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Why You Should Invest in Your Business Even if Budgets are Tight

A business will only grow if you invest in it. You need to invest time. You need to invest effort and sometimes it is a good idea to invest money. There will be times when you might not need to invest money. You can put in a lot of time and effort into social media…

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Everyone Should be in Control of Their Online Presence

In one of our previous blog posts, “Shout About Your Business with an Amazing Website” I spoke about the need for your website to be fabulous because it is your online sales person. It is out there representing you all the time. For it to be the best representation of you it needs to be…

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Do You Love Your Business?

We have been in business for nearly 10 years (see our “Our Business Journey” blog post) and the thing that has really kept us interested in what we do is that we love it. I think it’s hard to keep a digital business going without truly having a passion for it. Our business constantly has…

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17 Fantastic Offers to Help Your Business Adapt in a Changing World

You don’t need me to tell you that things are a little bit up in the air at the moment. Due to the spread of Covid-19, wherever you are I’m sure you are experiencing changes in the way you are having to live your day to day lives or are aware that big change is…

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50% Off All Our Website and Membership Site Prices to Support Small Businesses

We are hearing at networking meetings and seeing in Facebook groups that many people are considering ways they can work on their business if things get quiet due to the impact of Covid-19. Many of the comments are around working on their online presence including creating a new website. We use Loom, the video recording…

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My VIP Card Discount

UPDATED 2025: Sadly, My VIP Card Card is no longer a thing. However, if you would like to join Ready Steady Websites® and were hoping for a discount, please get in touch and ask us if we currently have any offers running. We have a range of ways of building a website from Build your…

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Guest Post – Why I Launched a Website Early in My Business Journey

by Gillian Duncan When you are in the early stages of building your business, it’s easy to get lost in the plethora of information and advice that’s out there. You quickly become overwhelmed by it all and it’s easy to get caught up in the recent trends presented on social media by the latest ‘all-knowing…

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Shout About Your Business with an Amazing Website

As business owners we know that to get customers and sales we have to get ourselves out there and shout about our business. When I say “shout”, that’s not how we tend to do it. In fact, if I’m honest, we aren’t that good at shouting about what we do. This might be because we…

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Our Business Journey

How did we get here? Well, that’s a deep philosophical question. It is one that I won’t attempt to answer, especially as the philosophy module of my degree was my weakest by far. I will instead tell you our journey of how we got to the point of creating Ready Steady Websites®. Perhaps there will…

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Guest Post – Does Your Business Provide a Delightful User Experience?

By Sandra from yUXer Have you ever wondered how your clients feel when leaving your website or what they said to a friend about your services?  It might sound simple but there is a whole field that aims to study and design the experience that a product or service provides to a customer.  I personally…