Design: 07931 376 255
more@oasthouse.media
Let’s Talk

Category: home page news

re-skin wordpress web design in kent

Up to 50% off client website re-designs

With many long standing web design clients of nearly 20 years it is important to keep web pages up to date as the internet evolves. Oast House Media offer up to 50% off upgrades to help this process and to say thanks to our loyal client base. See Why use us. Old for new We still have some very old ‘.shtml’ / SSi website clients that do not conform to Googles strict ‘responsive’ requirements, the old software used to update these old sites is also not supported any more. These rare beasts are on our ‘endangered’ list and need immediate updating to WordPress that guarantees conformity and future proof. WordPress...

+ Read More
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...

+ Read More
Web Design Canterbury

Web design for Canterbury businesses (CT) special offer

Direct Nigel Stevenson is Canterbury born and bred, he also played cricket and football for Canterbury clubs in his youth. But surprisingly Oast House Media do not have that many Canterbury based web design clients? We know that Canterbury based web designers are pricing their web design higher than companies based outside of the city but Oast House Media are only just over 15 miles (20min) from the cathedral city. So to encourage Canterbury based businesses to give us expats a go and enjoy the same professional standards but at a lower cost we’re offering any CT post code business a whopping 20% discount! Experience the difference and enjoy the...

+ Read More
image copyright photograph ownership in kent

Who owns the image?

Here’s a typical photo scenario, “can you take a picture of us please”, we’ve all done it – on holiday, a wedding, out with friends or family. For happy snappy photos for non-commercial use there’s not normally an ownership issue, but we’ve been asked by a client to look into an image ownership for commercial website use. In this example the business owner asked her friend to use her phone and snap a picture whilst on holiday on the beach. It was such a good photo she  wanted to use it on her new business website. But who owns the photo? Is it the person who took the photo?…or is...

+ Read More
corporate website and print designers in kent

The importance of corporate website and print design

New businesses without the right tutelage can bungle through their ‘branding’ without realising the potential of professional corporate design. So what is corporate design? First consider where your branding is going to be used as this may affect the design, for example (in order of resolution/quality) Work wear (embroidery) 42 Website and Social media 72 Printing (stationery/flyers) 300 Large format printing (banners/signage) 300 Vinyl signage (lettering) vector As you can see there are figures at the end of each line indicting the lines or dots per inch plus vinyl cut vector signage which is the best quality you can achieve. Once identified you can progress to a logo design remembering...

+ Read More
How do you get to the top of Google search results top

How to go top of Google top SEO tips

Firstly let’s be clear about what not to do and dispel a few myths about Google and SEO (search engine optimsation). As you already know, Google.co.uk is the UK biggest and most successful search engine with nearly 90% of the entire on-line UK search market. Myths Common myths we are asked about… clicking on your Google listing like a demented woodpecker will not enhance your position buying thousands of back-links to your web pages will not enhance your position (and could get you black listed for doing this) repeating the same keyword phrase or geographical town many times (spamdexing) will not enhance your position (and could get you black listed...

+ Read More
On-line shopping and services enquiries surge

On-line shopping and services enquiries surge

We’re coming up to a year now since WHO announced a global pandemic. Covid 19 has been devastating for many businesses especially in the hospitality sector. see sky.com Here at OHM we’ve seen a corresponding increase in web site design and search engine optimisation enquiries. The trend is definitely towards the safe on-line environment thanks to pioneers of the service like Amazon and eBay. Stats indicate a 200% increase in on-line sales. ‘Click and Collect’ is now the new bye-word for social distancing purchases, you can even buy a car using click and collect; and they are here to stay – short term as we all work to the lock...

+ Read More
holistic website design google search in kent

How to go top of Google in 24hrs

Big claim but very realistic if you know how Google works and how to focus keyword phrases. Last week (22-1-21) we issued a news blog about ‘Holistic WordPress web designers‘. This week (25-1-21) the news blog is page 1 on Google (see screen sample). If you then add the area keywords of ‘Kent’ or ‘East Kent’ the search result improves to page 1, site 1 as the competition for the phrases diminishes. This was achieved within 24 hours but why did it work so well? The search phrase ‘Holistic WordPress web design’ is unique, in other words there’s not so much competition on Google (approx 5,000,000 results) from other websites...

+ Read More
holistic website design in kent

Holistic web design in East Kent

Holistic website design? Web pages are just part of what we call in the trade ‘web presence’. Nothing spooky going on here, we’re just stepping back and looking at the big picture from a holistic perspective. An holistic website will only work well if all the components are working together. Here’s a summary… [NEWS UPDATE: this news blog goes top of Google in 24hrs, see: oasthousemedia.co.uk/how-to-go-top-of-google-is-24hrs] What is a website? For the browser, it’s the visual experience of seeing content, ie: images, text, animation, links; the human view but is it the most important? If you’re a search engine, it’s coding that makes the web page work, especially some of...

+ Read More
gruba ryba Polish fishing charity logo

Yabba-Dabba Gruba Ryba doooo

Nice change from webby stuff in the design office – request for a logo design for a Polish based children’s fishing charity. Oast House Media were asked to create a ‘cartoon’ style, happy and colourful logo design to be used to promote fishing for under 13s. The final design can be used for all media but specifically in this case for clothing. Soon to be used in Poland we wish the UK based sponsors well What did the client say: “I recently used Oast House Media to design a logo for my charity initiative. From the very first moment they were very professional and helpful . End product was exactly...

+ Read More