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We offer freelance services and direct access, working on behalf of companies such as: Next, Sony BMG, Virgin, Waitrose, Hoover, Kerry Foods, Betfair and Adobe.
For our direct customers we offer solutions that are catered to suit your individual needs at a competitive price. Each project we undertake is seen with a view to give you a long term investment. Each website we develop is built to adapt and grow with your business needs, while aiming to find the most cost effective and flexible solution. Not only is our support second to none, but we also provide you with all the tools to continually maintain your own website without the need to commit to further maintenance fees.
Our team consists of usability, design and WordPress development experts, copywriting and SEO gurus. We cover it all!
Like most digital agencies we started life as a group of freelancing individuals working from hot desk to hot desk in and around the UK. Today we are a dedicated team, working directly with some of the best known names in the industry.
We continue to offer freelancing services to other digital agencies around the UK and are happy to sign confidentiality agreements as necessary.
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The basic idea behind SEO centres on keywords. Visitors go to search engines and type in queries that use specific keywords. The search engine then makes connections between this search query and websites they have indexed, displaying the most relevant pages.
SEO techniques are used by site owners to make stronger connections between their site and its relevant keywords. When successful, the site will appear higher in the search engine for these specific search queries. While it might seem like the best idea would be to simply pile as many keywords into a site as possible, the search engines are smarter than that. In addition, keywords used on-site are only one part of the complex equation used to determine site relevance. Without the right balance of other important parts of SEO, a site will not find much benefit from simply adding more keywords and content.
We offer a range of SEO packages ranging from Social Media Manipulation to Secure Link Building. Get in touch today for a free review of your website. Once we have analysed your site's current data we can then advise you on the best way forward and give an honest estimation on results.
There are countless SEO strategists, consultants and self-professed experts who claim that they can guarantee top page rankings with Google… for a price, of course. Some companies use techniques that not only fail to produce the results they boast about, but in fact can result in a site being blocked by a search engine that has incorrectly identified the site as spam!
Our approach is different, and we are proud of it. We have had companies come to us because they were paying thousands each month, and not seeing the benefits. Not only did we drastically reduce the amount they paid for their SEO, we increased the number of visitors to their site by an incredible 70%! You don't need us to tell you what that could mean for your business…
Our Wordpress workshops are designed to help you feel confident maintaining your Wordpress website. Whatever your skill level, we will take you through each Wordpress process, with easy to understand explanations, hands on demonstrations and printed guides for reference.
Our business package gives you 5 hours with a trained professional. Each session will last approximately 2 hours (giving you one session before lunch and a separate session after) with an additional hour for any further questions. For large groups we ask that internet access to a large PC or Projector is provided.
One to one sessions will last approximately 2 hours dependant on your current experience. Internet access is not required for individual training, however if you do wish to be trained on an internal PC, an internet connection will be required.
* Prices are subject to avaliablily and within the North West area only.
For an alternative quote please get in touch.
Each two hour session will take you/your team through:
*Don't worry! We do not spam.
The Waitrose Farming Partnership is an initiative that further demonstrates the supermarket’s commitment to British farming. The partnership is open to all Waitrose’s UK-based farmers, giving them access to significant savings on all farm supplies.
As part of Core Business Solutions we are currently advising on digital marketing and have designed the new Waitrose Farming Partnership website. The brief: keep the Waitrose branding intact whilst developing a standalone Farming Partnership website.
A long-standing feature of Manchester’s nightclub scene, 5th Avenue is dedicated to its customers by always promising to be fresh and up to date on the latest in the music industry.
Striving to stay ahead of the competition, 5th Avenue commissioned us to redesign and develop their website with a strong social network focus. Special events are a constantly changing feature on the 5th Avenue calendar therefore the site needed to be flexible enough to support new theme designs to suit each occasion and event.
Stephen Lickrish & Associates (SLA) are one of the largest fraud specialists in the North West. Their experienced team has successfully represented clients from investigations by HM Revenue & Customs, the Serious Fraud Office, the Serious Organised Crime Agency, Trading Standards, the Economic Crimes Unit and the Independent Police Complaints Commission amongst others.
