Small Business Startup Solutions

05/15/2026

Functionality on a website can be a game changer for a small business. Adding something like an online store does more than create another way to earn revenue.

Benefits can include:

• Improved SEO through additional searchable and rankable pages
• Better user experience and navigation
• Clearer communication of services, products, and offerings
• Increased credibility with your own branded online storefront
• Reduced dependence on third-party platforms
• Automated communication workflows tied to purchases, inquiries, bookings, and abandoned carts
• Streamlined customer experience from discovery to checkout
• Better organization of information, services, pricing, and policies
• Opportunities for presales, waitlists, subscriptions, and recurring revenue
• Data collection and analytics to better understand customer behavior
• Easier lead generation and customer follow-up

If you are considering incorporating an online store into your Wix website, you can get started through the link below to take the next steps.

https://www.smallbusinessstartupsolutions.com/product-page/wix-e-commerce-installation-and-setup

05/13/2026

And the winner of the year subscription of Wix Essentials e-mail marketing is !

Congratulations and will send over a message with the promo code.

05/12/2026

It feels like a good morning for a give away! So excited to share a promo code for free year subscription of the Wix Essentials e-mail marketing plan with one small business owner.

Enter to win today only when you:

Follow on Instagram
Like this reel
Comment on this reel with your website address

By tomorrow, anyone that has checked these three requirements will be entered into a drawing and the promo code will need to be redeemed before 5/18/26.

Good Luck!

04/28/2026

Professional websites are built with aligned branding, clear content, and best practices for SEO, and accessibility. Website design is only one part of the process to launch a professional site. While it’s easy to focus only on how a site looks, the structure behind the scenes plays a larger role in how well your site actually looks and performs.

This guide was created to help give insight into the full website design process from start to launch for small business owners, DIY designers and agencies. Understanding the full scope of what is involved in the website design process allows you to know what to expect out of a professional website, what to look for when hiring professional website support and help you determine what tasks you may want to delegate.

https://www.smallbusinessstartupsolutions.com/post/what-does-having-a-professionally-launched-website-actually-involve

This guide was created to help give insight into the full website design process from start to launch for small business owners, DIY designers and agencies. Understanding the full scope of what is involved in the website design process allows you to know what to expect out of a professional website,...

04/27/2026

A website refresh for this Newport Beach, CA street sweeping company was just published.

Using existing content, the site was restructured with clear navigation, including the header, footer and contact buttons, to guide users through services across Southern California, industries served, and key service areas. Clean sections align with the refined branding, supported by updated imagery, icons, and credential logos to help show who they are without relying only on text.

SEO and accessibility best practices were implemented, including improved responsiveness and the addition of policy pages. These updates strengthen credibility, reliability, and trust in their market.

The previous site had strong content, but lacked structure, overuse of color, limited responsiveness, and gaps in SEO and accessibility.

Get in touch if your site needs support to better communicate your services and guide users to take action.

https://www.smallbusinessstartupsolutions.com/service-page/website-consultation

04/24/2026

New accounting website launch! This project came through as a referral and had an existing website with most of the content already in place. The goal was to refine their brand and improve the overall user experience.

To implement this the focus became aligning the site with who they serve, trade and service-based businesses across the North Shore, MA, while strengthening SEO and accessibility.

Updates included cohesive branding, refined imagery, a cleaner layout with strong banner visuals, and clearer messaging around their bookkeeping, financial planning, and analysis services. Navigation, page structure, and on-page SEO were improved, along with adding key policies and removing unnecessary pages. Clear contact points, including a streamlined contact form, were implemented to support client inquiries and conversions.

If your website isn’t clearly communicating who you serve or guiding visitors to take action, it’s worth addressing.

Schedule a free consultation to discuss your website strategy, or, if you’re an existing client, book a support session to continue building and refining your site.

04/20/2026

04/14/2026

A website template is a great way to get your site started. Our online store offers a range of templates you can build on yourself or pair with a maintenance plan for professional customization.

Here’s a look at the first five sections of our food truck landing page website template built in Wix Studio. It is designed to be clean, easy to navigate, and focused on getting customers to contact you.

• Intro section to highlight your business
• Instagram feed with 10 content tiles to pull in your recent Instagram photos
• Clear, accessible menu space
• Full-width banner images
• Google Calendar integration to share your schedule
• Contact form at the bottom to capture inquiries

Demo and shop this template
https://www.smallbusinessstartupsolutions.com/product-page/food-truck-template

04/09/2026

The 4th annual career day is in the books! Thanks so much for letting me share with your students about being a website designer and owning a business. It’s so fun to give high schoolers a behind the scenes look at what it means to be in the marketing industry. I always enjoy meeting everyone and learning about the other presenters professions too. Lots of great questions this morning.

Here are my tips for having a successful small business:

Niche down.

Find a referral partner.

Show up and be consistent even when it’s hard.

You can be anything you want to be. I believe in you!

04/07/2026

What does it mean to have a clean website design?

A clean website means clear navigation, consistent branding, and a layout that’s easy to follow. If you have a lot of content to share, there should be a clear system in place built into your site structure to organize it so as content builds it has a place. Sometimes small shifts like toning down colors or leaning more into strong visuals can make everything feel more cohesive.

If you’ve been considering updates to your website spring is the perfect time to check in and do some website clean up.

Coordinating a maintenance plan will give us time to do some cleaning to get your site ready for the new season.

https://www.smallbusinessstartupsolutions.com/wix-maintenance-plans

04/06/2026

Sharing a recent project with new service pages that just launched. It was great to reconnect with a NYC-based client who needed website updates to now include offering academic tutoring, transitional and vocational services.

As new pages were added, we kept the original site theming consistent, reorganized the homepage to better direct users to the new service pages and updated SEO to reflect terminology around more defined services, audience, and location details.

When building service pages, you don’t need a large amount of content to get started. A clear paragraph and service list fills out a page more than you would think. More information can always be added over time to help support the context, but as shown here, strong visuals often carry the experience more than pages of text. These new pages are able to now be ranked on Google expanding their online digital presence and opportunity to be found.

This is one way a website can evolve as services grow.