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Felix Norton

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Updated: June 14th, 2023

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Woww is a Cape Town-based award-winning digital agency formed in 2016 by Felix Norton to assist businesses and startups in growing and thriving online.
To assist businesses in developing an online presence, the organization provides skilled services such as WordPress Web Design, SEO, E-commerce, Hosting, Online Marketing, and Graphic Design. Businesses can simply rely on their affordable, high-quality online services to improve their online visibility.
Felix Norton is the company's founder and managing director. He is a professional digital management consultant and an aspiring entrepreneur who works with various digital channels.
At UCT, he studied computer science and game design. Before Woww, he was the MD of Teach Me 2, Succinct Design, and the co-founder of Smart Speakers.
Woww currently has around 450 active monthly clients and a team of 24 members who efficiently handles the company operation. Cape Brewing Company, Panasonic, Ogilvy & Mather, Old Mutual, City of Cape Town & University of Cape Town are some of the popular clients of Woww.
From 2017 to 2019, Woww acquired a top three position for the search word 'web design' on Google in South Africa. Over the past three years, Woww has secured the number one spot.

Few Important facts about Woww:

The founder started building websites while in college as a side hustle.
He bootstrapped his business straight after college, and his first customer was his dad.
The founders leveraged SEO to find their first paying customer.
They paid their employees based on performance.
As of November 2022, Woww had 450 active clients monthly.
The company hopes to hit $200,000 in monthly recurring revenue by the end of 2023.