P190// WEB DESIGN // DERBYCOVERAGE // DERBY + DERBYSHIRE
Web Design in Derby, Derbyshire
There are plenty of web design companies in Derby, so here’s what’s different about me. You talk to the person who builds it, and I build it so Google and ChatGPT can read it, which matters more now than how it looks.
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Who does web design in Derby for small businesses?
North Bear Media does. Norton Hunt runs it from Belper, 8 miles up the A6, and designs and builds websites for Derby businesses himself, from the Cathedral Quarter to Pride Park, set up so Google and ChatGPT can read them. A website is scoped as a project before it’s priced, and the £295 Marketing MOT is the usual first step.
Web design for Derby businesses
Derby’s a proper city market with far more competition, and people click away in seconds if your site’s slow or looks dated.
Whether you’re a trade covering the suburbs, an independent on Sadler Gate, a firm in the Cathedral Quarter or a business out at Pride Park, the website has to load fast on a phone and make it obvious why somebody should pick you over the next result. I’ll build it to do exactly that.
With a lot of agencies, the person you speak to isn’t the person building it, and the technical people speak nerd and miss the business side. I studied media photography and did the technical side for a live events business before I was an operations director in logistics. So I do both: the nerdy part, and the conversation about what brings work in.
This is what’s changed most. Clients have found me by asking ChatGPT for somebody local, so I build every site with that in mind, written so it can read them properly. Nobody can guarantee what ChatGPT says, but a site it can make sense of gives you the best chance of being the one it suggests.
You’ve got a business to run, so I make it easy. I’m 8 miles up the A6 in Belper, so we’ll meet for a coffee in the Cathedral Quarter or do it on a call.
- BASE //Belper, about 8 miles up the A6
- AREAS //City centre, Cathedral Quarter, Sadler Gate, Pride Park
- MEETINGS //The Cathedral Quarter, or a call
- WHO //The person who builds it
So what are you actually buying?
The website’s a project, priced after a quick chat, because it comes down to how many pages it needs and what it has to connect to.
In a city the site can’t stand still, because somebody else is always redoing theirs. So I get a good, fast site live and keep adding to it, instead of spending a year on something that’s out of date by the time it’s finished.
Found & Filmed is how I keep it going: £995 a month, rolling, with 30 days’ notice either way. It’s being found on Google and in AI search, the hosting and care of the site, a filming day with you every quarter, and the posting and replies done for you, with a monthly report and call. It costs less than a full-time hire, with no training, and I bring the kit.
Comparing a few Derby web designers? The MOT is the smarter first spend. It’s £295, and two of your local competitors go through the same checks next to you, so you see exactly where you sit.
- IN A CITY //The site can’t stand still for long
- BUILD //Priced after a quick chat
- AFTER IT GOES LIVE //Found & Filmed, £995 a month, rolling
- COMPARING //The £295 MOT scores two Derby competitors as well
Some photos I took for a care home in Mickleover.
Ivy House is a care home in Mickleover, on the edge of Derby, and I photographed its buildings and gardens. That’s the picture a website needs, the actual place, because people spot stock photos straight away.
From the first chat to a site that keeps up.
Here’s the order I do it in for a Derby site.
- 01 //
Who you’re up against
We talk about what you do and who you’re up against, and I check what comes up when people in Derby search for it.
- 02 //
Pages and words
I plan the pages and the words around what people type, because that’s what Google and ChatGPT go on.
- 03 //
A rough version
You get it on a demo link, rough at first, and we change it until it feels like your business.
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Live, then kept up
It goes live fast and mobile first, then I keep it up to date, which matters even more in a city.
Client view
“Our sincere thanks go to Norton Hunt, Owner and Founder of North Bear Media, for the design and development of both the Maxus-EVC and EVC CitySprint websites. … Norton delivered on time and on budget, demonstrating outstanding professionalism, creativity, and commitment throughout.”
Some websites I’ve built and look after.
Click any of them and the live site opens, so you can have a proper look round.
A website for a physio who works round Derby.
Melanie Parker is a chartered physiotherapist who visits patients at home round Derby and the Amber Valley. The person reading her site is often a worried son or daughter, so I built it to be clear and warm, with her introduction video on the homepage.
Common questions about web design in Derby.
How much does website design in Derby cost?
Each website’s priced after a quick chat, and what moves it most is how many pages it needs and what it has to connect to. Website Care is £45 a month for the hosting and looking after it. Found & Filmed is £995 a month if you want the whole thing kept going, with the hosting and care included, and the Marketing MOT is £295 if you want to know where your current site stands.
How long does it take to build a website?
What it has to connect to makes the most difference. A property site that pulls its listings in from other software takes far longer than a few pages about what you do. I give you a timeline when I scope it.
Do you do WordPress web design in Derby?
Whether I’d build a new site on WordPress comes down to the job. Some sites I build from scratch and some go on a website platform, and I’ll tell you which I recommend for you, and why, before anything’s built.
Will my website work on mobile?
Yes, it’s built for phones first. Somebody in Derby city centre looking for a business is on their phone with ten other results to try, so if the phone version’s slow they go to the next one.
Do you offer ongoing support after launch?
Yes. I host it and handle updates and changes after it’s live, and a text change or a new page is usually just a message to me. If you’re on Found & Filmed, the hosting and care are included.
Are you a web design company in Derby?
Yes, a small one. North Bear Media is a studio in Belper, about 8 miles from Derby, not a big agency in the city. I do the web design and the build myself, and a couple of remote specialists help me with some of the marketing.
Can you redo the website I’ve already got?
Yes, a lot of my work is exactly that. RMB Garage Services and Melanie Parker Physiotherapy both had websites already, and I rebuilt them. I start by looking at what the old one does well, so nothing that’s working gets lost.
Will you come and meet me in Derby?
Yes. I’m in Belper, about 8 miles up the A6, so getting to you in Derby is easy, whether that’s the city centre, Pride Park or the suburbs. Meeting in person is how I’d rather do it, because I get a much better idea of the business that way.
Will a new website get me recommended by ChatGPT?
I can’t promise what ChatGPT says, and nobody honestly can. What I can do is build the site so ChatGPT and Google can read it properly, with clear pages for what you do and where, which is the part a website controls. Your reviews and what other sites say about you matter too, and the MOT checks all of that.
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The rest of the toolbox, in Derby.
Other pages for Derby businesses, including SEO and the Electric Van Co websites.
There’s a lot of competition in Derby. Is your website the one people find?
The MOT tells you. I check where you come up on Google and in ChatGPT and score two local competitors next to you. It’s £295, or book a call if you’d rather talk to me first.
- PHONE // 01773 307 308
- EMAIL // info@northbearmedia.co.uk
- WHATSAPP // 07985 345 147
- RESPONSE // HUMAN