My Promise to You
I will listen carefully and work closely with you to realise the vision and goals you have for your website and online presence. I'll do my best to make getting a website a fun and stress-free experience. To learn more read my 'How I work' page and check out my portfolio of work. I also have a lot of useful and helpful information in my blog.
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Meet Michelle
Michelle is a Christchurch web designer who has been designing websites since 1995.
What clients say...
Yogamani
"Michelle made the process so smooth and one of ease, manifesting a design out of my head and into reality, the perfect website. If you’re looking for a Web GURU you found her! Look no further”!
Martin Langlands of Troutlands
"Michelle has been a fantastic choice for updating my website. She has been very professional, thorough, and knowledgeable on current website design with a superb sense of layout. Both myself and my clients are very impressed with the new Troutlands site. I thoroughly recommend Michelle as a website designer".
"Both myself and my clients are very impressed with the new Troutlands site. I thoroughly recommend Michelle as a website designer". Martin Langlands
Recent Work
Troutlands is a Canterbury based guided fly fishing service. The website takes full advantage of the amazing images of the Canterbury back country.
We're a WP Elevation Certified Digital Business Consultant
Wow, that's a long title, so what does it mean? Well, basically, we've completed a certification course with WP Elevation. Which is a global business mastermind group for WordPress consultants that helps its members better serve their clients through communication, development workflow and project management best practices.
Results Focused Website Design
While it’s nice to design a ‘pretty website’ it must also deliver tangible results to your business. My goal therefore, is to ensure your website is a tool that can help you transform your business in a positive way – so you can achieve your specific business goals.
Recent client feedback about their websites has included:
- They could stop doing the work that was not what they really wanted to do, as the site was now attracting the right type of leads so they could take the business in the direction they were passionate about
- The first phone call with clients had changed dramatically - with clients now mostly sold on using the client before they even called
- No longer needed to 'cold call' for new work – as it was coming to them
- Now found online with top search engine rankings for their industry
- Converting a part-time hobby into a profitable business due to the number of enquiries coming through the website
- Streamlining business processes and saving time
Latest from the Blog
Shopify Payments launching in New Zealand
As of June 23, all New Zealand merchants will be able to accept credit cards directly with Shopify. This is great news for merchants wanting an easy set up – as it eliminates the need for a merchant account and a 3rd party payment gateway. With Shopify payments you are automatically set up to accept…
Website Care Plans for WordPress Sites
Website technology changes very rapidly, meaning websites are no longer ‘set and forget’. So just like your desktop software, WordPress (the software that runs your website) must be kept up to date to keep your site working optimally and to make it more secure. Just a few years ago, there was a lot less need…
WordPress Security Notice – Update Now, WordPress site defacement warning
There has been a security issue with an older version of WordPress and all WordPress web sites should be immediately updated to the latest version of WordPress which is version 4.7.2. Sites that are running older versions of this software are vulnerable to being hacked with site defacement. Depending on the configuration of your website,…
Why strong branding leads to a better website design and why it might be time for a re-think about your logo
Many a web designer has sat at their computer monitor in quiet despair, looking at a glowing blank screen wondering how on earth they’ll integrate their client’s logo into a website design they can live with. A logo may seem like a small part of a website design, but it can have a large impact…
Here’s a useful guide for when you’ve been delegated the company website
It’s a New Year, and with it, you may have gained a new responsibility – the company website. Now if the website has been a bit of ‘hot potato’ within the business, then things could be a little disorganised. Now, even if you think things are sorted, there’s all of those things you ‘don’t know…
What Now?
Hello... hey you’ve reached the end of the page. It’s not really the end, it could be just the beginning. So start by reading my client criteria page, check out the website portfolio, then fill in the website project enquiry form.