By royal appointment :)

Prince William School is the 4th school to use Swimming Hippo for the production of a website and prospectus.

Prince William School requested that Swimming Hippo assist with the design process of their new school website, to update their brand and give a fresh look to their school image. They also wanted to take this branding and carry it through to their prospectus design, keeping the continuity of their brand.

New responsive website and branding

We are pleased to announce our new website, which we launched in the first half of the year.

You may have already noticed our changes to our branding and website, but for those who haven’t you will find it more accessible to smart phones and tablets because of the use of responsive design.

Responsive web design is a way of producing a website that adapts to a users interface. For example if you take a look at our site on your desktop computer and on your smart phone then you will see the similarities between the design, but also how it switches from a 4 column layout to a single column layout. This was an exciting move forward for us, and we hope you find it useful.

Also included is a company profile, our extended list of services including web design and search engine optimisation as well as new services such as mobile design and app development. A range of our latest projects can also be found on our work section.

Take a look at our website to see what’s new and why not contact us to find out more about our services.

Whitley Academy

We are delighted to have been commissioned by Whitley Academy to help in completing a full website design process, installation of a content management system and printed school prospectus.

Whitley Academy is a Coventry based Academy providing education from ages 10-16 (GCSE Level)

Services provided by Swimming Hippo include:

• Creating Prospectus
• Website design
• Search engine optimisation
• Full Management System
• Website Hosting

For more information on how Swimming Hippo may be able to help your business, call 01386 764747 or visit www.swimminghippo.co.uk

CeeVee website design

CeeVee (http://www.cee-vee.co.uk/) is a Gloucestershire based company specialising in valves and automation.

Swimming Hippo was happy to be the selected agency for the design and delivery of their new website, online branding and establish a simple to use administration system.

When working with CeeVee it was clear that the website needed to effectively present the benefits of selecting this company for the provision of valves and associated products. They wanted main benefits to stand out to the consumer, so by maximising quotes on selected pages, these benefits now stand out and encourage further business.

Each product has it’s own descriptive page, clearly displaying that item and providing a detailed specification. Swimming Hippo had to create an easy way for users to see these details and access them.

The website now also provides a way of directly contacting CeeVee through the email enquiry form.

Services provided by Swimming Hippo include:

• Company branding
• Website design
• Logo design
• Search engine optimisation
• Full Management System
• Website Hosting

Visit http://www.cee-vee.co.uk/ to take a look at the finished product.

Keeping Worcestershire Merry

Direct Booze (http://www.directbooze.com/), is a Midlands based online shop, selling multiple brands of beers, wines, ciders and other drinks.

Swimming Hippo was selected to complete their e-commerce website, online branding and establish a simple to use administration system.

When working with Direct Booze it was clear that the website needs to present the benefits of shopping on Direct Booze and a simple to use online shopping experience provided. A key point to communicate throughout the website is the free delivery service on offer!

Direct Booze offer a variety of deal types across a wide range of products, this is shown throughout the site.

Swimming Hippo had to create a clean and easy way for users to see these deals, and easily access them. To make payment on the site, the client requested that transactions be made using PayPal. This has been incorporated into the checkout functionality.
Services provided by Swimming Hippo include:

• Company branding
• Website design
• Logo design
• Search engine optimisation
• Full Management System
• Website Hosting
• Secure transactions

Visit www.directbooze.com to pick up a bargain today.

Crime & Trauma Scene Cleaning Company

Scene Cleaning, the crime and trauma scene cleaning company, have commissioned Swimming Hippo to complete a branding, web site design and search engine optimisation project.

The services provided by Scene Cleaning are of a serious and sensitive nature, and the creative theme for this project must communicate this.

A holding page is currently available, demonstrating the new logo, and services on offer. This page was launched at such an early stage in the project as a new domain name has been registered for this website and the temporary holding page will help with future SEO promotion. Google has already recognised the domain and services associated with it.

The holding page can be found here: http://www.scenecleaning.co.uk/

We look forward to presenting the live site later this Summer.

Services provided by Swimming Hippo include:

• Company branding
• Website design
• Search engine optimisation
• Content Management System
• Website Hosting

We have been busy!!

Sorry for the lack of updates, no excuse I know, but wow, have we been busy...

Our new training focussed service the Website Academy now has it's own dedicated site. Why not take a look around www.websiteacademy.co.uk We are running courses that range from 1/2 day SEO training, giving you the basic knowledge to improve your search engine listings, through to the Website Academy course itself - resulting in your bespoke designed website launch.

What about in the studio?

Okay, here's a few projects we have been working on:

- www.winnens.co.uk
- www.rogueelementdigital.com
- www.stacking-chairs-uk.com
- www.alliedguarding.co.uk
- www.parkinsons.co.uk

We have also been helping out our new office neighbours, www.everyclick.co.uk with the front end development of two really interesting projects, all supporting very worthy causes:

- www.giveasyoulive.co.uk
- www.everygreeting.co.uk

Some quite complex jQuery work...

With all of this going on, plus our digital marketing programs - email broadcasts, seo, ppc management and facebook advertising (very effective btw), the run from summer to the year end has been fun - ready for the holidays now though! :-)

Have a great break if I don't manage to update again before the new year, but keep an eye on our Tweets.

Joe