For a business, it’s critical to show off your work to gain more customers. A portfolio is a great way to show off companies you have worked with and the quality of the work you can produce. Whether online or in printed brochures, ensure everyone knows they can trust your business! The benefits of having … Continue reading “What are the benefits of having a great portfolio?”
READ MOREThe key to a successful business is how unique its brand is. When a business has a brand that stand out, it’s far easier to gain new customers. Why? Your business will stick in a customer’s head when you have outstanding design as it reflects the professionalism of your business. A brand is just as … Continue reading “Should I update my business’ brand?”
READ MORESome businesses are beginning to re-open within the next few weeks. Many people are worried about how they will prevent themselves from getting infected in an environment they can’t control. How are you protecting yourself? Is your business meeting the safety standards? As we start to shift back into normal routine, it is essential to … Continue reading “How do I keep safe when I go back to work?”
READ MOREAn e-commerce store allows businesses to sell products online. Why is this useful? It allows businesses to gain more customers both locally and overseas. Since an online store can be accessed from anywhere in the world, it’s the next big step to expanding your business. Have you implemented this yet? If not, what are you … Continue reading “Should I get an e-commmerce store on my website?”
READ MOREAt the moment, the best way for a business to gain new customers is through social media. Using these platforms allows a business to connect with past and potential clients for free with no commitments. If your business isn’t using social media, why not? Now that businesses are unable to have a physical presence in … Continue reading “Why is being active on social media so important?”
READ MOREAt this time, it is critical that potential customers are able to find your business online. With most places in isolation, the only form of advertising a business can get is from online queries. So, how is your business coping? Are your future customers finding you? One way to guarantee new business is through SEO … Continue reading “Why SEO is vital for your business!”
READ MOREMany businesses struggle to find the perfect balance between new customers and existing customers. Why? Every business wants to keep their customers happy but they also need to keep generating new customers to ensure that they can run efficiently. How can you do that successfully? We recently touched upon the pros and cons of home … Continue reading “How to keep your business running efficiently!”
READ MOREAs the Covid-19 issue develops, many businesses have decided to continue their efforts remotely. If you are still on the fence about whether to enforce home-working in your office, think about your options! Many businesses worry that home-working would damage the efficiency of their employees. Of course, whether you decide to close your office or … Continue reading “The pros and cons of home-working!”
READ MOREBusinesses need to make a good first impression. Whether you prefer printed or digital material, everyone accepts that if you don’t put yourself out there, your business will never get noticed. So, do enough customers know about you? In this age of social media marketing, there is no such thing as enough advertising. Your business … Continue reading “What are the best forms of advertising for my business?”
READ MOREOften, business find it difficult to know what type of website their business should get. After all, there are so many options available nowadays! Just think; you could get a single-page or multi-page website, one with image headers or not, where do you even begin? The best way to start your business’ website is to … Continue reading “What are the best website options for my business?”
READ MOREWhich printed products are you considering purchasing for your business? It can be hard to know where to start when building a new brand but it’s not impossible! The main thing is to do research into what others in your industry purchase. Once you have an idea on that, every product you buy is an … Continue reading “Which printed products will help my business?”
READ MOREThe most important aspect of a business isn’t simply the amount of money it makes! Cashflow is obviously key to survival and your clients need to buy your services, and a business needs to make a profit – but there are many other factors in how the business is perceived that can help you succeed … Continue reading “Why is PR so important for a business?”
READ MOREOver the past few months, we have been working closely with RCPA (Registered Care Providers Association) on an exciting new project! We were set the task of re-branding their entire organisation as well as creating a new, responsive website to demonstrate their services and help promote their memberships. This case study delves into what we … Continue reading “Case Study: RCPA”
READ MOREAn e-newsletter can help a business to stay in the limelight of their clients. Whether you are currently working with a customer, trying to expand your client base or trying to do new work for old clients, an e-newsletter can remind your customers of the great work you did for them. What are you waiting … Continue reading “The reasons why e-newsletters are so useful”
READ MORECustomers do not like to be kept waiting. Whether they are in store or on your website, your customers expect the best service. The speed that your website loads contributes to this since it provides a first impression of how much you care for your online market. How fast is your website? Could it be … Continue reading “How can I optimise my website speed to gain more customers?”
