Buddy Web Design

This is an important question to ask when selecting a web design company.

Kwikwap is an established Web Design Company with more than 2000 clients all over South Africa. Besides the Head Office Franchise there is already 8 other operating franchises. 

Kwikwap is thus established and likely to be in business for a long time.

No other company designs as many websites on a daily basis as Kwikwap.

Yes we can talk about it. You have to pay the full amount on the day you receive training and the website is handed over to you.

We regsiter the name in our name on your behalf. This is simply to simplify admin. Once you have paid for the domain then that implies ownership. We will release your domain provided you are not in arrears with your hosting fees which is payable monthly. Either party can give 30 days notice to cancell the hosting agreement.

Nothing. I will come and spend 30 minutes to demonstrate Kwikwap to you for free.

Yes and no... you basically rent the software on which your website is built from Kwikwap. You can not take your website and host it somewhere else without paying Kwikwap a monthly fee. You can choose to stay with your current hosts and point your www.records to the Kwikwap servers.

You can change your templateonce a day if you like. You do not lose any data.All that changes is where your data is displayed.

Yes we can manually link your design to the Kwikwap product at an additional cost. You will have all the normal benefits except you willnot be able to changethe look and feel of your website. Hopefully soon you will be able to automatically upload your complete own designed website automatically.

No we do not have an official limit on the number of pages but expect 500 pages.

Probably the most important factor when it comes to doing well on search engines under organic search results is that you must have a proper informative website and most importantly always use your own original data. Do not copy data from other websites. Always write in a natural way and consider factors such as key Word Density. Google Webmaster Tools is a good place to get more information on SEO. (Search Engine Optimisation)

There has not been an increase in the hosting fees since inception. It would be fair to expect inflation linked increases in future but Kwikwap are also subject to the laws of demand and offer and any unrealistic increase would see them lose too much clients.

Building or designing your website is a process. We will do some of that at our own offices and some of it in your presence. We do not expect you to proceed with your website unless you are happy with what the website looks like. The more information that we are supplied with when starting the project the easier it is for us to design a website for you. We need about two or three meetings with you to finalise the website.

We love doing the work that we do. We need to be salesman, artists, teachers, business administrators and professionals. Without an awesome product like Kwikwap we would probably not be in the industry. Kwikwap is busy changing the web design industry for small businesses. Firstly it is affordable, secondly it is user friendly and thirdly it changes peoples lives for the better. Business people and website owners can no longer ignore having proper content on their websites and with a user friendly tool such as Kwikwap a good informative website can be build up over time.

Depending on the nature of the differences in the products and services it may sometimes be better to have a different website for different products and services.

Francois for example is a qualified accountant and also does business plans.

Some people do not want to get a website done by a nerd accountant - lol! It just does not suit the image and people respect specialists.

Beside the "image" factor there is also the important "Keyword density factor".

"Keywords density" measures the number of times/percentage a keyword appears divided by the total number of words of a website.

In order to get higher rankings we need to make things simple for Google so Google can understand what our websites are about.

When you have "jack of all trades"- websites keywords get diluted, Google is unsure what your website is about and can not present your website to the targeted audience as an option when people search for specific things.

So by having specialist websites we can get better rankings because of Keyword density, because Google knows what we are all about and Google are trying to deliver better results when people search for specific things.

To understand this concept better it is best to use a practical example.

Google for a laminate floor installer / service. See which websites comes up first. Always the guys who specialise in laminate floors. Installing laminate floors are easy and many builders and or handy men can also install laminate floors and in fact do offer those services. Very seldom will you find those websites on page 1 of google when people are searching for laminate floors. Why? Because of keyword density, because the builder also does plumbing, electrical work, tiling etc.

The person searching for Laminate floors wants Laminate floors and what better website to present (when Google gives back search results) than those websites specialising in Laminate Floors.

 This is the question that everybody wants to know. You can either pay Google (Sponsored Ads) or get to page one of Google for Generic Search Terms. You need to get proper guidance and training to be able to manage your own website with a focus on using YOUR OWN, original content. Content is King. We will submit your website to robots with Sitemaps .

Yes. We do it ourselves. We scrutinize our email outbox and inbox to expand on our frequently asked questions section for our website as well as trying to improve on our website's general information.

Here is a practical example of an email just send out to a client a couple of minutes ago.

Like a professional golf player ,without thinking we are able to write emailslike this. It would be better if we had a topic on this subject which is good enough to send to a new client. I hope we have.

See Newsletter / Blog about the basics of a website.

Here is the email and I have just absically repeated myself. ( A properly written complete website should save a business owner time which is why I write a lot, but unfortunately i like it so much I end up having more and more wrok that needs editing and proofreading. Lol!

Mr Karriem

• dan sien ek jy kort 'n paar key woorde onder admin and reports, business description.

• jou about us paragraaf is belangrik en veral die inleiding(dis ook keywoorde wat google gebruik om jou te indekseer)
• die titels van jou produk bladsye (gebruik terme waarvoor jy deur soekenjins gevind wil word)
• die inhoud wat jou produk bladsye beskryf moet voldoende wees (genoegsame inligting sowel as unieke inligting)
• veelgestelde vrae (faq's)

Answer taken from an email to actual client:

Kwikwap kan u dalk na 'n nuwe konsultant verwys.

