Making your website accessible for everyone

Web accessibility is like rolling out the welcome mat for everyone online.

It's about making sure that no one feels left out when they visit your website

Web accessibility is just like hosting a big party that you want everyone to feel comfortable at. It’s about designing, developing, and editing websites in a way that ensures everyone, regardless of their physical abilities, situational challenges, or even slow internet speeds, can easily interact with and access all the awesome stuff your website has to offer.

When done right, it’s like opening the doors wide and saying, “Come on in, everyone’s invited!”

There’s plenty more reasons

When websites are accessible, it empowers people with disabilities to navigate and interact with the digital world independently. No barriers here!

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Inclusivity rocks

You want everyone to feel welcome, right? Website accessibility ensures that everyone can join in on the online fun. It’s about saying, “Hey, there’s a seat for everyone at this digital table!”

Boost your reach

By making your website accessible, you’re casting a wider net and reaching more people. Who doesn’t want a bigger audience for their awesome content?

Good vibes only

Accessibility is about spreading good vibes! When you prioritise accessibility, you’re sending a positive message that you care about all your users, and that’s a vibe we can get behind.

It boosts your SEO

Did you know? Accessibility features can actually boost your search engine optimisation (SEO) efforts. That’s right – making your website more accessible can also help more people find it online.

Legal eagle

Accessibility isn’t just a nice-to-have – it’s often a legal requirement. By ensuring your website meets accessibility standards, you’re not only doing the right thing, but you’re also covering your bases legally.

Stay ahead of the curve

Accessibility isn’t just a trend – it’s the future. By getting ahead of the game and making your website accessible now, you’re setting yourself up for success down the line. So why wait?

Customer satisfaction 101

Happy customers are the best customers. By making your website accessible, you’re ensuring that all your visitors have a smooth and enjoyable experience. And happy visitors? Well, they’re more likely to stick around and come back for more!

Brand reputation

When you prioritise accessibility, you’re showing the world that your brand values diversity, inclusion, and equity. And that’s the kind of brand people want to support and shout about from the rooftops!

It's just the right thing to do

At the end of the day, accessibility is about fairness and equality. It’s about making sure everyone has an equal shot at accessing information, connecting with others, and participating in the digital world. And doing the right thing? That’s always a good look.

Web content accessibility guidelines (WCAG) 2.1

Accessible websites will be built to New Zealand accessibility standards and web content accessibility guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 for an optimal and inclusive user experience.

This includes:

  • Making sure colour contrast between text and background meets minimum requirements.
  • Ensuring that hyperlink names are meaningful.
  • Including appropriate alternative text for all non-text content.
  • Ensuring there is a language element on each page.
  • Including captioning and transcripts for multimedia.
  • Making forms and organisational documents, such as annual reports, accessible.

For more information visit W3 and Web Accessibility Standard 1.1.

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Scott McPherson

This review is on behalf of the Board of the Bed & Breakfast Association New Zealand.

At around 10 years old, our previous website had become frustrating to use and cumbersome to revise. Grow My Business were highly recommended to us by some of our members, so we met with them to discuss a new website. Iona, Daniella, Ben and the team were professional and friendly, and suggested some great ideas, and we quickly decided to have GMB build us a new website from the ground up.

Throughout the entire process, GMB were outstanding to work with, with very clear communication and project timelines. The level of detail we received was just right – not too little, not too much – and we felt that the entire process was being perfectly managed.

Our new website is just what we wanted and then some! We and our members love it, but more importantly, we love that GMB listened to what we wanted and made it happen. Being a brand new site, there were a couple of teething issues, and GMB were very responsive and proactive about solving them.

We firmly believe in supporting New Zealand businesses, and Grow My Business is the epitome of a high quality Kiwi business. Thanks so much team!

Scott McPherson
Vice-President, Bed & Breakfast Association New Zealand.

Daniel Raats

We’ve worked with Grow My Business on a number of web projects across many of our clients. We are always happy to recommend them and our clients are always happy we did! The team do great work and show great pride in everything they produce.

Shirin Bradfield

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

Mary Little

The team at Grow were great to work with. They were warm and responsive and collaborated with me to realise the vision that I had. They’ve also been really good with follow-up and making sure the site is running well after launch. I’ve had heaps of compliments on the site and I would recommend working with them for your web needs.

Jamie Wood

We had some real issues with our previous website and needed a quick rebuild with a new provider. We are so glad we met with the Grow My Business team. They took us through a step by step process and had us back up and running in no time. The support during the build and following our go live has been brilliant – a very professional and practical approach from Daniella and the team – highly recommend!

Sarah OLeary

The team at Grow were exceptional to work with. Investing in a new website was a significant decision for our business. From the first conversation with Iona right until the site went live, we knew we had made a smart move choosing Grow as our website partner. They’re professional, efficient and know their stuff. We couldn’t be more delighted with our new website and would highly recommend Grow to any business.

Ashleigh Manukau-McEwan

Grow My Business has been fantastic to work with. They really took the time to understand my goals and delivered clear, practical strategies that actually worked. Communication was easy, support was always there when I needed it, and I could see results quickly. I’d recommend them to anyone who wants to grow their business with a team that genuinely cares.