READ MOREAdvertising is everything in a business’s survival nowadays. Whether that’s pop-up adverts on Google pages or a newsletter sent out to all of your clients, you would be amazed at the benefits that e-marketing can bring. So why wait? Find out how we can help advertise your business today! In a report conducted earlier this … Continue reading “Should I invest in e-Marketing?”
READ MOREPeople never get tired of using the Internet. Did you know that approximately 63,000 searches are conducted on Google every single second? For that reason, you need to make sure that you are at the top of search results now! Find out how we can help before you miss more customers… “BERT” is an update … Continue reading “Am I getting noticed in search results? – How “BERT” can help”
READ MOREBusiness Reviews are the key to a business expanding and gaining more clients. When your business is trusted, people will be more likely to use your services over other businesses like yours. Can you afford to miss out on more customers? In the competitive world of business, it can be difficult to maintain a steady … Continue reading “Business Reviews – Do I use them correctly?”
READ MOREGoogle AdWords is a valuable resource for any business if used to the full extent of its ability. Does your business embrace this opportunity? Or have you been left in the dust at the bottom of the search results page? Find out how you can help your business succeed with this tool alone. So what … Continue reading “Google AdWords – Am I making the most of it?”
READ MORELast week Google unveiled some new updates coming to Google Chrome to add an extra layer of security to websites. How will that affect your business? What do you need to do before the updates arrive? You need to act now if you want to make the most of it. More than ever, websites need … Continue reading “Google’s Security Updates – What do I need to do?”
READ MOREIn an ever-growing business world, you’d be foolish not to grab hold of the opportunity to market your services… from business cards to leaflets about your services, we can help you to print adverts that will make your business thrive; all you have to do is ask! There are so many ways for you to … Continue reading “Professional Business Printing – Is it worth the effort?”
READ MORESocial Media is currently one of the largest industries around the world. Boasting approximately 45% of the world as it’s users, now is the time to jump in and make sure your business is booming. In the UK alone, there are 45 million social media users currently active on one of the many platforms available … Continue reading “Social Media – Time to embrace the business”
READ MOREEveryone wants their website to rank as highly as possible. This goes without saying. Not only does this mean we are more likely to generate more traffic, but it will also help generate more inquiries and sales. Anyone can pay to be at the top of Google and there is a place for that. But in the … Continue reading “How can SEO help my business?”
READ MOREYour brand is much more than just a logo, slogan or symbol… it defines your business. THE PURPOSE OF GOOD BRANDING Good branding is essential to a professional business because of the huge impact it has on the company as a whole. Branding defines the way that people, and more importantly your customers, view your … Continue reading “The Importance of Good Branding”
READ MOREImages are a very important aspect of branding and marketing. For this very reason you should always spend some time making sure you have the correct images to represent your company clearly and in high quality. Stock photography is a very commonly used way of doing this as there are millions of stock images online … Continue reading “Stock Photography: The Pros & Cons”
READ MOREWHAT IS BLACK FRIDAY? Black Friday initially started in the U.S.A. As Thanksgiving is always on the 4th Thursday of November every year, the Friday after is seen as an unofficial holiday due to the fact that everyone is still off work. Because so many people are off work, shops drastically lower their prices for one … Continue reading "Are you ready for Black Friday?"
READ MOREWhen browsing through the web you will probably notice that one colour sticks out more than any other – that colour is blue. Go and Google something, then take a look at your Facebook news-feed, then go check out Twitter, now take a look at LinkedIn. you should notice a very obvious pattern, there is … Continue reading “What is the most popular colour for design?”
READ MOREGoogle is constantly updating its algorithm, but how does this affect your Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)? To answer this question we first need to understand the Google algorithm and why they update it so often, but firstly, if you’re wondering what the heck is SEO? Then be sure to check out our recent article HERE … Continue reading “What is Google Algorithm for SEO?”
