Month: July 2016

Open your business to the world

Whether you’re part of a global team or venturing solo, the benefits of having a website for your business are just the same: a 24-hours-a-day worldwide shop window facilitating the relationship between you and your potential customers.

Imagine someone out and about looking on their smartphone for something in their local area that your company can provide. You would like that person to find your company and therefore your website will be an oasis of useful information, such as opening times, what you offer, where you are and – perhaps most importantly – the ways in which people can easily get in touch with you. Email forms, social media feeds, interactive location maps and live chat are features that are being adopted more and more by companies looking to get the most from their website.

Websites needn’t be expensive and contain all the fancy “bells and whistles”. They range in scale so that anyone is able to pay for and publish a starter website, or employ a third party to take care of it for them. You will find that an easy-to-use, clean, modern and fast website will keep customers engaged and interacting with you, enabling you to get a more accurate picture of what your customers are thinking and ultimately increasing your monthly or annual turnover. Thanks to analytical software, you will also be able to find out which parts of your website your visitors are landing on, how long they are staying on there and how they move from page to page.

When your company has a website it demonstrates that you are serious, you care about your customers, and are here to stay.

To discuss your website needs with us simply get in touch > or view our website portfolio > to see what we are all about!

We’d LOVE to chat with you 🙂

the importance of a responsive website

What is a responsive website?

Responsive web design is a technique in the web development industry where a website or web page will be displayed in direct response to the size of the device viewing it. Typical devices include desktop computers, tablets, smartphones and televisions.

Responsive web pages also “fluidly” adjust within its viewing area (known as the viewport) when the width or height is reduced, increased or rotated; columns of text change to sit side-by-side or on top of each other, depending on how it is programmed. Large images will be restrained appropriately. This is all done to keep the layout easy to read and navigate, whether the viewport is three or thirty-three inches wide.

The concept of responsive web design has been recognised for over ten years and it has been increasingly adopted over the last five years.

Why make your website responsive?

It is claimed over 60% of internet access is occurring on mobile devices. With mobile phone ownership overwhelmingly high and tablet usage continuing to increase, it is proving convenient to do the weekly shop, bank, socialise with friends and family around the world and look up information online on demand anywhere.

Last year the search engine Google was found to be ranking responsive websites higher than those that were not. It was reported that 40% of people will choose another search result if the first site they visit is not mobile-friendly.

Each year more and more small businesses say they have actively made their websites mobile-friendly.

I want my website to be responsive!

We can help >

Blast off!

We have arrived!!

it’s only fitting that we make our first news article all about us… Well here we are, we have worked vigorously to bring together creative minds, technical whizz kids and management superstars to forge what is quite simply a rockstar team right on your doorstep in Hartlepool.

If you haven’t guessed already, we are creative people who do creative things… From website design and graphic design right through to online and offline marketing to ensure that you not only look the part but people actually get to know about you.

Our passion

We are passionate about helping companies achieve their goals, your success is our success, however cheesy that might sound its true… If you succeed off the back of what we do for you then it works out for everyone, and hey, you might use us again further down the line.

We’d love to meet you so please do contact us if you think we can help you out with anything.

RealTimeTemps

BRIEF | To Design the identity for Real Time Temps, and to design their business plan. They wanted to highlight their USP through the design of both the logo, and business plan.

RESPONSE | We wanted the business plan to look very polished and professional, but also have a personality therefore using iconography to bring certain aspects to life.
We took the orange and grey from the logo and used this throughout the business plan to create a consistent look.
The client was very happy with the output and has plans to use us in the not so distant future.

Falck Safety Services UK

BRIEF | Falck Fire Services required a range of design and marketing to aid in their ongoing marketing activities.

RESPONSE | Falck fire services are a huge global company so we had to follow strict guidelines when designing their brochures, folders, Pull-Up stands and office artwork and various other marketing materials.

The work completed has been very well received by the client and their respective clients.

Engie

BRIEF | To create wall signage for Engie Newcastle’s new three storey building, to inspire employees and visiting clients.

RESPONSE | Delivered & installed a selection of wall artwork including inspirational quote vinyls, full wall artwork and perspex panels. The finished effect was simple but bold. Each floor had a different colour scheme, which we conveyed through the quote vinyls.

 

Freemasons of The Province Durham

BRIEF | To design and produce a new website for the Freemasons of Durham and improve their offline marketing materials.

RESPONSE | We approached the website by using their new branding and produced a fully responsive website which allows users on various devices to find out more about the Freemasons in Durham.
Again utilising their new branding we reproduced their offline marketing materials which included Quarterly Magazines and various offline print materials.

Property Webmasters

BRIEF | Ongoing print and web design for Property Webmasters. The most recent projects have been for their new welcome brochure.

RESPONSE |  They wanted a 12 page welcome brochure to send to new and existing clients. Colour is a crucial part of any brand identity. Using their defining blue they use across the company we created a striking yet minimal and clean aesthetic.

Orangebox Training Solutions

BRIEF | To assist in all design and marketing for Orangebox Training Solutions. Orangebox required a full suite of marketing materials including logo and brand design.

RESPONSE | As Orangebox are a new startup it was great to be able to put our own spin on the whole business, we have now created a very strong brand and continue to support Orangebox on various levels.

Work to date includes; logo design, leaflet design and print, poster design, newsletter marketing, business card design, website design and much more! Watch this space!