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Find solar Panel Installers Launched
Gold Coast Media has added a new directory to its growing profile of directories targeting b2b and b2c niches within the UK, the new Find Solar Panel Installers directory. The solar supply industry in the UK is one of the fastest growing industries and we have already created websites and carried out seo for several private clients in this industry. Find solar Panel Installers is a directory that allows a solar supplier to pay a one off yearly fee to advertise their business in their own specific county or areas. Rather than paying on a referal basis, this provides a more cost effective solution as it is targeted directly towards individuals and businesses that are primarily interested in purchasing a solar powered generating system. The directory coveres the whole of the UK including London, Essex. Lancashire and the West Midlands as well as providing niche information articles to help you research solar power facts.
Motorbike Accidents - Helping you to Get a Fair deal
If you are based in North Devon, you will know Slee Blackwell as one of the leading firms of solicitors with an excellent reputation. What you might not know is that they have specialists covering serveral very specific niches. One of these is Motorbike Accident Claims. Mike Clarke heads the team and is a keen motorcyclist and a specialist motorcylce accident claims solicitor with over 26 years of experience in this area. Therefore, contacting a specilaist injury solicitor that actually rides a bike (currently a BMW R1150 RT), allows you to work with someone who has extensive and specialist knowledge of motorbike accident claims, the nature of the claims process and the specific injuries that are typified in these types of claims. This really helps clients, makes them feel at ease discussing their case with someone who understands them and has an in depth knowledge of their specific problems and the best processes to help clients achieve the best possible outcomes for themselves. If you are looking for motorcycle accident solicitors, call Mike as he is always available to help. You can also view Mike's blog which has a plethora of information for those that are looking for specialist advice an informative blog posts relating to the law and road use.
Packaging Galore
Local Barnstaple company Atlas Packaging specialise in packing pretty much everthing. From food packaging through to cosmetics, Atlas provides comprehensive packaging solutions with a proud tradition of high quality packaging provided at very competitive prices. As manufacturers of packaging in the local area, Atlas have a very organised structure aimed excelling in all parts the packaging process from conceptualisation through to design and production. As well as winning numerous awards, using the very latest technologies and having recently invested in the BRC/IOP standard, Atlas Packaging continues to excel as an experienced, independent and high quality packaging solution.
The New Deal
Slee Blackwell are a local firm of personal injury and accident claims solicitors who have approached Gold Coast Media for help with their online marketing. They offer the full no win no fee service for personal injury compensation claims and a host of other services backed by fully qualified solicitors with many years of experience, including Lee Dawkins. Lee is a member of the Professional Negligence Lawyers Association and The Law Society's panel of accredited personal injury specialists and has a wealth of experience in this area. This is a highly competitive target market, we are competing with companies that have seriously big budgets, our keyword research has identified several niche terms that offer meaningful levels of search with relatively lower levels of competition. Slee Blackwell are also local personal injury solciitors that have evolved from Braunton to cover many areas in Devon and the South West of England.
Getting Shirty
Shirt Printers are a leading UK based company specialising in personalised hoodies, custom shirt printing and workwear at competitive prices. Now aiming to maximise their online exposure to reach the audience they deserve, their shirt printing business has excelled in recent months. If you have any bespoke or custom embroidery / print they can cater for it through both small and large bulk orders.
Ardosia Slate
Ardosia Slate are a local supplier of slate worktops and slate slabs for a huge variety of uses but this is a company with a difference, they own their own quarry producing Brazilian slate and therefore have a guaranteed supply of high quality slate slabs. The product though is also different, being fabricated from their own slate by skilled workmen in the UK to any bespoke design that you require. This is a great Devon success story and the business is flourishing. With help from Gold Coast Media with their online marketing, sales from their new web site have increased significantly. This has allowed Ardosia Slate to concentrate on bespoke designs for their slate kitchen worktops in the home and bespoke slate floor tiles for indoors and outdoors.
