Blog Design

Blog Design by Our Winning Team

I’ve been designing for the web since 1995. The internet has changed since then but the principles of good web design haven’t. A well-designed blog or website will create a winning first impression, stand the test of time and be the best investment you ever make for your business.

In 1998 my husband Rich Candy and I set up our own web agency to create great websites for small businesses without high agency overheads. Business boomed and today we still work with many of our original clients and with smart business people all over the world who love our user-friendly designs, personal service and sound advice. Today much of our work is blog design because a blog is just a website that’s easy for you to update yourself. Check out some of our designs here.

We called our business Mucho because my husband wanted to be called the Mucho Man. That’s not normally what I call him but if you do he’ll get a kick out of it. He’s the technical expert in the family and is well schooled in WordPress (our recommended blogging platform), search engine optimisation, plug-ins, widgets, themes and all the things that make my eyes glaze over.

Rich or I will project manage your blog, taking time to understand your goals, your business and your clients. That way we can design a blog which gets results.

We work with qualified and experienced graphic designers to come up with a unique look and feel for every blog we design and the Mucho Man, who has a degree in computer science and 25 years experience in technical project management, oversees all the coding. It’s unlikely you can find any other website design team with our skills, experience and attention to detail who charges are so reasonable.

We’ll apply all our knowledge and experience of Internet marketing to designing a blog that you love, that makes your business shine and which will stand the test of time.

Why Choose Us to Design Your Blog?

When you choose me, Rich and the Mucho team to design your blog you’ll enjoy:

  • Peace of Mind – because we have a proven track record.
  • Personal Service – from me and/or Rich by email and/or phone/Skype.
  • Easy Blogging – your blog will be all set up all ready for you to add the content.
  • My Successful Blogging Book Free – to give you everything you need to know about updating your blog and promoting it once it goes live.
  • No Worries Guarantee – if we don’t think we can do a good job for you after our initial phone consultation we’ll refund you in full. We’ll even try to find someone who can help you. When you work with us we’ll break down the design process into clear stages and get your approval at the end of each stage so we guarantee you’ll get a blog you love. Read more details on our project management stages here.

Our Happy Customers

“The result has been beyond our expectations: a very robust site, a photo gallery for our portfolios that we can maintain and update ourselves (saving us lots of money!) and a very upmarket look and feel for our brand. Nothing was too hard or too difficult for Mucho, and we also know many hours were invested to fine tune the site until we were happy with it. We are really fussy clients. And with each and every question, we received a prompt professional response. Being the web industry an unregulated one, It is a great relief to have found Mucho Websites for the design, development, implementation, maintenance and hosting of our site. Annabel has also helped us with the copywriting, and now is helping us with the new phase of the site: blogging. Our website is and will always be a work in progress. Which is precisely what we wanted: a site that could grow and change with our business. We feel confident that we are being looked after by a highly creative, trustworthy team of professionals.”
Taty HindesTaty Hindes
Soul Space Design
“Annabel was great in helping us work out what we needed to do in developing our website and blog, when we launched our business. Her feedback and advice was invaluable. It’s been a steep learning curve and we are constantly improving and modifying our website, but our google search results are getter better every week our blog has helped us attract a lot of media attention. Thank you Annabel.”
Sandy GuthrieSandy Guthrie
Noosa Dream Boats
“Annabel and Rich Candy set up our website in 2004. They are fast, reliable and offer expert advice in a field I know little about. Fortunately, that wasn’t a worry as they took care of everything and designed a site that continues to get lots of positive feedback today. I still work with them once or twice a year when the site needs updating and appreciate their commitment and great customer service.”
Melanie Brabin-WatsonMelanie Brabin-Watson
Share the Dream
“We were slightly worried about entrusting our website design to Mucho in 2003 because they’re based in Australia and we’re in Tanzania, so all our contacts would have to be by email and phone. In fact this hasn’t been a problem. Their response to any issue or query has been excellent and we’ve really appreciated their structured approach to carrying out work and the support they provide now the site is up and running. Mucho has developed a website that not only looks fantastic and professional. We enjoy working with Annabel and Rich on an on-going basis when updates are required and look forward to continuing to do so in the years to come.”
“I’ve been working with Rich and Annabel since 2002. Before hiring them to design and set up my website, I spent months looking at and researching the multitude of not very inspiring or attractive real estate sites. One thing became obvious – I was not going to find a useful model, anywhere, on which to base my own site, without accepting some very ordinary standards. While the very competitive price quoted for this project was a significant factor in selecting Mucho, in retrospect, more important has been the understanding, initiative, ability, enthusiasm and willingness demonstrated by the team to solve the many problems involved in creating a very superior real estate site. My website has proved to be a great investment indeed that’s paid for itself many times over.”
“Thanks Annabel and Rich for making setting up a professional author blog easy and understandable. I was intimated by the whole process but you managed to make it feel effortless. I really appreciated the chatting on the phone initially and the help you gave me deciding what I needed and how it would be best presented. Although I felt confident about the sort of content I wanted to present, I didn’t know how to get it up there and make it look clean, clear and appealing and I was intimidated by WordPress even though I knew it was the best platform to go with. I really needed your help with setting it up and then your hand-holding as I got to grips with it. It’s terrific that you offer such good support – and never laugh when I email really dim questions! I love my unique blog. I think that is really important for me, that it doesn’t resemble any other author’s website.”
Jock Hewitt Seana Smith
Seana Smith

Get Blogging Quickly, Easily and Successfully

Order one of our Blog Design Packages now or check out our Blog Design FAQ with information on hosting and email accounts, search engine optimisation, copywriting and more.

Blog Design Packages

Soap Box

Spotlight

Red Carpet

Blog Consultation and detailed site specification doc Tick Tick Tick
Unique updateable WordPress site and blog Tick Tick
Successful Blogging in 12 Simple Steps to empower you Tick Tick
Social Media Links and branded gravatar Tick Tick Tick
Basic search engine optimisation Tick Tick
Basic suite of plug-ins Tick Tick Tick
Additional plug-ins Tick Tick
Monthly Google Analytics reports by email Tick Tick
Custom-designed
newsletter template
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Custom subscribe opt-in
to get more sign ups
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Custom-designed Twitter page Tick Tick
Photo Gallery (if required) Tick Tick
Fully functioning online store or data base driven site for example for real estate Tick
1 on 1 Blog Content Consultation Tick
Special price includes:
5% discount for payment in one installment on the Soapbox and Spotlight Blog Packages or 10% discount on the Red Carpet Blog Package.
*All prices are in US dollars. If you’d prefer to pay in two separate installment and waive the one payment discount that’s easy, please contact me. For payment in AU$, GBP or NZ$ please email me and I’ll set that up for you. Australian residents will have to add GST.

Got questions? Check out our Blog Design FAQ page first (it includes links to blogs and websites we’ve designed) and if anything’s unclear don’t hesitate to email me: annabel@successfulblogging.com