Website Design Townsville Flinders Street, Townsville City QLD 4810 0413 651 740
Website Design Townsville Flinders Street, Townsville City QLD 4810 0413 651 740
A small business website Townsville customers can find on Google
Plenty of local businesses start on Facebook and do well there. When you are ready to take the next step, I build a small business website Townsville customers can find on Google, with your Facebook page still working right alongside it.
Now it is time for a home base you own
I work with a lot of Townsville small businesses whose whole web presence is a Facebook page. Facebook was free, quick to set up and it brought in the first lot of customers. That is a good thing and I never tell anyone to walk away from it.
The trouble starts when the business grows and the page has to do jobs it was never built for. People search Google for a plumber in Aitkenvale or a dog groomer near Castle Hill and a Facebook page rarely shows up in those results.
A website gives you a place you own and control. Facebook stays as the place you chat with locals and share what you are up to.
Four gaps a website fills
None of these mean Facebook is bad. They are simply things a social page cannot do well on its own.
Most people in Townsville find a local business by searching Google or Google Maps. A website with proper page titles and service pages gives Google something to rank. Add local SEO to show up in the suburbs you work in.
Facebook sets the rules and reach can drop overnight. Your website and domain belong to you, so your business details and enquiries never depend on one company’s settings.
A quote form asks the right questions up front, such as the suburb, the job and the best time to call. Enquiries land in your inbox with the details you need, instead of a vague message in Messenger at 11pm.
When someone is choosing between two tradies, the one with a tidy website, a business email address and clear services usually looks like the safer bet.
Your Facebook page does a lot of the groundwork
You have probably already built up good material on Facebook. I use it. Photos of finished jobs, your best posts and the questions customers keep asking all feed into the new site.
Customer reviews from Facebook can be quoted on the site with the reviewer’s first name, as long as they are real. I also link the two together, with a Facebook button on the site and your website address on your page.
Then I sort the pieces that make it a proper business setup. That means a domain name, an email address on that domain and a check of your Google Business Profile so your listing points to the new site.
Two fixed price options for small businesses
Both options are a fixed quote with GST included. Domain and hosting are extra and stay in your name. Every site is built on WordPress and Elementor so you can edit it yourself. You also get 30 days of free tweaks after launch plus a one hour training call.
The Single Page suits one main service in one area, like mowing in Kelso. The Complete Website gives each service its own page so each one can rank on Google.
$880
Live in about 2 to 3 weeks
Most popular
$2,200
Live in about 4 to 6 weeks
Hosting usually runs about $15 to $25 a month on a fast WordPress host in your name with no markup. See website hosting for more.
Four steps from Facebook page to live website
Everything happens by phone, email and video call, so it fits around your work.
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I ask what you do, where you work and what customers ask about. I look over your Facebook page and Google listing before the call.
2
I pull photos and reviews from your page, then write or tidy the copy. You only need to fill a few gaps.
3
I build the site on WordPress and send you a link to check. You ask for changes and I make them.
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The site goes live on your domain, your email is set up and your Facebook page and Google profile point to it.
What Townsville small business owners ask me
Have a question that is not covered here? Ring me or send a message and you will hear back from me within one business day.
A busy Facebook page is a great asset, but a Townsville business still benefits from a website because Google rarely ranks Facebook pages for local service searches. The website catches people searching for your service and suburb, while Facebook keeps your regulars engaged.
Website Design Townsville, run by Nick Fritzkowski, builds small business websites for Townsville owners who have only had a Facebook page until now. Nick reuses your photos and real reviews, sets up your domain and email and connects your Google Business Profile. Options start with a Single Page Website at $880.
Turning a Facebook page into a website in Townsville costs $880 for a Single Page Website or $2,200 for a Complete Website with up to 8 pages of copy. Both are fixed quotes with GST included. Domain and hosting are extra. Hosting usually sits around $15 to $25 a month.
Genuine Facebook reviews can be quoted on your new Townsville website as long as they are real and the customer is comfortable being shown. Google reviews matter more for Maps rankings, so I also help you ask happy customers for those.
A website helps a Thuringowa business show up on Google Maps because Google uses it to confirm your services and location. The biggest factor is still your Google Business Profile, so I check it and link it to the site. For steady Maps growth have a look at local SEO plans from $279 a month.
Going from Facebook only to a live website in Townsville takes about 2 to 3 weeks for a Single Page Website and about 4 to 6 weeks for a Complete Website. It moves quickest when your Facebook page already has good photos and reviews.
Nick at Website Design Townsville sets up a business email address on your own domain as part of moving a small business from Facebook to a website. It looks far more established than a free webmail account. The domain and email stay in your name so you always control them.
A small business website built by me in Townsville runs on WordPress and Elementor, so you can change text, photos and prices yourself. Every launch includes a one hour training call and 30 days of free tweaks. If you would rather hand it off, updates and support plans start at $19 a month.
Send me a link to your Facebook page and a few lines about the business. I will come back to you with a fixed quote and a plan to get you on Google.