After a string of issues with their previous website developers, SLA came to Pixel initially asking for advice. We helped them at each stage and took over development of the site in 2012. Within a week the website was ready to go live with fully up-to-date SEO and a flexible content management system.
Proteintech Europe produce antibodies that have been designed and raised against the whole recombinant protein, rather than a single peptide antigen. This gives their antibodies superior protein recognition capabilities and versatility, meaning you can use them in any application.
With a huge database of information, products and articles, Proteintech required a design that would integrate with their current system, incorporate their brand and be easy enough for non-technical customers to navigate through.
Final Fantasy XI was the first worldwide online massive multiplayer game. At its peak FFXI was home to a community of over 1.2 million players in china alone. Today FFXI has been superseded by the modern version Final Fantasy XIV. However a smaller community still resides within FFXI.
During its hayday Final Fantasy XI Dats was a social network for players of the online game. Maintained by 5 major admin and countless participants, FFXI Dats home to downloadable content, mods and upgrades for the FFXI online community. With weekly competitions, members blogs, forums, and chat rooms, all long before social networks were popular! So it’s no wonder the site had over 10,000 visits each day.
Unfortunately however, along with the decline of the online game, FFXI Dats was closed down in 2008 with many new fan sites competing to take its place.
The ‘Get Dirty with Hoover’ campaign, from agency Bright Giant, comprises viral marketing content including video, a website with interactive photo upload and banners.
The viral website hosted the video and supporting materials along side the ‘Get Dirty’ campaign. Participants were encouraged to submit photographs of themselves covered in mud and dirt to the campaign website with a chance to win one of Hoover’s latest 10kg washing machines. The initial website was built upon the wordpress platform and allowed moderation during the campaign.
The campaign ran until the end of the year.
“The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust has played an extremely significant role in Kenya’s conservation effort since it was founded in 1977, speaking out when necessary on controversial issues and stepping in unobtrusively and rapidly to bridge a gap or meet a shortfall that jeopardizes wildlife during times of Governmental economic constraints. Because in life David Sheldrick strongly censored the extravagance of exorbitant overheads, the Trust places great emphasis on minimal expenditure in this respect, thereby ensuring that donations given in support of wildlife reach their target in full in the most practical and positive manner.”
We have advised The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust UK with online marketing, website design, iphone application design and development.
“NoMow are Europe’s market leading manufacturers and installers of artificial grass for gardens, schools, nurseries, safety surfaces, and golf courses suitable for all types of gardens and play areas; providing an all weather play surface.
“NoMow have over 20 years knowledge and experience to ensure you have the absolute best alternative to real grass. NoMow can be applied to any surface and provides the perfect solution to any ‘problem’ areas, where natural grass is not practical.”
We have helped NoMow with website design, WordPress development, e-commerce, analytics reporting and SEO.
Adobe Russia came to STAN looking for a ‘web 2.0′ site to focus and market their flex software and other products. With emphasis on information architecture and social study we built a resounding community focused website for flex developers to display, comment and contribute their work.
“The inconsequential ramblings of one man trying to make a difference, accompanied only by a snake and his love interest companion TechnoScouse.”
Smoking Monkeys is a popular blog, written by an anonymous writer based in the UK. We continue to support the SEO and development of this site whilst keeping the user’s required confidentiality agreement.
We were first approached in 2007 by members of the Linkin Park community who wanted a petition to express their love for an unreleased single. This website needed to be online fast with the realese of Linkin Parks new album hitting the shelves that week. Due to time restraints, the design and development was required to be completed that week with a flash player added to allow fans to listen to the song.
Design focus was solely on the SEO in order to try and gain as much publicity for the site without the needed funds for Google Adwords. Good use of organic SEO soon generated more than 10,000 signatures on the petition and led to the band releasing an official statement.
We have a well established network of seasoned professional freelancers with niche skills, who are available from 1 day to 1 month. For special projects or maternity covers, we can provide industry defining talent for whatever timescale your needs require.
You will receive direct contact with a guaranteed Wordpress professional, who has at least 5 years experience in your required project skill set. Our team specialise in website and graphic design, PHP development, JQuery, HTML, CSS and SEO.
