I have designed websites since 2001, more than 1,600 of them, and I still make every one myself, for businesses across the United Kingdom. Each is built around your own words and photographs, with the price and the launch date agreed in writing before any work begins.
Every website is cut to fit the business it serves, and every one includes what is listed here, whatever its size.
The price is a single figure, fixed in writing in a proposal that you receive within two working days of our first conversation. It holds however long the work takes, and should the scope change, the new price is agreed in writing before the extra work happens.
Should you also have products to sell, online shops are quoted in the same way.
An electrical contractor in West Norfolk, a piano dealer in Cambridge, a leadership coach who sees clients in Cambridge or online and a recruitment agency in Ely: four businesses that could hardly be more different.
This family-run electrical contractor at Stoke Ferry in West Norfolk is a specialist in lighting churches and historic buildings. Five years of photographs from his phone became eleven written-up projects, among them the angel roof at Upwell, and every enquiry now arrives saying which page it came from, so he can see which parts of the site bring in work.
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This is the website for a Cambridge piano dealer and tuner, presenting grand, upright and digital pianos alongside the makes they carry, with a Book a Tuning button on every page. Removals and servicing sit just beneath, so that each part of the business has its proper place.
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I provided the website, the SEO and the copywriting for Jill McCulloch, a leadership coach who sees clients in person in Cambridge or online.
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This is an independent recruitment agency in Ely, and its live vacancies by sector sit on the homepage, each with its count, above the latest roles and their salaries, because a candidate's first question is what is open now and an employer's is whether you can fill it.
“I would highly recommend Adam. We were looking for a website refresh and he came up with some great ideas and made the whole process very straightforward. Very happy with the new website.”Emma SmithXpert ResourcingVisit the site (opens in a new tab)
More of the work is in the portfolio: online shops, charities, holiday lets, trades and professional practices.
I work from a studio in Littleport, a few miles outside Ely. Most of my clients are in Cambridgeshire and East Anglia, and a good number are further afield, across the United Kingdom. Along the way I have also worked on intranets for RWE, npower and Thames Water, and on research websites for the NHS and the University of Cambridge.
The work is no different for the distance. Most projects run remotely, with the calls on Zoom, and a good many of my clients I have only ever met in that way. Wherever you are, you deal with me from the first call to the care afterwards: every email is read and answered by me no later than the end of the next working day, and a trusted associate is on call for cover, so that your project keeps moving even when I am away. Should you be near Ely and prefer to meet, I will come to you, or we can meet for a coffee in Ely.
Several places have a page of their own, written for the businesses there: Ely, Cambridge, Newmarket, Bury St Edmunds, King's Lynn, Wisbech, Downham Market, Bishop's Stortford, Stansted and London.
It is a single document that you can forward as it stands, and it reaches you within two working days of our conversation. Nothing begins until you have it, and nothing in it changes without your agreement in writing.
What it sets out, in plain English
These are the questions that arise on almost every first call about a new website. If yours is not among them, you are welcome to send it to me, and I will answer it plainly.
Every website is quoted to the job, because no two businesses need quite the same thing. After a free 30-minute call you receive a written proposal within two working days, with one fixed price and a launch date. That is the price you pay however long the work takes me, and if the scope changes, the new price is agreed in writing before the extra work happens.
It takes about four weeks from the first call to launch for a website, and about six for an online shop. The launch date is set in writing alongside the price before we begin, and I plan the work backwards from it.
Most of my commissions replace a website that already exists, so it is a familiar process. The new site goes live on the domain you already have, and the old one is kept so that it can be put back at once should anything be wrong. The domain, the hosting, the email and the analytics all end up in your name.
Only if you wish to. Should you prefer me to write the words and arrange a photography shoot, that is quoted to the job. If you would rather write them yourself, I edit them so that they sound like you, and photography can still be arranged.
Yes, you can. Whether the site runs on WordPress or is written from scratch, the things you change most often are made simple to edit yourself. You receive a 30-minute training session at handover and a short written guide to the things you will change most often: opening hours, prices, photographs and news.
Every site I build has search engine optimisation set up from the first day: the technical side, the on-page work, local schema and your Google Business Profile. Rankings are earned over months rather than weeks, so the build gives you a proper start, and ongoing SEO keeps you moving should you want it.
No, you do not. I have clients across the United Kingdom, and most of the work happens remotely, from the brief to the design to the launch. Should you be near Ely, we can meet in person if you prefer, and everyone receives exactly the same standard of work, wherever they are.
I have built more than 1,600 since 2001, for independents, family firms, charities and national names. Four of those websites are shown on this page, and more are in the portfolio. I am glad to put you in touch with clients directly.
Only if it suits the business. Many of the websites I build run on WordPress, because you can edit it yourself, it is not tied to any one designer or host, and it does not take a slice of every sale the way some shop platforms do. Others are written entirely from scratch, where that serves the business better: Ferrie Electrical Services, for one, runs on plain PHP with no database, because that suited a business of its size. Which it should be is settled on the first call, around what you need.
We can speak for thirty minutes on Zoom, wherever you are, or you may leave a note in the form about what is not working and where you would like to be. If I can help, I will tell you how and what it costs, and the proposal follows within two working days. If I am not the right fit, I will say so.
Or write to enquiries@adamlord.co.uk. For a fuller picture, the project brief takes about ten minutes.
It has come straight to me rather than to a queue, and I will reply by the end of the next working day.