Looking for website development in Kent?

You may be on the lookout for website development in Kent to improve your current website or make a brand new one. Web development in Kent is a competitive area and there are tonnes of businesses that do it. Here at Developer Rocket we specialise in WordPress and helping businesses make more sales, get more customers, and look more professional with an amazing website that is functional and eye-catching. Not only do we make websites, but we also do a lot of SEO or Search Engine Optimisation for businesses big and small.

Web Design Chatham – How can we help?

Developer Rocket started running over 5 years ago in Chatham where we have helped hundreds of businesses with their website needs. We have since moved to Rochester and we now continue to help businesses with web development and other online-related services. We have a 5-star rating on Google with tonnes of happy customers. Businesses regularly contact us to help them with their website. This might be adding an SSL certificate, fixing a mistake or an error, improving SEO, adding a new page, redesigning the entire site, adding eCommerce functionality, or anything else that they might need.

Since then we have made tonnes of websites with lots of happy customers, have a look at our work page to see some of them!

WordPress Development in Kent

We use WordPress for many of the websites we develop. WordPress is a CRM or a Content management system, which means that WordPress is a piece of software that helps users manage their content in an easy-to-use system. WordPress powers 34% of all websites on the internet so it’s not just us! WordPress also takes up over 60% of the CRM market meaning that it’s the most popular out of Wix, Squarespace, and any other website building platform (this info comes from Kinsta WordPress Statistics).

Why do we use WordPress to make websites? WordPress has everything we need to make amazing websites for our customers, it’s also fairly easy to pick up, so our customers can also edit the website without having knowledge of HTML or any kind of programming. It has thousands of plugins (55,000+ plugins) that give developers endless possibilities that allow us to make any kind of website you could possibly think of. This includes:

• Property Websites with easy-to-use property management plugins
• E-Commerce online stores with the use of Woocommerce
• Business websites with courses
• Take-away food websites that allow users to order food online
• Accountant websites that let users log in and access a custom dashboard
• And everything in between

Creating a website from scratch can be a daunting task for anyone that hasn’t done it before, so it’s often easier (especially for a business owner) to ask a trusted professional to make a website for you. Get in touch with us today if you are on the market for a new website, click here to get in touch.

Ecommerce Website Development Kent

Are you looking to set up an online store for your business? Maybe you have a shop but you only sell goods in your physical store. Or maybe you have an Etsy or eBay store and you’re looking to expand and have your own shop. We develop websites with eCommerce functionality that allow your customers to buy from you online, anywhere in the world. This allows you to have complete control over your online store including, prices, delivery charges and times, discount codes, images, descriptions, and anything else you could possibly want. We use WordPress and WooCommerce to make many websites as well as Shopify. This area of web development has become our specialty, we have developed a large number of eCommerce stores over the years, including:

• Swifterly – Colourful illustrations and pins: View Website
• QuinnsPins – Cute Enamel Pins, Clothing and stationary. View Website
• Little Robot Design – Concept Artist, Comic Book designer. View Website
• Mayflower Bespoke Jewellery – Beautiful Bespoke Handmade Jewellery. View Website
• Starbrite – Quality Cleaning Chemicals. View Website

How we develop eCommerce websites with WordPress

We develop eCommerce websites using a plugin called WooCommerce. WooCommerce powers 22% of the top 1 million eCommerce sites in the world (Source), it is the number one plugin for eCommerce websites on WordPress. We use this plugin every day and it allows you to do anything you could imagine for your website. A few examples of websites that we have made that use Woocommerce. Another method we use to make eCommerce websites is, Shopify. We recommend Shopify if they are looking to just have a simple eCommerce store and they just want to focus on selling online. Shopify is a great platform as it is made specifically for eCommerce so it has everything you could need. WordPress offers greater customisation in terms of design and functionality, each has its strong areas so we use them depending on what the client needs.

The websites we develop from our office in Kent are made to help businesses sell more products to their customers. Many businesses we create websites for do not have the ability to sell their products online, either because their websites do not have the capabilities or they don’t have a website at all. We help businesses go from having a basic website or just a Facebook page to selling thousands of pounds of products every month.

