May 1, 2025

How Much Time Is Your Website Costing You?

Automation

What automation can do for you

We all talk about what websites do — but not enough people talk about what they cost to run, day to day. Not in terms of budget or bandwidth, but in actual human time.

We’ve seen it too often: organisations spending hours every week just keeping things ticking over. Manually moving form data from one place to another. Naming and storing files by hand. Copying content into awkward CMS layouts. It’s not glamorous work — but someone always ends up doing it. And usually, they have far more valuable things they could be spending that time on.

The truth is, websites that aren’t built with automation in mind quietly drain your team’s energy.

When we worked with ICT Skillnet, one of the biggest wins wasn’t visible on the front end — it happened behind the scenes. Their course managers were spending huge amounts of time handling form entries, organising spreadsheets, and dealing with messy admin. After rebuilding their platform and setting up a simple, custom automation system, they now save a full day every week — per person.

And the thing is, it didn’t require a massive system overhaul. No expensive third-party tools. Just smart workflows built around how they already worked, integrated into their website the right way.

That’s the thing about automation: when it’s done well, it’s invisible. It just works. It frees up time, reduces errors, and lets your team focus on what they’re actually here to do.

So if you’re still moving data manually, renaming files, or reformatting forms by hand — it’s worth asking:

How much time is your website costing you?

If you’re curious about what simple automation could look like for your organisation, let’s have a conversation. Sometimes, the biggest improvements don’t need to be flashy — just thoughtful.