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WordPress 18th birthday special offer web design in kent

Celebrating WordPress’s 18th birthday on May 27th SPECIAL OFFER

Oast House Media (based in Deal) have a special offer for the first 5 new clients to contact us for a WordPress website design. WordPress is the UKs most popular web design platform and coming of age is always worth a celebration, so here at OHM we’re making the cake, buying the party poppers and putting the champagne on ice. What will the lucky new client receive… A FREE web name FREE logo (up to 2hrs design time) 50% first years hosting FREE WordPress training FREE Google SEO report FREE web design consultancy FREE ‘company’ web pages (ie: privacy, terms, access etc) And of course a FREE bottle of champagne...

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re-skin example wordpress web design in kent

Client re-design special offer

We’ve recently offered existing clients a discounted re-design or re-skin of their older websites. As web designers we are fully aware of the changes within the web design trade that can affect our clients websites, especially the older web page designs. This is the first of the new website re-designs that replaced a 6 year old website (in this case 3rd generation design). The whole process was completed within a day so minimal impact on this high traffic site. We also took the opportunity to give the clients content and SEO (search engine optimisation) a quick health check and made some tweaks to accommodate Google’s page layout requirements. Client’s comments…...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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