Justine Brooker

We are thrilled with our updated website! This is the second time we’ve worked with Grow My Business, and once again they exceeded our expectations.

They understood our needs as a not-for-profit, offered creative solutions, and delivered a website that is both visually appealing and easy for our whānau and supporters to use.

Noush Isaac

We’ve just completed a website redesign and rebuild project with Grow My Business and we’re thrilled with the results.

What was previously a clunky website that wasn’t meeting the needs of our audience (or us) has been replaced by one that’s clearly structured, looks beautiful, and works like a dream.

They’ve provided us with top-notch expertise and advice from the start, helping us navigate this project with ease.

We implemented a rebrand at the same time, and the Grow team were absolute champs at taking our niggly design feedback with grace and being quick to offer solutions as needed.

They were also super responsive to our questions throughout, and we always felt like they had our backs.

We couldn’t have asked for a better experience!

Noush Isaac,
Head of Marketing at SuiteFiles.

Adam B

Iona, Daniella, Ben and the team were amazing to work with from day dot. First of all Iona made co-writing the brief and nailing a proposal that articulated what I was looking for perfectly and made the whol process easy and consultative. I felt heard and understood the proposal deliverables were clear from the onset as was tne ongoing communication throughout the delivery process. I would highly recommend them.

Ashleigh Manukau-McEwan

Grow My Business has been fantastic to work with. They really took the time to understand my goals and delivered clear, practical strategies that actually worked. Communication was easy, support was always there when I needed it, and I could see results quickly. I’d recommend them to anyone who wants to grow their business with a team that genuinely cares.

L B

I recently worked with Iona, Daniella, and the team at Grow My Business to do a complete rebuild of the New Zealand Women in Roofing website. The team were incredibly hands on and flexible, making the process easy and supplied video tutorials for each step of the site build.

Their UX expertise helped create a great flow for the website, departing from our previous site design. Even if you have no experience with websites, I’d highly recommend Grow My Business as your website developer.

Justine Brooker

We are thrilled with our updated website! This is the second time we’ve worked with Grow My Business, and once again they exceeded our expectations.

They understood our needs as a not-for-profit, offered creative solutions, and delivered a website that is both visually appealing and easy for our whānau and supporters to use.

Way Finders

We recently had a new website built with Grow My Business. They were easy to deal with, listened and responded to our needs and we have had some great feedback from the new site. Referrals to our services since the new site have pretty much doubled since it went live – a fantastic response. They have also been great with anything we have required as far as after care goes too and ongoing updates.

Anthony Harach

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.

Omaka Lodge

There aren’t enough words in the English language to describe the outstanding interaction we experienced with Grow My Business.

Our existing website was 7 years old and in desperate need of being replaced. A mutual connection recommended Grow My Business, so we researched websites they’d created for other businesses, and came away impressed and wanting to know more.

After a bad experience with a previous developer who took our money and ran, we were nervous, but after meeting with Iona we realised we were in the safest and most professional hands possible. We gave GMB the go-ahead to create a new website for us without any strings attached, and what a fantastic website it is!

Iona and Daniella and team were outstanding to work with each step of the way – they quickly understood the essence of who we were and what we offered, and transferred this to a website that is professional, up-to-date and elegant. The whole process was an exceptional experience, and we can’t recommend Grow My Business highly enough!

Jade Cartwright

The whole team at Grow My Business completely blew us away with their outstanding service, deep strategic knowledge, and eye for design.

We knew to expect great things from this team, but we were truly amazed at the quality of work, and the beautiful website they created for us.

Thank you so much, Iona, Dani, Ben, Jason, and Kira! You guys are truly fabulous at what you do, and it shows.

Essi Airisniemi

Iona, Ben and the Grow My Business team are brilliant. We’ve worked with GMB on a few projects now and are always in awe of the design finesse, functionality and business smarts applied to every aspect of their work. On top of this, they’re quick to respond and action changes. I’m looking forward to collaborating with GMB on many more projects to come – they’re the best in business!

Admin CheckHome

Could not recommend these guys any more. We have been working with them for a year now and both Ben and Iona have been amazing. All emails and requests are actioned so quickly.
We have had a really positive experience.

Michelle Henry

Creative. Professional. Solutions based. What more could you ask for in a web-designer?
Over the years, I have had many a website built. This was the easiest process yet! They took the brief, drafted a concept and once approved, it was smooth sailing. They even came up with a few imaginative ideas to make the site more interesting and engaging. We (WiseNav) couldn’t be happier with the result.

Renée Rowland

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.

Tatum Steers

Found GMB through a recommendation on LinkedIn. Iona and the team did not disappoint. They were wonderful to deal with throughout the entire process of designing our new website and post delivery continue to be just as responsive as they were on day 1. It’s been a pleasure working with them and would definitely recommend their services to others.

Emily Lake

A great experience from start to finish working with Grow My Business. I needed a small website turned around really quickly and the team delivered on time and on budget. They walked me through the process and answered all my questions in language I could understand. Really happy with the end result and would work with them again in a heartbeat.

Kareen Holland

Great services quick and efficient. Get solutions quickly.

Catherine Caldwell

Terrific job, really professional and straight forward. Totally there for me when I have questions, which is often. 🙂