This is a question that is asked a lot, and we would like to ensure that a detailed answer is given. The short answer is that you get what you pay for. However, this doesn’t necessarily mean that a cheap website is bad. Rather than asking ‘How much does a website cost?’, we believe you should ask ‘How much value will a website bring?’. For example, if you would like an online shop which could grow your business tremendously, then it is worth spending more money to do it properly first time. On the other hand, if you are just creating a blog or brochure website, then there are plenty of cheaper ways of achieving this.

Brochure Websites

These are the common and cheaper websites which gives your business an online platform for customers to connect with you. These websites usually consist of 5-10 pages and give customers information about your company, offering ways to contact you. Some companies starting out may want to use a free/cheap website builder service such as Wix. This can get you online for an extremely low cost. The problem with these websites is that they are usually built without thoughts as to how a user would interact with a website. You could enlist a web developer for this sort of website for as little as £195. This would ensure things are set up correctly, allowing for more customers to connect with your business. Depending on your requirements and how bespoke you would like your website, this figure increase quite quickly to £1000’s.

E-Commerce Websites

These website are more expensive due to the complexities of setting them up. There is a lot more work involved in them, however there are still options for pricing. If you feel like you are tech savvy, then you could at creating a Shopify website using templates available online. This can be a very quick and easy way of getting your shop available online to customers. However, if you would like something more professional, and know that you can depend on a web developer should any problems arise, then you probably want to enlist a web developer. These sorts of websites will cost you a minimum of £995 to get started with a web developer. Depending on how bespoke it needs to be can easily reach £10,000+.

Final Thoughts – How much does a website cost?

Hopefully from reading this blog, you understand that the price of a website isn’t as simple as the price you pay. The ‘price’ you pay should prove value and return on investment for your company. Companies look to explain the pricing structure, such as household quotes, so take a look at what they say too. No matter what you are looking for, we would love to help you take your business online. Whether that is through our own services, or advising you what options are available to you. Get in touch with us now for a no obligation quote or advice on moving forward.

Having a WordPress website created for you, or creating one yourself, can be an extremely cost effective way of giving your business an online presence. However, one thing that is sometimes forgotten is to continue managing your WordPress website. The main reasons why this is so important to keep up, is for the security and the speed of your website. There is a great article that explains in more depth why it is so important which you can find here.

Managing your WordPress website

Managing your WordPress website – Security

Security is the most important reason for you to continue managing your WordPress website. Having out of date themes and plug-ins makes your website extremely vulnerable to any malicious attacks. The longer your website is out of date, the more at risk your website is to these attacks. Keeping your themes and plug-ins up to date isn’t always a hard task, however sometimes problems can occur. When the plug-ins or themes aren’t compatible once they have been updated. This is why it is always leave the management of your website to a website developer that will be able to fix any issues should they occur once the plug-ins have been updated. You should be looking to ensure your plug-ins are update once per week, or at the very least once per month. This will ensure that your website’s risk to malicious attacks is kept to a minimum.

Managing your WordPress website – Speed

Speed is yet another reason for you to continue managing your WordPress website. By updating your themes and plug-ins, you will allow them to make use of the most up to date technologies available.This will usually in turn make your website work faster and more smoothly than leaving your website to go out of date. It will also give you the latest functionality available to you at the time.

How can we help?

Here at Genius Computing, we offer our customers a managed hosting plan for £50/month exVAT. This plan includes the hosting of your website on a fast VPS server, weekly updates, weekly backups, and pro-active monitoring. We can be managing your WordPress website whilst you spend your time managing the business. If you would like any further information, please do not hesitate to get in touch.

Genius Computing provide PPC marketing services for Funeral Directors and various other industries over the industries. After reading this post, you will have more understanding about what PPC marketing is. You will be able to spot a company that is setting unrealistic expectations when offering your business PPC marketing services.

What is PPC Marketing?

PPC stands for Pay Per Click, and it is exactly what it says on the tin! Whether you are getting PPC services for Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Bing, or any other site, you are not paying for a sale of a product or service but simply a click from a potential customer directed towards your content. PPC Marketing is a great way to get an immediate increase in traffic to your content, which over time you can mould to be more cost effective, more relevant to the customer, and drive potential sales for your business.

PPC Marketing - Pay Per Click

Can PPC Marketing for Funeral Directors get me instant sales?

One of the most common misconceptions about PPC marketing is that you are guaranteed to see an immediate increase in sales. This is a sales line that a lot of untrustworthy marketing companies will say to grab your attention and get you to sign on the dotted line without any proof of return on investment. These companies charge a fortune to initially set up with a large monthly fee, and the reason for this is that they know that they don’t produce the results of their sales pitch which is just smoke and mirrors, therefore they have to make their money from you ASAP.

