Our associates have an extensive and varied client list including major international brands such as FitFlop, Emma Bridgewater, the BBC, B&Q, Hunter Boots, Links of London, Proctor & Gamble, Marks & Spencer, the Bond Street Association and McLaren F1. The idea is that a small injection of expertise from someone with many years' experience can give your business a big boost without costing you a fortune or taking up a lot of your precious time.
Our leading associate & design partner is Creative Worx. The two business names tell you all you need to know about what we think is important about websites and online shops in particular - if it's not creative or it's not relevant, we just don't do it!
Creative Worx are able to produce the following:
design for online media - websites, of course, but also emails and social network pages
brand design - whether you have an old logo that just needs updating or want to create a completely new look for your whole business
design for print - gift vouchers are a great product to sell online and most of us still use headed paper and business cards, too
image preparation - we can make photography look its best and format images for web or print
email newsletters - incorporating email sign-up into your website and designing a template for you to populate with your latest company news and offers is one of the first things you need to do if you are serious about running an online shop.
Skills provided by our other associates include:
photography - it's all about the right lighting and the right photographer for the job, whether you need packshots (beautiful pictures of individual products), lifestyle (product in context) or reportage (pictures of customers and or staff as they go about their business)
styling - it's harder than it looks to make products look natural, yet attractive and asprational
branding advice - it can be as important to portray the right brand as to design the right product. Just a couple of hours with someone who has built lots of brands could be worth its weight in gold.
search engine optimisation - Powa makes it really easy to do the basics and keep your search terms up to date, we'll show you how. When you're ready to move up a level and start using services like Google AdWords, we can help with that too.
fulfilment - the software we use can connect directly to a warehouse if you do not want to pick and pack orders yourself. You will be amazed how cost-effective this route can be. We'll be happy to work out some figures for your product, if you would like us to.
event management - from guiding you through the whole process of organising an event, to reviewing your venue to make sure it has the "wow" factor to appeal to major event organisers, we can help.
While big clients are great and often a privilege to work for, we are all really motivated by sharing our experience with smaller businesses too. Because we can quickly understand your business and which skills would most help, then brief the relevant expert or experts well, we can use a small amount of their time to make a big difference for you. Just contact us if you would like an introduction to a suitable expert, or if you would like to meet with Elisabeth for an independent view of what skills would best help to grow your business.
