February 9, 2012 in News, Portfolio by Mark

Patersonrose goes to the USA

Patersonrose has launched a Bedrooms Accessories website in the USA where customers can buy online. This is a new foray into ecommerce and may be a stepping stone to retail stores in America.

February 9, 2012 in News, Portfolio by Mark

AC Models display online

Andrew Cairns, a world-renowned model kit maker now has his own website www.acmodels.co.nz to showcase his products to the world. Built using WordPress as a CMS, Andy can update the news sections easily himself adding work in progress so hobbyists everywhere can keep up with his latest models.

November 30, 2011 in News, Portfolio by Mark

Ireland Engineering, Oamaru

 The  website has been built to showcase their engineering services and products and to utilise their membership of TradeZone’s buying group. The website uses a layered menu to make it easy for visitors to find their products which have been categorized into separate compartments. Visit them on www.irelandengineering.co.nz

November 29, 2011 in News by Mark

Can you view your website on a mobile phone

The Internet and communications worldwide are forever changing, and now more and more people are accessing the Internet (and therefore websites) via their smart phones. Even standard mobile phones can access websites, so if you have a graphically intensive website, it may be more difficult to display on a phone.

According to my stats, about 4% of my visits in the last 10 months to this website (That is when I put the mobile option on) have used their mobile phones to access my pages  (16982 desktop visits and 879 mobile visits), so while that percentage may seem small it is growing, and if taken more seriously those 4% may alll be looking for work and not just random tyre kickers!

What does this mean for you – well think about your product or service, your target market and whether they are likely to be using a mobile phone to connect to your website e.g. 30-40 something Mums seem to all have these phones, so if you are selling to them, you better put mobile on your “to do” list. If you aren’t sure contact me to discuss it.

November 29, 2011 in News, Portfolio by Mark

MGI Irrigation

The Morven Glenavy Ikawai Irrigation Company Ltd have just contracted Medlicott Design to create a website for them that was simple to use for their mainly farming community users, but also as a place where everything “MGI Irrigation” could be found. The website is now live and can be seen here www.mgiirrigation.co.nz

October 15, 2011 in News, Portfolio by Mark

Snooks Bed & Breakfast

The Snooks B&B website was built for Trevor and Kerri Bolt’s new bed and breakfast accommodation in Maori Hill, Dunedin, NZ and has now gone live to the world in time for the official opening in a fortnight.

The website has been designed with a clean modern look, can be self-managed and has been future-proofed so that it is easy to add an online secure booking system if/or when this may be needed. The website also makes use of RSS feeds to have up to date Dunedin events automatically displayed, as well as displaying all the normal pages one would expect from an accommodation website i.e. rooms, tariffs, local activities, how to find us, Google maps and booking forms.

October 15, 2011 in News, Portfolio by Mark

Calect Electrical

The new Calect Electrical website has gone live this week and can be found at www.calect.co.nz.

The main customer target of the website are dairy farmers and farmers utilising irrigation systems in the Waitaki Valley and across the Mackenzie Country of NZ’s South Island. The website showcases the many ways farmers can improve their electrical systems in their dairy sheds, in removing effluent, and importantly the various backup systems that will all help the farmers ROI.

September 15, 2011 in News, Portfolio by Mark

Patersonrose Christchurch Opens

Patersonrose have recently opened their first concept store in Christchurch and I put together a simple new website for them to showcase their new store, show opening hours, contact details and still link back to their parent website.

September 4, 2011 in News, Portfolio by Mark

Patersonrose Redesign

Recently the Patersonrose website underwent a face-lift and redesign to match branding, the opening of new stores and a push into more worldwide markets. As kids clothing designers, Patersonrose constantly update the look of their web pages, just as they continually create new linen designs and the look of their associated bedroom accessories.

June 29, 2011 in News, Portfolio by Mark

Jonell’s Florist – Oamaru

Today the new e-commerce website for Jonell’s Florist in Oamaru went live at www.jonellsflorist.co.nz.

While Jonell had an existing website, it was quite old and as does not even show on the first page of Google for its own name was probably not bringing much business her way. The new website is therefore quite a step up with online shopping available 24/7, a cool automated reminder service for customers, and ideally an easy to navigate website that is also aesthetically pleasing.

While the SEO of the website will not show much change overnight in the SERPs, I would expect it to not be too long until it is at least competitive in the Oamaru and North Otago searches.