About Saywick
A blog from the people who build Saywick, for the people who keep small-business websites running
Saywick is a website platform for agencies and freelancers who look after small-business sites. This blog is where we write down what we've learned about doing that work well, whether or not you ever use our product.
Why this blog exists
Most small-business websites are not looked after by big teams. They're looked after by a freelancer between other jobs, a three-person agency with thirty clients, or the owner themselves on a Sunday evening. The work is mostly unglamorous: renewing a domain before it lapses, working out why the contact form stopped sending, checking that last night's backup actually ran, writing the blog post that was promised two months ago.
When we talk to the people doing this work, the same questions keep coming up. How do I move a client off WordPress without losing their search traffic? What do I actually need to set up in DNS? What should a plumber's blog post about? How do I keep an eye on forty sites without living in forty dashboards?
Good, plain answers to those questions are surprisingly hard to find. Much of what's out there is either written for large companies or written to sell you something. So we write the answers down ourselves.
What you'll find here
Practical guides on website care and maintenance, local SEO, blogging that brings in customers, domains and DNS, moving off WordPress, and running many client sites without the busywork. Each one aims to give you specific steps you can follow this week.
A note on honesty
We build a platform, so some of what we write will naturally come from that experience. But the guides are meant to stand on their own. If the best advice for your situation is to do something we don't offer, we'll say so.
The product behind the blog
What Saywick takes off your plate
Saywick is built for agencies and freelancers who look after small-business websites. Here's the work it handles, so you can spend your time on clients instead of upkeep.
01
Designs the site from a one-line brief
Describe the business in a sentence and Saywick designs a client site around it: the pages, the layout, the copy and the images. You review it, adjust what you like, and publish.
02
Writes the blog posts
Regular posts are one of the best ways for a local business to be found, and one of the first things to slip. Saywick drafts posts for each client site so the blog doesn't go quiet.
03
Buys and connects domains
Search for a name, buy it and have it connected to the site without copying records between registrar and host. One less place for a renewal to get lost.
04
Handles hosting, nightly backups, security and updates
Every site is hosted for you, backed up each night, kept secure and kept up to date. The checklist you'd otherwise run through for every client happens in the background.
05
One dashboard, or Claude and ChatGPT
Manage every client site from a single dashboard. Prefer to work by asking? You can run the same tasks from Claude and ChatGPT.
06
One flat price
No pile of separate subscriptions for hosting, backups, security and the rest. It's one flat price, so you can quote your own clients with confidence.
Questions you might have
A few plain answers about the blog and the platform behind it.
Do I need to use Saywick to get value from the blog?
No. The guides are written to be useful on their own, whatever you build sites with. Checking your backups, setting up DNS properly or planning a blog that attracts local customers works the same on any platform.
Who writes the guides?
The Saywick team. They're the people who build the platform and talk with agencies, freelancers and small-business owners about the problems they run into, and those conversations shape what we write about.
Is the blog only for agencies?
Agencies and freelancers are who we have in mind most, but many guides are just as useful if you're a small-business owner looking after your own site. We try to avoid jargon so either reader can follow along.
What exactly does Saywick do?
It designs client sites from a one-line brief, writes their blog posts, buys and connects domains, and handles hosting, nightly backups, security and updates. You can run it all from one dashboard, or from Claude and ChatGPT, for one flat price.
Can I suggest a topic?
Please do. If there's a question you keep getting from clients, or a task you wish someone had explained properly, send it through the contact page and it may become a guide.
Where can I see how much Saywick costs?
Current pricing is on saywick.com. You can start free there, or book a demo if you'd like to see it working with a real client site in mind.
Curious how Saywick works?
If this blog has been useful and you'd like to see the platform behind it, you can start free at saywick.com or book a demo. No pressure either way, and the guides stay free to read.