Web Design Hampshire | Web Design Gloucestershire | Web Design Wiltshire http://www.websitesdesigned.co.uk/blog Sat, 09 Jun 2012 13:27:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 It’s Nice When You See Something You’ve Been Involved In http://www.websitesdesigned.co.uk/blog/its-nice-when-you-see-something-youve-been-involved-in/ http://www.websitesdesigned.co.uk/blog/its-nice-when-you-see-something-youve-been-involved-in/#comments Sat, 09 Jun 2012 13:27:12 +0000 Matt http://www.websitesdesigned.co.uk/blog/?p=283 Continue reading →]]> Today, a recent purchase of mine arrived from Amazon. Called the CarPET, it’s a product to help easily clean pet hair from furniture and carpets. It’s a product I designed the website for a year or two back on behalf of a marketing company in Cirencester, Gloucestershire. It’s great to finally see the product, and exciting that something I designed the website for arrived from the world’s largest online retailed – Amazon.

]]> http://www.websitesdesigned.co.uk/blog/its-nice-when-you-see-something-youve-been-involved-in/feed/ 0 Latest Websites: May 2012 http://www.websitesdesigned.co.uk/blog/latest-websites-may-2012/ http://www.websitesdesigned.co.uk/blog/latest-websites-may-2012/#comments Tue, 29 May 2012 12:02:23 +0000 Matt http://www.websitesdesigned.co.uk/blog/?p=241 Continue reading →]]> A simple conversion from a printed brochure. We put this effective website together for Verina Daly Care to help promote her care business in and around Hampshire and Surrey.

We produced this refreshing new website for Brilen’s. A custom clothing and t-shirt printing company in Portsmouth. The website is designed to highlight the broad range of services provided by Brilens, as well as show customers the quality of the work they produce.

]]> http://www.websitesdesigned.co.uk/blog/latest-websites-may-2012/feed/ 0 Chichester Business Support – Social Media Seminar Summary http://www.websitesdesigned.co.uk/blog/chichester-business-support-social-media-seminar-summary/ http://www.websitesdesigned.co.uk/blog/chichester-business-support-social-media-seminar-summary/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 15:27:40 +0000 Matt http://www.websitesdesigned.co.uk/blog/?p=278 On the 25th April 2012, Matthew Milnes from Websites Designed spoke to local businesses in Chichester on how to market their website effectively. See the review from the event below:

]]> http://www.websitesdesigned.co.uk/blog/chichester-business-support-social-media-seminar-summary/feed/ 0 Selection of Recent Work: April 2012 http://www.websitesdesigned.co.uk/blog/selection-of-recent-work-april-2012/ http://www.websitesdesigned.co.uk/blog/selection-of-recent-work-april-2012/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 11:50:01 +0000 Matt http://www.websitesdesigned.co.uk/blog/?p=229 Continue reading →]]> Time has yet again flown by and we have another handful of websites we’ve just launched.

Between January and March we designed and developed an online Log Book Loan application website for a company in Norwich. The website allows applicants to enter their details and be told the amount they can borrow against their car (based on age, mileage, etc). We built two sites, www.whichlogbookloan.co.uk and www.v5solutions.co.uk, one local and one one national website, for them to use to promote their service.

We helped Clarity Care Consulting improve their web presence and image with a new website.

We helped Kings Estates promote property specifically for University of Portsmouth International students studying at the ICP centre. The new website allows international students to view and book property online.

We helped Tom Rolfe or Rolfe Interior Finishes get online for the first time. We setup a simple 4 page website for Tom, and setup Google Adwords with a free £100 Adwords Voucher, to help him gain his first new customers.

]]> http://www.websitesdesigned.co.uk/blog/selection-of-recent-work-april-2012/feed/ 0 Plastic Surgeons, Care Agencies and Personal Trainers http://www.websitesdesigned.co.uk/blog/plastic-surgeons-care-agencies-and-personal-trainers/ http://www.websitesdesigned.co.uk/blog/plastic-surgeons-care-agencies-and-personal-trainers/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 06:54:23 +0000 Matt http://www.websitesdesigned.co.uk/blog/?p=223 Continue reading →]]> It’s been a busy month at Websites Designed. As well as managing many websites for our existing client base, we’ve also built 3 interesting websites that have launched in February 2012.

The first of which is for Personal Trainer, Rob. Rob also organises many running events that support the RNLI. His website acts as a hub to allow thousands of runners to register for his events, as well as support his personal training business. This colourful and inspirational website is designed to make you feel good. www.fitprorob.biz

The second site is for Consultant Plastic Surgeon Jeremy Hurren. Built from a design provided by pB Digital, the site offers a smooth and gentle basis from which Jeremy can promote his work. www.hurren.com

The final site launched this month is for Home Care Agency, Sans Soucie Home Care, based over two offices in Hampshire and Surrey. The website is designed to be a friendly and informative introduction to their business. A classic brochure style website that matches the companies existing offline branding, extending it online. www.sanssouciehomecare.com.

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Click on the picture of the website to be taken to view the full, live website.

