Spoiler!
Building a website isn’t just the job of the website designer.
Building a website requires work from both sides of the project.
You need to know exactly what you want your website to do, how it will serve your customers and also have every piece of content ready to go so your designer can get started right away without having to come back to you with questions.
Over the years I have had many people contact me about building a website for their business but they haven’t realized that they are not completely ready, which is why I created a process for getting my clients ready for me to take the reins and turn their vision into a reality.
If you are looking at building or rebuilding your own website or are looking to hire someone so that you can make your business stand out online but have no idea where to start with getting everything together – you are in the right place.
So, let’s skip out on feeling like this →
So, let’s skip out on feeling like this ↓
Imagine having a website that feels aligned, rock solid and future proofed, come rain, shine or rebrand.
Here’s the thing that can help you do exactly that…
This course uses my signature process, Website Wizardry that aims to help get your shit together and be 100% ready to pass things off to a website designer (or even build it yourself)
You will get everything ready (branding, systems and marketing integrations etc) so that you are prepared to build a website that perfectly positions your business and does exactly what your customers need it to do and gives you the confidence to drive your offerings forward.
Once you have gone through the completed the course you will:
- Have a solid roadmap that allows you to move forward with your business.
- Be ready to build a website that encompasses everything you do and shows it off perfectly.
- Be fully prepared to hand off your website design project to a designer or feel like you want to attempt it yourself (Please remember, this is not a website design course)
- Have confidence in your brand and products/services knowing that they will be made visible to your target audience in the best possible way.
- Be super organized and finally have the determination to get the mammoth task of creating a website boxed off.
- Have lots of process takeaways that will allow you to future proof your website.
This course will help you get ready to build a website that…
1. you actually love
2. does exactly what you and your clients/customers need it to do
3. gives you the confidence to drive your offerings forward.
This course is perfect for you if you have no idea where to start when building a website or if you have a website but want to refresh it and level up your online presence.
This is not a website design course, but rather a necessary process that I have found my clients need to go through in order to be ready to build a website.
So, What is included in the course?
Your Current Business Model
We will dive deep into what you stand for, who are you serving and why you do what you do. This is crucial to creating a website that encompasses your brand and will allow you to get clarity on where you want to take your website as we move through the rest of the process.
Product/Service Mapping
Knowing your product/services inside out and how you sell or are going to sell and market them is key to building the perfect website so we will organize, develop and fine tune theadmin and processes behind the scenes of your business and the journey of the customer/client.
Market Research & Idea Development
We’ll research what works and doesn’t work in your own industry, the style and type of websites you like and why, explore features and how you can make them work for your website.
Branding
We will make sure that your branding is nailed down and ready to be shown off on your website. This will include looking at your current logo, fonts, colour palettes, patterns, photography, Icons, etc to make it works with your site or potentially recreate or develop a whole new concept.
Marketing & Integration
We will look at how are you going to market your products/services and how can you integrate systems into your website to so that it looks nice and plays nice and maybe even reduce your admin and get things working for you on autopilot.
Website Mapping
If you decide that you want to design your own website or want to have a lot of design input, you will start putting everything you have done so far together and focus on building layouts and making awesome design and technical decisions that will make your website flow and knock your customer’s socks off.
Website Foundations
You will decide what platform you are going to use, what hosting + what you need to make your website work for your business. I’ll give you my two cents on Online Builders vs WordPress. (Note: I will steer you towards WordPress in this course)
Your Website Roadmap
This is the part where the whole thing comes together into a map that you or your designer can take away and start building your website without having a millions questions to answer or things to procrastinate about. You’re going to have the whole this nailed.
Other stuff
A ton of worksheets to guide you through
These worksheets are aimed at helping you figure out all of the puzzle pieces and how they will fit together on your new website so that you can skip out on the overwhelm.
Web Support, Maintenance & Themes
If you choose to go down the route of building your own website at the end of this process, you will receive a discount on my support & maintenance services and website themes.
Course Accessibility
This training contains videos with Closed Captions with full transcriptions that can also be downloaded from Google Docs or as a PDF if you prefer.
It also has the option to listen to the audio only.
I’ve added lists of Key Topics and Key Takeaways too.
It is hosted inside Heartbeat so you can download the app to your phone to watch/listen on the go or if you prefer to access it in the browser on your computer you can do that too.
You can also purchase the course in digital non-fillable PDF and printed planner format. Get in touch here if you would like a copy.
Hey, I’m Gem, the web, systems and planner nerd behind Create & Bloom. I work with creative business owners and entrepreneurs to craft, develop and crystallize an online presence and voice for their products and services as well as going deep into integrating systems to make their businesses run smoother.
I have been working in marketing, graphic design and building websites since 2013 – I am totally self-taught and I love helping creative business owners make their products and services shine.
Online business is a wonderful world of possibility but you need the setup and systems that get the job done with ease and without the overwhelm.
That’s where I step in and help you get sh*t DONE.
What one of my website design clients said about me…
Who is it for?
- Are only just getting started in business or already have a website for your business and want to make big things happen.
- Are rebranding your business and want overhaul your current website.
- Are wanting to rebuild your website to create a solid online presence that integrates your business systems and marketing seamlessly.
- Have no idea where to start when it comes to building a website.
- Already have a vision for your website and just need help getting things organised.
- Are ready to build a bad ass website that makes your products and services shine.
- Are a predominantly service based business owner.
This course is for you if you:
- Are only just getting started in business or already have a website for your business and want to make big things happen.
- Are rebranding your business and want to overhaul your current website.
- Are wanting to rebuild your website to create a solid online presence that integrates your business systems and marketing seamlessly.
- Have no idea where to start when it comes to building a website.
- Already have a vision for your website and just need help getting things organised.
- Are ready to build a badass website that makes your products and services shine.
- Are a predominantly service based business owner.
IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO BUILD BUSINESS WITH FIRE IN ITS BELLY THAT HAS A SOLID FRAMEWORK TO BUILD UPON, BOOTCAMP IS FOR YOU.
What one of my clients has said about me…
“Gemma has helped me transform the online presence of my business with solid advice on marketing, branding and help with social media. She is a consistent flow of advice for people who want to turn their creative work into a business and continues to clear the path for me grow online.”