SEO for websites in Kent

Search Engine Optimisation is the process of improving a website to perform better on search engines. We have expertise in improving a website’s SEO, we help businesses all over Kent to get more traffic via search engines. A website that ranks high on Google can be the difference between a business never being seen or a thriving and making tonnes of sales and inquiries. What is the importance of SEO? According to Hubspot “61% of B2B marketers stated that SEO and organic traffic generate more leads than any other marketing initiative.” As well as “70% of online marketers say that SEO is better than PPC for generating sales”, finally “75% of people never scroll past the first page of search engines”. These stats show the importance of getting ranked higher on Google or other search engines.

How can we improve SEO for your website?

Improving SEO for a website has many facets. On-page and off-page SEO, backlinks, content creation, page speed optimisation, keyword and competitor research, and many more areas are all involved in effective SEO. We have a proven method for increasing a website’s traffic, to get you not just people to your site, but the right people.

When we carry out SEO for a business we also do extensive research into the subject matter, we do this so that we can fully understand the business and create relevant content. Keyword research is used for all of our clients so that we know what words or phrases to use in the content, and what ones should be used to generate traffic via search engines. Producing content that your customers want to see, generates real, legitimate traffic, this content will encourage users to click through to your product or service and purchase buy from you. We encourage business owners to regularly create content for their website, this tells search engines that they are active, thus ranking their website higher.

Our SEO optimisation process

We have a set process that we use to optimise a website for SEO, this is no secret and we tell all of our clients how we do it. The process is fairly simple but it takes a lot of time and effort to get it right!

• Make sure your website is fast, mobile-friendly, and ready for search engines to optimise, this is the foundation of SEO. If your website is slow then it will be a lot harder for the website to get ranked on search engines, so this is very important. The same goes for mobile-friendly, if it’s not ready for mobile then you can forget getting ranked high! There is a checkbox on WordPress that stops your websites from getting indexed on search engines, the website will not appear on Google if this is checked.
• Keyword research: The next step is finding what keywords your customers are searching in order to find you. A good place to start is by simply going onto Google and searching for the website you are looking for. If you are looking for a local window cleaner, search “window cleaner kent” and see what comes up on Google suggestions. Google will suggest keywords as you search, take note of these but also take note of the top websites that come up as these websites are doing it right. Another great tool is Google Keyword Planner, which allows you to get keywords by putting in a website address. It searches that address and gives you the top keywords, this is great if you find a top competitor and find their top keywords. SEMRush is also a great tool and it works in a similar way.
• Competitor research: See what comes up first on Google and analyse what they are doing. What is their meta description, SEO title, and what content do they have on this page? What are they doing right? We take all of this information and use it to optimise pages and blog posts on a website.
• Bigger and better content: This is one of the key factors for SEO, creating content (by this we mean blog posts) that are SEO optimised, and more importantly, super useful for the reader. If you are a dentist, then create large blog posts all about how to keep your teeth healthy, with tonnes of useful information, images, infographics and text. This blog posts could act as a keystone for website traffic as other websites might link to your great content, generating backlinks, as well as a constant stream of relavent traffic.
• Optimise for on-page SEO: We take all of our research to optimise each page, this involves adding keywords to pages in the SEO title, meta description, and accross the page, Within the actual paragraph text as well as the H1, H2, H3 tags. Internal linking is important, as it keeps users on your website, optimising your page slugs to not be so long, adding image alt tags, there are tonnes of small things you can do to optimise!
• Keep on top of your content: Once you’ve started focusing on SEO then it’s important to keep going! Create new blog posts every week if you can, add new pages, improve on old content, just stay active on your website. If you have a new service then write a blog post about it. You never what blog post will be a big traffic provider!

This is exactly what we do for SEO optimisation, there are a lot more details that you can look into, but if you follow these steps, your website will start to rank high on Google, consistency is key!

So if you are looking for website development in Kent, Developer Rocket has the experience and expertise to help you. We can make any kind of website you need, so just give us a call and we can have a chat. I am always happy to meet or chat on the phone about a project. Giving advice on how to best do things, from a website point of view, as well as the cheapest. We don’t overcharge people or make you pay for things that aren’t necessary. Get in touch with us today via our contact us page.