Brochure web design for small and medium sized business

In layman’s terms, it is usually a simple website with about five pages, including home, about, 2 x service pages and a contact form with map directions and contact details.

It depends on how often you want to update your website. Usually, a brochure site is a simple and glamorous-looking online business card, but if you choose to have a news feed, having a website to manage yourself would make good business sense. It also depends on your ability to write, edit images, and understand what works online and what doesn’t.

Costs vary. You will need to think about a responsive website or a separate desktop and mobile site. If you opt for a responsive site, you need to decide how many pages it will have and the features you want the site to have. Rule of thumb a brochure site made by Mediatiopia starts from £100 plus VAT monthly. There are many different prices as every agency has its way of making a site. You will need to consider the cost of hosting, buying a domain name, setting up emails, and whether you will create the content yourself. There is also the SEO (search engine optimisation) to consider if you want to get found for specific keywords on a search. We would advise finding an enterprise that offers a web package for small business start-ups, as most of these charges will be factored in.

These types of sites are an excellent way to start marketing online. A method for your customers to find your business and optimise for local searches can list all of the information about what you do, where you are based, and your offerings. Brochure websites are generally inexpensive, but this also depends on if you want to manage the content on the website yourself. If you do, it typically costs more. If you do not control the website yourself, you would need a support contract so whoever makes it can make all the changes to the website. Unless you are proficient in HTML, you can also use FTP (File Transfer Protocol) to update it.

First, you need a domain name; then, create a brand. This involves choosing a slogan and deciding on the colours of the site. Then it would help if you mapped out your navigation/menu/page titles. You will need to write copy for each page and choose what images go on the pages. Will these be your images, or if you want to portray professionalism, you can get a pro photographer to do a shoot or use stock imagery. Will you want to manage the site? If so, it will need to have a CMS (content management system). Will you want a support contract, or will you want to do the amendments yourself using FTP? Then choose a firm to work with or a freelancer. You can also create a site using an online web builder. There are many ways to make a site.

At Mediatopia, we believe every business should have a website. Once it is indexed on Google and has been set up to be found for relevant keywords, a website is a straightforward way of getting new business leads. There will be an initial outlay. Finding the right business to work with is also quite a challenge. Nowadays, every man and his dog can create a website, maybe not one that works terrifically well but a website nonetheless. There are still millions of businesses that don’t have a website. Why? Perhaps they don’t understand the benefits, maybe they are from the old school and hate modern technology, who knows. But with billions of searches being performed daily on Google, not having a website is ridiculous. At Mediatopia, we do not employ sales staff. We use the power of SEO and our website to attract web traffic, which has kept us in business for over ten years!