Hi.

I’m Pete Goodrum. I’m one of the people who make up the local network of specialists that make Talk Digital Design one of the most flexible, friendly and fast moving web design resources you’ll find.

I have a long track record of working with regional, national and international brands, and I work in a wide range of markets including both the public and private sectors.

Writing for online applications is a specific discipline. It requires impact and arresting ideas, but it also needs to be concise, ‘user friendly’ and employ the key words that will help drive traffic to your site.

It’s the teamwork between the technical and creative people, the marriage of ideas with specific client needs, that make web design from Talk Digital Design special.

Talk to us. I’m sure that we’ll click!

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Creating stylish and professional websites is our forte, which is why we have highlighted a few fixed price packages designed to suit small to medium sized businesses. We have put together all the key components to make any website a success, great designs to make your brand look good, complex website code for optimal functionality and finally Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) to make sure your website is found by your target audience.

Feel free to get in touch if you would prefer a more flexible, bespoke solution.

Website package

	Starter	Enhanced	Enterprise
Website pages	3-5 pages	20 pages	Unlimited
Choice of design
Contact form and google map
CMS
Domain name and hosting + £9.99 p/m
Search engine optimised
E-commerce
Package price	£595	£945	£1,500

Promotional material

Fancy your logo on a shirt? Get in touch to talk more about your promotional material needs, we can print on virtually anything.

	Starter	Enhanced	Enterprise
Logo or banner design
Letterhead design
Business cards	1 set	2 sets	5+ sets
Quality leaflets	1,000	2,000	5,000
Corporate identity
Package price	£450	£550	£750

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Here are a few great reasons why you should outsource to Talk Digital Design.

Outsourcing is cheaper

Getting top quality work at a cost-effective price is the biggest benefit of outsourcing. Here at Talk Digital Design we often work within extremely tight deadlines but still we remain flexible, reliable and 100% dedicated to get your project done on time.

Add more skill sets to your portfolio

We’ve got plenty of agency experience and have worked across a wide range of industries for all types of brands thereby offering you the specific skills you require at a fraction of the cost. We’ve got fresh, creative ideas, expertise and a wealth of knowledge at your disposal.

Outsource during your busy periods

We pride ourselves in our attention to detail and we quickly step in to handle overflow work when your production team is swamped. We care about our client relationships and we will notify you every step of the way to help manage delivery schedules.

Got a large project on the horizon?

Talk Digital Design values projects of all sizes and we offer bespoke services to suit the needs of our clients. We will help you plan and manage the cost of the project, suggesting ways to reduce costs if appropriate and helping you see the project through to the end, quickly and efficiently. We can work either remotely or at your office.

Convinced yet? Have a read of what our clients say about us otherwise, get in touch with us today.

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Before you embark on a website promotion campaign let us thoroughly analyse your website and suggest ways you can improve your current online marketing techniques to help you stay ahead of your competition.

Firstly, we go through your website. We review your design, HTML code, website page load times, inbound and outbound links and finally review your website content. We then check your search engine visibility score, on-page SEO, analyse your competition and research the best keywords to market your business aims (for example, social media strategies).

And finally we will present you with a report outlining recommended steps to take to make your website search engine friendly to start naturally improving your overall ranking.

Even if you don’t yet have a website we would gladly advise a good, cost effective marketing strategy for your business.

Last but by no means least, design! We are passionate about good design practices and truly believe in giving your visitors something eye-catching along with valuable content. We would love to have the opportunity to improve on your design and put our suggestions into practice.

We guarantee you will be pleased with the result!

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A website quite often has two addresses one with all the w’s and one without. So you can type in www.mywebsite.com or mywebsite.com and still find the same website. The problem with this is, the search engines find two identical websites at two different addresses which will harm your search engine rankings because the search engines think there are two websites on the Internet with the same content but at different addresses.

You can solve this problem by setting up what’s known as a ‘301 redirect’ that will make sure anytime your website is found by the search engines or actual visitors they are directed to the correct place. It can be a little complicated to set up and it is done through the admin panel where the website is hosted. Any good hosting company should set up the redirect for you if you ask them. Once set up, it will dramatically improve your search engine visibility.

We suggest using Google Webmaster Tools which provides you with free detailed reports about your pages’ visibility on Google, search query stats and you can also set your preferred URL within the system.

To check if you already have it set up you can simply type in your web address without the w’s and when you reach your website your browser will display the w’s if the 301 redirect has been set up.

Or you could use Pear Analytics, a great online SEO analysis tool, simply type in your domain name to get an instant, in-depth analysis of your website and where your ranking problems could be.

Check out www.pearanalytics.com

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We are getting a lot of interest about WordPress at the moment so we have decided to share a bit of WordPress insight to our readers.

