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2 site revamps

Posted on 05. Feb, 2010 by Sheryl.

January was such a busy month, it’s normally quiet so this time round there was no time for working on a tan! I revamped a couple of larger websites that have blogs as well. For Syrup magazine the look now is more professional but with a friendly, hand-made feel and for Venus Clubs we’ve opted for a ‘magazine’ style layout. Vanessa from Venus Clubs blogs regularly so now her front page is always changing with new and fresh info and articles. This is a great way to encourage re-visits to your website.

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Splash page revival

Posted on 19. Oct, 2009 by Sheryl.

Sometimes a start-up business is not quite ready for a website. With so much to organise and plan it’s a big enough job establishing a logo. I work with many start-up business owners and often find it advantageous for them to have a ‘splash’ page or intro page on the internet. That way you can still advertise your web address on your business stationery and direct people somewhere. The splash page gives the visitor more of a feel for your brand…

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Blog design – a blogging we shall go!

Posted on 12. Oct, 2009 by Sheryl.

Yet another trend in the cyber world but I’m convinced this ones a keeper. In simple terms a blog is like an online journal so it’s a chronological list of posts or entries. I love blogs, I promote them and would be happy for everyone to have a blog! They give you and your business an internet ‘voice’. You can express all the things you love and even all the things you don’t love (if you wish). They can be creative, wonderful, communicative tools and in many cases some very ordinary folk (the likes of you and me) have found fame and fortune via blogging but let’s save that for another blog post…

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New site launched today

Posted on 07. Oct, 2009 by Sheryl.

Urban daytox is a new detox day-retreat in Barnes, London. Evie Collins the owner of Urban daytox approached me to create her brand and website for her new business. She wanted something bright (pink and green), smart and classy. This is a wordpress based site and will soon have a blog and events calendar added to it.

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7 ways to improve your website traffic

Posted on 26. Sep, 2009 by Sheryl.

I’ve written this article for any of you that feel quite confused by google, website traffic and just plain having a website (or maybe you’re considering having one). I hope that it will answer some questions and encourage you to investigate further. Once you’ve read it don’t go out with all guns blazing thinking

YES I’m going to twitter every hour, write a blog every day and send a newsletter weekly along with monitoring my site traffic with vengeance  Hell if google won’t just give me more customers like I expected then you can be damn sure I’m gonna get them there!

You probably won’t stick to it so begin at the beginning and take one step at a time…

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New blog design

Posted on 04. Sep, 2009 by Sheryl.

Mary Anne Morgan has been a client for a few years now, interestingly enough we’ve never met as she lives in the US. We originally met through istockphoto as she is a photographer. Since then we’ve had lots of contact and I’ve loved being her designer. Her photography is gorgeous so it gave me great pleasure to design a new blog for her that reflects her personal style. I also created a new logo and brand elements for her. You can visit her new blog design at www.maryannemorganblog.com.

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