Some Useful Web Information For Your Business Grants, Email Marketing & Commercial Websites

GRANT FUNDING: ONE NORTH EAST AND BUSINESS LINK

For grants, as an Approved Service Provider for such as Business Link, the North East England Service Provider Register, the recent Catalyst2 project and the Yorkshire and Humber Brokerage Services, we are in a position to assist with grant awarded projects. Based at Bishop Auckland on the edge of Weardale and Teesdale in County Durham and serving North East England, North Yorkshire and Humber, the North and Southern Scotland, we are ideally placed to serve your needs.

THE BENEFITS OF THE INTERNET AND EMAIL FOR YOUR BUSINESS

Increase Your Sales With countless millions using the Internet to source and/or purchase products and services, it is absolutely essential that you do not fall behind in these changes in purchasing patterns. Ensure you do not lose market share or turnover.............by having your own bespoke website targeting Niche or Mass Markets and Local, Regional, National or Global Scales.

Enhance Your Corporate Image his will help you attract more customers. Be seen to be Modern, Progressive and Forward Thinking - give your customers confidence in you and your business before they meet you.

Consolidate Ensure that your competition does not use the web to increase its market share at your expense.

Create a Virtual Showroom Display products and services 24 hours a day. Serve a Global Market - as one side of the world is going to sleep the other half is rising. Such a showroom should encourage Off-Line Sales through your normal channels and provide the potential of new On-Line Sales.

Benefit from a Virtual Catalogue Incredibly cheap to produce and even less-costly to maintain compared to traditionally-printed colour brochures.

An Enormous Growth in Market Immediate access throughout the UK and the World. Current statistics show a large and ever increasing number of UK households have access to the Internet. Global access is enormous. Don't fall behind - step on board now.

Email Marketing An extremely cost-effective way of communicating with existing and potential customers. Save on postage, stationery, envelopes - as well as time! Build a Highly Relevant Database for effective email marketing. Store Email enquiries to your Web Site. Strategically design Email response forms within your site to encourage such responses.

E-COMMERCE ONLINE

Purchasing Progressively significantly increase your sales as consumers become increasingly confident in purchasing and paying online.

Efficient Information Transfer Enjoy immediate, efficient and cost-effective transfer of both text and images to customers or individuals or departments within your own organisation - wherever they are in the world. This could significantly improve speed and efficiency of both internal and external communication. Immediate Proofing or Visual Presentations On-Line. Time-critical projects in world-wide locations could be facilitated and enhanced by using the web.

Improved Quality of Customer Services Achieved by using the speed of Email facilities associated with your site. Such an enhancement of Public Relations may be extremely advantageous for certain businesses.

Keeping an Eye on the Competition An extremely critical aspect of modern business. Using the Internet may keep you better and earlier informed about the actions of your competitors and allow you to respond quickly via the web.

An Enormous Global Research and Resource Library for your Business Available at your fingertips on a global scale. It can assist in many ways whether it be searching for suppliers, component specifications, costs, technical data or potential new customers.

Video-Conferencing and On-Line Discussions across the World Can also be facilitated via the web and normally quite cost-effectively. The Ease of Interactivity The Key to the Success of the Web. Your potential customers don't have to be programmers or computer wizards as it is so simple to use.

SOME INGREDIENTS OF A SUCCESSFUL COMMERCIAL WEBSITE

The Excellence of WebSite Design This is critical as the visual impression gained from the website is the impression that visitors to the site will have about you and your business.

Easy Navigation & User-friendly Design Your website must have an easy to identify navigation system for ease of use by visitors.

Your WebSite Hosted on a Reliable, Fast Server Speed and reliability are essential for visitors.

Regular Updating is Essential It is critical that you keep your website up-to-date so visitors will want to come back and also to help with search engine rankings.

On-Line Marketing of your website by regular search engine optimisation To obtain the best return from your website, it is essential that you have good search engine rankings and links from other websites. Regular analysis, reporting, optimisation of the website and re-submissions to search engines is critical for success.

Off-Line Marketing and Promotion of your WebSite You must integrate your website within your full marketing strategy to drive visitors to it.

E-Commerce and Credit Card Payments Some businesses can benefit from an online shop with payments made by credit card.

Your Own Registered Domain Name Rapid Response to Emails is Essential

DISCOVERY DESIGN CAN HELP YOU IN ALL THESE MATTERS

Contact Address:
Discovery Design Limited, Suite 24, Innovation House, Longfield Road, South Church Enterprise Park, Bishop Auckland, County Durham, DL14 6XB.

Tel: 0845 900 3201   Fax: 0845 900 3233   Mobile: 07971 888001

Email: enquiries@discoverydesign.co.uk   Web: www.discoverydesign.co.uk

Serving clients in Teesdale, Weardale, Wear Valley, County Durham, Newcastle-upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, Teesside, North East England, North Yorkshire, North York Moors and Coast, Yorkshire Dales, Northern England, Southern Scotland, London and the South East, Nottingham and other parts of the UK.