Why Does My Niche Business Need A Website?

In today’s digital age, a website is no longer a luxury for a business; it’s a necessity. A website is the online storefront that can help you reach new customers, build credibility, showcase your products and services, stay competitive, and build relationships with your customers. In this blog post, we’ll explore the importance of having […]

What are the best modern ways to advertise my business?

When it comes to advertising a business, there are many different approaches you can take. However, some methods are more effective than others. Today, we’ll explore some of the best ways to advertise a business and how you can use them to reach your target audience. One of the most effective ways to advertise a […]

UI vs UX: What’s the difference?

Responsive Resin Surfacing Website for Southwest Resinworx Ltd

When it comes to designing digital products, UI and UX are two terms that are often used interchangeably. However, they are not the same thing. UI, or user interface, is the visual design of a product. It includes the buttons, colours, typography, and other elements that make up the look and feel of the product. […]

The Best Way To Give Your Web Designer Feedback

Giving feedback to your web designer is an important part of the website design process. However, it can be difficult to know how to give feedback in a way that is constructive and helpful. Here are some tips for giving your web designer the best feedback possible: 1. Be specific: When giving feedback, be as […]

Dexterous Designs have joined Smarter Media Group!

We asked Marc Eggleton, the Founder and Managing Director of Dexterous why he had made the decision to join the Smarter Media Group. “This came bit out of the blue but the more we investigated it, the greater an opportunity it seemed.  We didn’t need to change; we are growing nicely and receiving good feedback […]

Happy Pride Month From Dexterous!

Pride Month is celebrated in June to commemorate the Stonewall riots of 1969 in New York City, which were a turning point in the LGBTQ+ rights movement. In the UK, Pride Month is celebrated in July to coincide with the anniversary of the Sexual Offences Act of 1967, which partially decriminalised homosexuality in England and […]

E-Commerce Services To Enhance Your Website

E-Commerce Services To Enhance Your Website

E-commerce websites have been at the heart of online shopping for many years. Even if you are a relatively small business, an e-commerce website can create a whole new customer base. But before you jump into the deep end, let’s take a look at some of the helpful e-commerce services for websites that we offer.  […]

Dexterous Designs’ 2022 Highlights

The team at Dexterous Designs want to take this opportunity to wish you all a very happy new year and to take you through the highlights of another successful year for 2022! This year we celebrated 8 years at Dexterous Designs! We took this opportunity to run a giveaways campaign to thank our clients, customers, […]

The Importance of User Experience

Last year, Google’s long-anticipated page experience algorithm update landed, with a more a structured, data-collecting and “user centric” approach. Page experience impacts rankings, how users interact with your website, and their overall experience of it. It includes Google Search signals such as mobile friendliness, safe-browsing, HTTPS and intrusive interstitial guidelines. The update also includes, metrics […]

HAPPY 8TH BIRTHDAY TO US!

In the summer of 2014, our now Director Marc was working for another agency where the ownership changed, and it felt like the right time to branch out on his own and be in full control of the business and the direction. When we started, we were in a shared office environment, and there was […]

Everything You Need To Know About International SEO

International SEO deals with offering optimised content for multiple languages or multiple locations worldwide. It focuses on optimising content for different languages for the search engines. With a proper multilingual SEO strategy, people in different countries will find your website for their market in their native language. If you want to target countries with similar […]

SEO vs PPC

Everyone wants their website to rank as highly as possible when people search for terms relevant to their business. This goes without saying. Not only does this mean we are more likely to generate more traffic, but good search engine optimisation (SEO) and pay per click (PPC) will always generate more enquiries and sales. PPC […]

All You Need To Know About TikTok for WooCommerce

TikTok for WooCommerce is now available! It gives your store a platform to reach one billion plus active users on the world’s fastest-growing advertising channel. You can sync your catalogue, create videos, and track performance without leaving your dashboard. No matter the size of your business or the type of products you sell, building your […]

Dexterous Designs’ SEO Services

Google’s long-anticipated page experience algorithm landed in May 2021, with a more a structured, data-collecting and “user centric” approach. Page experience impacts rankings, how users interact with your website, and their overall experience of it. It includes Google Search signals such as mobile friendliness, safe-browsing, HTTPS and intrusive interstitial guidelines. This update summarises metrics in […]