READ MOREEmail marketing may be the sales driving service that you are missing out on… Marketing your brand and products online is more important than it ever has been and there are many ways you can do so. Lots of businesses have turned to social media as a way of getting their company image out there … Continue reading “Email Marketing: Why You Should Get Involved”
READ MOREA new partnership for us with endless possibilities for you… WE’VE TEAMED UP… We are proud to announce that we have teamed up with the fine ladies and gentlemen of Nettl, the largest network of web studios in the UK. You know us as Dexterous Designs and that is not changing. We are still … Continue reading “Dexterous Designs Ltd in Association with Nettl.com”
READ MOREDoes the speed of my website really have that much impact? Is there any way I can test my website speed? How can I make my website load faster? These are questions we get all the time and in this article we’ll explore these common questions and some easy solutions to help… THE EFFECT … Continue reading “How important is my website load time?”
READ MOREWe get asked by a lot of our customers ‘What exactly is SEO?’ Let’s help give you a bit of an insight into a topic that nearly everyone has heard of, but may not understand… SEO stands for ‘Search Engine Optimisation’ and to put it simply it is the idea of optimising a website so … Continue reading “What is SEO?”
READ MOREHere at Dexterous Designs we are proud to announce that we will be sponsoring the Tone Youth Football Club Under 7’s. Established in 2004, Tone Youth Football Club is a voluntary organisation providing football to boys and girls of all abilities from Under 7 through to their senior men’s team. They currently run 17 teams … Continue reading “Dexterous Designs Sponsor Tone Youth Football Club”
READ MOREBuilding an online business isn’t easy, and there are some hard realities that you will need to get to grips with! In this article, we will go through how you can understand your market and give you some tips that will help you grow your business and expand your audience. You may have heard some … Continue reading "How to Grow Your Business online"
READ MOREIs My Website GDPR Compliant? What does it mean? Why is it important? & How will it affect me? GDPR is the EU General Data Protection Regulation which comes into effect from 25th May 2018. It means that if your business uses email marketing, sends direct mail or makes sales calls. The law is changing … Continue reading "Is My Website GDPR Compliant?"
READ MOREInstagram is now one of the most popular social media platforms with over 700 million monthly active users, so why not get involved with your business? 50% of brands have already set up an Instagram account for their business and 80% of people who use the platform follow at least one business whether it be … Continue reading “Using Instagram as a Business”
READ MOREHere at Dexterous Designs we want to give back, so we are happy to announce that we will be bringing weekly offers straight to you. These offers can range from Free Business Cards to Free SEO Scans and even discounts on Web Marketing Services. If you want to keep up to date with the latest … Continue reading “Dexterous Designs Weekly Offers”
READ MORELook out for the New Dexterous Designs Car in Taunton, Somerset and across the South West!
READ MOREIt’s been months in the process and long overdue but the brand new Dexterous Designs website is finally here!
READ MOREAs part of our continued support of local commerce we take a look at the Let’s Talk Business networking events…
READ MORESmartphones nowadays have thousands of features that everyone takes for granted like retina displays, laser keyboards, hand gestures and inbuilt projectors, But now there is a new feature, a Flexible Smartphone – that you can’t ignore…
READ MOREMobile devices are the key to being constantly connected to whatever you want, whenever you want.
READ MOREAs we all know, social media is more than just a way to kill time while waiting for the bus… It is a powerful tool for business owners to reach their customers.
READ MOREWhy Choose a Responsive Web Design? Smartphones have changed everything. The way we tell the time, the way we interact with our friends and families, and especially the way we browse the internet.
READ MORESocial Media hasn’t been around for very long, but websites like Facebook and Twitter are two of the most used, if not THE most used websites on the internet.
READ MOREQR Codes have been around for a little while, but more recently they’ve been starting to disappear…..
READ MOREOn 10th October, Tesla made two huge announcements: A Dual-motor system in their new cars, making for maximum efficiency, a new top speed and a new 0-60 time, and they released more information about their Autopilot project.
READ MOREMicrosoft Office 2016 was officially released yesterday for Windows 10, and it’s being dubbed by many as Microsoft’s best version of Office yet!
READ MOREIt’s coming up to about a year since Apple released their last phone, which means that a new iPhone 6s is about to be released.
READ MOREWindows 10 was released a little over a month ago now, and it’s shaping up to be one of Microsoft’s best operating systems to date.
READ MOREOne of the most common questions we get asked is ‘how can I improve my websites ranking in Google search results?’
