http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000 We have just built a new one page site for a beauty therapist in Berkshire. Specialising in eyelash extensions, the client wanted a mini-site promoting this service that would bring her to a wider audience. So anyone looking for <a href="http://http://www.berkshire-eyelash-extensions.co.uk/" target="_blank">eyelash extensions in Berkshire</a> check out Great Lashes!<br /> http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ We recently designed a new homepage for the Riverside Skin Clinic and enhanced the sites performance on google with our basic SEO package, moving them onto page one for several important key phrases including "<a href="http://www.riversideskinclinic.co.uk/">Henley skin clinic</a>" and "<a href="http://www.riversideskinclinic.co.uk/">Skin treatment in Henley</a>".<br /> <br /> We also set up their facebook and Twitter profiles with some extra features like the customised Twitter background to give them a headstart with their social networking. http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ We have just completed enhancing the search engine performance of the One Stop Estates website with our basic SEO package. We targetted phrases such as '<a href="http://www.onestopestates.com">Estate agents in London</a>' and '<a href="http://www.onestopestates.com/properties/sales/Hastings">Homes for sale in Hastings</a>' to improve their google rankings and increase the number of visitors to the website. SEO work can take a while to pay off but we are confident that over the next few weeks we will see an improvement in their rankings on those key phrases.<br /> http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ To promote our recently revamped <a href="http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.com/">budget web design site</a> Sussex Internet Solutions are offering a free website to all-comers. <br /> <br /> This amazing offer is for a limited time only so if you are looking for an easy, zero cost way to advertise your business or services online now is the time to do it. All it takes is a single online form, an email or even just a phonecall and you can have your own website online within 3 days. <br /> <br /> The offer includes absolutely everything you need to get online including: <br /> <ul> <li>A single page website built from one of four predesigned templates </li> <li>Your choice of .co.uk domain name<br /> </li> <li>All your text and images added to the website including company logo </li> <li>A contact form on your website (if required) </li> <li>Up to three email addresses set up </li> <li>One years free web hosting </li> </ul>There is no catch and no contract. If you do not wish to keep your site after the years free hosting is up you can simply walk away. We will not place adverts on your site nor will we pass your details onto any third parties.<br /> <br /> Find out more about our <a href="http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.com/free_websites.php">free website offer</a>, check out the full <a href="http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.com/terms.php">terms and conditions</a> or go straight to the <a href="http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.com/website_registration.php">free website registration form</a>. If you have any questions regarding this offer please feel free to <a href="http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.com/contact.php">contact us</a>.<br /> <br /> We are intending to run this offer until 31st October 2010 but may be forced to end it early if demand is higher than anticipated, get in early to be sure of getting your free website.<br /> http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ One of our biggest collaborations with Diligence for some time, the Kent Children's Fund Network's new website (<a href="http://www.kcfn.co.uk">www.kcfn.co.uk</a>) is now online. Built around our <a href="http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/content_management_system.php">enhanced content management system</a> already used for such charity websites as the Kent Air Ambulance, Autism Sussex and Wisdom Hospice, this website also incorporates many additional features including Adult and Child versions of each page, a monster 'toggle' which causes the monsters to flee the website and a full social networking site which allows its members to upload images and documents,&nbsp; write on other members walls and join 'groups'.<br /> <br /> We are very pleased with the way this website has turned out, as is the client and hopefully this working relationship will continue long into the future.<br /> http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ Mon, 02 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ It has been a busy summer so far for SiS. Working alongside Diligence we have recently unleashed a number of brand new websites on the world. Our favourites are featured below:<br /> <br style="font-weight: bold;" /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Energy Now Expo.</span> A longstanding client of Diligence, Energy Now required a brand new updatable website on a very tight timescale to promote their 2011 Expo. Using a modified version of our existing Content Management System we have produced a website which more than meets their requirements within the timeframe necessary. The client is able, via a secure login area, to set the programme of events, upload details of the exhibitors and speakers, add adverts to the site and write/amend any content they require.<br /> <br /> <img border="0px" align="" style="width: 537px; height: 125px;" src="/assets/energynowexpo_bar.jpg" alt="" /><br /> <br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Wisdom Hospice</span>. Another Charity website, this site contains many of the features of the Sussex Autism website including multiple page templates, updatable dropdown menus and side navigation, galleries, news and events, an automated sitemap and more besides.<br /> <br /> <img border="0px" align="" style="width: 536px; height: 125px;" src="/assets/wisdom_bar.jpg" alt="" /><br /> <br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Parker pens ex-employees website.