2J Design Blog | SEO and Web Design

Meet the Team – Our Newest Recruit

nicola — Tue, 08 May 2012 13:21:59 +0000

Mike is the newest recruit to the 2J crew having previously worked freelance, Mike was brought in to meet the demands of our growing SEO client base. Working closely with Rachel they are boosting the rankings of all our clients in this competitive area! If you are wondering why your rankings are not improving or are tirelessly doing your own SEO give Mike a call on 0114 3218635.

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Google Penguin update rocks the web – Recovery advice

Jamie — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 21:56:00 +0000

Pretty much everyone who runs a website online will have heard by now of the recent Google updates, namely Penguin.

This latest update has rocked the SEO world and judging by the forums and SEO blogs there are massive mixed messages, many are complaining of a drop in rankings and upset at the latest update due to their drop, understandable no-body wants to loose rankings in Google, far to many websites these days rely totally on Google as their main source of income, however most who took a big hit did so for a reason which seems to be down to bad link building practices and web spam.

However in some cases some of the arguments are right, alot of websites popped up into the results with little or no content, irrelevant results with lots of spun content etc, lets just hope this is a glitch in the algorithm and Google update this soon.

So how can you safeguard for the future?

#1 Ensure your future marketing is not solely focused on ranking in Google, build up a great customer base, offer a great service and get some word of mouth advertising (The best sort in my opinion), checkout local press, sponsor local sports teams etc, anything to get some exposure for your business.

#2 I guess the best advice for your Google side is simply stick to the Google guidelines, link building has always been a hot topic and known to manipulate the search results, don’t get me wrong if you have great content and relevant information or offering a great service like Graphic Design and provide lots of high quality information then people should be naturally linking to you from Social Media, blogs, articles etc.

The main issue with what many have been hit for is paying to use networks and tools, many of the well known blog networks took a big hit and all got de-indexed from Google and it seems many sites received a penalty from Google for the use of these, whether this was a drop due to loss of links or manual penalty is to be debated and I don’t think anyone really knows the answer to this.

Obviously a drop in rankings for any company is a real blow and can easily destroy a business, we are now offering free reviews if your site has taken a hit, we will happily review your site and its ranking changes and give you feedback on the best methods of recovery, we will look at a few things including your past links gathered, potential onsite issues and advise you on how we can help you be a friend of Google once again.

We are now advising all our new website design clients on how to safeguard them self and the important do’s and don’ts for web marketing.

If you have a website that has been penalized or taken a drop in the rankings fee free to drop us an email with your domain name, telephone number and keywords you have dropped for and someone will get in touch with you.

Email us Click HERE

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Sneak preview of our new website

Jamie — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:54:02 +0000

It’s coming, it’s coming soon!!!
As we progress through the ever changing world of Web Design its only fair we ensure our own website keeps up with the latest standards and show cases the quality of the work we produce, so after much consideration, meetings, design briefings and many man hours designing, illustration and currently coding we are getting close to launching the new 2J Design website, the new site really does showcase the quality of our work, something which we now feel our current website is lacking.

So here is a little sneak preview of what the new site is going to look like, it has a superb portfolio, plenty of information, a new blog with SEO tips and how to improve your websites structure for the modern day big “G” aka Google and ensure your websites are upto a standard to convert into sales.

So with improved design, better layout, stunning showcase of our Website Design, Graphic Design and Illustration work as you can imagine we are extremely excited and working late nights to get this launched, follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Google + for all the latest updates.

So here is a little sneaky peek at our new site:

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Latest news from one of our Clients – Oksmokey.com

Jamie — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:16:03 +0000

Here is the latest news from our client OK Smokey who supply and manufacturer a quality range of Electronic Cigarette products.

OKSmokey.com April NewsletterWhat’s new at OK Smokey?Its been a busy few months at Ok Smokey head quarters, we have gone thorugh a premises move, website upgrades, huge stock orders and plenty more!

Many companies are now starting to sell Electronic Cigarettes but very few are doing so with the passion and quality that we thrieve on here at Ok Smokey, our ranges are ever increasing and we still boast the best selection of e-Liquids online, check our our superb range of E-Liquids here including many new flavours:

http://www.oksmokey.com/e-cig-liquids.html

So what new products do we

have to introduce to you?

