why hire us?
In the face of the current economic crisis establishing a unique and credible web presence is particularly important for small and medium businesses. We offer individual consultation to come up with an eye-catching design, sharp copy and the most up-to-date standards-compliant technology. We also design sites that give you easy control over content updates and style without the expense or complexity of setting up a large CMS package.
fresh designs
Our solutions are always tailor-made and we take time to fully understand your business requirements. We never resort to pre-made templates and are confident we can provide a completely fresh design every time. Because we can cut our overheads by working from home our rates remain very competitive while still providing a design that will stand out from rest of the field. You can have a look at two of our recent projects on the examples page.
Artspin can provide you with:
hosting solutions we can advise you on hosting solutions that give you reliability, flexibility and independence
web design & development hand-coded websites (XHTML/CSS/PHP5) for a unique look, designed to the latest web standards (as far as possible: you have to break rules sometimes...)
website copy-writing a stunning site isn't enough to get your business noticed on its own — crafting sharp targetted site copy is important too
SEO strategies the web is increasingly competitive — good SEO is vital for increasing your site's visibility
rich media a dash of Flash or some video or animation helps your site stand out from the crowd
how do we work?
The way we work is simple: following the initial requirements gathering — most likely in a nice cafe with good coffee if you're local — we draft an initial brief and design for you to appraise. From then on the dialogue will be frequent and informal — there is also the option to use the new ProofHQ service to track and review progress on your project. We follow established web-development methodologies and can vouch for our professionalism.
a website that your audience will read
We can also help with providing clear and concise copy for your website to ensure it reaches your target audience, and set up tracking and analytics for your site so you can easily stay up to date on visitor statistics, the search keywords they use and much more.
Our sites are:
cross-browser friendly your site should work in all the major browsers (IE, Firefox, Chrome, Safari and Opera)
optimised for fast download some people still use dial-up — compressing files and images on your website minimizes download times and keeps your audience happy
SEO friendly it's vital that your website is semantically designed to improve its chances of higher placings in Google and other search engines
thoroughly proofread you site copy is proofed to make sure it reads smoothly and clearly, giving it that extra polish that inspires confidence in your site
take the plunge!
Increase the visibility of your business today — take the plunge and speak to us! An initial consultation is free: if you already have a site and think it needs upgrading, we can give you a free appraisal, or for a small fee a more in-depth analysis. You can get in touch with us through the email/phone number below, or use the contact form.