Unless specifically required, you will never need to "find the space or equipment" for our team members as we will happily visit for the initial brief and keep in touch via skype for the remainder of the project.
We have worked on many websites that require confidentiality agreements. Should your project require any form of secrecy (subject to copyright) we will be happy to discuss your needs.
Thought of expanding your business offerings?
Are you looking to expand your business into offering wordpress websites? We could do that for you...
We work for many small businesses as a 'division' of their brand. We are friendly, client facing and have fine tuned a number of processes to enable fast project turnovers. We are so confident you will be happy with our quality and support that we give all new partners an initial discount off their first project.
Alistair Reid ~ Well we needed someone to keep us in check! Alistair is our accounts manager and occasional copywriter. His main role is to maintain an overview of the financial side of things, and making sure the numbers add up.
Alistair’s main role is as an independent solicitor-advocate and he has worked for some of the leading practices in the north west. By day he runs crown court trials, and by night he makes the tea and keeps tabs on what the rest of us have been working on.
Alistair is a practicing solicitor, which fills his time away from Pixel most days.
“I agree with Emma she does talk far too much. That means I tend to leave our creative team to what they do best while I quietly make sure that the business side of things run smoothly.“
Emma Council ~ Since joining the team, Emma has shown that a bubbly outgoing attitude can hide a multitude of skills in copywriting for SEO. She has a degree in business studies, a national vocational certificate in business and even studied law for 2 years. Her main experience however comes from working with Vertex, one of the leading bodies of medical research in the UK. She has written for their data magazine, newsletters and internal communications boosting their online presence, whilst maintaining professional, targeted articles.
Emma can usually be found in the presence of Oreos, often complaining that there aren’t enough. These are now a staple foodstuff in the office, or the union of Emma may go on strike!
“I talk far too much, thats probably why I find copywriting so interesting… I can waffle on for hours about how great I am. It just requires a bit of research, the right hat and our clients are sorted!”
Jason Dexter ~ Jason prides himself on providing amazing SEO results with an efficient turn around. Armed with extensive knowledge and experience, Jason has ensured he has stayed at the very forefront of the search market.
Jason has worked with many companies from all over the world, large and small. In addition to his excellent SEO abilities it is Jasons approachable and helpful personality which allows clients to feel confident in recommending Jason to others.
“Whether you're looking to rank a website for your local flower shop, or want to tap into national and international markets, I'll treat your site as a priority and provide the very best service.“
Leanne Borrowman ~ With over 10 years working in the web design sector, Leanne is a WordPress usability and accessibility expert. Fundamental flaws with many websites arise out of how a website directs its users and how it performs across different platforms, such as tablets and mobiles. These are potential problems Leanne considers with every website she creates, and she loves the challenge of designing within optimisation boundaries.
Coming from Liverpool, Leanne has naturally picked up the gift of the gab, although without the strong accent! She is very client oriented and enjoys the benefits of a close client relationship.
“I like to build websites that give clients the confidence to take control and call their own. A common issue within this very design driven industry are graphic designers pushing their ideals over the clients’. I create websites based around my customers’ preferences and not my own.”
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cups of coffee per day or some obscure variety of tea. More often than not it's only Alistair who actually brews up
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trees saved per day we keep our office as "paper-free" as possible. This cuts down on waste, without cutting trees
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oreos eaten per day a statistic that varies depending on Emma being in the office when a new packet is open
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photos made per day Lee's enthusiasm to take pictures, either of the office mascot or any blissfully unaware colleague
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emails sent per day keeping everyone in the loop and obviously keeping things running smoothly
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spotify hours per day with music as eclectic as our people, we have plenty of tunes to keep the creative juices flowing
Our main office is located in the Stockport, Manchester area. If you would like to arrange a meeting we are more than happy to come to you or to meet for a coffee.
Alternatively feel free to email and enquire anytime. For new website enquiries please enclose a brief explanation of your requirements and we will respond within a day, along with a proposal for your consideration.
Phone: 0161 408 0066
Email: info@wearepixel.co.uk
Skype: wearepixel
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