The Differences Between Conversational and Formal Tones

When communicating with your clients and customers there is a place for conversational tone and a place for formal tone. This article is going to differentiate the two, so you can adopt both tones into your emails, ads, landing pages, website, newsletter and other client facing communication. Conversational tone is an informal style of writing. […]

Understanding how people experience your website

At Dexterous Designs, our experts have recently been using a new user review tool for a handful of our clients. The main selling point of the tool is to receive videos of real people interacting with your product. It is a tool that lets you create a user test in short amount of time and […]

Dexterous Designs’ Print Services and Recent Projects

At Dexterous Designs, we take vital steps into account when helping create the best quality print marketing for our clients. We make sure that your materials and designs match the existing company branding guidelines, alongside: format, bleed, colour, image quality, DPI (Dots Per Inch), and PPI (Pixels Per Inch). We have creative, professional, and expert […]

What To Consider When Changing Your Domain Name

There could be several reasons as to why you are wanting to change your domain name; from a complete rebrand to a simple brand update. We are here to help you throughout the process – starting with this article on a few vital factors to consider when changing your domain name.     Firstly, make […]

Why Invest In e-Commerce Website Design Services?

The internet is a wonderful thing, providing us with the ability to order almost anything to our front doors. As the online retail industry continues to grow, perhaps it’s time to upgrade your site with the help of e-commerce website design services?   For e-commerce businesses, presentation is everything. Though you may have a brilliant […]

How Design Impacts e-Commerce Websites

Each day, more and more retailers continue to swap the high street for online markets. Design is the cornerstone of any successful e-Commerce website, allowing your customers to purchase products with ease. Without effective website design, there is only so far an e-Commerce business can grow. So what are some of the key benefits of […]

The Benefits of Shopify and Dexterous Designs’ Shopify Website Services

Shopify is a multinational e-Commerce platform that powers over 1,000,000 businesses worldwide. It accommodates to different stages of your e-Commerce journey – you can start, sell, market and manage your business all from the Shopify platform, meaning that everything can be achieved from one secure and reliable place. The great thing about Shopify is that it’s designed to work as a […]

Happy International Internet Day!

Today is international internet day!   Each year on the 29th of October is international internet day! Internet day commemorates the first electronic message being transmitted from one computer to another. In other words, a revolutionary moment in the history of technology and communication. The first electronic message was sent by student programmer Charles S. […]

Dexterous Designs’ WooCommerce Services and Expertise

At Dexterous Designs we are experts in creating responsive, high-quality e-Commerce websites. We can implement WooCommerce, Magento 2, Shopify and other platforms, which will help you to create a successful e-Commerce shop. From a website development point of view, the project and the planning consider a lot of additional features for both the store owner, and the visitor. Our websites offer your users an appealing […]

E-Sports Sim Racing CRS GT3 Sprint Cup Result

A few weeks ago, we announced that we are now involved with E-Sports Sim Racing Events and we are sponsoring drivers in various British GT and Global E-Sports competitions. One of our drivers, Ian Hall speaks on his most recent race…    “Debrief from the final night of the CRS GT3 Sprint Cup…   So, the night was set up as 2 […]

The Key to Planning Your Website

When creating your website, the most crucial step of the process is planning. A lot of the time people skip the planning stage, to save time, but without it they are setting themselves up for the creation to take much longer – unforeseen obstacles pop up and the designers usually must redo some of their work. When you take the time to think through and layout your project prior to […]

Dexterous Designs’ Involvement with E-Sports Sim Racing Events!

Dexterous Designs are super excited to announce that we are now involved with E-Sports Sim Racing Events! We are sponsoring drivers in various British GT and Global E-Sports competitions. Members of the Dexterous Designs team personally enjoy E-Sports Sim Racing, and have met some very skilled and high-level drivers. Our personal interest in the E-Sport, stems our new work with Sim Racing – we feel it […]

Happy Positive Thinking Day!

Each year on the 13th September, it is Positive Thinking Day! Today is all about putting everything aside and concentrating on all things positive in life.    The key objective of the day is to promote the idea that negative thoughts can drain energy and create stress. It encourages people to deal with difficult situations in life with optimism and positivity. Think […]

Website Services Video and Recent Website Launches

We’re super excited to reveal our new website design services video! Our resident Videographer and Adobe Premiere Pro expert, Joe, has been hard at work utilising his video creative skills to conceptualise and create this energetic and professional website services video for us. This video marks the beginning of our range of service videos gradually coming out soon! We’re super proud to be […]

Why Is Your Website Optimised but Not Ranking on Google?