Website revamps word deur www.sureweb.co.za gedoen vir R500 of deur www.butterbee.co.za vir +- R950 .

Butterbee kan u kom sien terwyl Sureweb net oor die internet werk .

Vra asseblief vir u Kwikwap Lisensiehouer vir raad, wie u nuwe konsultant is.

Kyk na die portefeuljes van Sureweb en Butterbee en u sal sien dat die geld die moeite werd is.

Nie alles mense wat Kwikwap Sagteware gebruik is goeie graphic designers of CSS Stylesheet programmeerders nie.

Dis hoekom party websites mooi is en ander minder mooi.

U moet die basiese goed van u webwerf reg doen vir Google. U moet u produkte volledig laai, u moet u besigheid behoorlik beskryf (admin and reports / business description) .

Ek bied gereeld groep opleiding in Pretoria aan . Die groep opleiding sessie sal R150 kos en word op n Saterdag oggend aangebied.

Laat weet asb of u belang stel vir die opleiding en ek stuur vir n die skakel om te registreer

Yes we do use responsive design. Please email me what you would like.

We will create the website and move forward only once you are happy with the design.

R2,500 is the initial fee for design and training. (You receive training so you will be able to manage the content of your website yourself)

Monthly is R150 plus Vat.

You get a normal website, online shop as well as a mobi website (cellphone website).

Our websites are powerfull business tools to get your business on page 1 of Google. You need to focus on great content for your website. Our training includes training on how Google search works.

If your sole emphasis is on the look of your website then their will not be time left for the important training regarding content creation / seo .

Please email me your design brief. We should quickly know whether we will suit your needs.

Please include a company Logo. Our R2500 fee includes CSS Stylesheet changes but not advanced graphic design like for example a company Logo. We do have inhouse people who do logo design for +- R500.

The quality of the aesthetics of your website depends largely on the quality of our CSS Stylesheet work, the quality of the graphics provided / created as well as the quality of the photographs.

We make use of Kwikwap which is nationally represented, backed by a strong technical support team providing ongoing support. We are based in Bergvliet . We will service clients as far east as Hermanus or west as Langebaan. Our website builder is extremely user friendly. Our prices above include online shopping. Monthly cost = R150 plus vat. Clients get the opportunity to become internet marketers by managing the content of their website as opposed to being the owners of a static brochures. Training is included with the R2,500 and R3,100 package. Our training focuses on getting good results and how search works (Google, Yahoo and Bing) is explained thoroughly . We have been around for a while as Buddy Web Design - Google us. We offer unlimited pages, our websites are all mobile enabled (responsive web design) and our system comes with a free built in sms and email system. Even automatically sms clients on their birthdays. We target small and medium businesses who can not afford very expensive custom designs (websites build completely from scratch) or even clients who can afford but prefer something easy to manage. Our clients include well know establishments like the Brass Bell in Kalk Bay and Jakes in Tokai. Kwikwap services more than 6,000 clients nationally. We are also looking for pro and beginner resellers.

dit neem tussen 2-6 weke nadat jy die teks geskryf het vir die website om op te kom. Google moet dit eers indeks.

Die Kwikwap Hoofkantoor sal julle kan help daarmee.

Yes we can definitely help with SEO for a small company website. The first part of our offering is helping you to understand how search works and what the difference is between On Site SEO and Off Site SEO. With you being a small IT support company you should have no problems with using the free Google Webmaster Tools provided. You should also most definitely register your business on Google my business. The Google my business page should be linked to your company website. The same can be said for your companies Facebook page. Local and relevant search results are achieved better by Google. It's not that they have changed what they wanted to do but they changed their algorithms to include more weight on Google my business registrations as well as important local business directories.

Being a small IT support company you should also definitely team up with a local small business web designer. In any event you could be referring work to each other. You can ask your clients to link to your website.

SEO is only one marketing strategy to market your business website.

The basics of On Site SEO is to include the right words on your website : example "IT Support Company Cape Town servicing the Western Cape" , choosing an appropriate domain name eg "www.capeitsupport.co.za" and including a list of references , recent work or testimonials from local clients and including their names and addresses.

It also includes making your really important keywords easy to find.

Remember about other ways to market your website: Facebook , Business Cards , Local Newspapers , Signage on your vehicles.

Congratulations on getting your website. That's the first step in the right direction. Create a habit of blogging once a month , developing your Faq section of your website , send a monthly newsletter to your clients. There are many ways.

This all is made that easier if you have a user friendly CMS and you can easily do updates to your own website. Hope this information helps.

We have created a separate homepage for the Mobile version and the desktop version due to changes in responsive web design needs. Every month new devices are added by which the internet can be accessed.

On your normal desktop website we use tables to display the website neatly.

Tables does not work wqell for example on mobile websites. The screen of a mobile device is only so big.

You will have to add the same content twice. Once on mobile website and once on desktop website.

See the image below where a is where the desktop version is accessed and b is where the mobile version is accessed.