New Private Investigations website Launched by Staffordshire Web Design Firm

Private Investigators Staffordshire

Private Investigators Staffordshire

Staffordshire Business and Private Investigations company, Private Investigations 4 U, has this week launched their new website. The Stafford based company used Rake Mark Web Design, Staffordshire to design, create and launch their new website.

Private Investigations 4 U offer investigative and surveillance services to both the private and business sectors.

A spokesman for the private investigations firm said, “Of course all of our work is highly confidential and we will only communicate with the principle client. Meetings can be arranged at any time or place our clients and prospective clients wish.”

Rake Mark Web Design in Stafford were once again proud to be supporting another new local business with their unique brand of web design services. Sarah Brassington worked with Private Investigations 4 U to create a simple design that was easy to navigate.

“We used three simple signposts in the right hand column of the website to support the main menu, helping visitors to the website find the information they need quickly and without fuss”, she said.

Rake Mark Web Design also incorporated an enticing call to action into the signposts to ensure the website encouraged visitors to find the information they need and then get in touch. The phrase “it’s free to talk to us” was used as a powerful ‘Call to Action’.

“Because Investigations 4 U use a free offer to encourage conversion, its natural to add their free offer to the ‘Call to Action’ signposts” Sarah said.

Strong calls to action help to convert visitors into sales leads and customers and can increase the effectiveness of a website significantly. Find out what Rake Mark Web Design, Staffordshire can do to help your online business

Affordable Web Design: Control Wild Web Budgets with Five Easy to Follow Tips

Woman Unable to Achieve Affordable Web Design

Woman Stressed Over Web Budget

Control Wild Web Budgets with Five Easy to Follow Tips

For most businesses a website is a must, but how do you get your business on the web without it costing an arm and a leg? Here are five tips for affordable web design and controlling wild web design budgets.

1. If you can do it for free, then why pay?
Free is about as affordable as your web design can get and if you’re prepared to put in the time to learn the basics then your affordable web design project could easily be a free web design project.

Look on the web for companies offering free websites, free templates and free web hosting. A word of warning though, often free packages will have advertising on them, so be sure you know fully what your signing up for else you might end up advertising your competitors on your website.

2. Use a Fixed price Web Design Package
If you need something more professional than a free web site but still need to keep your web design project affordable then look for companies that offers a fixed price affordable web design packages.

You can get a fixed number of pages designed just for your business with a contact form for a really competitive price. Another advantage with this approach is the help you’ll get from your web design company in avoiding common mistakes.

Keep an eye out for hidden extras. Make sure that your package includes everything you need to get your business on the web.  Ask about the cost of hosting, domain name, images and logo design and web statistics. The better companies all include this in the price.

3. Know What You Want and Stick to It
Nothing drives up the cost of a web design project like re-working design and content. Successful, affordable web design projects are the ones that have clients who start with a clear vision and stick to that vision throughout the project.

If you keep changing your mind then the web designer will have to do more work which can mean a higher bill than necessary. Once you have a quote for your affordable web design project, stick to it. That way there can be no nasty surprises when the invoice lands on your mat.

4. Know the on-going costs
The on-going costs vary wildly from web design company to web design company. Some companies will charge what seems to be a low cost until you realise that this is the annual cost.

If your on a fixed budget and need an affordable website then you need to choose a web designer who will tell you honestly what the ongoing costs are going to be.

The main cost you will encounter is web hosting renewal and domain name registration. This is usually an annual cost so make sure you know how much it will be in the future. Ask your web designer if you are unhappy with their support and hosting costs will you be able to move to a different company.

Good web designers are always confident you won’t want to move and will be happy for you to do so.

5. Control Update Costs with a Content Management System
If the term content management system (or CMS) is new to you, a CMS is simply a website where you can change the content on your website yourself through an easy to use interface.

It may cost a little more for a CMS over the traditional traditional website but if you need to make updates a few times a year then for truly affordable web design updates you can’t beat a content management system.

Staffordshire Web Design Company Now Taking Card Payments

Rake Mark Web Design, Staffordshire Make Getting Your Business on the Web Even Easier

Getting your business on to the web with Rake Mark Web Design, Staffordshire just got even easier. The Staffordshire Web Designers, who specialise in helping business be successful on the web, have started taking credit and debit cards. Working with Rake Mark has always been a breeze but now the company that provides web design in Stafford, Staffordshire has started taking card payments along with their other easy payment options.
You may be surprised to learn that very few website design companies in the UK are able to take card payments and this is due to the tight regulations for web designers and the terms and conditions that the card processing companies place on them.

Sarah Brassington, Managing Director at Rake Mark web design, Staffordshire is understandably proud to be one of the chosen few companies that have been trusted to take card payments for website design.
“I’m not aware of any other Staffordshire web design businesses local to us that have been given the facility to take card payments, we’re a select group” she says.

Perseverance paid off for Sarah and the Rake Mark team after their own bank Lloyds TSB told them that they don’t give merchant accounts to any web design businesses, regardless of turnover or size.
“Our customers across Staffordshire told us that being able to pay on a card was really important to them, so we worked closely with one of the big banks, jumping through hoops, to get a merchant account and be able to take card payments for web design” she says.


The system was trialled within the business at the Stafford Head Office for three months and went live across the organisation this week.
Now there is no excuse not to get your business on the web, working with Rake Mark Web Design, Staffordshire.