We are pleased to introduce the new Kingo Clip!

The KINGO CLIP is one of the most powerful electronic cigarettes in the world! Thanks to its huge cartomizer (which can carry 2ml of e-liquid) and the 650mAh battery, it’ll give you hours and hours of continuous vaping.

What to look forward to from OK Smokey

Over the coming month’s OK Smokey will be making some positive changes and upgrades, we will introduce new websites for each individual country including Denmark, France, Spain, Italy and Germany.

We are currently working on the website structure and ways to enhance shopping experience, we would love to hear your feedback and tell us how you think we can improve our website and service, all comments are taken on board and greatly appreciated in helping us improve your shopping experience.

Please keep checking back to our website for latest upgrades, we will be sending out a monthly newsletter with all our latest products and changes and some great offers and products coming soon. For all our latest products visit the new products page: CLICK HERE

Please email any suggestions for making the OK Smokey website shopping experience better to feedback@oksmokey.com, all comments will be taken on board and reviewed.

Until next time, happy vaping!

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Optimising returns of Graphic Design outsourcing

Jamie — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:51:50 +0000

Businesses are consumed by the prospect of saving money by outsourcing their graphic design. As a result, they don’t recognise the other potentials of graphic design outsourcing. To be able to optimise your returns from graphic design outsourcing, you should:
-   Identify your goals: The purpose of your project and the goals you want to achieve with your design will help you get the best out of the graphic design outsourcing decision. If you know the purpose of your project, you can ensure that the design helps achieve your objectives.
-   Cost to Quality Aspect: You need to find a company that is not only affordable but gives importance to the quality of graphic designing. A focus on quality helps you ensure that the project will be well-planned, well managed and more importantly well designed.
-   Company credentials: It’s all about hiring the right company for your needs and requirements. Make sure that the credentials of the company that you are doing business with are rock solid. It must have a proven track record of successfully delivering graphic design projects.
-   Tracking Development: Before the start of the project, ask for a phased time line and make sure that the company sticks to that time line. Any delay must be explained to your satisfaction.

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Meet the Team – Nicola’s Week

Jamie — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:37:42 +0000

Still continuing with our Meet the Team feature this week see’s Nicola, who joined 2JDesign in January having worked previously for a company that 2JDesign designed their new site! Having a proven record in sales & customer care, Nicola oversees the day to day running of the projects and providing client feedback. She also enjoys the social media side of our business and is regularly creating competitions for our Facebook Page, creating new likes on a weekly basis.

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Featured Client of the Month GU3 Window Supplies

Jamie — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:46:44 +0000

Each month we will be featuring on our Facebook a new client. We will be promoting their site, products and services through all the social networking sites. GU3 window supplies website has been a great site to work on due to rapport between client and designer. Take a look at the review from GU3 at which web design company. To promote our feature client of the month we are encouraging our clients to have an exclusive offer only available to 2JDesign visitors. To find our more visit the facebook link for details. If you are weighing up the pro’s & con’s of a new website just take a look at their new site GU3 Window Supplies and find out how it has improved business form them and transformed their SEO rankings.

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Meet the Team week 4

Jamie — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:34:01 +0000

Meet the team is now into its fourth week, this week its the lovely Rachel, working with our newest recruit Mike on SEO and looking after the accounts. Rachel has the patience and dedication needed to ensure our clients stand out in the website rankings and stay there! See more of Rachel this week by visiting our Facebook page and find out what her favourite website is later this week!

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Ryan’s Favourite Site

Jamie — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 10:34:23 +0000

As part of our Facebook meet the team feature we are asking each member what is the best site they have worked on since joining 2JDesign.

Ryan has chosen Mokki Tattoo Supply despite being based in Norway, the design process was efficient and managed professionally with the aid of email and Skype!

Building up a rapport with the client played an important role with this design proving the language barrier was no obstacle.

Mokki Tattoo offers some of the latest tattooing equipment & inks, including one of the most sought Rotary Machines the Dragonfly! visit their site for the latest reviews!

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Meet the team week 3

Jamie — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 07:44:36 +0000

Our Whizz Kid Ryan!

Learn more about all our team by visiting the link to our facebook page.

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