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castle security shredding new website re-design

Deal based shredding services new web design

This is the second of three re-designs for Deal based security shredding company Castles. Since GDPR security shredding has become a very important part of our office procedures, Castles offer certified level 3 shredding for commercial documents but also extend this service to domestic use but their old site was looking a bit tired. Oast House Media have used Castles Security Shredding in the past – pickup, shred, disposal. For owner Peter Varrall it was important to convey all aspect of their shredding process on the re-designed website, especially the home page. OHM re-design the new web page adding images and links to the relevant pages. This will also enhance...

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New Years resolution? – go top of Google

Here at Oast House Media we’ve already completed our first web design in 2022. We normally find January a busy month as business owners reflect on the previous year and consider their marketing options. A well designed website, optimised correctly for Google (the UKs top search engine), will generate sales and more importantly you are not losing enquiries to your competitors if you keep your web pages fresh and manage your SEO campaign correctly. Oast House Media working with our Google SEO partners GoTopSEO have a proven track record of achieving this and continue to work with and support local businesses in Kent. Taking all the stress away from the...

black friday web design special offer

OHM clients get Black Friday 2021 discount boost

Every year Oast House Media offer all their clients a range of discounts as a big thanks for their continued business. We think it’s always nice to give a bit back so for example, this year we’re offering: £100 Amazon voucher for any new web design client referrals 50% off existing client second website (minimum saving £225) WordPress website upgrade (redesign) 50% off (minimum saving £100) Old HTML website upgrade (redesign) 25% off (minimum saving £75) 50% off logo re-design (minimum saving £50) 50% off any print design (minimum saving £75) FREE legal pages (terms, privacy etc) added to your website* (worth £25 each) FREE Google SEO performance and competition...

nigel stevenson media design consultancy

Nigel Stevenson Consultancy new web design

A rare moment to blow ones own trumpet, Oast House Media director Nigel Stevenson is also a media consultant working in Kent with new and established businesses on their corporate web and print design requirements. “I’ve been in the media business now for over 40 years and created the consultancy company for over 10 of these but the old website was not sending the right message. Using the content of ‘On Your Marks’ written for new businesses I’ve redesigned and populated the web pages with factual content and images. There are also many ‘top tips’ to help anyone buy media save time and money” The new web pages are packed...

green web designers in kent

Green energy web designers in Kent

Like many business owners the recent energy price scare has instigated a price check. It’s not good news for a lot of us as gas and electric prices eat into profit margins. But some good news, web design is a very green media compared with others like print and signage. Our office energy consumption is less than £100 a year! We try to meet online to save travel costs and all training is now completed online since Covid 19 requires non-contact business relationships. We still meet some clients face to face and MD Nigel Stevenson will always insist on meeting new website design clients personally. Our Data Centre servers also...

local newpaper web design editorial

Website editorial printed by local press

Deal and Walmer Chamber of Trade were so impressed with our first editorial for the local press page, they asked us for another. This article is about websites representing your business and the affect a cheap design has on your sales potential. Here’s the content… Your website is your business card Do you remember the motorway service station business card printers? For a few pence you could quickly print a business card to take to your meeting. The problem was they looked cheap and didn’t represent your business in the right light. The new business card of today is your website but the same dilemma exists for business owners. It...

website client lands planning application

Client secures planning permission for OHM directors

Whenever we can we try and use our web design clients for products and services; over the years we’ve hired tools, building work, even had our hair cut by local clients to show our support their their businesses. A year ago we decided to look into converting a double garage here at Farm Cottage into a detached annex. Our architectural design clients Ian Barber Associates had just completed a re-design of their WordPress website so it was an easy choice for us to ask Ian and his team to commence the planning process with Dover District Council. Ian handled the entire process with the calm and patience you need at...

mercury press article about web design

Local press feature web design article by Oast House Media

As web design members of Deal and Walmer Chamber of Trade we were asked to supply a short article about web design. Peter Davies (DWCT sec) puts together business interest editorial on behalf of the chamber every month so we were honoured to get the call. The request was for local interest, Covid and web design piece (which we’ve already covered in recent post) up to 300 words. The Mercury editorial team also edited the content but basically it’s what we supplied. As media consultants it’s always nice to be asked about websites but we also cover print, advertising, logo design and more, see: www.nigelstevenson.co.uk We also completed the new...

who is the best website designer in kent

Best web designers in Kent?

It’s not easy to gauge value when it comes to a service like web design is it? If you pop into Tescos to buy you favourite choccy bar and it’s cheaper than the corner shop, that’s better value. If you have a favourite tipple and it’s more expensive in the wine bar than your local pub but you prefer the ambiance? Is that good value, or are you balancing cost against an experience, so called ‘customer satisfaction’. Take this a step further and we find find ourselves indulging in some products (and services) that don’t just take us from A to B the quickest way, they also give enjoyment. The...

new IT partner for Oast House Media

New IT support partner

Oast House Media have always worked closely with IT companies. Having a good safety net for this service is vital for us as we get many enquiries from our clients about: emails (especially iPhone users) anti-spam/junk emails broadband connectivity laptop, PC and phone repairs telecoms A few of our clients already have some form of IT support but the vast majority call us! For the record, OHM does have a general understanding about the above but we do not have the skill levels most technical issues throw up, that’s why we use a trusted IT partner and in this case an IT expert recommended by one of our Thanet based...