</span> This is the first website to go live with our new Social Networking system (as described in our previous news article). This site enables ex employees of the Parker Pen company to meet up, swap stories, upload images and arrange meetings.<br /> <br /> <img border="0px" align="" style="width: 535px; height: 145px;" src="/assets/parker_bar.jpg" alt="" /><br /> <br /> <br /> http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ <p>We have recently developed a number of new features within our content management system for various clients, which will now potentially be available in all future cms based websites we build. Our Content Management and e-commerce systems are constantly being refined and improved upon in this way and some of our latest additions are detailed below:</p><br /> <br /> <p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Instant image uploader</span>. Many page template designs include an area for a fixed size image, this image can now be updated (when logged in as an administrator with correct permissions) simply by clicking on it and selecting a new image from your PC. The image will be uploaded and resized to fit instantly before appearing in position. This allows the page to be previewed before committing to any changes. We used a combination of jQuery and AJAX coding to achieve this functionality.</p> <p> <img border="0px" align="left" src="../assets/wisdom_cms.jpg" alt="" style="margin: 5px;" /></p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /> </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold;">jQ</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">uery date selector</span>. All textfields that require a date to be entered now use the jQuery date selector, this prevents any problems that could occur due to the date being entered in an incorrect format and makes the content editing process more user friendly.<br /> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Social Networking</span>. This is a huge new addition to our code library and can be used separately to the CMS and Shop to create a social website such as we are creating for the ex-employees of Parker Pens. Alternatively it can be combined with the CMS and Shop to produce a fully updateable website with an online shop and advanced social networking features. <img border="0px" src="../assets/kcfn_login.jpg" alt="" style="margin: 5px;" /></p> <p>Included within this new Social Networking system are:</p> <ul> <li>Member registration, login, profile page</li> <li>A message wall for each member and unlimited image galleries for each member</li> <li>'Friends' functionality</li> <li>Ability to create and run 'groups'</li> <li>Full administration of all the above</li> </ul> <p>More details of our new Social Networking features will be coming soon.</p> http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ Fri, 11 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0000http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ Spring is a time for new beginnings and fresh starts so why not breathe new life into your website with a professional redesign from Sussex Internet Solutions?<br /> If your existing website is no longer performing as intended, perhaps sales are not as high as they could be, or you are not getting as many hits as you once did then a site redesign could be just the thing to get it back into top gear. Our design team will be happy to discuss your options with you and come up with a solution thats right for you. Remember, we pride ourselves on offering the best advice we can rather than simply the most expensive, and we will always give our honest opinion on what is best for you and your website, even if that means talking ourselves out of work!<br /> <br /> Some of our most successful projects have been redesigns of existing websites. Last year we undertook a complete rebuild of ALD Lighting's website which included a sleek new design as well as a mini cms for controlling certain areas of the site and a members only pdf download area. <a href="http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/news.php?id=18">Read about ALD Lighting</a><br /> <br /> <img border="0px" align="" alt="" src="/assets/news_images/18/ald lighting_top.jpg" style="width: 497px; height: 123px;" /><br /> <br /> Also last year we redesigned and built Outlet4Holidays. This was a fairly large scale project, the existing site had been running for a number of years and was still seeing a reasonable amount of use. However the website owners felt that the time was right to redesign the site with a more modern look and a host of additional features. As well as a new design we incorporated a destination guide complete with maps of tourist hotspots and a new landlords login area which allows the property owners and managers to view their bookings and amend property details. The end result is a website that is very easy to use, both for visitors and landlords/administrators, with an attractive design and that has resulted in an overall increase in the number of bookings received. <a href="http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/news.php?title=Outlet4Holidays+Website+design+%26+build">Read about Outlet4Holidays</a><br /> <br /> <img border="0px" align="" alt="" src="/assets/o4h_top.jpg" style="width: 551px; height: 95px;" /><br /> <br /> We hope this article has been of interest to you, if you would like to know more about our redesign services please call us on 01273 252 747 or email <a href="mailto:info@sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk">info@sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk</a>.<br /> <br /> http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ Wed, 12 May 2010 00:00:00 +0000http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ Its offical, Spring is here and its been another busy month for Sussex Internet Solutions, in addition to the new website for Homes4Let going live, the ongoing Ford project moved into its final pilot stage and several collaborative projects with Diligence made good progress. New websites for Parker Pens, LXFX and Caseco have moved into the build phase and the new site for NextHoliday was approved and made live. <br /> All of these sites make use of our bespoke content management systems and all are tailored in various ways to suit the specific project requirements. The LXFX website for example allows the client to upload project galleries which can then be featured on the homepage or in different sections within the site, it also uses a jquery image scroller to display a series of updateable images as a rolling slideshow.