Chris Davidson
Chris fixes lazy websites for service-oriented businesses. He excels at explaining complex concepts in simple terms. Audiences learn how to get more website traffic and better visitor engagement.
Running a business demands a lot of time and attention, even when all is fine and dandy. Lazy websites deliver a double whammy business owners could do without. They are left struggling with poor lead quality and revenue, plus the irritation of sunk costs on a poorly performing asset.
Many business owners feel too embarrassed to talk about their website’s poor return on investment.
Don’t despair; you’re not alone.
Sadly, the overwhelming majority of small business and service-oriented business websites are failing the very businesses that built them. The sites are cost-sinks instead of the online lead generators they ought to be. These shocking results come from the annual survey Chris conducts of thousands of business websites.
Lazy websites can be fixed. This is where Chris comes in.
Building websites is easy: building effective business websites is hard. Chris founded Active Presence in 2002 and since then his company has built and tuned many websites for small and medium sized companies. Since 2015 Chris has focused on improving website effectiveness for service-oriented businesses, as these firms frequently find it difficult to communicate their uniqueness, particularly online.
Attend one of Chris’ presentations (workshop or keynote) and you’ll leave with a clear understanding of what gets your website found and how to improve your visitor engagement. You’ll know the four tenets of website discovery and the three steps defining self-qualifying visitor engagement. The level of detail Chris delivers is dedicated by the length of the session.
Audiences are mostly united by the fact that they aren’t website specialists and sometimes feel out of their depth in discussions with IT professionals. Audiences typically comprise:
- People in a business leadership position (e.g. team leader, department head, divisional director, company board director).
- Owners of small, service-oriented businesses, who ‘own’ the website because their company is too small to have full-time support staff.
- Solopreneurs—people who do everything themselves, including briefing contracted help, such as website designers.
- Entrepreneurs who have a business idea, but no website, and need help to develop their website and online presence.
While every program is tuned to the audience’s needs, participants leave with:
- The confidence to engage with IT professionals and represent their business website needs.
- Simple explanations of important website-related terminology, so people don’t get bamboozled by geek-speak.
- An understanding of what other companies are doing with their websites, so audience members can benchmark their own approach.
Chris is an expert engineer with a gift of explaining complex concepts in an engaging, memorable and humorous way.
Chris delivers a memorable experience delegates find immediately actionable. Delegates particularly enjoy ‘Pick the Brain’ sessions, where they get the opportunity to ask questions as a group and benefit from micro case studies.
Chris walks his talk and delivers high value advice. Chris doesn’t regurgitate the latest social media announcements. He speaks from the experience of developing and running a successful SEO platform, dedicated to the needs of service-oriented businesses.
Chris’ keynotes and workshops consistently deliver on these two promises:
- An engaging and memorable shared experience
- Take home value that improves website performance
Chris is a professional qualified engineer who started working in IT before the term existed (it was ‘data processing’ in those days). He’s helped thousands of people use technology to clarify their message and communicate it more effectively.
In 2023, Chris coupled his engineering skill to his SEO experience and launched Easeo (pronounced ‘ease-oh’), a powerful DIY platform that delivered ‘guided-SEO’ into the hands of small service-oriented businesses (easeo.co.uk). Chris is the author of Why Your Website Doesn’t Work and Websites for Business Managers.
You’ll find Chris professional and precise. He’ll work with you behind the scenes to ensure the success of your event. He knows there’s a lot more to a successful meeting than the meeting itself. Chris will work with you and your team to tailor the program to your industry and market.
Chris lives in the UK and works internationally. He holds a black belt in Goju-ryu karate and enjoys ceroc dancing.
Running a business demands a lot of time and attention, even when all is fine and dandy. Lazy websites deliver a double whammy business owners could do without. They are left struggling with poor lead quality and revenue, plus the irritation of sunk costs on a poorly performing asset.
Many business owners feel too embarrassed to talk about their website’s poor return on investment.
Don’t despair; you’re not alone.
Sadly, the overwhelming majority of small business and service-oriented business websites are failing the very businesses that built them. The sites are cost-sinks instead of the online lead generators they ought to be. These shocking results come from the annual survey Chris conducts of thousands of business websites.