READ MORESo I know it’s from across the water, but you never know this might “Geek Day” just catch on. July 13th is (in the USA) in Embrace Your Geekness Day!
READ MORESo by now if you are using Windows 7, 8 or 8.1 on your computer, chances are you may have already seen a reminder about upgrading to windows 10.
READ MORERunning a business is tough and making yourself seen on the web is no easy task. Great Web Content can set you apart from your competition; here are a few simple things that can put your business above the rest.
READ MOREIn the past week there has been a series of major security updates released for WordPress.
READ MORESo Google has made up it’s mind…. When it comes to search results on mobile devices, Google wants to deliver (as always) the most relevant search results and the most timely results. As mobile use continues to grow, and people need to be able to read these results effectively, Google will be changing to adapt … Continue reading “How Important is Responsive Web Design?”
READ MOREAs part of our commitment to helping the local community we are sponsoring Alex Reid from our local branch of Santander on his trip to India to help build a new village centre with the local community to help change the lives of children in the village of Pondicherry. Alex will be fundraising and donating … Continue reading “Dexterous Designs Sponsor British Heart Foundation”
READ MORESpeculation on Internet Explorer and the future is being discussed, due to the imminent release of Microsoft’s latest operating system Windows 10. All talk seems to lead to the consensus that Microsoft intend to phase out the existing web browser in favour of their new ‘Project Spartan’ which will be styled more like the popular … Continue reading “Is Microsoft’s Internet Explorer on its way out?”
READ MOREThe way that Google Ranks work is ever changing and it’s latest proposed change could re-shape the results we see when searching the web as explained by Hal Hodson in this article taken from New Scientist.com The trustworthiness of a web page might help it rise up Google’s rankings if the search giant starts to … Continue reading “Google to rank websites based on facts not links”
READ MOREWhy Consider A Video? We all respond differently to different marketing messages. Some of your customers prefer to read and digest text and data, some will prefer lovely images. One of the growing ways to get your message out there and visible, is to use a Motion Graphics Video.
READ MORETaunton Revolution Basketball is a local league basketball team from Somerset playing in the Exeter & District Basketball League this season and we are proud to sponsor and support the team. For information on the club and basketball in the local communities take a look at their new website, provided by… yes, you guessed it. … Continue reading "Dexterous Designs Sponsor Taunton Basketball Team"
READ MOREConcept events came to us to produce a short promotional video for their new club event in Bournemouth, UK. They wanted a short and striking video that put across the key details for their event using their logo and colours. Dexterous Designs arranged for a professional voice over artist to record vocals, and we mixed … Continue reading "Promotional Video for Club Event"
READ MOREWe worked on a Website Design project for this Construction Recruitment company and part of the remit was to help with a promotional video that is aimed to help them once the website is ready to launch. The video will be used on Social Media to promote the Agency and the New Website. The video will … Continue reading "Promotional Video for Recruitment Agency"
READ MORESo, even though our business is still growing and we are still a little young, we have started to sponsor some on line racing in a PC Racing Sim called iRacing. To start with a fantastic VW Jetta Tdi car livery was created to help spread the word, and over the new season starting in … Continue reading "Dexterous Designs Sponsor Jetta Tdi Cup Racing!"
READ MOREAnother fantastic piece on Customer Retention, this time it’s Gregory Cioiti. Gregory is the Marketing Director of Helpscout. This article explains customer loyalty, something everyone in business needs to take seriously. We all know that earning customer loyalty is an uphill battle, but it is always going to be worth the effort There is a … Continue reading "Resources for Customer Retention"
READ MOREResearchers at Princeton University have recently released a study. It suggests Facebook is about to disintegrate and collapse within the next couple years due to a mass user exodus. To misquote Mark Twain, “rumours of Facebook’s death are greatly exaggerated.” While Facebook may have lost some of its younger users, it still has over a … Continue reading "Can Facebook be a Link Generator?"
READ MOREAn interesting article by Sally Ormond, who is a regular and expert author on Web Pro News. She references the benefits of Using Google+ and uses. Is Google + an SEO Tool and should it form part of your marketing strategy? Google+ has never been (and is unlikely to become) an SEO sure thing. Certainly, … Continue reading "Benefits of using Google+"
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