Educating & Empowering
Micro & Small Businesses to Succeed
Through Practical & Hands-On Support
WORKING WITH YOU TO SHOW
YOUR LIGHT & SPARKLE
THROUGH YOUR BUSINESS
TAKING YOU FROM A PLACE OF OVERWHELM & CONFUSION TO MANAGING YOUR BIZ LIKE A PRO
ENCOURAGING YOU TO
GROW AND BLOOM INÂ
YOUR MARKETPLACE
LITTLE BIZ GROWTH ACADEMY
Little Biz Growth Academy was a dream of mine for a while – a 12 month membership for those who are starting a new little biz, and for any small business owner needing practical assistance to grow their biz.Â
Little Biz Growth Academy contains resources, tools and tutorials on starting a business (for those who are yet to start their little biz), as well as practical marketing and growth strategies, resources and tutorials needed to grow your biz!
If this sounds like what you need, click the button to find out more!
Welcome to Little Biz!
My name is Melissa, and I am super excited that you have found your way to Little Biz! I am a WordPress Web Designer & Small Business Mentor, and absolutely love specialising in the small business space. I love to have fun and bring a touch of cheekiness into my everyday business life.
I started my own small business in 2012 from scratch, and 12 years later, I have another couple of businesses in my repertoire, including this one! I was multi-passionate back when the world was telling everyone to focus on just one thing. In April 2021 Hubby and I added another biz to the mix, a trade biz for my husband to run with. And I do all of this [mostly] within school hours!
As well as Web Design & small business mentoring, I am one of the expert consultants for the ASBAS Digital Solutions program with Business Foundations, doing consulting sessions as a WordPress expert and basic SEO guidance.Â
I love to share my knowledge and experience to encourage those dreaming of starting a small business to step out in faith and do it, as well as helping small businesses to grow. I also love the process of creating WordPress websites that showcase the personality of my clients & their brand.
LITTLE BIZ SERVICES
One of my biggest passions is to help grow local businesses, which in turn grows local community. Practically, this looks like WordPress website assistance, WordPress website redesigns & new WordPress website builds. I also offer remote technical services, basic SEO assistance, one-on-one consulting sessions, workshops & speaking. And, the cherry on the top, is my membership Little Biz Growth Academy, where I can share my knowledge and training in a super affordable way for start-up’s and small businesses.
WordPress Websites
From ad-hoc website assistance, website rescues and website redesigns & new builds, we are happy to help you with your WordPress websites.
Consulting Sessions
If you are needing some one-on-one time with Mel to bounce ideas off, or to help with a specific issue, book me for a consulting session.
Growth Academy
Our membership portal with loads of how-to's and resources to help those starting a little biz & also to help those with small businesses to grow their biz.
Little Biz Foundations
Our original series of workshops in an online course - going back to the foundations to grow your business with a strong foundation.
SMALL BUSINESS SEO
Helping small businesses create a SEO strategy they can work through themselves or with our assistance, and ensuring your analytics are set up and working.
Workshops & Speaking
One of my happy places is training small business owners on all things small business - from start-up to digital marketing & growing your biz.
Little Biz Resources
From free e-books, our basic SEO email series and our recommendations & links, we are keen to help you grow your biz, no matter your budget.
Our Newsletter
If you want to keep up to date with what we are up to, and receive our little biz nuggets to your inbox, sign up to our newsletter.
Social Media
Follow us to get an authentic behind the scenes look at how I run my business & the mischief I get myself into, follow me on @littlebizfoundations on FB & Insta
WORDPRESS WEBSITE DESIGN
I absolutely love building new websites where I can bring my clients website vision to life, whilst showcasing their amazing business and talents. When building websites I use best practices for ensuring a great user experience for their website visitors. This includes an easy to follow journey for their website visitors and easy navigation, with many calls to action’s across the website, to encourage their website visitors to make the next step on their client journey with our client.Â
All our websites at Little Biz are built using a drag and drop builder on a lightweight theme, and we give you full admin access to your website once it has been completed along with access to our vault of training videos, so you can update your website yourself. When you pay for your website with Little Biz, it is your asset and you should be able to do what you want with your website. We don’t believe in holding your website ransom…Â
Discover how we can create your new business website, from 1 page websites through to a major website transformation, we would love to work with you to help your business shine online!Â
AD-HOC WEBSITE ASSISTANCE
It can be ridiculously frustrating when your website is not behaving like it should… or when you can’t work out how to fix that issue that is driving you crazy!! Maybe you are wanting to learn how to manage your website yourself, but not sure where to start or what to do?