Kevin Nicholson Life made Easy
Kevin Nicholson, a Commercial photographer, now has a customly built Content Management System (CMS) to allow him to manage pages, galleries and his assortment of photos all from an easy to use web interface. Fully designed and developed to meet his particular requirements, the new system allows him to take control of his website adding content, changing titles, creating the new galleries and much more. Expect to see more galleries from the editorial photographer Devon in the upcoming weeks!
Streets Coachways Goes Online
Streets Coachways is a reliable, professional and friendly coach travel company that revolves around their clients requirements. After approaching Gold Coast Media, to discuss creating an online presence to showcase their services such as Devon Mini Bus Hire, we created their first website. Fully optimised for speed, performance and efficiency, Streets Coachways was immediately indexed and appearing in search engines for qualified local strings and keywords within a day. Along with the ability to easily add service information from a bespoke management system developed for them, they have now established their business online to maximise exposure for their services such as North Devon coach hire.
I-Am Associates Innovation
i-am associates, London specialists in brand consultancy, is a leader in identity branding, interior design, brand strategy, alternative marketing and people. This innovative brand agency has worked with an array of global brands including Post Office, Coca Cola, T Mobile, Argos, Barclays and fcuk to name a few! Experts in brand consultancy, interior design and people & culture i-am and their retail strategy sister site i-am beyond, offer unique and creative market strategies alongside their innovative branding to be a world class solution in creative and commercial design. Gold Coast Media is working with 'i-am' to heavily reduce the cost in online marketing campaigns by increasing organic search positions and the amount of relevant traffic hitting their site.
Woodstock Windows Facelift
Woodstock Windows, an all inclusive windows and door service and repair company has got a new facelift! It's new design provides greater functionality and showcases why it provides the best double glazing windows services in Devon. Woodstock Windows services range from residential doors right through to edwardian conservatories. So whether you're looking for new windows, door repairs, conservatories or even to trade in supplies then the new website is now live for you to browse! Whilst browsing don't forget to take a look at the all important door locks page which highlights services on important aspects such as door and window security. Woodstock Windows came to Gold Coast Media with a graphical design looking to further their online presence and increase their search engine visibility. After quickly converting their design into an XHTML strict website with an efficient templating system onsite and offsite SEO was performed to ensure the website maximises it's potential for the long run.
Surf Bay Catches the Wave!
The latest incumbent to the Gold Coast Media seo client list is Surf Bay Caravans. This is a multi million pound business with an excellent reputation within the static caravans industry and is one of the leading suppliers of static caravans in Cornwall, Devon and the South West. The main area of the business is the sales of static caravans on holiday parks throughout the South West and Surf Bay supplies the majority of the major brands to cravan parks and private owners. There is a huge selection of caravans available to buy at their showrooms so that you can get a feel for what you really want from the leading Devon static caravans supplier. Surf Bay approached Gold Coast Media as they had virtually no web visibility for their industry keywords but we have rectified that pretty quickly using our long term onsite and off site seo techniques.
Nature Signs Shows the Way.
Nature Signs is a fantastic local company that provides outstanding interpretation signs, nature trail signs and wildlife signs for nature trails and wilderness walks. This is a great little industry growing rapidly and Nature Signs is one of the leading companies in this area. They have a strong eco friendly message and produce the highest quality signs that are designed to last. The signs themselves are designed to provide an educational function, informing readers of their natural surroundings, the types of wildlife and birdlife that is likely to be in view through the interpretation boards. They also provide positioning, so that you don't get lost in the woods. Nature Signs approached Gold Coast Media due to a sudden increase in online competition in their industry and they sought to improve their online presence through our keyword research, on site optimisation and link building services.
Curve Photography Gets a Makeover
Curve Photography is the latest in a string of high profile photographers to join the Gold Coast stable. Impressed by the rankings achieved over the long term for our other clients, Rob Sanderson was more than keen to join. Rob is an experienced wedding photographer in Manchester and Liverpool and has cut his teeth in the world of photo journalism. By combining contemporary and fashion photography, the style of Rob's techniques ensures that you will get a set of images that relate and not just posed and controlled images. This style has made Rob one of the most popular wedding photographers in the Wirral.
