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Client Testimonial
9 January 2014
http://www.littleitalian.co.uk
Reviewed by andy pearce — The Little Italian
Jem and Kirk have been really enthusiastic about my new project. The logo and website they developed is fun and effective and will give my business the head start it needs against the competition. The whole process has been enjoyable and the end result is spot on. Thank you Jem and Kirk, great result. You can have a free coffee each in the summer! .
From; http://www.whichwebdesigncompany.com/uk/profile/aperedmedia#tabs-3
Song: All Night Artist: Parov Stelar First of all: Thanks for your great response. This really helps a lot. About a few questions: - I'm really looking forwa...
A doodle on legs, this is Fantastic!
And another great review from earlier in October.
17 October 2013
http://www.thegreengenies.co.uk
Reviewed by Debbi Hewison — The Green Genies
Having had a bad experience with another web designer, I decided to take my incomplete design to Ape Red Media, and am pleased that I did so as I was so impressed with the results. The service was fast and efficient with everything clearly explained in the beginning. I discussed with the very helpful Jem, what I wanted from the site and he gave me valuable advice and new ideas on marketing and advertising and which options would achieve the best outcomes for the company. Everything was explained in a friendly, down-to-earth manner with no mind-boggling jargon! The cost was arranged at the start and there were no hidden extras added to the quote, which was very refreshing!. Jem continuously updated me with the progress of the website and I was very impressed with the end result. I can highly recommend Ape Red Media to anyone looking for a reasonable and professional web designer. It was definitely worth every penny!!! Thanx Jem! Debbi H. The Green Genies.
Another great review on Which Web Design Company, Ape Red Media has consistently been in the top 10 on a UK search for the last few years thanks to our great clients who more often than not find a moment to write a review of our services.
21 October 2013
http://www.crocodillagaragedoors.co.uk
Reviewed by Keith Ninnim — Crocodilla Garage Doors
Wonderful redesign of the garage doors website, device responsive to keep up with the times and a more substantial site this time around, thank you again for the dedicated hard work. Being able to build out from the site, adding videos etc without having to lift a finger ourselves is a great bonus. It’s great working with a design firm that really do care about my businesses. Highly recommended.
A rework of the United Services Rugby Club brochure on behalf of one of their sponsors RS Design and Technology who specialise in Schools Compliance Inspections to make sure machines are safe, rotating blades covered and stopping with the legally required time, gas and electricity is safe etc. They also have an industrial side to the business which covers the majority of aspects of maintenance and repair or relocation of commercial property, inc Gas, Electrical and Mechanical works.
Ad2 for brochure in final stages
Ad1 for brochure in final stages
A Day in the Life of a Bench by Max Degtyarev
Ah bench life....
Steampunk Monkey Nation, Illustrations of Primates in Military Gear by Chet Phillips
Love it
A Quick Tidy Up Job for Local Charity - Wessex Heartbeat - Adopt A Room Campaign
A rework and tidy from provided artwork as below, Wessex Heartbeat run a residence for the relatives of Cardiac Patients and they are offering businesses the chance to support the charity and promote themselves at the same time by ADOPTING A ROOM. At very low yearly cost businesses can provide real help to people in their hour of need. To view the brochure click here
And another great review, thank you!
3 May 2013
http://www.weddingcarsofhampshire.co.uk
Reviewed by Clyde Riggs — Wedding Cars of Hampshire
This was my first experience of employing SEO services and was very pleased that Ape Red Media initially took the time to explain the service that he provided, the process, indicative costs, expected results and the benefits to my business . He took the time to understand my requirements, understand my market and made a number of creative and commercial recommendations resulting in a vastly improved site both in its appeal and most importantly, its rating on the search engines. Thank you Jem for a great job.
The latest Ape Red ad for the 28th
And again, we just can't get enough of these!
12 April 2013
http://www.airfieldrunwayrubberremoval.com/
Reviewed by Eric Martin — EM Airfield Services
Communication with the designer was excellent regardless the fact that we are based in Cyprus, and the designer is in Uk. I could call him at any time to discuss the procedure. The texts were changed several times before we got to final form. They were always willing to assist in new ideas for the best outcome. Though we had a lot of technical terms, they studied our texts and improved them very well. A number of our associates went through our web site and they already showed interest in cooperating with ApeRed. We highly recommend ApeRed to others as well!!!