<br /> Several new online shops and updateable websites are in the pipeline which will utilise our bespoke content management and e-commerce systems. These include websites for Wisdom Hopsice, KCFN and Solar Tech.<br /> http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ Fri, 30 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0000http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ One new live website today. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.homes4letsussex.co.uk">Homes4let</a> are a property letting agency with a range of flats, apartments and houses in the sovereign harbour area of Eastbourne. They previously relied on RightMove to advertise their properties but decided that the time was right to have a professional website of their own. The brief was for a modern, stylish website to reflect the types of properties that are available in this particular area. They wanted to be able to add and remove properties themselves, upload photos for each property and enable visitors to easily contact them with regards to any of the properties on the website.<br /> <br /> <img border="0px" style="margin: 5px;" alt="" src="/assets/h4l.jpg" /><br /> <br /> Our solution makes use of our unique content management system which features a secure administrative login area allowing multiple administrators with varying access permissions, WYSIWYG text editor with the ability to upload images and logging of all changes made by administrators.<br /> <br /> Also this week our latest collaboration with Diligence media and marketing went live. Next Holiday is a site showcasing the very latest special offers from a range of top holiday tour operators.<br /> http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ Mon, 26 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0000http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ Plenty of progress this month on a variety of projects. Our latest big collaboration with Diligence has gone live. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.autismsussex.org.uk">www.autismsussex.org.uk</a> is a brand new website promoting this great local charity which features a full content management system, making the entire website updateable, an e-commerce system with back-end order and customer management facilities and a training event booking system which allows customers to book attendees for the various training courses that Autism Sussex run throughout the year.<br /> <br /> Also this month Ford Retail began the pilot of their new online resource which will help them manage their health &amp; safety and auditing requirements across the entire company. This resource is being developed in conjunction with <a target="_blank" href="http://www.inductus.co.uk">Inductus ltd</a> and is the largest project we have so far taken on.<br /> <br /> The search engine optimisation work on <a target="_blank" href="http://www.veronique-online.co.uk">www.veronique-online.co.uk</a> continued this month and so far we have more than doubled the traffic from search engine searches to this website.<br /> <br /> <br /> http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ Tue, 30 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ <p> Our co-operation with the media and marketing company Diligence Group continued throught February as we worked on a number of projects together. These included a brand new website for the charity Sussex Autism, which is a fully updateable content managed site featuring multiple website sections, updateable dropdown menus, news &amp; RSS feeds, a shop and a training events booking area including events calendar and online payment. We are hoping this site will go live within the next week or so.</p> <p> Other projects with Diligence in the last month have included a number of contact and registration forms for a variety of new and existing clients, a new Wedding Shop for <a href="http://www.fivedollarshake.co.uk" target="_blank">Five Dollar Shake</a> (to go live very soon) and a new updateable News Page for <a href="http://www.mcculloughmoore.co.uk/" target="_blank">McCullough Moore</a>.</p> <p> This next month promises to be just as full, with a number of new clients coming in and some exciting new projects which will present new challenges for both companies. </p> http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ <p> A brand new site built on our Front Desk Content Management and E-Commerce system. Veronique sell imported dresses for girls aged 3+ which are ideal for <a href="http://www.veronique-online.co.uk/shop.php" target="_blank">Bridesmaids</a>, <a href="http://www.veronique-online.co.uk/shop.php" target="_blank">Wedding Parties</a>, <a href="http://www.veronique-online.co.uk/shop.php" target="_blank">Flower Girls</a> and <a href="http://www.veronique-online.co.uk/shop.php" target="_blank">Holy Communion</a>. The shop is fully updateable with all the usual features of our Front Desk system including order management, multiple administrator access, modifiable email templates. We have also recently added the ability to have &#39;options&#39; on your shop products. In the case of Veronique this allows customers to specify an age/size and colour for their dress.</p> <p> <br /> Thanks to our unique system and development methods we were able to build this site from scratch within 4 weeks (including time off over Christmas!) and for much less than a typical e-commerce solution generally costs. It is W3C compliant meaning the HTML code is clean and browser/search engine friendly The site has been tested in the most popular browsers and submitted to major search engines as part of our standard website build service.</p> <p> Veronique have taken up our Search Engine Optimisation service in order to improve the rankings of their new website. This means that any google users who search for &#39;<a href="http://www.veronique-online.co.uk" target="_blank">Girls dresses in Eastbourne</a>&#39; for example will see the Veronique website right at the top.