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Thursday 29 August 2013

Friday 23 August 2013

Working with long standing clients

One of the things I pride myself on is developing long term relationships with my clients. Seeing their businesses flourish and working alongside them to help it happen is most satisfying.

For the last couple of months, I have been working on two redesigns. This week, I have had the pleasure of relaunching both.

The first was for Berkeley Castle. I started working with them in 2007.

This has been the first major redesign since then and helps bring the look more up to date. The new website also helps to refocus on the Castle as a tourist attraction now that they have a separate weddings website (which I also built).

Berkeley castle

The second website to have been relaunched this week is Land Rovers UK.

They are the UK's leading independent Land Rover dealer and I also started working with them in 2007.

I met Andy, their MD, when I sold him a sofa on eBay (the variety of ways that I meet new clients always amazes me)! Initially, I built a basic five page brochure website. Six years later, we are on their 5th website which allows them to sell Defenders all around the world.



I am proud of the work we have done on both websites and look forward to continue working with them for many years to come!

I hope you like them too.




Thursday 8 August 2013

Mobile web or app?

There is no doubt that more and more people are using their smartphones to access the web.

Many of the websites I manage have at least 10% of their hits from an iPhone... Mobile search has grown 500% in the last two years according to Google... 75% of mobile users use their mobile device for shopping

So, is it time to have a mobile friendly website or a mobile app? If you are a retailer, restaurant, a tourist destination or have an online shop, then yes, it probably is. But which one should you choose?

Generally, I would suggest a mobile friendly website as it means you have one web address and so benefits your search engine rankings. It is generally a more cost effective solution and easier to be compatible across most devices and platforms.

An app can have advantages if you have specific functions that a customer would like to be able to do on their mobile. However, they can be expensive and you have to build one for the iPhone, for Android, for Windows and for Blackberry if you are to cover all of your potential customer base.

If you would like some help in creating a mobile friendly version of your website, please do contact me - it would be a pleasure to help!


Infographic: To app, or not to app
Formal degree vs. self taught - infographic created by WebdesignerDepot



Copyright on photos

Occassionally, some of my newer clients ask me to include images on their websites that they have found on the internet. They see appropriate photos on, for example, Google Images and think they are free to use.

However, this is rarely the case. Most images on the internet are subject to copyright and it is always worth checking before you decide to use them.

An article by Peta Pixel neatly summarises 10 misconceptions of photo copyright on the web. You can read it here.


 

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