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Up front web design fees vs. monthly payments

Affordable website design in Carlisle

 From the outset, we have offered three payment options for our web design services: 1) Pay an initial 40% deposit, and then pay the remainder when the website design is finished and ready to go ...

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EYFS Resources: E-Commerce CRM link case study

E-Commerce Website Design with Zoho CRM Link

In the middle of 2017 we launched a new website for EYFS Resources, which included a large e-commerce solution to cater for a wide range of products. We spoke before the work started on whether a link...

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How many pages does my website need?

How many pages does my website need?

This is one of the most common questions we get asked when someone gets in touch to ask us about a website they are looking to have designed. The answer we give depends on a few different aspects, whi...

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My essential website design software

My essential website design software list

​Over the years I've gathered a small list of software that sees daily use for my web design business. Whether for coding, image manipulation or accessing the website files via ftp, here are my daily ...

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Visitor focused web design

Visitor focused website design in Carlisle

​Here's the bottom line - if someone visits your website and they can't quickly and easily find what they are looking for, then they'll leave. It really is as simple as that. We start by talking about...

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Why we don't put a link to our own website on your website...

Should website designers put back links in your footer?

If you take a look around the Internet and visit a few websites for local companies, you are likely to find a link at the bottom of every page to the company who designed that website. That may seem a...

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I'm getting a friend to do it...

Is getting your friend to design your website a good idea?

​This is a comment we come across on occasion, usually after someone has been in touch and asked us for a price to design their new website. There's not really any way to respond except for ...

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We're excited, but it's probably not exciting for you!

Website hosting upgrade

Over a year ago, we took the decision to move away from using a shared hosting platform, where the performance of our websites was affected by any other client of our hosting provider whose websi...

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Attention to detail and focused web design

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Websites are primarily visual, they get looked at by most visitors - and for those who need screen readers to help them out, the way pages are put together and handled for visually impaired visitors i...

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Light Bulb Web Design provides high-quality, bespoke web design, SEO, digital marketing, copywriting, and consultation in the UK to ensure your online presence is a seamless extension of your business, with honest and transparent customer service.

T: 07880 858381
E: chris@lightbulbwebdesign.co.uk