Web design for Nova Scotia businesses.

Mahone Bay Web Design provides expert WordPress development and site maintenance, customized programming and design, business consulting and education, and award-winning writing services. MBWD has been helping the people and companies of Nova Scotia succeed online since 2005.

Let’s get started working on your online presence today. Use the contact form to introduce yourself and share your needs!

CLIENT REVIEWS

WANT MORE TRAFFIC TO YOUR WEBSITE?

Pave the way for more traffic to your small business site with a Smol Site Scan.

Small business owners are savvy people. That's why they recognize the value of increased website traffic. More traffic means more sales, more signups, more of whatever you're trying to do.

While business owners know their business, they may not know how to be getting the most out of their website--especially if they built it themselves, using one of the popular site building programs out there. There is much more to running a website than putting up a few images and links. SEO, image compression, hosting, page load speed... it's all a lot to learn while you're trying to run a business at the same time.

That's where we come in!

MBWD have developed a unique and extremely effective in-house website scanning tool that takes all the guesswork out of optimizing your website. The Smol Site Scanner reports on page load speed for both mobile and desktop. It analyzes your site's SEO (search engine optimization). It checks your accessibility rating. Then it produces highly detailed steps on exactly what to fix.

After making the fixes, barring other issues, you should see an immediate and noticeable difference in your scores. This in turn should soon result in higher traffic.

No other web design agencies are offering anything like this service. A Smol Site Scan comes as a standard part of every MBWD website and is available to the public as well.

Want to learn more? Just drop us a line using the contact form below!

SERVICES

WORDPRESS
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WordPress is an extremely powerful and flexible platform that can be used to create any kind of website, and styled to follow any guidelines. MBWD has specialized in WP sites since 2013. Their great popularity (more than half the web uses it) means there is a rich ecosystem of mature software that can be used to add or enhance any functionality you require. Blogging, e-commerce, membership sites, news sites... there is no limit to what a WordPress site by MBWD can do.

HAND-CODED SITES
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Maybe you don't need all power of a WP installation... you just need a fast, lightweight site that's going to help the world beat a path to your door. In that case, you may want a hand-coded site that contains only the features you need, for a faster loading experience. All MBWD solutions, regardless of whether they are platform-based or hand-coded, are always fully customized to your needs.

FUNERAL HOME WEBSITES
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Mahone Bay Web Design builds modern, dignified websites for funeral homes, including obituary publishing, condolence books, photo galleries, service details, donation links, and careful migration of existing obituary archives. Learn more about our funeral home website service.

No startup funds? No problem.

Need a site, but short on cash? We understand the challenges of being a small business owner in Nova Scotia! Take advantage of the no-cost website model! You pay $0.00 up front, and MBWD builds you a full website with whatever features you require. For the next 12 months, you then pay a monthly rate that will be comparable in size to the average utility bill. After the first year, your contract can be cancelled at any time. (Early cancellation penalties apply.) Please note that all site code, including website files, remains the property of MBWD, while you always retain full ownership of any material you provide.

Mahone Bay Web Design is a proud member of Digital Nova Scotia.

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Who We Work With

CORPORATIONS
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Because your website is the public face of your corporation, it needs to look pixel-perfect and react seamlessly. Email must function without a hitch. Your mission and vision must be expressed with crystalline clarity. Your content may need to be available in multiple languages at the click of a button. Your back-end users may need support. MBWD has deep experience in all these areas.

SMALL BUSINESSES
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When it comes to web presence, one of the main concerns of small businesses is cost. Check out our no-cost website model to keep your startup investment low. Also, we understand that not every business owner needs or wants to learn about how their website works... you just want it to work! That's where we come in. Focus on doing what you do best, and leave the tech stuff to MBWD.

PROFESSIONAL OFFICES
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If you're a doctor, lawyer, therapist, or other clinical professional, your website may be the first taste people have of what it feels like to be your client. Your website should convey a serious air of competence, trustworthiness, reliability, and professionalism, in addition to complying with all standards of the relevant regulatory bodies. Yet it also needs to be inviting and warm. These are difficult needs to juggle... but this is where MBWD shines!

NON-PROFITS
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Agencies and organizations need to be accessible to their clientele, and their sites need to be well-organized, easy to use, and most of all, reliable. They also need to be in full compliance with accessibility standards and other funding requirements, or their charter may be jeopardized. Your org may have plenty of dedicated staff, but no full-time web person. MBWD will fill this role, managing your online needs from a distance and providing full support whenever required.

ARTISTS
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Artists, writers, painters, dancers, sculptors, musicians... they all need a place to funnel people from their social media, and they need a web designer who understands their image. That's where MBWD is uniquely positioned to help. Principal owner William Kowalski is a writer with deep experience in the creative world. Your website will be designed to impress both fans and other industry professionals!

COMMUNITY ORGS
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Cultural organizations, clubs, social groups, and others need a website to achieve optimum usefulness for the community they are serving. Need to keep track of teams? Organize rentals of your space? Set up regular event calendars? Create polls? MBWD has been there, done that, and would like to do it again!

PRO BONO
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Causes we feel particularly strongly about are mom-and-child welfare, literacy for adults, and food security for everyone. If you are working in these or other important areas, and you need online support, please don't hesitate to reach out. We may be able to provide you with assistance at little or no cost.

Selected Clients

Musician Glenn Patscha
Mahone Bay, NS
Optimal Well Being
Optimal Well Being Clinic
Halifax, NS
Personal Care Cremations
Personal Care Cremations
Hubbards, NS
Over the Coals by Noah Rosenstein
Over the Coals Documentary
Los Angeles, CA
Toronto Arts and Letters Foundation Club
Toronto Arts and Letters Club Foundation
Toronto, ON
Universal Care Clinics
Universal Care Clinics
Minneapolis, MN
Dregalla Development
Dregalla Development
Akron, OH
Philip Slayton
Author Philip Slayton
Toronto and Port Medway, NS
Blockhouse Yoga
Blockhouse Yoga and Wellness Studio
Blockhouse, NS
Nova Scotia Food
Nova Scotia Food
Province-wide
Pause Music
Pause Music
Mahone Bay, NS
Nova Scotia Polish Month
Nova Scotia Polish Heritage Month
Province-wide
Salt and Honey Holistic Health and Wellness
Salt and Honey Holistic Health and Wellness
Mahone Bay, NS
SmolBizHelp
SmolBizHelp
Everywhere
Seely Hall
Seely Hall
Port Medway, NS
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