About
We’re your website growth partners

More than a website agency

We don’t just fix, design and look after websites; we build partnerships to ensure your online presence works as hard as you do.

A family run business, doing big things

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Our growing team is based in central Wellington. Employing locally and upskilling young people has always been core to our brand and values. Providing opportunity, learning and development is a huge part of who we are.

We love coffee, cake and a robust discussion (debate..) about pop-culture, current events and cool stuff.

Our mission? To go above and beyond for you and your business.

Where it all started

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2015

Iona started her own business consultancy with 20+ years of experience in growing businesses.

2019

Hurrah - Ben joined!

2021

We were very busy through covid, Ben graduated and Jason joined the team. Working remotely, we met at my dining table once a week.

2022

An office came up on my FB feed, the boys said yes, and we got all grown up and moved into our first office. It felt way cooler than it actually was!

2023

We are really growing now, Kira has joined the team hurrah! But the office is getting a bit small now...

2024

New Office, New hair colour for Kira and new operations manager as Daniella joined the team!

2025

A new look, new logo and you guessed it a new website

Iona Elwood-Smith

Iona is the founder of Grow My Business. She brings a strategic view to the web design process ensuring all websites are customer and results-focused. With a background in business strategy and operations, she totally gets the challenges of running a business.

Ben Elwood

Ben has a background in graphic design and illustration as well as web development which means he has the rare ability to design both visually and practically. An innate problem solver he’s the one that gets involved when we need clever solutions, researching new functionality or design.

Jason Climo

Jason came to us as a graduate of Yoobee Design School and quickly took over the management of our hosting and maintenance. A core part of the team, Jason keeps the wheels running on all the websites as well as managing all our support requests.

Daniella Elwood

A keen traveler, a coffee enthusiast & a lover of the outdoors, Daniella brings a fresh perspective to the Grow My Business team! Having worked as a freelancer for GMB the last few years alongside traveling and managing cafes, Daniella's talents lie in communications & networking.

Kira Chamberlain

Kira is our web design support. They are our builder, putting all the blocks together and bringing the project to life.

Showing up for our community

Whether it is through building a user-friendly website for the all-women networking community, Chrysalis for Women, or by creating an online business directory to boost local businesses’ SEO, we are committed to making a tangible impact in Wellington.

For us, it’s not just about talking the talk, but actively walking the walk.

Our commitment to community service is deeply rooted in the values that define us as a web design company.

…and we back it up.

Wellington Connect

We work with some pretty cool people

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Rieger’s Print
8 months ago

We were referred to the team at Grow My Business when we decided we wanted to upgrade our website. They have been absolutely fantastic to deal with, providing us with some great new ideas, both in terms of the website design but also SEO management. They have also helped us to make sure our website is optimised the best it can be for search engines, which is something we’re particularly focussed on. Highly recommend.

Shirin Bradfield
8 months ago

The best web agency I’ve worked with. Efficient, communicative and genuinely lovely people.

Anthony Harach
6 months ago

Stress free company that do what they say they will do. Deliver to a high quality, on time and priced very fairly. Iv worked with at least 7 different Web development companies in Wellington and have never been satisfied with delivery and price. Ioana and her team score 10/10 and never made me feel like anything was a hassel when it came to our business needs. Great guidance in regards to client pathways, although we didn’t get it 100% first go, within 24 hours this was fixed to perfection. Don’t look further if you are looking for the best Web Design/Developers in town.

Renée Rowland
8 months ago

We loved working with Grow My Business, they understood the mission, took it up immediately and worked quickly to produce what we needed, even when we were really vague and didn’t really understand all the things we needed. Never patronising or impatient, always respectful and responsive and ultimately delivered a website that continues to exceed expectations. Can’t reccommend them highly enough.

Anthony Meeuwsen
8 months ago

The team did a great job on our website. Really helped steer us in the right direction when we had no idea what we wanted/needed.