BRANDING, BUSINESS CARDS AND WEB DEVELOPMENT

A start-up 24 hour locksmiths were locking for a logo, business cards and website.

They wanted a slick, corporate feel that would stand out in print and on the side of their vans. They did want anything too obvious but something that could evolve with the brand as became more recognised.

We developed the logo first, then produced the business cards, then built a website that was simple enough to keep maintained but could also allowed users to request quotations online., Finally we assisted them in creating a facebook page and integrating that into the site.

We are hoping they will be a client for many years to company as the business grows.

www.premierlockssecurity.com

WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT

Surrey based wedding photographer Adrienne Hutchinson approached us to build her an online gallery to promote her wedding photography.

She was eager that the site was minimal, slick and could be updated easily. She wanted the focus to be on the photographs and so the functionality of the galleries was the most important aspect.

The development took a little over a week from concept to creation.

www.flare-dp.co.uk

PRINT DESIGN 

A selection of designs created for a South London bar.

The brief was very simple, they wanted a selection of posters for their various nights that would not only capture local attention but also represented the bar.The bar was called Vintage in Croydon and had a very luxurious, contemporary-antique décor, plenty of bold paisley coloured wallpaper and ornate fixtures and fitting set to a predominately black surrounding.The logo had already been designed and this needed to be incorporated.All posters need to work in A1, A3, A4 and A5 format for the various marketing requirements.

Let’s presume, you have gone through the motions and you have taken the plunge! Hoorah, you have started your own business… you have a couple of loyal customers who will keep you ticking over, but surely the bigger picture is to boom.

You want your business to flourish, this means getting in front of new people.

The problem now is how do you do it… the answer seems simple… you’ve got to get your business online.

One step to achieving exposure, getting the all important brand-trust is to get a website. For those that aren’t web savvy, the idea of building a website can seem pretty scary.

There used to be 2 obvious solutions:

1. Find a friend with a copy of Dreamweaver and ask them to build you a site.
Pro’s: It’s cheap!
Con’s: It’s static meaning that making updates is difficult, it probably isn’t supported should the site go down, and is unlikely to be picked up by your dearest friend Mr Google.

2. Find an developer and get them to build you an all singing all dancing website.
Pro’s: It may have a content management system, will be search engine friendly, look professional, be supported.
Con’s: It may come at a hefty cost as most developers will help you create a spec (at a cost), will design your site (at a cost) will build everything your heart desires (at a cost) and then 6 months down the line when you realise that your all singing all dancing website has been over spec’d they will charge you again for the privilege of simplifying things.

We suggest a different approach. Your first website will create as many questions for your business and how it is positioned online as it will answer them. We suggest that your first website is a professional one, but at the same time is a simple one, a website that although very simple gives you control and also the ability to evolve without adding extra cost for every change.

Do the simple stuff well and it makes the complicated stuff much easier achieve!

Our approach would be this:

1. Buy a domain name
2. Sort out a hosting package
3. Set up a simple info@yourdomain.com email address
4. Launch an open source CMS solution.
5. Find a suitable (possibly free) theme/template
6. Add a few pages of content explaining, who you are, what you do and where you do it
7. Finally add a contact form so that people can get in touch without having to ring you

This is much simpler than you think and can have some quite amazing results.

Cloud Integrations offers more than just website development, this is reason we don’t try to maximum our profit from a single job such as building your website. We prefer the idea of partnering with your company, helping you achieve your online goals as cost effectively as possible, we want you and your company as long term clients but without the catch of tying you into any long term contracts. Our existing client base work with us because they want to and because we offer them the best value for money available.

We can build you your first website for as little as £300 – in some instances this can also involve some branding and style advice for positioning your existing brand online.

Submit a contact form and let us start the conversation. No strings attached – let’s just have a chat and see if we can help your business grow.

WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT

A selection of grabs from a news based website.

We were commissioned to launch a website for an online news compiler called Spunje. They wanted to roll out a completely new website within a very tight timeframe.

The following features were required:
Clean design,
Horizontal navigation,
Email sign-up,
Content managment,
Page managment,
Feedback forms,
Lead capture.

From concept to launch was only 2 weeks.

www.spunje.com