26/08/2026
Things you should probably know before you work with me…..
✨ If you want someone who'll just say yes to everything, I'm probably not your person. If I think something is a bad idea, I'll tell you — and I'll explain why.
✨ I will keep asking “what's the purpose?” Every page, button, image and piece of content needs a reason for being there. If it doesn't help your customer or your business, why are we doing it?
✨ I care more about whether people understand your website than whether it simply looks pretty. A beautiful website that leaves people wondering what to do next isn't doing its job.
✨ You might hire me to build a website. I won't only look at your website. I'll look at your Google presence, your page, your social media, your business listings, what you're posting and whether any of it actually joins up.
✨ You might wonder why we haven't started building your website yet. That's because we're discussing your colours. And your logo. And who your customers are. And what Google thinks you do. Plus why your page says something completely different. Don't worry. We will get to the website. 😂
✨ I will probably find things you didn't hire me to find. An ancient business listing. A broken link. Something bizarre Google thinks you do. A page you haven't touched since 2022. Once I've found it, I'm going to want to sort it. 🤣
✨ You might also end up with the most in-depth report about your own business you've ever seen, but it might mean reading 30 pages, sorry! Don't take my word for it — read my reviews. 😂
✨ Somewhere along the way, you'll probably end up with about 150 images I've made for you, because apparently I don't know how to leave things alone.
✨ I might get you to number one on Google. But I don't think that's the goal. What's the point of being number one if you're attracting the wrong people? And what's the point of getting them onto your website if it doesn't take them on a journey that ends with them contacting you?
✨ I don't disappear for three weeks and suddenly present you with “your website”. You'll see it developing together, you'll know why I'm doing things and there will almost certainly be screenshots. Lots of screenshots, and lots of questions 😂
✨ I don't think your website is finished when we press Publish. That's when we start seeing what real people — and Google — actually do with it, and I monitor it for free for you.
✨ I will challenge what you think you need. Because sometimes the thing you've asked me to fix isn't actually the problem.
✨ I get ridiculously excited by Google Search Console. If Google suddenly starts testing your business for exactly the searches we've been working towards, there is every possibility I will be considerably more excited about it than you are. 🤣
✨ I will teach you what I'm doing. I don't want you permanently dependent on me. I want you to understand your own business online and feel confident managing it.
✨ And finally, by the time I've finished working with you, I will know an alarming amount about you.
Your business. Your customers. Your plans for the future. What you did last week. What appointments you've got coming up.
Quite possibly the name of your dog. 😂 There is no such thing as “just building a website” around here.
Now it's your turn.
What are the REAL things people should know before they work with you?
Struggling with what to post on social media today? Here's your post. 👇
Copy the idea. Make it about you. Tell people the funny, slightly annoying, completely truthful things they'll discover when they work with your business.
Then pass it on and ask someone else to do the same.
I'd genuinely love to read yours. ❤️ Feel free to share to my WhatsApp 07740 337692 and I will definitely give it some love!
Sarah
Simple Website Development & Support
