The DEVIQO blog
Getting found, getting paid,
and what a small business website is for.
A new piece every Tuesday, written by the people who build the sites. Practical small business advice with no theory, no funnels and no growth hacking: what we watch work for bakeries, carpenters, law practices and bike shops, and what we watch fail.
What the blog covers
Each subject has its own page, with everything written on it so far and the questions that come up most answered at the foot.
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Getting found on Google
Local search, the free Google listing, near me searches, reviews, and the local links that are worth having.
3 articles
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Getting paid on time
Payment terms, deposits, card fees, and the wording that settles an invoice someone has forgotten.
2 articles
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Your website, and what goes on it
The five pages, the homepage, the inquiry form, photographs, speed, and what a website should cost.
3 articles
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Selling online
Your own store against a marketplace, shipping rates, product photographs, stock, and the holiday run.
1 article
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Late payments: the wording that gets an invoice settled
Chasing late payment as a small business: the four messages that work, word for word, what your terms let you charge, and when to send a demand letter.
Iwan Petrescu · 9 min read
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How to rank for 'near me' searches
How to rank for near me searches: what Google is doing when it reads those two words, why writing them on your site does nothing, and what does work.
Marta Sowińska · 8 min read
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What to put on your homepage, and what to leave off
What to put on a homepage, in the order it should appear, plus the six things to leave off. A section by section plan for a small business site.
Tom Ashworth · 8 min read
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Do I need a website if I have Facebook and Instagram?
Do I need a website if I have Facebook and Instagram? When a page is enough, what it can’t do, and what running both costs.
Priya Raghavan · 8 min read
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How to get paid faster: eight things that actually work
How to get paid faster as a small business: eight changes that work, from deposits and payment terms to the wording that settles an overdue invoice.
Callum Reid · 8 min read
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Google Business Profile: the free listing trades get wrong
Google Business Profile setup done right: the one category that decides everything, the fields most trades leave blank, and how to get verified fast.
Nia Okonkwo · 8 min read
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What a website actually costs in 2026
How much does a website cost in 2026? Real price bands, what is inside an estimate, the running costs nobody mentions, and the questions to ask.
Iwan Petrescu · 8 min read
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How to get your business on the first page of Google
How to get on the first page of Google without paying an agency: which searches to chase, the free listing that does most of the work, and how long it takes.
Marta Sowińska · 7 min read
Questions
What people ask about the blog
Short answers, with the long version linked. Anything not here, ask us on live chat or by email and a person answers, usually the same business day.
Who writes the DEVIQO blog?
The designers, writers and support people who build and look after the websites, and every piece carries the name of whoever wrote it. Nothing here is bought in from an agency or generated to fill a schedule. About DEVIQO is who we are and why the offer is shaped the way it is.
How often is something new published?
One piece a week, on a Tuesday. Anything dated in the future is written and scheduled rather than promised, and it’s marked as such in the list above.
Do I have to be a customer to use any of this?
No. Every article is free, complete and open, there’s nothing to sign up for and no part of it is held back for a download. Several of them tell you how to do a job we would happily charge for.
Can I get it by email or in a reader?
Both. The newsletter form at the foot of this page sends one email a week with the new piece in it, and the RSS feed carries the same thing if you keep a reader.
What does DEVIQO sell?
Websites for small businesses. We design the site, write it and put it online in seven days. Today you pay $1 for the website plus your first month of hosting. After that hosting is $8.99 a month, billed on the same date each month until you cancel, and you can cancel in any month. The same build is openly sold at $1,500, which is what a US agency charges for a small business site of this size. That hosting is the only bill after the first day: it carries a mailbox on your own name, the SSL certificate, a nightly backup and your domain run for you. The .com is included on the Complete plan at $18.99 a month. On Basic at $8.99 a month the name is registered in your own name and run for you, and the registry’s own annual fee for it, about $12 a year, is billed separately at cost. There’s no contract and you can stop any month. What you get for the dollar is set out page by page.
Or skip the reading.
Everything on this page is something we do for people every week. We design the site, write it and put it online in seven days. Today you pay $1 for the website plus your first month of hosting. After that hosting is $8.99 a month, billed on the same date each month until you cancel, and you can cancel in any month. The same build is openly sold at $1,500, which is what a US agency charges for a small business site of this size. That hosting carries a mailbox, SSL and your domain run for you. The .com is included on the Complete plan at $18.99 a month. On Basic at $8.99 a month the name is registered in your own name and run for you, and the registry’s own annual fee for it, about $12 a year, is billed separately at cost. No contract, stop any month.
Prefer it delivered? There is an RSS feed, and the newsletter form at the bottom of this page sends one email a week. If you’d rather have someone do the work, the websites page is what we build, the SEO page is how we get it found, and the help center answers the practical questions.