Sometimes even when your website is fully optimised, it still does not rank highly on Google, and there are several reasons as to why this could be.     First, if your site is new then it might be case of letting the website settle into Google’s discovery process before you see it ranking.     A few months ago, Google updated the page experience algorithm, to […]

Dexterous Designs’ E-Commerce Services and Past Projects

Vehicle Valeting Services E-Commerce Website

At Dexterous Designs we are experts in creating responsive, high-quality e-Commerce websites. We can implement WooCommerce, Magento 2, Shopify and OpenCart, which will help you to create a successful e-Commerce shop. From a website development point of view, the project and the planning consider a lot of additional features for both the store owner, and the visitor.    Our websites offer your users an appealing welcome and they encourage visitors to engage with the […]

Dexterous Designs’ Post-COVID Working Environment

In the past 18 months, businesses have had to take their marketing online, so the website design industry has been in demand more than ever. Dexterous Designs has developed significantly over the past year, with a growth in team members, services and expertise. We are making strides – evident through our new rebrand, car and consistently positive Trustpilot reviews.     Regardless […]

Our Brand-New Company Video

We are proud to release our brand-new company video. Over the last few weeks, Joe, our resident Videographer and Adobe Premiere Pro expert, has been hard at work utilising his video creative skills to conceptualise and create this energetic and professional company video for us. We are super proud to be highlighting our range of services in this high-quality media, such […]

Happy World Wide Web Day!

Each year on the 1st of August is World Wide Web Day! It is an international celebration dedicated to web browsing – the online activity that gives you informational access to the entire world. The World Wide Web was created by Tim Berners-Lee in 1989 at the CERN Centre in Geneva, Switzerland, as a way for him to communicate with co-workers via […]

Our Brand-New Car!

A few weeks ago, we returned to the Kia Garage in Taunton, to upgrade our car to a Stonic 2.    We were helped by David Williams, who was knowledgeable and professional throughout the whole experience. The garage has looked after us for 4 years, so we had no hesitation in signing up again for another term with the new car. It is so refreshing […]

Dexterous’ Website Hosting, Support and Maintenance Services

Having strong, reliable and consistent website hosting, support and maintenance is a vital component to maintaining the speed, user experience, security, reliability and the foundation of good search engine optimisation for your website. Any downtime could mean lost revenue, and the security of your data is of paramount importance. Website Loading Speed is one of the measures of how Google will see your site and give it credit or ranking credibility, so this is […]

Free and Effective Ways to Improve your SEO

The highest-converting, most valuable and profitable traffic to your website comes from Google’s organic (and free) listings. That is why it is so important to be near the top of your Google search, because if you aren’t then you won’t be noticed nearly as much as you would be if you were at the top. […]

The Importance of a Speedy Website

First impressions last and your website’s speed is a potential customer’s first impression of your business, so for it to be responsive and loading speeds to be at a minimum is so vital. If your website takes longer than 3 seconds to load, approximately 40% of your visitors will abandon your site, and about 70% of the users […]

The Importance of Customer Loyalty

At Dexterous we understand that good service merits customer loyalty, which is so important to the progression and reputation of your business. It also means you have stronger connections with your customers, making your work with them more collaborative and successful. It’s evident by our Trustpilot reviews that we have vast network of returning customers, not only with what they say, but also the fact […]

Dexterous’ Current Community Support Projects

It is so important for your business to support and encourage local charities, non-for-profits and teams because it makes you part of the community, while putting your name out there in the best way. To maintain a close relationship with our community we support the Somerset Art Gallery Trust and Tone Youth Football Club. For Tone Youth Football Club, […]

The Benefits of e-Commerce

Over the past year, while shops have been shut, e-Commerce sites have been both the only source of shopping for customers and the only way businesses have been able to sell these goods. E-commerce’s share of global retail trade rose from 14% in 2019 to about 17% in 2020. There are many benefits of e-Commerce websites, but with every new phase of e-Commerce, the customer expectations on […]

Dexterous Helping Businesses Get Ready for a Post-COVID Summer

On Monday 17th May, indoor hospitality and indoor entertainment, including cinemas, museums, and children’s play areas, reopened. With this, all remaining outdoor entertainment reopened and some larger events, like conferences, theatre performances, concerts, and sports events are now taking place, but restriction on the number of attendees remains as set out in the roadmap. Organised adult sport and exercise classes […]

