For businesses in Dorking, having a professional looking website is essential to remain competitive and attract new customers. Dorking is a small town in Surrey, England, and as such, businesses in the area need to ensure that their web design is up-to-date and...
Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) is a powerful tool for businesses in Dorking to reach their local customer base. SEO helps you to target potential customers in Dorking and the surrounding areas, making your website visible to relevant people who are searching for the...
For those seeking something familiar, Sutton High Street boasts big chain restaurants such as Pizza Hut, Zizzi and Nando’s. These spots are great for large groups and offer an extensive menu, whilst their convenient locations make them ideal for quick lunches or...
Sutton is home to some great coffee shops. From small independent cafés to large chain stores, Sutton has something to offer for everyone looking for a quality cup of coffee. Whether you’re looking for a quiet place to relax and enjoy a latte or an energetic...
Sutton is known for its bustling nightlife and fantastic pubs. Whether you’re seeking a traditional British pub, or a modern gastropub, Sutton has something to offer everyone looking for the perfect place to eat and drink. Here are some of Sutton’s best...
It’s important to have a WordPress site that looks good and works well if you want to attract and keep customers. It also gives the right impression of your business brand. But keeping your website’s look, functionality, and productivity up to date can...
In this age of great technology, updates are necessary to ensure great performance and security. We are constantly advised to update our computers, telephones, apps, and other devices. But if you have a WordPress-powered website, you might be wondering why upgrades...
The future of WordPress looks bright and promising. With its user-friendly interface and versatile capabilities, WordPress continues to be the top choice for many businesses and individuals for creating and managing websites. It continues to evolve and adapt to the...
Have you ever wondered why more and more people choose WordPress as a website design and development platform? The reason is simple. WordPress is a free, open-source CMS that is the perfect platform to build everything from a small blog to a thriving e-commerce...
The much anticipated Divi 5 is finally on its way and due for release in 2023! This latest release from Elegant Themes is packed with new features and improvements that are sure to take websites built with DIVI to the next level. Divi 5 is focused on performance and...
We have been using the DIVI theme on all the sites we have built over the last 8 years and are massive fans. So we have written this short article to give newbies to DIVI an idea of what it is all about and why it is so great. About the DIVI theme The DIVI Theme is...
For business owners now is an uncertain time with the coronavirus causing a down turn in the economy. So what can you do to help insulate your business from being badly impacted… We were listening to a teleseminar yesterday by marketing great Chris Cardell and...
The Vemel.co.uk website we built using Elegant Theme’s DIVI builder has been selected and featured in the top ten websites for the month of January by Elegant Themes . You can read more here:...
We won! Indigo Marmoset won the best business in Epsom & Ewell for Technology & Design 2019. We were up against some stiff competition so it was great to be chosen. A big thank you to the event organisers for putting on another fantastic awards evening and...
Are you looking for a way to expand your business empire and attract customers from neighbouring areas? Local area landing pages to the rescue! Maybe you run a business based in Epsom but you also want your business to be found in the Google search results by...
This short article gives you the heads-up about re-marketing and why you should be using it to attract more leads from your website. Did you know that on average 98% of people who visit a website leave without taking an action such as filling out a contact form or...
If you are not already getting reviews from your customers then you need to start because customer reviews should be a key marketing activity for your business. Reviews give your business the chance to see what’s working, help you get discovered by new customers...
Most business owners have heard of Google Adwords but surprisingly not many of you are using it!! There is a lot of misinformation and old wives stories spoken about Adwords, so here is a re-fresher of how Google Adwords can help deliver a steady stream of customers...
When thinking about business marketing, partnering with other companies is not a often discussed marketing tactic. But it should be, because the wins can be incredible! Out of all the different forms of marketing we have tried for our own business, finding and...
For most businesses these just happen from time to time, but have you considered what an impact it could make for your business if you were to start encouraging more referrals? You probably already know referred leads are better than most, but are you aware of exactly...
It is fair to say the boom days of emailing marketing have long gone! With inboxes bursting with mail and marketing emails often siphoned off by Outlook or just immediately junked, we have now become all but email blind. So, is there still opportunity to be had with...
