The end of the year that is!!

I think it is safe to say that it has been a turbulent year! in fact one of the most turbulent years in modern history! there is hardly an industry that hasn’t been affected in one way or another by either the stock market fluctuations, currency fluctuations, inflation, interest rates, credit crunch, recession…. never in my life did I think I would use all these words in one article!

I am not sure we have seen the end of it; the latest hit, and getting the most media coverage is now the automotive industry… when will it end?

All I can say is that although it all seems like bad news, (and I cant even remember the last “good news story” I read in the papers, or heard on the evening news), I can assure you that if you look hard enough around you, THERE ARE good things still happening, so please please don’t let all this bad press kid you that we are all doomed!

In fact, can I ask that people email me on shane@eyewebsolutions.co.uk with “good news” stories, or “success stories” from the past year, in particular business related. If I get any worth sharing I will post them in the New Year!

So before I finish I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, and a PROSPEROUS New Year.

On a final note, why not treat yours or your companies website to a facelift in the New Year….. and remember that people ARE still spending, so why shouldn’t they spend it with you! be seen!

Shane

The BNI Wilberforce group in Hull commissioned Eye Web Solutions to create a web prescence for them.

The website includes information on the group, where they meet, who there members are and other useful information.

check it out>>http://www.bni-hull.co.uk

Lush Us have commissioned Eye Web Solutions to create a new website that includes an online shop using the PROTX system which uses a shopping cart and allows customers to pay securely (using SSL) online using Credit Cards.

check it out>>http://www.lush-us.co.uk

When a new site goes live we will often feature that particular company or school on our portfolio pages.

Visit our general Portfolio page and have a look at the different sites we have designed for many clients across the country: www.eyewebsolutions.co.uk/portfolio_general_websites.asp  

EYE Web Solutions Ltd, Web Design Solutions for Schools and Businesses.

Shane Beardsley
Sales Director

This is the fifth year our sister company “EYE Focused Ltd, Websites for Schools” is going to be exhibiting at the BETT Show at London Olympia, so come visit us at our stand from the 14th to the 17th January 2009 to see our very own EDIT package that enables Schools to manage the content of their websites online.

To our knowledge BETT is the largest educational technology event in the world, and enables visitors from all over the world to discover ways to use technology for teaching and learning.

The event takes place each January and attracts over 600 educational suppliers and nearly 30,000 visitors. It brings together the global teaching and learning community for four days of innovations and inspirations.

Visit their website for more details: www.bettshow.com 

You can also access the website for our “Web Design for Schools” company at www.eyefocused.co.uk 

Watch this space for details of where to find us in the vast halls of Olympia, London.

Shane Beardsley
Sales Director

Last week was a very busy week for us in the Web Design world.  We have been commissioned to build websites for a number of diverse organisations; an underfloor heating company, a waste and recycling company, in fact TWO waste and recycling companies, as well as tendering for another construction company project.

Having recently launched Quibells website (www.quibell.co.uk), and very shortly due to launch the Hall Construction Group website (TBA) it has really increased our understanding of the construction Industry as well as the associated peripheral businesses such as Plumbing, Joinery and Electrical to name but a few. 

Speaking of which, this week saw the launch of the Electrasafe website (www.electrasafe.com) an Electrical Contractor, and LLITE (www.llite.net) who provide training in various Construction trades.

So, all in all, whilst the world is feeling very uneasy, it is pleasing to see companies putting effort into improving their online image, which in turn gives the impression that companies are looking to the internet / web to assist in expanding their businesses.

Shane Beardsley

Depending on who you are speaking to, the effects of the “credit crunch” or the so called “recession” will vary hugely; in fact most likely from both ends of the spectrum.

Some businesses are finding the current economic climate difficult; some choosing to batten down the hatches and brave out the storm, whilst others are using this as an opportunity to work smarter, or maybe tap into markets they may not ordinarily have ventured into.  Whatever the effects it is having on your business there is no doubt that by improving your companies online image (or in some cases creating a web presence full stop) you will improve your businesses chances of surviving.

More and more people we talk to are relying on the internet for new business, or even to improve the chance of securing the next big contract over and above their next competitor.  It is no secret that pretty much everyone your business is, or wants to do business with has at some time access to the internet and more and more people use it as a tool to seek out information and services.

So why not ask us to take a look at your existing site, or discuss the options around building your company its first website? We are more than willing to give you our opinion.

Shane

Funnily enough, in the week or so since we implemented the BLOGS into our own key websites, it seems that everyone we speak to wants one.  I assume is much like when you decide to buy a certain car, you then see hundreds of that type of car on the roads…..having never noticed that many before.

We have already been asked to implement a blog onto a School football clubs website, a recruitment company’s website specialising in recruitment to the education sector, and most excitingly a website collaboration between five countries.  We will post information as these sites go live.

Shane.

So here it is… the EYE Web Solutions Ltd blog? … everybody seems to have one these days; for some people they are there to improve their search engine rankings, for some people they are there simply to entertain the regular visitors to their website, and in reality every person and every business has a different reason for adding a blog to theirs or their businesses website.

To be fair, I don’t actually know what made us add a blog to our website, as with most businesses we are always so busy working on clients websites and web design projects that we have little to no time to work on our own.  However, someone told me that sometimes you need to try to work ON your business and not IN your business, and whilst that appears to be next to impossible, any step towards that is a benefit…. so, whatever the reason, I will be attempting to post on a regular basis with news on our business, comments on industry news, and more importantly news of clients website launches, project updates and in fact anything that relates to us as a business.  

Shane.

The Flower Stylist have commissioned Eye Web Solutions to upgrade their online shopping facilities to the new PROTX system which uses a shopping cart and allows customers to pay securely (using SSL) online using Credit Cards.

check it out >> http://www.theflowerstylist.co.uk