For Cakes and Individual as you are!
Situated in Braunton North Devon, Cantel Cakes provides a fully personal and bespoke cake service. With Cantel Cakes North Devon Wedding Cakes you can insure the centrepiece of that special occasion will be as individual as you are! Take a look at their extensive portfolio which includes beautiful classical, contemporary and novelty Wedding Cakes North Devon. The west country is a popular location for weddings and Cantel Cakes provides beautiful and elegant cakes to make the occasion that bit more special!
Bay Spas Gets it Tubs Hot!
Bay Spas is a North Devon Hot Tubs and Spa retailer with a fantastic showroom where you can try out the hot tubs for yourself. They also specialise in swim spas where a jet of water is pushed through the spa so that you can swim against it, great for fun and fitness. Bay Spas had a simple website where the primary function was just to operate as a face for the company, rather than an online marketing tool. Immediate steps were taken to resolve this with the introduction of far more information regarding their hot tubs and spas for sale and improved seo. Long term plans also include adding an optimised online shop where Bay Spas can expand significantly.
Charm Links Follows The Love!
Following our instant success with the Lovelinks site, achieving the number 1 position for the term Lovelinks, we are now working on the sister site for Charm Links. As this site is a general shopping cart web site in the charms links field, there is a lot of work to do and it will soon be re-branded. As well as link building for link charms and other related keywords, we will also be providing text based pages for the site to serve as a useful resource in the eyes of the search engines and online visitors as just one method for improving organic hits!
Rouston Joins The Elite
One of our strongest niches is in wedding photography, we have several clients who dominate their local geographical markets. Although we don't advertise our website, Jon Rouston tracked us down to join the club. We never over lap our clients but as a Nottingham wedding photographer, Jon is an ideal newcomer to the growing list of our photography seo clients. His target market is Leicester wedding photographers and Derby wedding photographers as well as his native Nottingham area. As always, immediate improvements in rankings were achieved and we will also be rebuilding his web site.
Zleeps Wake Up!!!!!!!
If you've ever suffered from a bad back or uncomfortable sleeping then our latest clients can help. To get a great nights sleep, you need a memory foam mattress and Zleeps are the company for you. they have their own factory and can supply you with a range of mattresses such as a latex mattress or double memory foam mattress or a memory foam mattress topper.
Zleeps came to Gold Coast Media for SEO consultancy, they wanted to get right into the world of Search Engine Optimisation knowing that it is essential for their memory foam mattress business in the long term. We spent several great days with Zleeps teaching them all of the different aspects of search engine marketing from keyword research to link building. If you are South West based and would like to have some seo consultancy at your premises, contact us now and if you want to know if it is any good, don't ask us, call Sean at Zleeps!
CB Lovelinks loves Us!
The new CB Lovelinks site owners had two primary issues, they had a domain name change forced upon them and they were spending a fortune on their pay per click campaign. Gold Coast Media has managed the primary PPC campaign and abandoned cmapaigns that clearly weren't working. This reduced the cost per click on the main campaign whilst increasing the number of clicks by over 30% such that the total daily budget is now down 30%. This massively offset our ppc charges and increased group turnover. The Lovelinks site is now undergoing a long term seo campaign to include on site changes and off site optimisation. As the UK's leading Love links supplier, the site is already ranking high number 1 in google for its primary search terms!
A4 Hi Viz Workwear Follows on!
Following on from the outstanding success of the seo campaign for the primary A4 t shirt printing web site, A4 launched a new high viz workwear web site with on site seo incorporated into the design before the site went live. The effect of providing search engines with a new clean site, source ordered code and in built seo was immediate. Having optimised over 100 pages for high vis workwear, the number of searchers hitting the site increased drmatically from the day of the launch with the whole cost of the site design and seo being paid for in profits from the site within the first month of release!