Lazy websites can be fixed. This is where Chris comes in.
Building websites is easy: building effective business websites is hard. Chris founded Active Presence in 2002 and since then his company has built and tuned many websites for small and medium sized companies. Since 2015 Chris has focused on improving website effectiveness for service-oriented businesses, as these firms frequently find it difficult to communicate their uniqueness, particularly online.
Attend one of Chris’ presentations (workshop or keynote) and you’ll leave with a clear understanding of what gets your website found and how to improve your visitor engagement. You’ll know the four tenets of website discovery and the three steps defining self-qualifying visitor engagement. The level of detail Chris delivers is dedicated by the length of the session.
Audiences are mostly united by the fact that they aren’t website specialists and sometimes feel out of their depth in discussions with IT professionals. Audiences typically comprise:
- People in a business leadership position (e.g. team leader, department head, divisional director, company board director).
- Owners of small, service-oriented businesses, who ‘own’ the website because their company is too small to have full-time support staff.
- Solopreneurs—people who do everything themselves, including briefing contracted help, such as website designers.
- Entrepreneurs who have a business idea, but no website, and need help to develop their website and online presence.
While every program is tuned to the audience’s needs, participants leave with:
- The confidence to engage with IT professionals and represent their business website needs.
- Simple explanations of important website-related terminology, so people don’t get bamboozled by geek-speak.
- An understanding of what other companies are doing with their websites, so audience members can benchmark their own approach.
Chris is an expert engineer with a gift of explaining complex concepts in an engaging, memorable and humorous way.
Chris delivers a memorable experience delegates find immediately actionable. Delegates particularly enjoy ‘Pick the Brain’ sessions, where they get the opportunity to ask questions as a group and benefit from micro case studies.
Chris walks his talk and delivers high value advice. Chris doesn’t regurgitate the latest social media announcements. He speaks from the experience of developing and running a successful SEO platform, dedicated to the needs of service-oriented businesses.
Chris’ keynotes and workshops consistently deliver on these two promises:
- An engaging and memorable shared experience
- Take home value that improves website performance
Chris is a professional qualified engineer who started working in IT before the term existed (it was ‘data processing’ in those days). He’s helped thousands of people use technology to clarify their message and communicate it more effectively.
In 2023, Chris coupled his engineering skill to his SEO experience and launched Easeo (pronounced ‘ease-oh’), a powerful DIY platform that delivered ‘guided-SEO’ into the hands of small service-oriented businesses (easeo.co.uk). Chris is the author of Why Your Website Doesn’t Work and Websites for Business Managers.
You’ll find Chris professional and precise. He’ll work with you behind the scenes to ensure the success of your event. He knows there’s a lot more to a successful meeting than the meeting itself. Chris will work with you and your team to tailor the program to your industry and market.
Chris lives in the UK and works internationally. He holds a black belt in Goju-ryu karate and enjoys ceroc dancing.
Get a Grip of Your Lazy Website
Format: Breakout, or Workshop
This program is perfect for:
Service oriented businesses (examples being those in the ‘CATS’ sector (consultants, coaches, authors, trainers, speakers) and other professional services businesses, such as:
- Lawyers
- Accountants
- Architects
- Consulting Engineers
People with the following roles:
- Owners of small and medium sized, service-oriented...
You & Your Website: You’re Both Human
Format: Keynote
This program is perfect for:
Audiences who are not specialists and sometimes feel out of their depth in discussions with IT professionals. Audience members typically comprise:
- People in a business leadership position (e.g. team leader, department head, divisional director, company board director).
- Owners of small and medium sized, service-oriented businesses, such as: Lawyers,...
12 recommend Chris
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Sacle Your Sales
On-Site
J.B.G., Managing Director, Sacle Your Sales
Verified @scaleyoursales.co.ukChris has a relaxed approach, with obvious expertise with a wealth of experience. Chris has exemplary presentation skills and can deliver complex information in a way that makes you feel you not only understand but can implement the task. Chris is easily approachable, ready with advice and is a wonderful expert to work with.
