It is a fact that customers are becoming increasingly knowledgeable and less loyal, particularly with the arrival of the Internet so that the next interesting Web site is only a click away. The more choice they have and the wider their exposure to the market place, the smarter you need to be to project the right image to your target audience.

Adding an Internet presence into the promotional mix is an important requirement. But it isn't just about pretty pictures and witty gimmicks. A wonderful design and animated logo, no matter how good, are just elements of the image and will achieve nothing on their own without clear focus on your message and target customers.

A Web site is the place to enhance your image and encourage interaction that is consistent with its values. Personalised responses and permission marketing can provide strong backup to that interaction, and give the business highly individualised feedback. Get it right and your image will be positively reinforced and have added value.

Whatever you want to achieve with your image, at whatever level of investment you feel comfortable, a carefully planned Internet strategy, implemented with the right tools will make results achievable and quantifiable.

If you are a new business, or are dissatisfied with your current image, we can offer a copy-writing service for brochures and Web site, or completely re-design your existing Web site, Letter headings, Logo and business cards to project a unified image of your choice.

 

"The value of orders received over the internet by UK non-financial businesses increased by 39% between 2001 and 2002, from £16.8billion to £23.3billion."

Source: National Statistics
( http://www.statistics.gov.uk )


"In the third quarter of 2003, 48 per cent of households in the UK (11.9 million) could access the Internet from home, compared with just nine per cent (2.3 million) in the same quarter of 1998."

Source: National Statistics
( http://www.statistics.gov.uk )


"Among those adults who had used the Internet... 84 per cent used it for e-mail, 80 per cent to find information about goods or services and 68 per cent to search for information about travel and accommodation. Over half had used it to buy or order tickets, goods or services (53 per cent)."

Source: National Statistics
( http://www.statistics.gov.uk )

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"Today, the little guy has an unfair advantage over big business. The internet has levelled the playing field. Prime location isn't important, a big marketing budget isn't necessary. Easy-to-use, easy-to-afford technology enables the small business to appear as large, as expert and as important as the giants. The real competition is increasingly about speed, flexibility and personal attention . "

Source: Jay Conrad Levinson
Guerrilla Marketing with Technology


"As I worked with many small business clients I saw a pattern. The business owner or manager knew little about their website, but a lot about the business. The web designer or technical guru knew a lot about the website, but little about the business"

Source: Jeanette S. Cates, PhD
Online Success Tactics


"The world of Internet business communications is changing at warp speed. Today, a Web site is one of the most effective communication tools a company of any size can utilise. If strategically produced, properly implemented and managed, a Web site is one of the fiercest global marketing weapons available to a small business."

Source: Tom & Lori Heatherington
The Complete Small Business Internet Guide


"Last year at this time there was really no such thing as "local search." Fast forward twelve months and local is one of the hottest topics in search. Search localisation is simultaneously the focus of aggressive attention and effort at Google, Yahoo!/Overture, AOL and MSN, among others ."

Source: Search Engine Watch (http://www.searchenginewatch.com)