How To Create A SEO-Friendly Blog

I recently wrote a blog article on our new blog writing services so, I thought it would be a good idea to follow it up with a few tips on how to make your blog effective and Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)-friendly (something which we, at Dexterous, can also help you with). There is an important balance to strike between effectively using keywords, and making your blog articles readable and […]

Dexterous’ Graphic Design Services

Having high-quality, professional graphic design on your website and print really takes your business’ branding to the next level. Engaging designs tell your story, communicate who you are and what your brand stands for. Whether you’re a new business in need of graphic design from the get-go to make sure your business gets off to a flying start, or a company in need of a revamp to allow you to reach […]

Dexterous’ Website Design Services

When creating your business’ website, your audience and use experience should be kept in mind for the entire process, as an exceptional website can turn users into consumers. Your website is your main online presence, and a window into the business that creates an initial first impression of your brand. The reality is that buyers can […]

More COVID Restrictions Lift – How to Make Your Business Reach Its Full Marketing Potential This Summer

In terms of businesses, from today (Monday 17th May) indoor hospitality and indoor entertainment, including cinemas, museums, and children’s play areas, will reopen. With this, all remaining outdoor entertainment will reopen and some larger events, like conferences, theatre performances, concerts, and sports events will take place, but restriction on the number of attendees will remain as set out in the roadmap. Organised […]

The Benefits of Blogging and Dexterous’ New Blog Writing Services

Blogs are an informal, yet informative, mode of communication for your business to connect with your customers on a different level. Having a news/blog page on your website updates your users on sector and company news, promotes your services, and opens up a conversation with them. Blogs are a different source of communication with your customers, while giving you an opportunity […]

The Importance of Being Part of Somerset’s Business Community

Being part of your business’s community really makes you feel part of something bigger than just your business. Whether you interact on social media, attend events or are part of a network with other local businesses, it all helps to be part of something more and expand your reach. By following each other on social media, you keep up to date on […]

The Timeless Effectiveness of Print Marketing

In an age of technology, print marketing remains prominent and effective for businesses. It gives businesses the opportunity to reach out to their community/target consumer, whether it’s through posting flyers or personally handing out business cards. Not everyone uses the internet, so print reaches all ages, specifically the older generation. Printing separates your business from the internet world, where people are more likely to remember something they’ve physically read, rather than virtually. Producing print materials allows for creative […]

Pay Per Click: Helping Your Business Build an Effective Paid Media Campaign

Pay Per Click (PPC) is an advertising model that lets advertisers (you) place ads on an advertisement platform (like Google) and pay the host of the platform when your ad is clicked. It is used to drive traffic to websites, specifically webpages that are advertising a service or product. An effective paid media campaign is all about targeting correctly, reviewing and reporting metrics, and then altering the campaign based […]

The Process and Importance of Email Marketing

Email remains the main source of communication with customers. So, in terms of using emails as a marketing strategy it is the most reliable pipeline to your customers, rather than websites and socials, because you are directly sending them to your subscribers/customers, while being able to track it on a person specific basis. This being said, your website and […]

E-Newsletter: Staying Connected With Our Customers

E-Newsletters keep subscribers up to date with industry and company news, in a way that helps both parties stay connected with each other. E-Newsletters create a community feel to your business, which builds interest and trust with your customers. They give your business an opportunity to sum up their weekly news/achievements, while advertising your services and offers. Like Trustpilot reviews, […]

Trustpilot: The Importance of Reviews

The best way to bring in new customers is through the experiences of your past customers. Building a strong portfolio of reviews is essential to bringing in new business, with 63% of shoppers being more likely to purchase your product when you have online reviews in place (MyCommerce.com).      The particular review platform that we, at Dexterous Designs, use is Trustpilot. It is “a digital platform that […]

Schemes in Somerset To Help Build Your Business

Last week, we wrote about the Government Restart Grant, so it’s only fitting to focus on the workshops and schemes that Somerset West and Taunton specifically offer, both post-COVID-19 related and not.   There are several support schemes to help local start-up businesses in Somerset, and after the year businesses have had (particularly small ones) we thought it a good idea to highlight some of the schemes on offer […]

How Is the Government Helping to Restart Businesses Post-COVID-19?

