Finding a good website designer in Manchester can be difficult due to the large number of companies out there offering a similar service. The trick to finding a good website designer is no secret, it is based around common sense and logic.

1. Do You Like Their Website Design Ideas / Their Portfolio Of Work?

Firstly searching on the internet for say ‘website designers manchester’, you may come across three website designers sites that you like the look of. Take a look around their website and especially their portfolio, do you like their work? If you do like the look of their work from a visual point of view,  you then know that they are capable of producing a website design that looks the part.

2. Do They Have Examples Of Customers Who Have Had Success Due To Their Website?

All website designers and website design companies will boast about what they can do for your business but the real trick is to focus on their customers success. Speak to some if the customers listed on their portfolio, this will give you a real insight into how the web company treats its customers. If the company says that they can list your business on search engines, find examples of their customers who are doing well on search engines or ask them directly.

3. Arrange A Meeting With The Website Design Company

If you come across a website design company whereby their contact details are hard to find, this may be an indication that they are hiding something. Ask for a meeting with the website design company before you go any further, if they don’t want to meet with you, avoid them at all costs. If you do arrange a meeting, you will then be able to find out about the company and their website designers. Only you can make a judgement about a good website designer but if they are enthusiastic but realistic then you have probably found a good one.

4. Get A Few Quotes

Don’t get one quote and think that if the website is in budget its perfect. Get a number of quotes from different website designers, speak to a number of website designer to find out who you think will do the most for your business. This will give you an idea of different pricing options available to you and also highlight any over chargers.

One important point to make here is that just because one website design company offer website design services cheaper than anyone else doesn’t mean they will be best for your business. You need to make sure that the end result for your business is a website that serves a purpose such as ‘brings you new customers’.  Going for a cheap website usually results in a website being designed with little effort or attention to detail resulting in a website that does not perform for your business. Don’t waste your money, be smart about how you spend it on your website and you will get the most in return.

For further information on website design or website designers in Manchester come back soon or visit www.uk-ww.com for updates.

Want video on your website? See our cleints currently making the most of video on YouTube:

http://vehiclewrappingmanchester.co.uk/

http://www.pianistforweddings.co.uk/

http://www.generalwelding.co.uk/Pipework-Equipment/Pipe-Clamps/E-Z-Fit-Pipe-Welding-Clamps.php

Let us do the same for your website. Please visit our site at www.uk-ww.com

Example Video:

We recently built a website for Wayne Gorner, a professional pianist based in Ashton-in-Makerfield, Manchester. The website makes superb use of sound clips from sound cloud and videos from Youtube and can be easliy updated by Wayne whenever he records a new piece.

In addition to the website which can be seen at www.pianistforweddings.co.uk we also created business cards, leaflets and a pull up banner to help Wayne market his new venture:

We recently added this to one of our customers websites so that people can save the website address to their phone simply by scanning the screen.

Its really created for advertising on banners or in magazines but can also be used on websites:

The code for our website is:

Using The Met Office weather forecast widget you can add local weather forecasts to your website.

The value it adds to your website really depends on what type of  services your business offers.

As an example we have used this on a minibus hire website purely because they offer minibus tours and knowing the weather in the UK people would rather book a tour if the weather is good.

Some might say ‘this gives customers an excuse not to make a booking’ but from a website value point of view it provides the customer with more useful information making the web page more valuable to them and therefore making them more likely to visit again.

Here is an example of what the Wideget looks like on a web page:

This Weather Widget is provided by the Met Office

Here is a link to our customers website that is using the weather widget: www.minibus-hire-york.co.uk

Make sure that your robot.txt file is up to date . Having an outdated robot.txt file that contains broken links is just as bad as having broken links on your actual website.

The robot.txt tells search engines about the pages that you have on your website. Search engines don’t always pick up on all website pages within websites which is why having a robot.txt file that works is important. Robot.txt files offer search engines a simple way to find all of the pages on your website and then indexes the relevant pages into the Google index.

