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Haggle Like Harvey Norman!!
Post Update:  I got some feedback from people on this post and here is the summary.

Robber

Do ya think we came down in the last shower Kieran?

120 Euro for that – feck off!!

So in the spirit of Harvey Norman – if you want to haggle drop me a line and we can negotiate a price that you think is worthwhile for the offer below.  Worse case is that you will get a free report!!

If you have a website and think is needs updating or improvement or you think it isn’t working for you I will do a website report for you, you can read it and I will make any suggested changes for 120 Euro.  Here is what the report will cover.

• Site layout and structure – how it could be improved for better impact.
• Speed of site.
• On page SEO audit of site to improve it for searchability
• Analysis of text and content on site. Specific updates to ensure that you have a better chance of being found by Google.
• Google Local Business addition
• Implementation of Google Analytics code if not already in place.

If when you read the report you don’t think it is worth 120 Euro then no problem no charge.  If interested drop me an e-mail at kieran@grangewebdesign.com with your website address.

Snoringly boring blog post but as my New Year always starts on the 14th January (it just does OK).  Here are my running goals for this year.

• Run 4-5 times per week even if there is a hurricane, tired, travelling, stuck in a bog in Cavan.
• Raise a substantial (10 Grand) money in Cork marathon for Cancer – have domain – need idea to make it happen.
• Cork Marathon – Sub 4.30 is the goal.  Goal 1 will make it happen.
• Dublin Marathon – Finish is the goal.
• Break 30 minutes for 4 miles.
• Break 29 minutes for 4 miles
• Run Cork to Cobh for the first time

That’s it. What are your fitness goals – drop me a comment..

Your website is useless if.

1. You don’t know how many visitors you are getting.  If you don’t care then you are shouting in the middle of a forest.
2. You don’t know what your most competitive keyword search terms are for your business.
3. You are in the Banana Picking business and the words Banana Picking are nowhere to be seen on the site (yes this is so often the case).  There is a long piece onapples though!!
4. Your contact details aren’t quickly visible. I rant on this all the time.
5. You have a long elaborate flash intro.  Unless you are a world famous brand I am not going to wait.
6. Your initial information requires a scroll down (e.g. below the fold).  People are more and more in a hurry.  Most people haven’t even read this far in this post (if you have contact me for your free gift!!)
7. If your “Latest News” is not up to date.  It is like eating stale bread.
8. Your images are so big that it takes and age for he site to load.  Screeching tyres as people leave.

Half a reason:  You have never asked for feedback from people who will give you free advice who are in the business.  The only feedback you ever got was from your friends.  They probably lied.  Yes they probably did!

I get tons of queries every week by e-mail for websites.  Most of them are looking for a website for tuppence and when I quote  them thruppence  they never reply.  However for each of them I do reply.  But I often wonder if I am responding in the right manner.  I tend to reply with a e-mail (detailed and pretty boilerplate to be honest) and more often than not NEVER hear again.  Now I know it isn’t always the price but perhaps an e-mail is too casual.  Should I go the PDF/Word doc/Google Docs route and have a fancy Dan template to respond?

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