Websites and brand identity for professionals, no fluff
23 October 2026
Free website for small business: what you get and what you give up
Free websites exist, but someone always pays for the hosting: your visitors through ads, you later through an upgrade, or the company behind it because it sells something else. Here is what each free option really gives a small business in 2026, what happened to Google’s free sites, and the point where paying starts to make sense.
9 October 2026
Business email with own domain: what it costs and how it works
A business email on your own domain is not one product: it is two separate bills —the domain and the mailbox— plus three DNS records nobody explains at the counter. Here is what each part costs per year, why «free business email» is almost always a forward, and what makes a brand-new domain land in the spam folder.
8 October 2026
How much does a website cost? Real price bands for 2026
The honest answer is that the same small business website is quoted anywhere between $500 and $20,000, and that the number on the quote is rarely what you end up paying. Here is which band you are in, what actually moves the price, and how to add up year one before you sign anything.
2 October 2026
How much does a logo cost? Real price bands and what to demand
You ask three people for the same job and the quotes come back at $40, $400 and $3,000. Nobody is lying to you: three different products are being sold under one word. Here is what actually changes between the bands, the files you should never pay without, and the paperwork that decides whether the logo is yours.
1 October 2026
Website vs social media: what each one does for a small business
Most small businesses start on Instagram or TikTok, and that is a sensible place to start: it is free and it works fast. The question shows up later, usually when a customer says they searched for you and found a competitor instead. Here is what each channel actually does, what the other one can't, and when it is worth running both.
22 September 2026
Website maintenance cost: what you really pay every year
Maintenance is the line nobody reads in a quote and the only one that keeps arriving three years later. Here are the ranges the market actually charges, what belongs in a care plan, and what a $29 a month plan really buys you.