</p> <p> <a href="http://www.veronique-online.co.uk" target="_blank">www.veronique-online.co.uk<br /> </a></p> http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ <p> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.robinhagues.co.uk">www.robinhagues.co.uk</a> is a new website featuring freely downloadable content as well as an online shop. The e-commerce system was created by Sussex Internet Solutions while the site itself was designed by Diligence. The site also features several updateable pages and is based around our standard Frontdesk setup allowing the site owner to add new products and categories, upload images to web pages, style the site content however they like and essentially manage the whole website and shop quickly and easily.</p> http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ <p> The new <a target="_blank" href="http://www.advocacytraining.org.uk">Advocacy training</a> website, designed by Diligence, features an event management and booking system designed and developed by Sussex Internet Solutions. Visitors to the site are able to book multiple places on a number of available training events and pay instantly via Sagepay, an online payment gateway which accepts all debit and credit cards. The secure administration area allows administrators to add new events, view bookings and attendees, modify and add attendees and more. <br /> &nbsp;</p> http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ <p> BP Travel Marketing, an existing customer of Sussex Internet Solutions and Diligence Media and Marketing have signed off their latest website which features up to date news from the travel Industry via newsfeeds from the BBC and Reuters amongst others, and regular blogs from the BP Travel team. This website is controlled via a customised version of our content management system&nbsp; which allows the client to select the newsfeeds to read from, write articles and moderate comments, update the banner advert and add links to the resources box. These are just some of the features that we can provide for any website so if you feel your site would benefit from up to date news, blogs or other content then get in touch via our contact page.<br /> &nbsp;</p> http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ <p>The latest collaboration between Sussex Internet Solutions and Diligence Media and Marketing is this new website and online shop for <a href="http://www.heritagechocolates.com" target="_blank">Heritage Chocolates</a>. Boasting a fully updateable shop split into different categories, full user and order management and tied into the SagePay payment system this site uses a customised version of our own e-commerce system which was tailored to the clients own requirements.</p> <p>The site contains many of the standard features of our e-commerce system including the ability to promote individual products on the homepage, set products and categories offline and monitor orders in real time. Following discussions with the client it became apparent that additional features would be required since the chocolate coins which are being sold in the shop each come in a variety of sizes and colours. SIS came up with a solution which allows customers of the site to specify the size, quantity and colour of their coins while keeping the whole process as simple and straightforward as possible.</p> http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ <p>The new <a target="_blank" href="http://www.outlet4holidays.com">Outlet4Holidays</a> website is now online, the design is by Diligence Media and Marketing and the site features a bespoke holiday accommodation booking system which allows customers to search for available accommodation and book it online quickly and easily. New properties can be added regularly by website administrators, and the property landlords also have limited administrator privileges allowing them to modify details of their properties and enter bookings themselves.</p> <p> Each property has its own updateable image gallery together with a feature list, seasonal rates and availability calendar. There is also an extensive guide to London attractions featuring embedded google maps.</p> <p> This site is another demonstration of the technical and development skills of Sussex Internet Solutions working in harmony with the design excellence of Diligence. </p> <h3>Site Features</h3> <ul> <li>Secure adminstration area</li> <li>Multiple administrators with configurable access privileges</li> <li>Updateable properties with galleries and maps</li> <li>Booking admin, Enquiry admin, Contact admin</li> <li>Record of all emails sent through system</li> <li>Accommodation search</li> <li>Secure online payment</li> </ul>This system is also soon to be extended to run a collection of similar websites each with a different focus. This just demonstrates the flexibility of the system which is itself a testament to the planning and care that went in to it.<br /> http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ <p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.tradestamp.com">Tradestamp</a> provides customers with an easy way of finding approved service providers in their area. The basic principle behind the site is that all suppliers must be vetted and approved by the Tradestamp team before they can be listed in search results. This means that customers can rest assured that whoever they choose to carry out a job will provide a good service.</p> <p> Sussex Internet Solutions were brought in over a year ago to help update and improve the Tradestamp website. Since then we have helped Tradestamp implement many new features and make the site more efficient and user friendly. The Tradestamp website is written in Java with a MySql database which shows that although our normal choice of programming language is PHP we are more than capable of handling projects in a variety of languages. Other projects we have worked on have used the asp language, examples include the old Air Ambulance websites (before our redesign and build) and <a target="_blank" href="http://www.bog-standard.org/">Bog Standard</a>.</p> http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ <p>When writer and photographer Nick Hanna decided to create a new website to cater for the needs of ‘Green’ investors, he selected to Diligence and SIS to help him develop his ideas. The result is www.thegreeninvestmentguide.com – a specialist resource crammed with information on investing in the environmental sector.