--- title: "Blogs: business insights, tips and guides | N&D Co." description: "Insights, quick tips and plain guides from N&D Co., a brand and growth agency in Kolkata, on branding, websites, SEO and marketing for growing businesses." url: "https://ndcompany.in/blogs" type: "CollectionPage" image: "https://ndcompany.in/assets/share/blogs.png" --- N&D Co. Blogs # Insights, tips and guides for growing businesses What we learn building brands, websites and campaigns for businesses across India and worldwide, written up for business owners: quick tips, longer guides and our take on what is changing. ## Latest posts SEO Guide · 23 Oct 2026 ### [Technical SEO checklist for small business websites](https://ndcompany.in/blogs/technical-seo-checklist) Twelve checks in priority order, built on Google's own rules and 2025 and 2026 data: Search Console ownership, indexing, robots.txt, HTTPS, phones, speed in India and schema. Read the guide Websites Guide · 23 Oct 2026 ### [How to plan a business website before you hire anyone](https://ndcompany.in/blogs/plan-a-business-website) Decide the site's one job, sketch it at phone width, keep the domain and logins in the business's name, and send every provider one brief with speed and accessibility targets. Read the guide Branding Guide · 23 Oct 2026 ### [Logo vs brand identity: what you are paying for](https://ndcompany.in/blogs/logo-vs-brand-identity) What a logo job and a full identity should each hand over, the sizes and files a logo needs, who owns it under Indian law, and what registering it as a trade mark costs. Read the guide Websites Guide · 23 Oct 2026 ### [Core Web Vitals explained for business owners](https://ndcompany.in/blogs/core-web-vitals-explained) September 2026 data on how websites score on phones for visitors in India, what LCP, INP and CLS measure, why pages load slowly and what to ask your developer. Read the guide SEO Guide · 23 Oct 2026 ### [Google Business Profile: a setup and upkeep guide for local businesses](https://ndcompany.in/blogs/google-business-profile-guide) Who should own your profile, how verification works, what to fill in, how to ask for reviews within Google's rules, and what to check every few days and every month. Read the guide Branding Guide · 23 Oct 2026 ### [What goes into a brand style guide, and how to use one](https://ndcompany.in/blogs/brand-style-guide) Logo sizes for each platform, colour pairs that pass WCAG, font licences and Indian-script fonts, voice rules, a review checklist and a handover list. Read the guide ## Recently updated - [Technical SEO checklist for small business websites](https://ndcompany.in/blogs/technical-seo-checklist) 23 Oct 2026 - [How to plan a business website before you hire anyone](https://ndcompany.in/blogs/plan-a-business-website) 23 Oct 2026 - [Logo vs brand identity: what you are paying for](https://ndcompany.in/blogs/logo-vs-brand-identity) 23 Oct 2026 - [Core Web Vitals explained for business owners](https://ndcompany.in/blogs/core-web-vitals-explained) 23 Oct 2026 - [Google Business Profile: a setup and upkeep guide for local businesses](https://ndcompany.in/blogs/google-business-profile-guide) 23 Oct 2026 ## Trending tags - [Logos](https://ndcompany.in/tags/logos) - [Food and drink branding](https://ndcompany.in/tags/food-and-drink-branding) - [Social media creatives](https://ndcompany.in/tags/social-media-creatives) - [Brand guidelines](https://ndcompany.in/tags/brand-guidelines) - [Core Web Vitals](https://ndcompany.in/tags/core-web-vitals) - [Working with an agency](https://ndcompany.in/tags/working-with-an-agency) - [Google Search Console](https://ndcompany.in/tags#google-search-console) - [Web accessibility](https://ndcompany.in/tags#web-accessibility) - [Case management](https://ndcompany.in/tags#case-management) - [Community platforms](https://ndcompany.in/tags#community-platforms) [All tags](https://ndcompany.in/tags) [Add N&D Co. as a preferred source on Google](https://www.google.com/preferences/source?q=ndcompany.in) ## Rather hand it over? 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