Good use of your time?
- You need a professional website but you don’t have the time or skills to create it
- You know exactly the look you want but you don’t know how to achieve it
- You need ‘website’ off your To Do list but you are wary of expensive marketing contracts
If this sounds like you, then we can help
Foot of the Hill
Foot of the Hill provides friendly, professional, affordable web services for individuals, small businesses, charities and volunteer groups. Based in Cheltenham, we can work with you wherever you are.
Sarah has done a wonderful job in producing my website for me, and her attention to details is second to none! It is interactive, attractive and easy to maintain. I recommend her wholly. Sarah knows her craft well. During the production of my website I always felt to be in safe, skilled hands.
Helen Moran
bellesmoran.com
Website creation
We can create a completely new website for you including setting up a domain and hosting, design, creation and launch. We will work to understand your aims and you will be involved each step of the way.
Website maintenance
A website needs to be regularly maintained, technically and content-wise. Some clients like to do this themselves; others prefer an ongoing maintenance contract. We support both options.
Website development
If you wish to make significant changes to your website after launch, e.g. creating complete new pages, or adding a shop or booking system for the first time, we can do this for you.
Hire a professional or build your own website?
Building your site
To generate business you need a smart, up to date and reliable website. The cheapest option is definitely to build your own. If you have the skills and the time then doing it yourself is defiinitely a great choice. If you don’t have the skills, then doing it yourself will mean investing considerable time learning how to. The quality of the outcome is entirely dependent on how easy you find this and how much time you are able to devote to the task.
Maintaining your site
Once the website is built, the content needs updating regularly. Doing this yourself gives maximum flexibility and speed. The potential down side is that it may take more of your time than you think. Adding new content can change what is already there. If you worked for hours to achieve a really nice page layout, adding one new paragraph could mean you have to go back and re-design that page. If you haven’t done anything to the site for a while, it may take some time to remember how to do it.
The best of both worlds?
If you are not completely confident, a good compromise might be to ask a professional to create a site for you with some discrete elements that can be easily updated by a non-technical person. Result: a high-quality showcase for your brand; minimal investment of your time in learning a skill which is not core to your business; ongoing flexibility for keeping the site current.