</p> <p>The success of the site will depend on attracting a high volume of visitors and so the sophisticated and dynamic structure allows for a constant stream of new information to be added to the site – all under the control of Nick using our Content Management System.</p> <p>A secure log-in facility allows registered users to access additional information on companies working in a variety of ‘green’ sectors – with each company entry also including individual inbound news feeds – allowing users to see up to the minute news on these companies.</p> <p>The site also features the facility to attract advertising revenue and also carries all important links to the site owners own portfolio of books and photographs.</p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold;">What we do</span></p> <ul> <li>Website Design</li> <li>Website Maintenance</li> <li>Content Management<br /> </li> </ul><a href="http://www.thegreeninvestmentguide.com">www.thegreeninvestmentguide.com</a><br /> <br /> <br /> http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ <span style="color: rgb(181, 181, 181); font-size: 10pt;">The start of the year is always a good time for a spot of navel gazing!<br /> <br /> You probably have a website - but how many times have you checked to make sure its still performing well for you?<br /> <br /> Its always worth making sure your site is still working for you and what it is you expect from your site. For isntance, is is:<br /> <br /> To provide an online guide to your company's services?<br /> To offer an online corporate brochure?<br /> To generate sales enquiries?<br /> To provide a profile for your company on the major search engines?<br /> To encourage visits and repeat visits to the site?<br /> To encourage newsletter subscriptions?<br /> To be search engine friendly?<br /> <br /> Take a look to at your design objectives.<br /> <br /> Does your site look slick and polished - or does it look dated?<br /> Is it inviting? Or does it take some time and effort to navigate?<br /> Does it use appropriate imagery?<br /> <br /> Why not give your website an early spring clean? A new fresh look for your site could do wonders for your business. </span> http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ <p>The new Advocacy Training website incorporates an online booking service for a range of advocacy training events. The site offers training courses based on the qualifications in independent advocacy which are accredited by City and Guilds. </p> <p>Visitors to the site can book and pay to attend training courses held at venues throughout the South East and South West. Sussex Internet Solutions was asked to provide a dynamic site with an easy to use Content Management System allowing updated course information to be added on a regular basis.</p> <p>SEAP and KMT are committed to quality and aim to offer first class training. The new site has been designed to compliment these high quality standards.</p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold;">What we do</span></p> <ul> <li>Website Design</li> <li>Website Maintenance</li> <li>Online Booking</li> <li>Online Payment</li> </ul><a href="http://www.advocacytraining.org.uk">www.advocacytraining.org.uk</a><br /> <br /> <img border="0" align="" alt="" src="http://www.diligencegroup.co.uk/newsite/htdocs/assets/at2.jpg" /><br /> <br /> http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ <p>Brochure Bank is a trading brand of BP Travel Marketing - a long established provider of specialist communication, distribution and direct marketing services to the travel and tourism industry. The company is part of the Orbital Marketing Services Group and employs over 400 people, operating from three locations in the UK.</p> <p>They help their clients get the most from their marketplace by providing end-to-end direct marketing, distribution, online and offline communication services to Tour Operators, Airlines, Travel Agents, Transportation Companies and Destinations.</p> <p>Diligence provides e-marketing support service to including re-designing some the company’s web presence and designing and producing a regular programme of HTML and postal client communications. </p> <p>Diligence has also worked with a number of other Orbital brands including Next Holiday, Tradegate and Day Visits providing website, HTML and brochure design.</p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold;">What we do</span></p> <ul> <li>Website Design</li> <li>Website Maintenance</li> <li>eMarketing</li> </ul><a href="http://www.brochurebank.co.uk">www.brochurebank.co.uk</a><br /> <br /> http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ <p>The Enterprise Hub Network is the lynchpin between entrepreneurial ideas and commercial success, helping to create new, innovative and prosperous businesses that can contribute to the economic growth and development of the South East.</p> <p>Diligence has been working with the East Sussex Hub since its inception and is now an integral part of the organisation’s marketing resource.</p> <p>We have helped develop an e-marketing strategy to help promote the range of events provided by the Hub to the business community in East Sussex. Our work in building and developing a database of key business contacts has borne fruit as a carefully planned and executed series of e-communications has helped to ensure their events are fully subscribed.</p> <p>In addition to e-marketing, Diligence provides event management support, media, pr and editorial support.</p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold;">What we do</span></p> <ul> <li>E-marketing strategy</li> <li>Direct and e-mail marketing</li> <li>Database building and management</li> <li>Event management</li> <li>PR and editorial support</li> </ul><br /> http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ <p>BP Travel Marketing is a long established provider of specialist communication, distribution and direct marketing services to the travel and tourism industry.</p> <p> The company is part of the Orbital Marketing Services Group and employs over 400 people, operating from three locations in the UK.</p> <p>They help their clients get the most from their marketplace by providing end-to-end direct marketing, distribution, online and offline communication services to Tour Operators, Airlines, Travel Agents, Transportation Companies and Destinations.