COFFS HARBOUR & THE MID NORTH COAST
A local web designer who answers the phone
Squarespace and Shopify websites, SEO and digital help for small businesses across Coffs Harbour, Sawtell, Woolgoolga and the Mid North Coast. I'm ten minutes down the road in Sawtell.
Builds from $3,500 · SEO from $299/month · In person or remote, whichever suits
The businesses above you aren't better. They're easier to find.
Local search rewards whoever set things up properly. That's a smaller job than it sounds, and it's mostly a one-off.
Your Google Business Profile is half finished. For a local search, that profile is often the first thing anyone sees of you — sometimes the only thing.
You're missing from the map results. Those top three take most of the phone calls, and getting in is more about set-up than budget.
Your site never names the suburbs you work in. Coffs Harbour, Sawtell, Bellingen, Woolgoolga — if they're not on the page, Google has no reason to show you for them.
Someone searched on their phone and gave up. Slow to load, hard to read, no obvious way to call you — they've moved on to the next result.
Being local isn't a nice-to-have. It's how people search.
"Near me", suburb names, and Google Business Profile results sit above everything else on a phone. Getting that right beats almost anything else you could do.
WHAT LOCAL BUSINESSES
Three things, in this order
Your Google Business Profile
- Categories and service areasSet properly, so you appear for the right searches in the right places.
- Photos and postsKept current, because a stale profile ranks like a stale profile.
- Reviews, and replies to themBoth matter more than most people realise.
A site that names where you work
- Service area pagesCoffs Harbour, Sawtell, Woolgoolga, Bellingen, Nambucca — wherever you go.
- Consistent listingsSame name, address and phone everywhere they appear.
- Local schema markupTelling Google exactly where you operate.
Built for a phone
- Click-to-call everywhereBecause most local enquiries are still phone calls.
- Fast on patchy receptionNot everywhere out here has good signal.
- Short formsNobody fills in nine fields standing in a driveway.
WHERE I WORK
Local, and everywhere else too
Most clients are elsewhere in Australia and everything works fine remotely. But if you'd rather sit down with someone, that's easy to arrange around here.
Coffee is easy to arrange
I'm in Sawtell. If it's easier to talk something through face to face, or you'd like a hand sitting at your own computer, that's genuinely no trouble.
Remote works just as well
Plenty of local clients prefer everything by email and a call. Nothing about the work needs you in a room, so do whichever suits how you like to work.
$3,500
–$6,500
Same prices, local or not
Most website builds land in this range depending on scope. SEO retainers start at $299 a month with no lock-in, and one-off work is $180 per hour ex GST.
There's no local surcharge and no local discount. Just the work, quoted fixed before it starts.
Start with a free auditA few things you might be wondering
The questions local businesses ask most.
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Happily. I'm in Sawtell, so a coffee is easy to arrange. Plenty of clients prefer everything remote and that works just as well.
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No — most clients are elsewhere in Australia. But being local means I understand this market, and there's real value in that if you're local too.
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Most builds land between $3,500 and $6,500 ex GST as a guide. You get a fixed quote before anything starts.
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Yes, and for most local businesses it's the single highest-value thing to sort out. It's included in the SEO retainers or can be done as one-off work.
Not sure where to start?
Request a free website and SEO audit. I'll review your structure, messaging, SEO foundations and conversion points by hand, then send practical recommendations you can act on — with no obligation to work with me.
Request your free audit