Are you a new WordPress user looking to have your site seen? Do you want to build a presence on the Internet that is marked by a steady flow of traffic to your website? Below are 10 tips to keep in mind when setting up and maintaining your WordPress website.

1. Make sure your XHTML is valid – Overall you’ll want to make sure that your website meets all of the requirements of the World Wide Web Consortium. This will help to ensure that your website is professional, viewable on various web browsers, and will boost your listings on Google, Yahoo!, Bing, and other search engines.

2. Use web analytic services – These analytic services are a must have for any serious WordPress user. With these services you’ll be able to have software that provides you with realtime measureable stats that count the amount of visitors to your site on a realtime basis. There are plenty of web analytic services to use; think Google. (Are you surprised?)

3. Use images and SEO them – Using images on your blog is a great way to add interest and keep readers coming back. However, an image is useless if you don’t use proper image titles and image descriptions that contain keywords. Be sure that the images you use are of high quality.

4. Improve and advance your web design skills – To improve upon your WordPress design and overall design of other web pages you may own, it may be beneficial to attend one of the many online web design schools. Reading tutorials and e-books may also prove to be highly beneficial.

5. Interlink your keywords – Building more visibility involves linking internally and externally. If you want to see your page rank skyrocket, link to other high quality articles within your blog posts. Link to these posts using relevant and popular keywords.

6. Make use of the WordPress plugins (but don’t go overboard) – There is a variety of plugins for you to use; the most useful being those for SEO and social media purposes and remember to keep your page simple but advanced.

7. Optimise your links – Optimising is a must if you want your WordPress to gain popularity. This means using permalinks, an option that you must turn on in your WordPress settings, allowing search engines to recognise the information on your website.

8. Reach out to your readers – Social media marketing is a must-have in today’s online world if you’re seeking true success. This means using and maintaining outside social networking sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, iPatter and other popular sites that will help you gain more visibility from more users. Social networking is the way of the world so get your WordPress site involved.

Reaching out also involves writing about topics that readers want to read about. Pick controversial and recent topics that will draw plenty of interest.

9. Keep an eye on your “Updated Services” list – In your WordPress settings you’ll notice an “Updated Services” option, which lets you choose the services you want to use. This is a great way to keep your current flow of visitors coming back to your website.

10. Recycle, revive, and republish – It never hurts to revisit your past blog posts. If you have one that is again relevant or one that you’d like to bring back to the surface, don’t be afraid to reuse old posts. Update them as much as possible. Popular past posts will usually become popular again!

To get the maximum benefits out of your WordPress, try to implement most if not all of the above tips. Combined with other online marketing methods such as social media marketing, your WordPress is sure to gain popularity which means more visibility in search engine listings.

Thanks Kate Jae for this blog.

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Due to the success of recent clients’ email marketing campaigns, we have decided to ellaborate on what we can offer our clients. Whether you’ve been sending HTML emails for years or you’ve never sent an HTML email in your life, we’ve got a couple of ways to get started and to look good doing it.

All of our bespoke email designs are custom-branded to your business and website and include one round of amends. Once approved we will implement your design into a template giving you full control over the design and content with no technical knowledge required. Your HTML emails will also be tested across all the major email clients including Hotmail, Gmail, Outlook and Yahoo! to ensure your subscribers receive high quality design and content.

We offer two kinds of email marketing packages, a simple newsletter option and a targeted marketing email option.

Newsletter design:
We will design a custom newsletter template so you can send great-looking emails to your mailing lists on a regular basis. Its easy to use and we offer campaign management support too. All this for just £250.

Marketing design:
We design a custom marketing template, so you can send targeted special offers and promotions to your subscribers on a regular basis. Prices for this option start at £350 depending on your design requirements.

Campaign management:
With all our email design packages we advise using our campaign manager which enables you to update your templates with new information, easily integrate social media plugins, import your mailing lists into a secure database and send thousands of emails at the click of a button. You can also track campaign success and test the effectiveness of your emails using small segments of your lists.

We will set up an account for you and we offer full support on using the online software it’s easy-to-use and we are happy to talk you through it over the phone. If you get stuck just then give us a call and we’ll be happy assist you. Setup costs are just £50.

If you are sending HTML emails on regular basis then why not subscribe to one of our monthly plans to make your email marketing more cost-effective? Your monthly fee will be adjusted as your list grows or shrinks, which means there are absolutely no commitments! Here are the options:

If you send HTML emails less frequently or don’t want to commit to a monthly plan then simply use our pay-as-you-go price plan which is free for the first 250 and only 2p per person on your mailing list thereafter.

Get in touch today to get started.

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