We are a Google Adwords Certified Partner To make sure we keep delivering excellent Adwords results for our clients, we have become a Google accredited Adwords Partner. This means we are trusted by the UK’s leading search engine to setup and manage your Google Adwords...
We have spent the weekend at the Chris Cardell Millionaire Mastermind 2017 learning about the latest online marketing trends. Highlights were an awesome guest speaker Jo Fairley, founder of Green & Black’s chocolate. Listening to how she grew the brand from...
Beware the horror of trying to use an unresponsive website on a smart phone! Did you know, more people now use the internet on a mobile rather than a desktop device? If you website is not responsive, have you tried using it on a mobile phone? Hard, right? You have to...
We are often asked by prospective clients “How can I be at the top of Google?” and they usually mean “for free”. Whilst this would indeed be awesome, there are 2 key problems with this question: 1. The Google search results are actually 3...
I often use the ‘honey pot & drops of honey’ analogy to describe how to promote your blog post (the honey pot) using micro content (like drops of honey) across your social media platforms, linking back to the blog post. However Kazi Quinton from the...
A common question we get asked by our clients is how to do edits to images before they are uploaded to WordPress to use on the (awesome) websites we have built them. Up until recently we have suggested they either purchase a cheaper stripped back version of Photoshop...
This month Google made a big change to how it displays the Local search results. The usual 7-pack of results that showed up for searches that included a geographic location such as “web design in Epsom” have been replaced with 3-packs in the desktop search...
Be honest. Does your company homepage; A: excite and entice potential customers with lively and engaging copy, impressive descriptions of your products and services and a promise of how your buyers will benefit from bringing their business to you B: provide adequate...
I listened to a good webinar on reputation management recently from Bright Local, which featured industry experts Thomas Ballantyne, Phil Rozek, Aaron Weiche & Don Campbell (you can listen to the full recording by clicking the link at the at the bottom of the...
In April 2015 Google is launching an important algorithm change (how it decides to rank websites in the search results). As more and more users of Google are using smart phones to search online, Google are changing the mobile search results to favour websites it has...
The other week myself and Murray finally bit the bullet and did something some of you have been telling us to do for a while (no, not the photo-shoot with the flamingos), something we should have done a long time ago; we handed in our notice at our day jobs. As most...
Well, if I’m honest, a bit of both. When I first attempted to persuade my two year old to try out a creche, apparently this would be a word that conjured up negative thoughts about being left by Mummy in a room. Attempt number two saw me relabelling the same...
Google My Business combines Google+ Local and Google Places. The Android app is out and the IOS app is coming soon. The front end experience for clients should remain pretty much the same but Google My Business has been released to make it easier for business owners...
Thinking of hiring a web designer? This post ‘how to choose a web designer’ looks at the important factors you should consider before picking up the phone! So, how to choose a web designer… Knowing what you want If you are not too familiar with...
We all use Google everyday to search for useful web content such as products, restaurants or a cool local web design & marketing company 🙂 But when you are looking at the Google search results you may not appreciate that Google often displays three different types...
Are you looking for an easy and secure way to store and share files and pictures on your PC, laptop, tablet or phone? Welcome to Dropbox… Dropbox is a freemium service which makes online storage and sharing of files and pictures dead simple. If you work on a...
At the time of writing, up to 25 percent of web traffic now comes from smartphones and tablets [updated: over 50% in 2015], and this is set to grow rapidly over the next few years! “48% said that if a site didn’t work well on their smartphones, it made...
I love Nando’s. For one I don’t have to think too much about what I’m going to order (I always go for the chicken!) but mainly because when it comes to marketing and branding they’ve really got their act together. The spirit of fun and eclectic...
Our hosting servers will soon be upgraded to a brand new and awesome cloud hosting platform. Most website design companies host their client’s websites on a shared server. Shared servers, as their name suggests, are hosting servers that host lots of websites...
Did you know: 85% of consumers say they read online reviews for local businesses 65% are more likely to use a business which has positive online review 79% say they trust online reviews as much as personal recommendations Data taken from BrightLocal’s Local...
If you are one of the few who hasn’t already, it is not too late to order Christmas cards personalised with your own image / logo and message. The A5 Christmas cards are printed full colour both sides on a thick 300gsm stock, so it is a great opportunity to not...