</p> <p>Diligence provides e-marketing support service to BP including re-designing some the company's web presence and designing and producing HTML client communications.</p> <p>Diligence has also worked with a number of other Orbital brands including Next Holiday, Brochure Bank and Trade Gate providing website, HTML and brochure design.</p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold;">What we do</span></p> <ul> <li>E-mail marketing</li> <li>Brochure Design</li> <li>Website design</li> <li>Online product development</li> </ul> <div><a href="http://www.bptravelmarketing.co.uk">www.bptravelmarketing.co.uk</a><br /> <a href="http://www.brochurebank.co.uk">www.brochurebank.co.uk</a><br /> <a href="http://www.trade-gate.co.uk">www.trade-gate.co.uk</a><br /> <br /> <img border="0" align="" alt="" src="http://www.diligencegroup.co.uk/newsite/htdocs/assets/bp02.jpg" /><br /> </div><br /> http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ <p>The Brakes Group is the UK’s leading supplier to the catering industry. Their thorough understanding of caterers needs is underpinned by 50 years experience and a passion for innovation, quality and service. </p> <p>The Brakes Group's unbeatable offering is supported by services to assist customers including providing educational resources. <br /> </p> <p>Diligence designed and produced a promotional CD Rom aimed at the schools and education sector to help caterers with healthy eating ideas as well as information on the services provided by brakes.</p> <p>The project has been so successful that Diligence has been asked to design additional titles in the series.</p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold;">What we do</span></p> <ul> <li>CD Rom design</li> <li>Marketing collateral</li> </ul> <p> <img border="0" align="" src="http://www.diligencegroup.co.uk/newsite/htdocs/assets/breaks_001.jpg" alt="" style="margin-top: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px;" /> <img border="0" align="" src="http://www.diligencegroup.co.uk/newsite/htdocs/assets/breaks_002.jpg" alt="" style="margin-top: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px;" /><br /> </p> http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ <p>Five Dollar Shake is one of the country’s leading providers of hand-made greetings cards. Based in Hastings, East Sussex, the company supplies exclusively designed hand-made cards to a number of prestigious retailers and specialist card retailers. <br /> </p> <p>FDS has won numerous awards for its greetings card designs and is proud of the fact that it uses British designers and craftsmen to provide the raw materials for their exciting range. </p> <p>Like a faithful pet, the company’s website had served them well for over 10 years but was in desperate need of an overhaul! Diligence Media and Marketing has designed an exciting, contemporary website that not only shows off the company’s designs to the very best – but also incorporates a sophisticated e-commerce system created by Sussex Internet Solutions to allow retailers as well as end users and collectors to buy their chosen cards.</p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold;">What we do</span></p> <ul> <li>Website Design</li> <li>Website Maintenance</li> <li>eCommerce</li> </ul><a href="http://www.fivedollarshake.com">www.fivedollarshake.com</a><br /> <p> <img border="0" align="" src="http://www.diligencegroup.co.uk/newsite/htdocs/assets/Fivedollashake002.jpg" alt="" style="margin-top: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px;" /></p> http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ <span style="color: rgb(181, 181, 181); font-size: 10pt;">What else can you do to help drive more traffic to your site?<br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(181, 181, 181); font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold;">A Blog</span><br /> <br /> A Blog can help you to position yourselves as a true expert. It also helps you to secure an additional presence on the web, by posting a substantial amount of additional online content, with a subsequent increase in the number of search results for the company.<br /> <br /> You can position your Blog(s) as a forum for discussing issues that concern those in your industry. In addition to being stand alone sites in their own right, Blogs can be placed on a number of other internet platforms including popular and specialist trade Blog directories. <br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(181, 181, 181); font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold;">Backlinking</span><br /> <br /> You should actively seek reciprocal links with other relevant websites – the more links you can incorporate, the higher the probability of appearing more prominently in searches and, of course, securing more referrals. <br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(181, 181, 181); font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold;">email address generator </span><br /> <br /> Why not include devices to encourage visitors to your site to register their email addresses? There are a number of devices you could use ranging from a simple contact page through to more sophisticated and engaging devices such as offering Fact Sheets or a subscription to an e-zine/newsletter.<br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(181, 181, 181); font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold;">Updated news and events section</span><br /> <br /> The facility to add updateable news, photos or event information will ensure that repeat visitors to your site will have new content to read. News of your attendance at events can provide interesting content for the site as can the introduction of new products. </span> http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ <p>Kent Air Ambulance is considered one of the most innovative and forward thinking of the UK's Air Ambulance Charities. Central to their fundraising activities is their website and online marketing activities - which are handled by Diligence and Sussex Internet Solutions.