{"id":4808,"date":"2020-08-06T14:18:33","date_gmt":"2020-08-06T13:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/?p=4808"},"modified":"2025-08-26T16:13:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T15:13:44","slug":"evans-creative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/evans-creative\/","title":{"rendered":"Featured customer: Evans Creative"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hi all! I’m Chris Evans, a freelance consultant\/website designer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I provide social media services, brand management services, website design and SEO – all for small to medium businesses looking to get ahead online. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My primary focus is on the local SEO and website design side of things really. I also have several affiliate websites I run in my “spare time” as and when I can.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How’s business in these uncertain times?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I know a lot of freelancers and businesses are suffering at this time, and initially, at the start of COVID crisis, I took a little hit and things seemed unstable a little. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Still, I am coming out of it much stronger than I went in, and have a waiting list of clients to onboard. So without sounding like I am blowing a trumpet – pretty well!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chris’s home working setup<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

What made you become a freelancer?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

My story of becoming a freelancer would need a whole blog on its own!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s summarise and say I drifted from job to job not enjoying my work at all, never really happy with the work I had.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I launched a sideline business which took off for me and fell into the website design business through that really. I was paying someone to do this for me and decided to try to lower my overheads and teach myself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Six years later and I am here doing it for others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having worked with worldwide brands and small businesses alike I think I have done pretty well for a little freelancer!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Does being a one-person business ever cause you problems?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I have always been open and honest with clients about me being a freelancer and never had anyone complain about it in all honesty. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I work differently to many agencies and freelancers in that I’m very in-tune with what my clients want and need, and offer a very personal service. That’s something my clients seem to favour over anything else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The flexibility and performance are just light years ahead of anything I have used before!<\/p>\nChris Evans<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Have you always worked from home?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I’ve always worked from home, or my local coffee shop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keeping my costs down allows me to work with some small businesses that normally would not be able to afford such services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And those that can afford it allows me more funds for purchases of the fun stuff like some high end PCs – ha!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How do you use 20i?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I use it for 90% of my work, be it my websites such as Evans Creative or some of the affiliate sites I have running, and also for hosting clients’ websites too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The flexibility and performance are just light years ahead of anything I have used before!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What made you decide to come to 20i?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I am a very “picky” person. When it comes to buying a product or service I research it to within an inch of its life. So when things came to a head with my previous host’s lack of service and performance, I went on the hunt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One name came up time and time again – 20i – so I thought “let’s give them a shot”. Signed up for the first month, imported a random site – the largest one I had on my server – and instantly saw a HUGE improvement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then – I am not ashamed to admit – I tested the customer service out by asking some primary fundamental questions to test their reactions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10\/10 there: signed up and imported all my sites within days based on my experience!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Evans<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

You use our Managed WordPress Hosting. What do you like most about it?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In the words of Jeremy Clarkson: SPEEEEEEEEEEEED, and performance. It does what I need it to do, when I need it to do it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The added extras which are included are AMAZING! So it saves me – and in turn my clients – lots of money, and me lots of time – which right now is pretty much more valuable than money!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What kind of savings have you made?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Probably close to 50% of my operating costs on this part of my business – and no one can complain at that kind of saving!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What was your experience like with migrating over to 20i, and getting set up?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

When I moved to 20i from another service provider, who shall remain nameless, the only issues I experienced was my lack of technical knowledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As mentioned above, I am all fingers and thumbs when it comes to the hosting side. I know the basics but need assistance when it gets too technical. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 20i team were VERY patient with me and sorted any issues I had caused, even teaching me a few things along the way – and the speed at which the team get back to you knocked my socks off!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Keep the user in mind at all times, and the SEO and design will work, Google will reward that.<\/p>\nChris Evans<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

As a web designer and SEO-specialist, how do you balance design flair and the need for performance?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Oddly I never see this as an issue; there is lots of talk of Google updates coming and how it will impact things. In all honestly, I have been designing websites that way since I started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEO and website design for me is about taking what you know, mix it with what is required and put the user in the middle and come up with a solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So many designers and SEOs get stuck on fixating about updates and design features, they forget the be-all and end-all is a user who knows nothing of all this and just wants a simple-to-use system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keep the user in mind at all times, and the SEO and design will work, Google will reward that – and most of all, focus on top quality content! I could talk about this all day long but will not bore you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What’s the best way for people to get in contact with you?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The best place is through my website. Note: Chris has since rebranded as Web Design Sutton Coldfield<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are you a 20i customer with an interesting story to tell? Get in touch!<\/a><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can find all our Featured Customer interviews on one page on 20i.com.<\/a><\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n

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