]]> http://www.websitesdesigned.co.uk/blog/recently-designed-websites-january-2012/feed/ 0 Seven Simple Steps to Bring Your Website up to Speed http://www.websitesdesigned.co.uk/blog/seven-simple-steps-to-bring-your-website-up-to-speed/ http://www.websitesdesigned.co.uk/blog/seven-simple-steps-to-bring-your-website-up-to-speed/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:10:16 +0000 Matt http://www.websitesdesigned.co.uk/blog/?p=209 Continue reading →]]> Cast your memory back to when you last looked through every corner or your website, clicked every link, and read every sentence. If you can’t remember when this was it is probably about time to refresh the look, feel and content of your site to keep it fresh and interesting for your target audience!

Here are seven simple steps to keep your website up-to-date:

1. Be Simple

Put yourself in your visitor’s shoes. Where do you want them to go? What do you want them to do? If you want them to sign up to your e-list make that the only action to take on that page! If there are too many options visitors won’t hang around to figure out the message you are trying to put across.

2. Be Streamline

As your website is updated you may begin to use different fonts, conflicting colours, and varying margin sizes. Links to other pages within your site may become broken. Take the time to go through each page and streamline your website to ensure that it is aesthetically pleasing to all of your visitors.

3. Re-Design

Take a look at your website. Was it designed a few years ago? If this is the case it may start to look dated and your regular visitors will become bored of the same look and feel to your website. Inject a burst of energy into your websites design and it will keep your visitors interested in your company’s fresh look!

4. Report

Add news stories to your website and allow readers the opportunity to see what areas your company works in!  This also allows you to drip feed information to regular visitors to keep them engaged. Reporting also increases media coverage about your company and gets people to read press releases on exactly what you want them to see!

5. Refresh

Go to the ‘About Us’ page on your website. After the main home screen of your website the next most popular place for people to visit is the ‘About Us’ section. Keep this updated with your latest news, information, awards. This will engage your visitors and ensure that they return to your site for the fresh information on their next visit.

6. Blog

Blogging is proven to draw new prospects to your website and will absorb people in your company that may not previously had contact with you. An old, unused blog that hasn’t been updated in a few months may show the wrong message. If you are going to blog you should post new stories on a weekly basis. If you don’t blog regularly, don’t blog at all!

7. Be Direct

Be direct in the message you are trying to convey. Make sure that vital information such as phone numbers, contact e-mail addresses, hours of operation are all easily found. If you don’t show this information clearly enough you may well loose potential business for your company.

Be Simple, Be Streamline, Redesign, Report, Refresh, Blog and Be Direct. These seven simple steps will ensure that your website reaches its true potential and keeps your company’s website fresh and up to speed.

]]> http://www.websitesdesigned.co.uk/blog/seven-simple-steps-to-bring-your-website-up-to-speed/feed/ 0 Selection of Websites Designed in November 2011 http://www.websitesdesigned.co.uk/blog/selection-of-websites-designed-in-november-2011/ http://www.websitesdesigned.co.uk/blog/selection-of-websites-designed-in-november-2011/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 13:20:18 +0000 Matt http://www.websitesdesigned.co.uk/blog/?p=197 Another month has flown by, and we’ve launched a bunch more websites for our customers. Some interesting websites this month, notably www.vegexchange.com and www.caringforwomen.co.uk

Click on the picture of the website to be taken to view the full, live website.

]]> http://www.websitesdesigned.co.uk/blog/selection-of-websites-designed-in-november-2011/feed/ 0 Recent Websites by Websites Designed (Pictures) http://www.websitesdesigned.co.uk/blog/recent-websites-by-websites-designed-pictures/ http://www.websitesdesigned.co.uk/blog/recent-websites-by-websites-designed-pictures/#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 08:56:37 +0000 Matt http://www.websitesdesigned.co.uk/blog/?p=179 Continue reading →]]> We’ve been so busy recently designing, developing and building websites for others – we’ve accidentally neglected our own website recently! However, what better point to show you some of the fantastic websites we’ve put together for some fantastic clients over the past few months.

Click on the picture of the website to be taken to view the full, live website.

]]> http://www.websitesdesigned.co.uk/blog/recent-websites-by-websites-designed-pictures/feed/ 0 Who’s In The Studio : July 2011 http://www.websitesdesigned.co.uk/blog/whos-in-the-studio-july-2011/ http://www.websitesdesigned.co.uk/blog/whos-in-the-studio-july-2011/#comments Wed, 06 Jul 2011 18:08:35 +0000 Matt http://www.websitesdesigned.co.uk/blog/?p=175 Continue reading →]]> What are we working on this month? It’s been a busy 6 weeks at Websites Designed and the workload doesn’t look like it’s holding up!

In the last few weeks we’ve:

So what have we got to work on?

  • Ongoing SEO for a Portsmouth based Freight Forwarder.
  • Further development of a Worldpay plug-in for Event Espresso.
  • Financial Services lead generation website and PPC campaign for a Portsmouth client.
  • Conversion of a photoshop mockup to a HTML website for a Bournemouth motivation expert.
  • Re-design of a website to allow ‘grown your own’ enthusiasts to swap their excess harvests (a very interesting website!).

A very busy month!

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