<br /> </p> <p> <table align="" width="" style="border: medium none ; width: 100%; color: rgb(181, 181, 181); border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 10px; background-color: rgb(37, 37, 37);"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border: medium none ; padding: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; letter-spacing: 0pt; word-spacing: 0pt; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">"Every time Kent Air Ambulance has asked a question or sought a new direction for online awareness and fundraising Diligence has responded to that challenge. We expect high standards from our suppliers - and Diligence have never let us down"<br /> <br /> <span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;">David Philpott - Chief Executive</span></span> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(181, 181, 181);"></span></p>Sussex Internet Solutions have been responsible for providing all the technical development for the Kent, Sussex and Surrey air ambulance websites. <p style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The Air Ambulance charities fund their vital service entirely from charitable donations with no government funding. It is a source of great pride that our web design and marketing skills have contributed to one of the UK's real charity success stories.</span></p> <p style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">What we do</span></p> <ul> <li>Website Design <br /> </li> <li>Content Management System<br /> </li> <li>Support and online maintenance<br /> </li> </ul><a href="http://www.kentairambulance.co.uk">www.kentairambulance.co.uk</a><br /> <a href="http://www.surreyairambulance.co.uk">www.surreyairambulance.co.uk</a><br /> <a href="http://www.sussexairambulance.co.uk">www.sussexairambulance.co.uk</a><br /> <br /> <img border="0" align="" src="http://www.diligencegroup.co.uk/newsite/htdocs/assets/kent.jpg" alt="" /><br /> http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ <span style="color: rgb(181, 181, 181); font-size: 10pt;">It’s a familiar story.<br /> <br /> You like your website. It has some good features and looks really good.<br /> <br /> But you are not achieving very good search engine rankings. And you don’t seem to get many enquiries.<br /> <br /> What’s gone wrong? It’s almost certain that your site probably needs a little kick up the backside.<br /> <br /> Your site may look a little dated and, if so, there are a number of techniques you could adopt to help boost your organic rankings on the major search engines. <br /> <br /> Naturally, a redesign of your site would help to freshen up the look and feel of your brand. But you can also build in some additional features to help generate not just additional traffic – but additional repeat visits to your site. <br /> <br /> The inclusion of additional pages and some more search engine-friendly content will also help to boost your rankings – for instance, more relevant product information, an up to date News Page, the inclusion of Fact Sheets or an online archive library – all these mean you'd have more relevant content that could be picked up by the search engines. More to the point, the information would help project something of the personality of your company, its heritage and its experience.<br /> </span> http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #b5b5b5; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Internet and email technology could be a key enabler of making all forms of marketing more direct, according to one expert.<br /> <br /> Lisa Turner of the Institute of Direct Marketing said; <br /> <br /> "Technology is playing an important role in integrating previously distinct advertising techniques and shaping them into the broader field of internet marketing."<br /> <br /> "Direct marketing used to be just one of these techniques: now with email and the web, everything has the potential to be direct marketing," she explained.<br /> <br /> One example of technology's effect on the marketing industry is the fact that research shows that more than eight in ten television adverts carry a website address, while this trend is also prevalent in newspaper and magazine advertising Ms Turner added.<br /> <br /> According to the Direct Marketing Association, email marketing is received significantly more positively by consumers than businesses tend to believe.<br /> <br /> A study by the organisation suggested that such messages receive a 33% actual positive response compared with a 17.6% perceived positive response. <br /> <br /> Diligence has many years experience of helping companies market their services direct to their customers.</span></div> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #b5b5b5; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">&nbsp;</span></div> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #b5b5b5; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Why not get in touch if you'd like to know more? </span></div> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #b5b5b5; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">&nbsp;</span></div> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #b5b5b5; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Call 01424 447858 or e-mail </span><a href="mailto:martin@diligencegroup.co.uk."><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #b5b5b5; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">martin@diligencegroup.co.uk</span></a><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #b5b5b5; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></span></div> http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ <div><span style="COLOR: #b5b5b5; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The online marketing industry grew by almost 40% in 2007 according to figures from the Advertising Association. With companies increasingly realising the benefits of cost affective e-marketing. <br /> <br /> With any winner there`s always a loser and in this case its direct marketing. The industry saw a drop in year-on-year growth of 6.5 per cent.<br /> <br /> The Advertising Statistics Yearbook 2008 confirmed that digital marketing has now overtaken direct marketing as the third largest channel by market share. Digital expenditure represents 15.6 per cent of advertising expenditure while direct marketing now accounts for only 11.2 per cent.<br /> <br /> The direct marketing industry was worth &pound;2.17bn in 2007. Press advertising was still the biggest channel with expenditure of &pound;7.71bn, and a 39 per cent share of the market. This was followed by TV at &pound;4.6bn and a 24 per cent share. <br /> <br /> The UK advertising industry grew by 4.2 per cent in 2007 to a total of &pound;19.4bn.