We are here to assist WordPress Website owners take charge of their own websites, whether you are DIY-ing your website build, have had your site built and handed over to you by a web designer, or if your web designer has gone MIA and you have no clue what you are doing.Â
Along with logging in and doing website assistance for clients, we are also happy to sit down with our clients and teach them how to use their websites and maintain their websites themselves so they do not need to rely on anyone else to manage their website.
WORDPRESS WEBSITE UPDATES & MAINTENANCE
If you feel a bit anxious every time you need to run your WordPress maintenance, why not engage us to manage this for you and rest in the knowledge that you have a professional at the helm and all you need to focus on is running your business like the amazing business owner you are.
Feel the relief when you know that we are looking after all your back-up’s, WordPress version updates, plugin & theme updates on a regular basis, as well as running regular security scans.
*Insert a big sigh of relief!!*
LITTLE BIZ CONSULTING
Melissaâs journey has been marked by the desire to inspire and empower small business owners, especially women looking to start a side hustle alongside their family commitments, contribute to their household income, or pursue their burning passions. We believe that every great business starts with a vision, and weâre here to help you turn that vision into a thriving reality.
Our Consulting and Mentoring Packages are designed with you in mind. Whether you need a sounding board for your ideas, guidance on where to start, or assistance in crafting a winning marketing and SEO strategy, weâve got you covered. We understand that the world of entrepreneurship can be overwhelming, and thatâs why weâre here to simplify the process and provide you with the tools and knowledge you need to succeed.
Let us be your trusted partner on your small business journey.
LITTLE BIZ FOUNDATIONS
Have you been running your little biz for a while and don’t seem to getting any traction in the business? Perhaps you are spraying your marketing messaging around like a high-impact sprinkler just hoping someone will get a little drop of your marketing?Â
In our Little Biz Foundations course, we go right back to your business foundations and start building from the ground up. Perhaps you jumped into running your biz without thinking about who your target audience is, or maybe you did, but you have grown and matured in your business and that target market no longer aligns with your service offerings.
Is it time to take the next step in your business journey and go back to basics?
LITTLE BIZ FOUNDATIONS WEEKEND WORKSHOP
Combining all of our Little Biz Foundations Workshops into one intensive weekend.
This is for small and micro businesses who jumped into starting a business and hit the ground running in the practical side of their business, but haven’t taken the time to document their biz foundations.
This is for small biz owners who feel they have a hose turned on full flow with the shower spray nozzle trying to catch anyone in their marketing shower, but really need a way to turn down the pressure and switch to a precision nozzle.
We go through 5 workshops in one weekend – starting with YOU and your biz, and ending with a super easy system for planning to grow in your biz.
Need Some WordPress Website Help?
Little Biz is all about WordPress!! Whether you are looking for a new WordPress website, if you are needing some ad-hoc website help, if you need to discuss some issues you are having, or if you need someone to help you maintain your website – we can help!
Managing your own site and having a couple of issues?
If you are a DIY’er and looking after your own website, but have an issue you just can’t seem to work out, reach out to us at Little Biz. We charge on an hourly basis for ad-hoc website help – just reach out to us here.
Don't have time to do your Updates, Security Scans, and Back-ups... ?
WordPress websites need to be kept up to date to avoid vulnerabilities and to keep your site safe from opportunistic hackers. We have a bunch of websites on our monthly maintenance plan, keeping their sites up to date and running smoothly, from $40 per month. Want to join our plan? Reach out now.
Looking for a Web Guru to do all your website content updates & changes?
If you are looking for a new Web Guru, someone you can send your website edits or new content requests to and know that it will be done on your website – then reach out and have a chat with us at Little Biz.
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