a full online shop for a small business, with the practical work and costs explained.
Read the noteA little useful technology.
Practical ways code and AI can help with the work.
When a bit of custom code makes business easier
Practical examples of small custom software jobs for businesses: connecting tools, useful forms and reducing repeated admin, explained by a developer in Largs.
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AI for a small business: start with one useful job
Practical ways a small business can use AI for drafts, organisation and routine work, with human checks and help from a web designer and developer in Largs.
Read the noteSomething you'd like explained?
Send me your question. It might be the next note.