Responsive sites let you be seen with no action from the viewer
An article in this months Web Designer asks the future of RWD, responsive web design and interestingly enough draws threads of thought on user choice and casts a thin web of doubt on the hype of RWD. Then later in the same issue the CEO of Sellerdeck (previously Actinic) seems to draw similar threads but with a focus more on preparation.
The questions raised if they can be distilled are in my opinion;
1. Do smart phone users prefer to zoom in and out of a site or do they prefer a mobile friendly site without the need for zooming?
2. Are smart phone users looking at your website or Facebook, Twitter etc?
3. Are smart phone users making online transactions?
The direction of these distilled questions is, ‘is it worth having a ‘responsive web site’ over a more standard website with maybe a mobile version alongside?’
I think both the magazine’s editor and Benjamin Dyer of Sellerdeck are in full agreement that the influence of mobile devices is on the increase and that the use of these devices, including smart phones and tablets, for web search is more likely to increase than decrease.
Currently, especially for the small business, having a bespoke site designed for both Desktop & Laptop use, together with another mobile version of the same targeted at Smart Phones & Tablets may be pushing the web design budget to its upper limits whereas having a responsive design may and one domain may be a more comfortable fit for the budget.
But why should a business have a site that responds to all devices, should the user be able to make the choice of zooming into the tiny little web page displayed in their iPhone or Blackberry if they want to?
Ok, from a business point of view, a web page is pretty much the businesses online shop front regardless of whether or not they are an ecommerce site. Businesses display their wares/services and let the world, know about what they do, who they are etc.
You could see a website as an ‘advert’ for the business as well as a resource. If you are happy to look at a website in this way for a moment, then let me ask this question. With an advert, print or online for that matter, it’s first job is to capture your attention, commonly achieved with high contrast striking graphics and/or large easily read emotive headlines. Little chance of such having much effect on a webpage the size of a couple of postage stamps that need to be zoomed in and out of with the fingers. One quick zoom and your web pages call to action could be entirely lost to your potential customer.
Not the case with a page that has been designed to present itself in a smartphone window at easily readable size, with the appropriate message and business logo in clear view immediately. Not only will the user see the message and the logo, but anyone accidently looking over their shoulder on a crowded tube will also see the business logo.
From a marketing perspective it has to make more sense for a business to make sure they are easily seen on any device yes?
The rise of the smartphone, kicked off globally with the iPhone, looks set to continue. The convenience brought to the world with Google search is now even more convenient, it sits in our pockets or handbags while travelling. Now the hype of Responsive Web Design might be well ahead of the adoption curve, a line used by Benjamin Dyer that I rather like, but where would you rather have your business? I think you’ll likely want your business ahead of the curves rather lagging behind when your competitors are ahead and benefiting before you’ve had a chance to compete on the same playing field!
Is responsive Web Design here to stay? Yes
Will smartphone internet use increase? Yes
Will people use their smartphones to look for services and businesses? Yes
Last Sunday I sat at soft play in my local town of Romsey while my two boys were playing. On my left were a pair of young women, mid to late twenties and to my right a man who I would guess was late 30’s early 40’s and then there was me, the very nearly 50 year old! What did we all have in common except children and being at soft play? We where all using smartphones, we where all on the internet courtesy of the soft plays free Wifi access. The young ladies where both looking at travel agents sites and bouncing back to their Facebook pages sharing their thoughts with mates no doubt, looking for a holiday by the sound of their chat. The gentleman was searching the web, dipping in and out of sites, I couldn’t see the type of sites, I was to far away, but it was easy to see that some were tiny non responsive pages, some were larger device friendly sites, fewer of the latter however. I wouldn’t swear on it, but I would guess that he spend more time and was more interactive with the device friendly sites, maybe because he saw a headline that got his attention eh?
You might ask what I was doing and I would answer in all honesty that I was reviewing a device friendly site recently set live for a Cypriot client and looking at my Facebook page noting that all the Facebook content didn’t show and scrolling seemed to provide a limited experience.
It left me with the thought that device friendly sites should strive to provide as much the same experience and content as the desktop version although scrolling would be required. As band widths increase and devices continue to improve, developers will find this more acceptable from a page load perspective.
Is responsive web design a good idea for a business? Yes, be best seen across all devices where your potential customers do not have to do anything (like zoom with finger movements) to see your key heading and logo. People might say that current trends suggest smartphone users don’t engage in ecommerce via their phones and they might not. But hey, if they want to call your business then and there, you can make it much easier for them with a phone number that they just need to tap!
Be easily found, be easily seen, be easily contacted. Responsive web design ticks the last two of those boxes, the first might not be so beneficial without the other two eh?