# Studio Kudji

> Solo web design and development studio in Melbourne, Australia. We build fast, hand-coded websites, brand identity, and digital experiences for small businesses and founders, built to rank on Google and be recommended by AI search.

## Core pages
- [Home](https://www.studiokudji.com.au/): Studio overview, services, selected work, pricing, about and contact on one page
- [Services](https://www.studiokudji.com.au/#services): Websites, brand identity, AI tools
- [Work](https://www.studiokudji.com.au/#work): Selected client work and outcomes
- [Pricing](https://www.studiokudji.com.au/#pricing): Essentials $999 fixed; Studio from $2500; optional care plan $65 a month
- [About](https://www.studiokudji.com.au/#about): Studio background
- [Contact](https://www.studiokudji.com.au/#contact): Start a project or book a call

## Guides
Plain-English guides for small business owners, grouped by topic. Index: https://www.studiokudji.com.au/guides

### AI & LLM Search
- [Will my business show up in ChatGPT?](https://www.studiokudji.com.au/guides/will-my-business-show-up-in-chatgpt): Does ChatGPT recommend your Melbourne business? A plain-English guide to how AI search finds local businesses, and the steps to make sure you show up.
- [What is llms.txt and does my website need one?](https://www.studiokudji.com.au/guides/what-is-llms-txt-and-does-my-website-need-one): What llms.txt is, who actually reads it, and whether a small business website needs one. The honest answer, and what matters more for showing up in AI search.
- [Will AI replace my website?](https://www.studiokudji.com.au/guides/will-ai-replace-my-website): Will AI answers make your business website pointless? Why the opposite is true for a small business, what AI actually reads, and what your site must do now.

### SEO Basics
- [What is SEO and how does it work?](https://www.studiokudji.com.au/guides/what-is-seo-and-how-does-it-work): SEO explained in plain English: how Google decides what to show, the three parts that matter for a small business, how long it takes, and what to do yourself.
- [How much does SEO cost in Australia?](https://www.studiokudji.com.au/guides/how-much-does-seo-cost-in-australia): What SEO costs in Australia in 2026: monthly retainer ranges, one-off audit prices, what the money actually buys, and when a small business should pay at all.

### Google Business Profile
- [How do I rank in the Google map pack?](https://www.studiokudji.com.au/guides/how-to-rank-in-google-map-pack): How the Google map pack picks its three businesses, the factors that actually move you up, and a practical checklist for a Melbourne business to get in.
- [What photos should I put on my Google Business Profile?](https://www.studiokudji.com.au/guides/what-photos-should-i-put-on-my-google-business-profile): The photos a Google Business Profile needs and where each goes: logo, cover, exterior, interior, team and work shots, with the sizes and formats Google accepts.

### Decisions & Pricing
- [Do I need a website if I have Instagram?](https://www.studiokudji.com.au/guides/do-i-need-a-website-if-i-have-instagram): Instagram or a website for your small business? What each is good at, where Instagram quietly fails you, and the cheapest way to have both without waste.
- [Should I put prices on my website?](https://www.studiokudji.com.au/guides/should-i-put-prices-on-my-website): Should a small business show prices on its website? Why hiding them loses enquiries, when a quote is fair, and four ways to show pricing without lock-in.
- [How much should a small business website cost in Australia?](https://www.studiokudji.com.au/guides/how-much-should-a-small-business-website-cost-australia): What a small business website costs in Australia in 2026: honest price ranges, what drives the cost, and why the cheapest option rarely is.

### Conversion & Trust
- [Website red flags that make customers leave](https://www.studiokudji.com.au/guides/website-red-flags-that-make-customers-leave): Twelve things on a small business website that make customers leave: slow pages, stock photos, hidden prices, a 'Not Secure' warning, with the fix for each.
- [Why isn't my website getting enquiries?](https://www.studiokudji.com.au/guides/why-isnt-my-website-getting-enquiries): A website with no enquiries has one of three problems: no visitors, the wrong visitors, or visitors who leave. How to tell which in ten minutes and fix it.