Plain words about websites.
Articles about costs, upkeep, and choices, written for people who run non-profits rather than for other web designers.
WebsitesWhat a Non-Profit Website Costs Over Five Years
The build is the small number. Here is the whole five-year budget for a non-profit website, with my own prices filled in.
- Websites
Why Website Quotes Have Not Caught Up With the Tools
A confession from inside the trade: the tools took a generational leap, the labor melted away, and much of the industry kept the 2015 price list. Trust your arithmetic.
- Websites
The RI & MA Non-Profit Website Toolkit
Free money, free tools, and the legitimacy checklist - everything a Rhode Island or Massachusetts non-profit should do around its website, in payoff order.
- Website Care
What Should Website Maintenance Cost a Small Non-Profit?
The maintenance market runs from $20 to $2,000 a month, which helps nobody. Here is how to judge what care is worth and spot what is padding.
- Websites
Wix, Squarespace, or WordPress for a Small Non-Profit?
The short answer up front, a table of what actually differs, and the honest case for each - including when the rented platforms genuinely win.
- Websites
Is Your Website Grant-Ready? A Checklist for Massachusetts Non-Profits
Before a funder reads page two of your application, someone on their team has already looked at your website. Here is what they need to find.
- Websites
What Makes a Good Non-Profit Website in Rhode Island?
Rhode Island runs on small organizations and word of mouth. Here is what that means for your non-profit's website - and what local actually gets you.
- Websites
Websites Your Whole Audience Can Use
A website that is hard for a 75-year-old to use is simply hard to use. What designing for your whole audience really means - and why it helps everyone.
- Website Care
Why I Put Every Client on SiteGround
The hosting question has a boring answer at my studio. The honest why - including real renewal pricing and the ownership setup that keeps clients free.
- Digital Assets
Where Is Your Logo? An Introduction to Digital Asset Management
If finding your own logo takes more than thirty seconds, this one is for you. What digital asset management is, in words a human would use.
- Websites
Five Signs Your Website Can Be Repaired Instead of Rebuilt
Starting over feels decisive, but it is often the expensive answer to the wrong question. Here is how to tell which situation you are in.
- Websites
How Much Does a Non-Profit Website Cost?
The honest answer to the first question every non-profit asks - and the questions you should ask any designer before you sign anything.
