About
Hot Lizard Designs
- the website design service for small business owners
Most small businesses don’t have a budget of thousands of dollars, and want a working website within 1-2 weeks, not 1-2 months. Our aim is to deliver beautiful, yet functional, websites that work well on any device, with fast turnaround times and within realistic budgets.
Every small business deserves a great looking website.
Kati McKeon
Qualifications
MBA (Merit) - University of Liverpool, UK
BA (Hons) European Business Management with Languages - University of Abertay, Dundee, UK
Publications
Attitudes and behaviours of small business owners towards website adoption - ResearchGate
Six tips for thriving in a one-person business - www.smallbusiness.co.uk
Achieving performance targets and reducing staff turnover in a not-for-profit organisation - Asian Journal of Social Sciences and Management Studies
Kati has a background in business, education & marketing, and first gained an interest in website design when tasked with the re-branding of the family business - a UK-based language centre and teacher training provider. She noticed that although the web developer had the technical skills to build the site, they required additional guidance when it came to design elements and how the content should be displayed. Several years later, Kati re-designed the company website herself, adding online enrolment forms and payments.
Her creativity and eye for detail have increased sales and brand awareness in various roles throughout her career - skills that have been honed by working in small companies and even running her own businesses.
During her online MBA studies at the University of Liverpool, Kati developed an interest in business psychology. After discovering that nearly 50% of small businesses worldwide did not have a website (despite increased internet access and use of smartphones), she decided to focus on this area for her final dissertation. Her research and findings have given her a deeper understanding of small business owners and their attitudes towards websites, and this forms her approach to website design - offering a value for money service, fast turnaround times, and designing a website that meets the needs of each individual business.
Kati’s initial website development attracted other small business owners to contact her about her work, and she now works with clients worldwide to develop visually stunning, yet functional websites that deliver!
“Kati is fantasic. She was right onto it, creative, technically knowledgeable and delivered what and when she said she would. Very happy client.”