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Recent projects, news, ideas and useful advice that will help your business to grow
Landing page power - for targeted site visits
25-Jun-2012
Page load - Message - Action! - It's as simple as that. A direct, short and well crafted sentence along with an easily executed call to action are the essential elements for a landing page that real..
Cookie law chaos and trying to comply
06-Jun-2012
On the 26th May 2012 the previously revised law regarding the use of cookies on websites became enforceable. Basically if your site uses cookies you need to make the user aware of this and let them de..
2012 London Marathon - Postscript
27-Apr-2012
Well I did it. Don't think the Kenyans have much to worry about but I'm pleased. I ran 26.2 miles from Greenwich to the Mall without stopping once and thanks to the fantastic generosity of family, fri..
Marathon Diary 6 - Days to go - 4
18-Apr-2012
4 days to go - the calm before the storm, perhaps literally - Looks like Marathon day might be a bit of a wet and windy affair, good for me to keep cool but I hope the attendance rates and donations ..
One big page for a Beckenham printer
12-Apr-2012
Inspired by the the idea of displaying a large single printed sheet as it would look before being trimmed and finished, we created an interactive, one page site with visitor controlled scrolling for B..
Marathon Diary 5 - Days to go - 20
02-Apr-2012
Under 3 weeks now! - Did my big training run yesterday morning - 21.7 miles - so pleased to have completed it. Breaking the 20 mile barrier changes your mindset from 'maybe I can do this' to 'you kno..
Marathon Diary 4 - Days to go - 32
20-Mar-2012
Training OK but fundraising behind schedule - The NSPCC run projects and services all over the country which prevent cruelty to children, protect vulnerable children, and help children overcome the ..
Rebranding in HTML5 for a local B&B
08-Mar-2012
We've just completed a website makeover, rebranding and SEO project for established Tunbridge Wells B&B - Alconbury Guest House. We hope you agree that the new site perfectly reflects the warmth a..
Marathon Diary 3 - Days to go - 54
28-Feb-2012
Seems like the press have heard about my recent improvements and started following my training runs (thought I heard some rustling in the bushes on Sunday morning whilst running accross the common) an..
Improve your local area Google ranking
11-Feb-2012
Ever rising fuel prices along with an increasingly congested transport network means that doing business locally is now faster, often returns a healthier profit margin and is good news for the environ..
Marathon Diary 2 - Days to go - 71
10-Feb-2012
Back aches, snow and slow on the fundraising front - Not an easy couple of weeks quite honestly. Felt very inspired having met the experts in London on Saturday but the snow that night meant Sunday's ..
Content Marketing - Don't shout - Do connect
06-Feb-2012
The days of boldly pushing a sales message into the faces of potential customers seem to be coming to an end. We are now all expert in filtering and discarding the hundreds of unwanted approaches that..
Marathon Diary 1 - Days to go - 88
24-Jan-2012
In a moment of madness last October I dared myself to try and get fitter, do something worthwhile for a good charity and deflate my rapidly growing abdominal spare tyre, all in one go by signing up fo..
A new gallery site for an Associate Illustrator
09-Jan-2012
A new gallery site for Illustrator Gabrielle Izen which reflects the character of the artist and provides a clean and light environment for showcasing the work. About the site The new site concent..
DIY eCommerce photography
10-Nov-2011
Not everyone has a budget that stretches to accommodate the rates of a professional and although you can’t expect to get quite the same results, remembering a few useful pointers can help you to..
eMail marketing in Tunbridge Wells
21-Oct-2011
The appeal of eMail marketing is hard to deny. There are estimated to be more than 450 million email inboxes worldwide, all contactable from your desktop. There are however a few important points to c..
Folders of quality and distinction
13-Sep-2011
Corporate folders with a dark blue, full bleed solid on the outer pages and graduated vignettes merging on the inside. A print job requiring thought and vision during design, along with skill, experie..
A digital mini brochure experiment
17-Aug-2011
Our objective: To design a printed mailer that was hard not to open and harder still to simply throw in the wastepaper basket once you had. We recently created a mini brochure campaign targeting s..