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Straight talk on building a business that works
Writing on web development, automation and digital operations, for people who want the business to run better rather than only look better.
- Web development · 4 min readWhat Is Broken on 21 Small Business WebsitesTwo thirds give a visitor nothing to fill in, nine are slow, four are not secure. And three silent failures no scanner could find.
- Web development · 7 min readWhen to Redesign Your Website, and How Often You Need ToThere is no schedule and a website does not expire. Five reasons that justify a rebuild, five that do not, and a twenty-minute check to tell them apart.
- Web development · 5 min readWebsite Redesign for SEO: How Not to Lose Your TrafficA bad migration costs 30 to 40% of organic traffic. The nine causes, the checks that prevent them, and what to watch for eight weeks.
- Web development · 5 min readWebsite Redesign Cost in 2026: Ranges and What Moves ThemWhat a redesign costs in 2026, what actually moves the number, and the cost that never appears in a quote.
- Web development · 4 min readWhy Your Website Is Not Converting (And How to Fix It)Most small business websites look fine and produce nothing. Here is why, and the three changes that move it.
- Automation · 4 min readWhat to Automate First in a Small Business (2026)The five processes worth automating before anything else, and the order that makes each one cheaper than the last.
- Digital operations · 3 min readSystems Problem or Marketing Problem? How to TellMore leads will not fix a business that leaks the ones it has. One question tells you which problem you have.
What is not here
Posts that exist to hit a keyword and say nothing, and numbers I cannot attach to a project. One of these articles used to open with an hours-saved figure that came from nowhere. It has been removed rather than softened, and the article now says so in place of it.
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