Designing and developing a business website to maximise attracting potential clients to your business is a skilful task and although some businesses try to do this inhouse outsourcing the task can be seen as an investment. Utilising the services of a web designer will usually give you a more professional looking website and a web […]
Author Archives: Mike
Could your website colour scheme affect its appeal?
Website design has developed incredibly over the last few years and most websites have amazing graphics and page design elements aimed at attracting clients to read the content on the site and click through to sales but one thing that they all have in common is a colour scheme. When you are deciding on the […]
The importance of ensuring your website is mobile compatible
With many websites receiving the majority of their traffic through mobile devices or tablets, it is vital that your site is designed and programmed in such a way that that ensures everything works and displays exactly as it should. It is not acceptable to simply just shrink every element on the page to fit on […]
The value of video advertising on websites explored
Website designers are having to make their websites all singing all dancing if they are to attract more visitors than their rivals and one of the ways they can do this is to use a wide range of visuals on their pages. Images and video footage needs to be good quality and relevant to the […]
Do charity websites help to raise funds?
Charities are always on the lookout for new ways to raise funds and one way they can do this is to have their own website but how can having a website increase the amount of funding that a charity receives? The first way that a charity website helps is to raise awareness of the charity. […]
Adding more graphics to your website
When designing and creating a website it is very important to get the balance right between graphics and text. Text is really useful for visitors but also for the search engines. Search engines such as Google cannot read text within flat images but it can read and to a point understand keywords and phrases within […]
Redesigning your website for Christmas
As Christmas approaches many businesses make changes to their websites to embrace the festive period. This may be changing your banner, adding an animated gif to the site or a pop up. Although you may not want to display this just yet, it is worth getting in early with your developer and designer to ensure […]
How networking can help you get web development work
Networking is still a fantastic way to promote your business and make new business contacts. Historically most marketing was done through networking but since a lot of it is now done online through social media sites or websites, networking has dropped slightly in popularity. It is important not to dismiss the value of networking. Many […]