Writer
Virtual
K.N., independent, Writer
Verified @gmail.comChris's superpower is the gift of making technical information easy to understand, which is no small feat in his industry. He distills the relevant bits and leaves out the jargon. I always appreciate his wonderful sense of humor, professionalism, and endless drive to make things work even better.
Seenager
Virtual
N.S., Managing Director, Seenager
Verified @neerjasingh.comI attended the expert talk delivered by Chris on building an effective website based on his extensive and deep research. Here's someone plugged into and current with this business. I could barely wait to rush to my website as he concluded the highly informative and insightful session.
Triad Group PLC
Virtual
A.L., Managing Director, Triad Group PLC
At the height of the UK Covid-19 lockdown Chris delivered a virtual workshop to a group of business leaders meeting via the MD2MD network. What impressed me beyond his content, was Chris' running of the virtual workshop using Zoom as a collaborative platform. With careful use of polls and chat, Chris kept the audience engaged and the event was easily as interactive as a face to face workshop. This was a master class in relaxed but efficient running of a meeting that enabled everyone to contribute.
Ideal Communications
On-Site
S.B., Managing Director, Ideal Communications
Verified @suzannahbaum.comI attended a presentation Chris delivered on website presence. He took complex information and explained it in a straightforward, engaging manner. He brought up website issues that many of the tech guys in the audience were not aware of, and followed each one up with a solution. Chris delivered extremely relevant, valuable and actionable content. He is incredibly generous with his time and knowledge, and is a true expert in the field of successful web presence.
Music Professional
On-Site
L.G., Independent, Music Professional
Verified @helpingyouharmonise.comChris presents conceptually-strong ideas that give his audiences both ways to understand the world and to operate in it more effectively. His presentations are vivid - meticulously prepared and dynamically performed. He brings an infectious clarity of thought to both his public persona and interpersonal interactions.
Book Mark Lee
On-Site
M.L., Independent, Book Mark Lee
Verified @bookmarklee.co.ukI was fortunate to be part of a workshop Chris ran yesterday. I found his opening, his style and his knowledge all quite captivating. The knowledge and tips he shared will stay with us for a long time, as will the lessons learned from the exercises he encouraged us to undertake.
Inside News
On-Site
L.M., Managing Director, Inside News
Verified @insidenews.co.ukChris is a great organizer and a ‘getter-of-things-done’! He is professional in everything he does and also a human being who relates to each person on an individual level. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend him and his company.
Perris-Myatt
On-Site
S.P., Partner, Perris-Myatt
Verified @perris-myatt.co.ukChris is the consummate professional and his attention to detail is second to none; he really is one of the very best in his field. As important for me, however, is that Chris is an absolute delight and a pleasure to work with!
SITA
On-Site
B.V., Director, Corporate Events, SITA
Verified @live.co.ukChris is very talented and extremely creative. I've witnessed him speaking and presenting in front of large audiences. He has an amazing ability to captivate. His energy on stage is something worth seeing! A natural talent combined with in depth subject knowledge.
Indie Experts
On-Site
D.C., Managing Director, Indie Experts
Chris Davidson created an Unconference where those of who attended got the extra insights from both speakers and other delegates who had been part of our world for the previous few days. It was different, it was lateral thinking, and it was a unique and very special way to capture the magic of what everyone had brought to the main event. Chris Davidson is not only creative and knows how to gather like minded people together, but if you're wanting your conference to end on a spectacularly high note, Chris has extra special conference and speaker skills that will have everyone humming happily about your event long after the sound desk is packed up and stowed away.
Caroline Cavanagh Ltd
On-Site
C.C., Managing Director, Caroline Cavanagh Ltd
Verified @carolinecavanagh.co.ukChris was a delight to work with, arriving early and eager to assist in any way. He was acutely mindful of time and struck the perfect balance of ensuring the audience's questions were answered whilst checking in that time was available. He is an authority on his subject and delivered sage advice to 'non technical' people on how to improve their SEO and the efficacy of their website in language that was understandable with recommendations that were implementable. I would recommend Chris as a speaker and trainer to anyone who seeks to improve the performance of their website long term.
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