Please note: having a robot.txt file does not mean that your pages will be indexed, you still need pages that are of value to Google and its users in order to get indexed so don’t for one minute  think its a quick fix for people wanting to get onto the 1st page of Google because it isn’t!

For any further information please leave a comment or contact us at www.uk-ww.com

Today we launched a website for a York based minibus hire company who provide luxury travel in and around their local area.

the website design can be seen at the following link: www.minibus-hire-york.co.uk

As you may be aware, being involved with social media websites such as Twitter is a great way to promote your business.

The main reason for this is that you reach new audiences that may not know about your stand alone website.

You benefit from more website visitors if you generate articles, blogs or tweets that are interesting to social media users and therefore increase your chances of getting an enquiry through your website.

At UK Website Workshop we can build you a business website designed by our in house professional website designers and create you a business Facebook page, Twitter page, Youtube Channel and many more social media pages all customised to fit in with your corporate image.

As an example you can see our Twitter page at the following link which we recently re-designed: www.twitter.com/ukwwcom

For further information about our work please visit www.uk-ww.com

Today we designed a professional window tinting website for Window Tinting Liverpool. The website was designed to look modern but with the key focus being to keep the website design as simple as possible. The site can be seen at the following link: www.windowtintingliverpool.co.uk

I received a text from Orange last week to say they were increasing my monthly mobile phone charge by nearly 5%. I’ve been with them for around 6 years, direct debit paid every month without fail, but have now changed to O2. Big sales and marketing message is that we need to keep our prices as competitive as possible to keep our small business clients going as we head for another recession. Keeping prices to a minimum at this time is an investment in your clients’ businesses, stay in the game and be in good shape when there is an economic upturn. As an internet marketing business we see our prime task as generating as many quality sales leads as possible for our Clients even when market conditions are tough. When it’s tough you just have to do everything a little bit better to stay ahead of the game.

Typical examples:

• Get rid of the website images on your website which are not  up to standard, usually taken on a phone and with dustbins or litter in the background, replace them with quality photography which is not expensive if you shop around.

• Optimise pages on your website to compete with businesses in the next town before they do it to you.

• Use social marketing like Facebook, Google+1 and Twitter to get a few more, or many more, visits to your website each week.

• Create a Blog to supplement your website and increase ranking.

• Most of all… MAKE A START TODAY!!!!!

Today we also launched a Blog style website for a manchester based vehicle wrapping and signage company. The Website Design was created by the customer, we then turned the design into a working website which will be updated by the customer online via a content management system.

The website is live at the following link: www.vehiclewrappingmanchester.co.uk

Today we launched a website for a Solicitor based in Manchester who plans to start a home visit will writing business. The website is aimed at anyone within the Manchester area needing a will preparing within the comfort of their own home.

The website design can be seen at: www.will-writing-manchester.co.uk

Today we launched a micro site for Tuff Truxx welding bottle trolleys. This website is in the very early stages of development but will eventually include shopping cart functionality to allow customers to make purchases online.

The website and logo were designed to give the impression of strength and durability as the product itself is long lasting and hard wearing.

The website can be seen at www.tufftruxx.com

Today we oficially launched the Hiremasters website for GWS. This site is designed to increase the number of hire based work within Hiremasters in order to allow for further expansion. The Website will grow over time helping to boost the visitor numbers and enquiries that hiremasters receive. The website can be viewed at the following link: www.hiremastersuk.co.uk

We recently launched a website for Classic Building Group based in Manchester. The website design is geared towards portraying the business as a quality building group who specialise in pubs, clubs and bars in and around the Manchester area.

The website is currently performing exceptionally well on search engines and is on page one of Google for the following search phrases thanks to UK Website Workshop:

1. quality builders manchester
2. bar builder manchester
3. club builder manchester
4. pub builder manchester

To visit the new website please click on the screenshot below: