Website design marketing and hosting in Telford Shropshire
Website Consultation: Website & Marketing Advice
We all understand the internet. We all understand that more and more business is done through it. We also know that if we don’t use it effectively we are going to miss out.
But when you think about it:
• What are the systems you need to have in place?
• Why do you really need a website?
• Why, now that you have a website, does it not bring in the work you expected?
• Worst of all - how do you find the answers to these and a million other questions?
Ask design conscious .com
At Design Conscious .com we recognise that you sometimes don’t need a design company hassling you to re-design your website. It maybe that you quite like your existing website but it’s just not working for you.
You might desperately need to do some marketing or advertising but the costs scare you and where do you start?
Sometimes you just need find out what to do.
And the simplest thing is to ask someone.
Even simpler than that, book an hours consultancy with us and… ask away.
CLICK HERE TO BOOK YOUR CONSULTANCY
Here’s the deal
1 hour consultancy = £40 - Just £40 to get all your questions answered - there is just one price, so book as many hours as you need - you are in total control of the costs. (Payment is required before consultation begins)
The consultancy is to be conducted over Skype* in multiples of 1 hour (If an hour isn’t enough you can just book more time). We use Skype because the call can be recorded and sent to you for later referral, and because of Skype’s instant messaging it makes it really easy to show you examples of websites or methods of working etc. Of course the biggest bonus about using Skype is: the call is free. If you don’t have skype - you can still call our support skype number and the call can still be recorded. (Instant messaging won’t be available though)
So to recap:
• 1 hour £40
• Call recorded and sent to you
• Free call via Skype
• Done at a time to suit you
Your consultation will be conducted by Ian Blackford: Owner/Manager of Design Conscious .com who can draw on marketing professionals from around the world to answer your questions should the need arise. (May require Ian to call you back)
CLICK HERE TO BOOK YOUR CONSULTANCY
*Skype is a free internet telephone system that allows you to use your computer to make free calls via your broadband. The software from Skype is free but you also need a headset (cheap from PC World) - or of course your computer might already have a microphone and speakers built in.
Email marketing has been abused a lot in the past - but it is still an excellent method of getting your name out there.
Design Conscious will add this important marketing facility to any site we design for you and you then have two choices:
You can have the username and password so you can run your own mail outs.*
Or
We can run it for you, we will design the emails using your information, we will import any contacts you already have into the system and we will schedule the mailings so they go out at regular times.
Pricing
Set up with website: £500 - one off charge to set up the messagelist account
- Please note: Spamming will not be tolerated. Anyone suspected or reported for spamming will have their account terminated immediately with no refund.
We all get the concept of the internet. We all understand that more and more business is going to be directed through it. We know that if we don’t have the bits in place to use it effectively we are going to miss out.
But what are the bits you need to have in place?
Why do you really need a website?
Why, now that you have a website, does it not bring in the work you expected?
Worst of all - how do you find the answers to these and a million other questions?
At Design Conscious we recognise that you sometimes don’t need the full web service that our company can offer. You quite like your existing website, but it’s just not working for you. Sometimes you want to do some marketing or advertsing but the words scare you - ‘MARKETING’ normally associated with people in suits telling you what to do and then charging you a fortune.
Sometimes you just want to do it yourself… if you could just find out what to do.
The simplest thing to do is: Ask someone.
Even simpler than that, book an hours consultancy with us and… ask away.
……………………………………
Here’s the deal
……………………………………
1 hour consultancy = £40 - Just £40 to get all your questions answered
(Payment before consultation begins via PayPal or credit card)
The consultancy is to be conducted over Skype* in multiples of 1 hour (If an hour isn’t enough you can just book more time). Telephone can be considered but Skype is preferred because the call can be recorded and sent to you for later referral and because of Skype’s instant messaging it makes it really easy to show you examples of websites or methods of working etc. Of course the biggest bonus about using Skype is:
So to recap:
- 1 hour £40
- Call recorded and sent to you
- Free call via Skype
- Done at a time to suit you
Your consultation will be conducted by Ian Blackford: Owner/Manager of Design Conscious .com
Get the answers you need to move your business forward
*Skype is a free internet telephone system that allows you to use your computer to make free calls via your broadband. Software from Skype is required (free) and a headset - or your computer might already have a microphone / speakers built in.
MARKETING: - Take every opportunity to tell people what you sell.
I was recently on holiday and needed some beach shoes, you know those rubber soled scuba jobs that you can walk into the sea with - I was in half a mind to get a wet suit too - well it was a holiday in the UK and the kids wanted to be in the sea.
I took a stroll into town to start searching for shoes and came to a fishing tackle shop (of all places) with crates of shoes outside. I looked at the price label which said £9.99 each - that seemed a little expensive to me so I went to walk away. Out of nowhere up sprang the shop keeper to point out that she had written on the back of an old label (which had turned over in the breeze) and the shoes were actually 2 pairs for £5. I bought a pair (and some for my daughter) and as I was paying, the lady mentioned that they had the cheapest wet suits in town. I had a good walk round and, she was right - they were the cheapest. I went back and bought 4 - one for all of us.
Now think about that for a moment - I could have walked away from that shop and would never have grabbed a bargain. But what’s worse the shop keeper might have missed out on two sales. All she did was tell me (the customer) what she sold and because of that I was able to make up my mind and buy what I wanted.
This is a fundamental rule to apply to any business, just tell people what you sell, plain and simple, and shout it louder when you have items on sale. There are many ways of doing it too, send out letters to your past customers, run a mailing list on your website, print flyers and have them inserted in the local free papers or just go house to house and push them through letter boxes.
Remember if people don’t know you sell it - they can’t buy it from you.
There are many aspects to consider about website design, it isn’t just about how the site looks, it also about usability, it’s about how it can be maintained and developed. It’s about marketing and getting results from your expenditure. It’s about knowing where to market your website - don’t try and take on the world, compete locally - Telford for example.
These days the race to the top of a search engine results table is a hard slog. Search engine optimisation is a black art and just as you get the hang of it… it changes. That’s why your website needs to continue growing and adapting beyond the design. It would be foolish to think that you could ever be one step ahead of the search engine and no web designer should ever promise you that, but you do have to keep up, and your site should be designed to allow for this.
You might be happy with your website and have no need for a re-design, you might just need some help with designing your marketing strategy, if so, then contact us for some help.
Design conscious is based in Telford Shropshire and are within easy traveling distance of the West Midlands, Wales and because of the extensive motorway network anywhere in the country.