INTERNET

Domain Name Search, Registration, Transfer and Re-Direction

Your domain name is crucial in establishing your identity – for it to work for you, it must be appropriate to you or your business and hopefully be memorable.

The Design Clinic can search and register your name for you. By using the Design Clinic to purchase your domain name, we will become your administration point and will ensure that for as long you want the name, all you need to do is let people know what it is! We’ll remind you when names are due for renewal and invoice accordingly, as well as offering email and telephone support.

If you wish to transfer your current domain name to the Design Clinic, we’ll make it as easy as possible for you by guiding you through the process, step by step.

If you have more than one domain name, we can direct the traffic from these domains to your main website, meaning that you won’t miss out on any important contacts, leads or business.

Web Hosting

The Design Clinic can host your website and manage the whole process on your behalf, leaving you free to manage your business.

Bespoke Website Design

At The Design Clinic, you’re guaranteed to get the full works if you come to us to design your website. We absolutely understand the importance of having a real presence on the web, but we also know that the website is only the start of our journey together. We will work with you after your site has gone live on the world wide web, to ensure that is working for you.

The design process includes:
· An initial meeting with you to establish your vision, ideas and preferences, the outcome of which will be an agreed proposal
· Securing/transferral of your domain name(s) if appropriate
· Research prior to commencement of design to source images, establish key search terms and to appraise competitor sites
· Development of web design
· HTML/PHP build of site
· Quality control testing of all areas of site (both back and front end)
· Uploading to selected domain, once you have approved site and final balance has been received
· On-going support as agreed

Due to the bespoke nature of this design process, the price will depend upon your requirements. Whilst this will be agreed at the outset, should there be any changes to the subsequent proposal, no additional work will go ahead without your prior permission.

Therefore, whilst we cannot always guarantee that a starting price will be the final price, the more precise, succinct and clear the initial brief is, between both parties, the easier it will be for us to translate your ideas into a design and within the specified budget.

E-Commerce Sites

Our flair for creative and innovative design, combined with an understanding of the latest technologies, enables us to build and develop e-commerce sites with real functionality.

Content Management Systems

Sometimes, businesses want the option of being able to quickly and easily update their own websites, without incurring vast costs. This is where the Design Clinic can help in providing Content Management solutions which are sophisticated, yet built with non-experts in mind. Once we’ve guided you through the CMS, and provided you with back-up support in the form of detailed instructions, you’ll soon be updating like a professional! Of course, we also recognise that sometimes blips can occur and so we’re also on hand to offer telephone or email support.

Web Management

As part of our on-going service to our clients, the Design Clinic offers an efficient solution to the continuing management of your website. Having designed and built it, we’re fully acquainted with its background coding and infrastructure and so are ideally placed to update and advise you about the best ways to get the most out of your website.

Maybe your site wasn’t designed by The Design Clinic, but you feel that it could benefit from a bit of our TLC, or your original designer has disappeared leaving you in the lurch, or maybe other companies are stretching your budget just a bit too much. This is where we can once again help you – but we do need to point out that often taking the management of a site designed and built by someone else can sometimes be a bit tricky. However, once we’re working with you, we will ensure that the hand-over is as smooth as possible. Be patient, and we’ll guarantee a first class service.

E-Communication

Using our preferred email marketing software - (we use it ourselves, so we must think it’s good) – we can enable you to more effectively reach people who have expressed real interest in you and your business. We can create bespoke, personalised e-communication, as well as targeted email promotions – an immediate method of engaging with your target market and providing them with a real reason for doing business with you.

However, there’s not point in adopting an unfocused, scatter gun approach to your e-communications. How will you determine their effectiveness? How will you know that people feel compelled to act on your communication? How will you measure the success or conversion rate?

Because we wanted to know the answers to all of these questions, we’ve researched. We’ve scoured the world of e-marketing software. We’ve tried and tested various programmes. And now we’ve found an answer.

With our e-communication, you can track the success rate of your contacts – you can manage bounces, produce reports, monitor openings and forwards. In short, you are in control.

Virus and Spam Protection

The internet has enabled many businesses to grow. With direct access to clients and suppliers, communication is quick and simple. However, threats from Web and e-mail are now converging, and it is now more important than ever to have a constant and unified strategy to combat these threats. Our portfolio of solutions will provide you with all the protection you need against Internet and e-mail threats and help you to reduce the risks to your business.

PRINT DESIGN

As designers, we know that your identity, whether you’re a one person business or a multi national corporation, is key. Our in-house Graphic Design team can offer the following services, to ensure that you stand out from the crowd:

· Logos & Corporate Identity

· Business Cards & Stationery

· Brochures and Pamphlets

· Flyers and Promotional Posters

· Illustration

ADDITIONAL SERVICES

IT Support

Our IT support specialists provide essential support to computer users within the Manchester area. At the small business level, we believe that each business is different and needs specialist computer support care. Be it IT support via the telephone, IT support by email requests, on-site IT support or even remote access computer support, we are able to offer support in the most appropriate way for your business.

Our network support consultants can also provide computer network design, computer network installations, and are here to support Local Area Network (LAN) and Wide Area Network (WAN) systems, intranet systems, internet access & email systems.

Public Relations

The Design Clinic knows that effective communication is the cornerstone of business success.
We can offer a comprehensive range of services including highly targeted media relations, compelling corporate literature, newsletters, powerful direct mail and creative advertising concepts.

Copywriting

Our eye for detail is not just honed in terms of design. We understand the power of the written word and so have the expertise to produce copy that packs a punch! As well as writing crisp and concise copy, we know that different media require different styles and that excellent copy is more than understanding the apostrophe! Excellent copy is about making the difference to your business – and we can do that…

Photography

From portraiture to reportage, and weddings to corporate events we can capture that moment.

Signage

Using our professional sign writing service, you can ensure that your corporate identity is carried through from your business card to your business premises.