There is certainly no guarantee with any PPC marketing that you will get instant / immediate sales. The only guarantee is that you will be getting an increase in traffic to your content. If you are looking for PPC services and a company is trying to charge a large chunk upfront, then you should be wary. Companies that offer a smaller set up fee, and a reasonable monthly maintenance fee are likely to be looking to maintain a long relationship with you. This means that the company is more likely to be spending time each month making relevant changes to your accounts to ensure a constant increase in efficiency of your spend and keeping ahead of your competition.

Is PPC marketing for Funeral Directors right for me?

PPC marketing is right for anyone that is running a business that has a digital presence. In your business plan you should have allocated an annual marketing budget. There are many ways that you can use this budget: adverts on the radio, newspaper, flyering, PPC etc! With the ever increasing usage Google searching, we would always recommend spending a proportion of your budget on PPC marketing. If you are hiring a PPC company, ensure you are happy with the reporting of results they will give you.

PPC marketing for Funeral Directors is challenging compared to some other industries. When the time comes to require your services, a family will normally contact one of you that they already know. I strongly believe that the younger generations are pushing away from using services just because a family member has before. They are more likely to carry out a google search to find someone local to them. A company that offers a reasonably priced service, and is available at their fingertips via their mobile device / computer.

Google Adwords - PPC

How can Genius Computing help?

Genius Computing are able to get you up and running with your PPC marketing for a monthly maintenance charge. This charge covers the initial set up, and ongoing monitoring/maintenance. For those of you who already have a web developer, we can work with them to ensure the best results. Otherwise, we can help with any changes that you may require. We have a great company at hand that focuses solely on Funeral Directors, https://www.funeraldirectorwebsites.co.uk/

If you would like any further information, please do not hesitate to Contact Us.

Welcome to Genius Computing. We are an award-winning IT Support company based in Newcastle upon Tyne, but we provide digital services across the United Kingdom.

Due to modern technology, it has become relatively pain-free to support you for your IT support requirements remotely. This not only saves time due to having an instant remote connection with a support agent, but it also means that you can be anywhere in the world to receive support.

IT Support Newcastle

For local businesses, we provide on-site support for any issues that cannot be resolved remotely.

Not only do we provide IT Support in Newcastle, but we also provide many other digital services such as website design, development, hosting and maintenance. You can see some of the work we have been a part of on our portfolio page

We have partnered with many great services such as Carbonite for backup services. We also have Digital Ocean for website hosting services, Cloud Market for your licensing requirements, and Bitdefender for your security. Due to these partnerships, we are able to provide a high class set of services at an extremely reasonable rate.

Wordpress Websites

Websites

In terms of website development and hosting, we provide a range of options for all types of clients and budgets. We handle very simple WordPress sites all the way up to fully custom websites built to specification. There are no size projects that we are not capable of handling. If you have a project, get in touch and send us your brief so we can help you implement it.

We’re here to help, whatever your requirements. As you will see from our testimonials, we are able to cater for all types and sizes of businesses. We will always have a smile on our face knowing we are making your work life easier!

IT Support Newcastle

Get in touch with us now to find out how we can assist you with any of your IT requirements.

Our new website has launched, giving you the chance to check out our work, clients, and any articles we may have written! The old website was starting to get a little dusty, so we thought it was time to freshen it up and offer more to our visitors.

New Website – New Pages

As you may have already seen, our new website now has a news & blog section. We will update this regularly with any important news about us, or IT in general. Also we will provide useful information for you in the blogs that we write.

The new website also has our work, testimonials and information about services we provide. Take your time to check out our clients, our work, and any articles that we have published or will be publishing in the new future! Over time we will continue to add more content so don’t forget to check back regularly.

We’d like to thank Mike ‘BarBar’ Barrientos for his awesome design work throughout. Mike has been carrying out graphical design work for Genius Computing for a few years now. We would definitely recommend his services for any business that requires a freelance graphics designer.

If you have any questions, we have the contact form, live chat, and contact number available at all times. We can’t wait to hear from you.

Many of my customers come to us with WordPress websites that have been set up on a budget. The developer has not had a second thought about making sure it is secure and well-maintained. If this website is going to be the face of your business, it needs protection. It should also be maintained to prevent attacks or potential downtime.

As with all decisions in a business, the cost has to be worth the potential risk; but if your clients are going to come to you via your website, then securing, updating, and maintaining your website needs to be a top priority.

We help many businesses host and maintain their WordPress websites, local and national. We host a variety of business from cleaning, to funeral services, to PAT Testing.

Not only do we host and maintain the website, but we monitor it pro-actively to spot any issues. This helps to reduce any downtime and keep your website in tip top shape.

When it comes to WordPress, usually the websites have a range of plug-ins installed. Not only do you have to keep the website updated, but the plug-ins too. If you let any of them go out of date, then your website is at risk of being hacked.

If you would like to find out how we can help you with this, then get in touch!