Ian Middleton

Writer - Photographer - Teacher

Content creator - web Design - SEO - SEM

Helping young people get started in business

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When I relaunched my web design services a couple of years ago, my idea was to provide help to small businesses and individuals who needed a website but couldn’t afford to pay the huge fees that many big design companies were charging. This week I have a launched a website that epitomises just that.

Francesca is a young lady with a great talent. She collects discarded oyster and scallop shells, cleans them up and then hand paints or decoupages them. This turns them into beautiful ornaments and trinket trays. She needed a website through which she could sell directly to customers online without incurring huge fees or having a big company like Amazon taking a big slice of the money she makes.

A WordPress and Elementor site using Woocommerce to build the shop side has got her online for just a small startup cost. My SEO knowledge has also ensured that she is already starting to appear in Google searches.

Take a look at her great new website here, and maybe you will find something you can buy for a friend of loved on while you are there:

Oystera UK

Magic Road in the Comeragh Mountains, County Waterford, Ireland.
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A Practical Guide to Photography basic techniques for beginners and beyond

A Practical guide to Photography

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