In the past year, COVID-19 has had a huge impact on small businesses all over the UK. Scrolling down our TikTok FYP, we’ve seen those miracle cupcake businesses being born from people’s own homes, but the reality of it is many businesses, big and small, have been negatively affected by the pandemic.  A report in September 2020 (before the second and third lockdowns) by Simply Business, found that 67% […]

How Will the Google Page Experience Update Impact Your Website?

Google’s long-anticipated page experience algorithm update is landing in May 2021, with a more a structured, data-collecting and “user centric” approach.      What is Page Experience?  Page experience impacts rankings, how users interact with your website, and their overall experience of it. It includes Google Search signals such as mobile friendliness, safe-browsing, HTTPS and intrusive interstitial guidelines.   The new update will also include, metrics in Google’s Web Vitals, […]

Why you should start selling online

Why you should start selling online

E-Commerce websites and online retail have been growing for years, and now more than ever, it’s booming! With every new phase of e-Commerce, customer expectations increase and this raises the bar on how a website needs to look and perform. A good e-Commerce website will offer an appealing welcome and provide information quickly to the […]

Why Not Use A DIY Website Builder?

Why Not Use A DIY Website Builder?

Using a DIY website builder is a great idea, isn’t it? While in principle this seems like a great way to save money, and it might appear to save on some upfront costs – it’s obviously not that simple. Most of us send our car to a garage / qualified mechanic for a basic service; […]

Ecommerce: drive it home for Christmas

Ecommerce: drive it home for Christmas

By a show of hands, how many of you can say that you’ve spent too much money during this pandemic without even leaving the house? Oh, you too. Well, we know that Covid can be blamed for many things since February, and the easiest statistic we can throw it under the bus for is the […]

Getting the most from third party rating and reviews services

Getting the most from third party rating and reviews services

You’d be hard-pressed to find a business that doesn’t see the value in ratings, reviews, and testimonials. When you’re looking to book a holiday or a restaurant I imagine TripAdvisor is always one of the Google results you end on and you can bet your life that the owner is all over it as a […]

Working with an SEO Company

working with SEO

We strongly believe in providing a service that is good value for the investment. To that end, it is easy to be unfairly judgemental when looking at the offerings of other companies and agencies – expertise, services, and the use of automatically generated reports with no context – charged at rates that are either overcharging […]

A Covid Black Friday

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A Covid Black Friday – Are you prepared? 2020 has been a hell of a year for anyone, at this stage it seems no matter the country you’re in your daily life has been effected by the COVID-19 Pandemic. With only New Zealand and North Korea claiming to have complete control over their cases and […]

COVID & looking after your staff

COVID, Looking after your staff, The anxiety of returning to the office

COVID, looking after your staff, the anxiety of returning to the office. For many of us, at some point in the last year, we stood up from our desks at the end of the working day and haven’t been back a lot since. Our keyboard, mouse, breakfast bars, jars of coffee and other novelty items […]

Shopify vs WooCommerce

Shopify-WooCommerce

With a majority (I’m assuming) of the UK stuck at home more than usual over the last few months, no doubt quite a few have thought up the idea of selling products online. Either homemade crafts, perhaps confectionary or maybe even buying goods from a third-party adding a little twist and value then selling them […]

Face masks required in UK shops

Face Masks Required in UK Shops

As of the 24th July, it will be mandatory for anyone visiting a shop in the UK to wear a face mask. With this new regulation in place, if you fail to wear a face mask and oblige with the new laws you could be fined up to £100. The aim of the new regulation […]

How do I keep safe when I go back to work?

How do I keep safe when I go back to work

Some 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 […]

Why is being active on social media so important?

Why is being active on social media so important

At 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 […]

The reasons why e-newsletters are so useful

The reasons why e-newsletters are so useful

An 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 […]

What is google algorithm for SEO?

What is Google Algorithm for SEO

Google 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 […]

Email marketing: why you should get involved

Email Marketing Why You Should Get Involved

Email 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 […]

Using Instagram as a business

Using Instagram as a Business

Instagram 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 local or […]

Great web content gives you a business advantage

Web Content

Running 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.

How important is responsive web design?

How Important is Responsive Web Design

So 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 […]

Can a motion graphics video get your business message out there?

Motion Graphics Video

Why 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. Relatively low cost, but eye-catching and […]

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