<br /> <br /> Diligence&nbsp;has a wealth of experience in e-marketing and offers a complete e-marketing service from website design to HTML e-mail campaigns. </span></div> <div><span style="COLOR: #b5b5b5; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">&nbsp;</span></div> <div><span style="COLOR: #b5b5b5; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><span style="COLOR: #b5b5b5">Talk to one of Diligences experienced professionals today on 01424 447858 or visit&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.diligencegroup.co.uk"><span style="COLOR: #b5b5b5">www.diligencegroup.co.uk</span></a><span style="COLOR: #b5b5b5"></span></span><span style="COLOR: #b5b5b5; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">and let us get your business moving in the right direction. </span></div> http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ Sun, 24 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ <p>BN27Skincare is owned and run by an Eastbourne based aesthetic nurse, the ranges include Jan Marini, Mene &amp; Moy, Skinceuticals and Restylane and are fully updateable using a modified version of our standard e-commerce system. The site also features an updateable news section with headlines on the homepage and an RSS feed.</p> <p>This site was designed by Diligence Media and Marketing and has a very nice, clean look which is well suited to the products sold there.</p> <p>As with the majority of our projects this site is coded in PHP with a MySql database, it also features an SSL certificate to securely take credit card information and a full customer and order management system as part of the administration area.<br /> </p> http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ Tue, 19 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ <span style="COLOR: #b5b5b5; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">E-marketing is a really effective way of reaching your customers – and it can also be the cheapest option for a targeted campaign. <br /> <br /> Some of your targets may not like receiving unsolicited emails, so it is important that you structure your campaign properly – enabling those who wish to, to opt out of any future communications easily. If a data subject requests to be removed from your email list, you are legally obliged to do so to avoid contravening the Electronic Communications Act. </span><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_liCcg69ZTn0/SD06UqrgD6I/AAAAAAAAABU/ExgQMMy5zM4/s1600-h/EMAIL.jpg"><span style="COLOR: #b5b5b5; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <img style="MARGIN: 10px 0px 10px 10px; FLOAT: right; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205380871038701474" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_liCcg69ZTn0/SD06UqrgD6I/AAAAAAAAABU/ExgQMMy5zM4/s200/EMAIL.jpg" width="200" height="149" /></span></a><br /> <br /> <span style="COLOR: #b5b5b5; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Whilst spam is illegal, you are allowed to send unsolicited emails to business email addresses on business matters only. If you want to promote consumer services you must buy an 'opt-in' list.<br /> <br /> Renting or buying a list is not always the most effective way of communicating. Certainly you could expect a much better response by targeting those businesses with which you already have a relationship. That’s why it makes sense to ensure you always record your business contacts.<br /> <br /> If you are nervous about managing your own email campaign there are a number of online services available to help you – alternatively why not talk to Diligence and let us manage your next email marketing campaign?<br /> <br /> The Marketing Manager has many years experience of helping companies market their services - why not get in touch if you'd like to know more?<br /> <br /> Contact us now at </span><a href="http://www.diligencegroup.co.uk/"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #b5b5b5; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">www.diligencegroup.co.uk</span></a><span style="COLOR: #b5b5b5; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></span> http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ Wed, 13 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ The Diligence event management team has more than 25 years experience of managing and staging events throughout the UK and Europe. So, it was no surprise that when one of the leading divisions within KPMG decided to hold their annual conference in the south east, they chose Diligence as event managers.<br /> <br /> One objective of the conference was to encourage a team ethos amongst delegates from all over the world. We have a range of team building and motivational events to offer - and our choice of a special KPMG Beach Olympics, together with an afternoon of nostalgic school sports helped to promote a real spirit of togetherness amongst delegates.<br /> <br /> In addition to managing the outdoor events, Diligence was also responsible for venue and location selection, including the hotel, conference facilities and Gala Dinner.<br /> <br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">What we do<br /> </span> <ul> <li>Event Management</li> <li> Teambuilding</li> <li> Venue finding</li> <li> Travel &amp; logistics</li> </ul> http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ <p>ALD Lighting is a well established, experienced specialist commercial lighting company. From their East Sussex base they provide a range of services including the manufacture, design, assembly and testing of bespoke lighting systems. Their new website, developed in conjunction with Diligence Media and Marketing, is well equipped to promote their services with several updateable pages, a newsfeed, gallery, contact form and secure members only area in which approved individuals can view their catalogues in pdf form.</p> <p>Using a bespoke version of our content management system, website administrators can modify content, upload pdf catalogues and approve or ban users.</p> http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/ Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000http://www.sussexinternetsolutions.co.uk/