Notebox launch coming soon
Its been hard work but Notebox - our web design feedback app - is nearly ready for launch. In the coming weeks we’ll be giving Notebox a real push in the media and letting our little baby loose.
Notebox has been developed to help website designers in the concept stage of web design get feedback from their clients. We’ve been in beta for a few months while we make changes and add new features. We now have over 300 beta users and without their help we wouldn’t have got this far. To say thank you to our beta testers we’ve gone and given them a special offer so if you haven’t signed up for Notebox yet then do it now before we launch and you could get a great offer on the full version of Notebox.
The power of good web design
Its a simple idea - answer a question and 10 grains of rice will be donated. 10 grains of rice doesn’t sound much but multiple that by tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of users and that starts to add up to quite a lot of rice. The BBC has a good article on the site here if you want more info.
Having a good website with good web design is only half of the story - you need to get users to your website. Without the many users using http://www.freerice.com it would be able to supply enough rice. This same modal works with any website, your users are key, so letting people know about your site is vital to its success.
kc web design can offer advanced SEO packages to suite most budgets and we’re so confident that we work on a no result, no fee basis. Contact us now if you’re interested in promoting your site and increasing your user base.
Web design - Does my business need a new website?
Did you know that your website can be made to work very hard for your business. It can bring in new business. It can help with customer support. It can sell things for you and keep track of order processing. It can be a community tool helping your users or simply an online brochure.
Just bringing the website design up-to-date and defining some clear goals and call-to-action points can make a huge difference. Adding news/blog style articles can help with SEO and keep the site fresh and clean. Using a content management system such as Wordpress or Expression Engine can help with the day-to-day maintenance of your website and make it easier to keep your content updated, relevant and interesting.
We recently updated Protection & Investment Ltds’ website and within weeks they we’re getting new leads and enquiries and generating new business. We could do the same for you!
If you have a website thats a few years old and you feel it could be doing more then just ask yourself these simple questions:
* Does my website promote a favourable user experience?
* Is my website design visually appealing?
* Does my website design give confidence to the user?
* Does it contain engaging copy for my target audience?
* Is it easy to use, well structured and bug free?
* Does it get across my brand and core message?
* What is my websites primary “action” and is it being achieved?
* Does my website design stand out amongst my competitors?
* Can I find my website in Google?
If you’ve answered no to a few of these questions then you may need to think about updating your website.
Still not sure? Then why not let us do a free evaluation on your current site to see if, and where, it can be improved.
To learn more about how a website redesign can boost your business, contact us now.
Notebox - Design feedback
Notebox is our very own web app. We created Notebox from an in-house system we’d been using and felt it would be useful for other designers. Notebox allows designers to upload designs, send a link to their clients and get their clients to leave notes directly on the design for feedback.
So far Notebox has been a huge success and we’re hoping to see it build over the coming months.
Notebox - a design and concept feedback app/tool - was created to help designers get client feedback ‘on’ their designs in a simple, client-friendly way. Notebox allows you & your clients to make notes directly on your design, allowing the notes to appear in context. If you need a simple, quick, user-friendly way to get concept feedback that your clients will love then see what Notebox can offer.
We have another web app in the pipeline (codename - Delta) which should be arriving next year. If you have your own web app and you need to get that UI just right then get in touch, we may just have the expertise you need.
iphone/ipad apps
We now design and create iphone and ipad applications. From iphone user interface design right through to the finished application, we have the team to create your award winning iphone app.
How do you make your iPhone App stand out amongst hundreds of thousands of other apps? Get us to design the graphics and user interface, thats how.
klover - asp/cms
klover is an ASP/MSSQL (and will also be available in PHP/MySQL) content management system designed by web designers, for web designers. Hopefully klover will enter beta testing in the text few weeks and be launched in the new year. More info will be available on the klover website soon.
Pear Tree Studios
After many months of logistics planning, sleepless nights, box juggling and swearing we have finally settled in our new location...Canterbury, in the garden of England. Along with the new house we bought some land which includes a wonderful Pear orchard. Planning is going ahead for our new eco-friendly (and solar powered from next year) office next to our pond near the orchard. Hopefully, in late October, Pear Tree Studios will be fully insulated and operational ready for the winter.
BAFTS
k:c design will be working closely with BAFTS to improve their websites for suppliers of fair trade products in the UK. BAFTS will be re-branded and the website improved over the next few months.
The British Association for Fair Trade Shops (BAFTS) is a network of independent fair trade shops across the UK. We promote fair trade retailing in the UK, seek to raise the profile of fair trade on the High Street and provide a point of contact and communication for the exchange of ideas amongst our members.
It’s going to be Eazzee!
We’ll be working very closely with the guys at Eazzee helping them create an online business. We’ll be more than just a design company, we’ll be involved in every aspect of their online business and we have some great ideas for the future. We’ve recently got the second stage of the main site up and running and we’re continuing to make improvement’s and add functionality. Next on the list is a major addition to aid Eazzee customers in creating and owning their own Eazzee style shop!
Eazzee was established to provide the most comprehensive range of corporate clothing, workwear and personal protective equipment available. We are passionate about providing unrivalled quality of customer service and our experience guarantees your peace of mind.
Solar powered website
With the launch of the new site and brand we’ve taken a big step - to try and be a greener, eco-friendly web design business. First on our list was hosting and we’ve come up trumps with AISO. This website is now hosted on a server completely powered by natural energy. Of course, just having a eco-friendly website doesn’t make us a green business, but its a good start and in conjunction with other practices we’re putting in place should all help to take us down the road to having a true environmentally conscious workplace.
We are the only hosting company going beyond just clean energy. We have gone beyond just making sure our electricity is environmentally friendly…
From the AISO website...
AISO.Net is a reliable and responsible green web hosting company. We have made a strong commitment to help fight pollution and preserving our natural resources. Solar panels run our data center and office, not energy credits. Solar tubes bring in natural light from the outside providing light during the day. AMD Opteron powered servers use sixty percent less energy and generate fifty percent less heat. These are just some of the ways AISO.Net is becoming the world’s most responsible green web hosting company.
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