SMW Photography Improves Rankings
Simon Mark Whitten is one of the UK's leading wedding photographers, his flash site is truly phenomenal and has won many awards but he was not apprearing anywhere in the search engines for his relevant search terms as a Yorkshire wedding photographer Simon approached Gold Coast Media after hearing about our work from other photographers on professional photography forums. A quick analysis proved his worst fears, he wasn't anywhere in the search engines for any of his preferred keyword strings such as wedding photographers Yorkshire. This was quickly rectified and although the seo campaign is ongoing, we managed to get some keyword strings on the first page within a couple of weeks. Visit this site, it is aphenomenal web site and has justifiably one many awards for this leading wedding photographer in Yorkshire!
Travertine World Seeks to Expand
Travertine World is a leading retailer in the UK of travertine wash basins and limestone wash basins, customsied travertine and limestone kitchen and bathroom products including small hand wash basins suitable for bathrooms and toilets and customised travertine baths that are made to order. These products are of the highest quality using only the best quality travertine and limestone on the market and are available to view in the Travertine World showroom. They also sell a variety of floor coverings including travertine paving and limestone paving as well as travertine tiles and limestone tiles. Travertine World approached Gold Coast Media to improve their search engine marketing, to increase sales and their online visibility.
Paul Johnson Photography Improves Rankings
Paul Johnson Photography specialises in the top end London wedding photographer market providing wedding photography services in London and the home counties. Despite having a very old domain name and a fantastic site, their online presence was impeded by a lack of wedding photography search engine optimisation. As specialists in this area with a huge database of relevant links and the necessary skills for on site optimisation, Gold Coast Media immediately improved their rankings for relevant terms including Surrey wedding Photographers and wedding photographers London. If you have a photography site that requires some assistance in achieving higher search engine results for wedding photography, call Gold Coast Media now on 01271 815024.
Christian Michael Photography Gets a Boost
Christian Michael Photography approached Gold Coast Media for specialist search engine optimisation and pay per click advice. The business operates in a very competitive area providing wedding photography in Cornwall and wedding photography in Devon. Their pay per click costs were causing a great strain on the business finances and they required a superior long term approach to improving their search engine rankings and optimising their pay per click expenditure. As this is a flash based web site in a very competitive niche, the implementation chosen by Gold Coast Media was to provide a long term ethical approach to optimisation through limited on site optimisation and off site optimisation. The results were quite staggering, within two weeks of the process starting, Christian Michael were already appearing on the first page of many search engines for terms like Cornwall Wedding Photographers.
London Chocolate Fondue Co. Web site Launch
The London Chocolate Fondue Company launches their new web site To replace an older web site utilising outdated construction techniques, the capitals largest chocolate fountain provider approached Gold Coast Media through the Chocolate Fountain Directory to revamp their existing site and improve their optimisation. Coming under pressure from an increasingly competitive industry meant that the London Chocolate Fondue Company had to improve it's search engine rankings and its corporate image. The new site promotes London Chocolate Fountains, is crisp, clean and information rich!.
Catering 4 Weddings Launched
Catering 4 Weddings is an online web directory for wedding caterers of all shapes and forms. The directory has categories specifically for wedding cake providers, wedding caterers, chocolate fountains, marquee hire, champagne fountains, ice sculptures, portable loos and wine and champagne merchants. The directory has been fully optimised using Gold Coast Media's optimisation software and is already achieving very good results for all relevant search terms.
Devon Custom Joinery Site Launched
The Devon Custom Joinery web site is officially launched. This web site was created for Taw Valley Crafts to sit alongside its existing web site The sole purpose of this new site is to increase their on-line sales of wooden custom products including windows, doors, conservatories and stairs. The brief was to include a corporate style web site that is information rich and user friendly to appear high in the search engines for targeted products including Devon joinery. The site has been created and optimised using Gold Coast Media's optimisation technology and has also been submitted to a large number of search engines and web directories included in the cost. The Devon Custom Joinery web site provides product information on Devon custom joinery products.