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Short, useful posts about small business websites. What things cost, what matters, and what you can skip.
- How to get your business on Google Maps and search, step by stepA Google Business Profile for the map, Search Console for search, and the same name everywhere.
- How much does a small business website cost in 2026?Three honest price bands, from doing it yourself to an agency, and the cost people forget after launch.
- Pay-monthly websites: how $0-down plans work and what to checkHow $0-down plans work, and five things to read in any pay-monthly contract before you sign.
- Restaurant websites: why your menu shouldn't be a PDFWhy a PDF menu loses the customer on the sidewalk, and what a text menu does better.
- Salon websites: the five things clients look for firstWhat you do, what it costs, how to book, your work, where and when. In that order.
- Your old website still works. Should you redo it?A five-point phone test, the signs it needs a rebuild, and the signs it just needs a few fixes.
- Therapist websites: what to put on the page, and what not to collectWhat to put on a practice site, and what a contact form shouldn't collect.
- Website builder or a person: which one fits a small business?Who builders are great for, where they fall short for busy owners, and the two-year math both ways.
- What a plumber's website needs (and what it can skip)The first screen, the must-haves, and the stuff a plumber's site can skip.
- What does website hosting actually include?What a hosting bill covers, what it doesn't, and five questions to ask your current host.
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