Adding some Christmas cheer to your website not only puts people in a festive mood, but it shows that you care about your website and therefore care about your customers.

If going completely ‘Christmassy’ with your website is a little too much for you, then maybe just putting up the odd stocking will do. In which case a Christmas Iconset may be just the ticket.

It isn’t completely necessary to meet face-to-face and I have worked on projects, even large projects, for people I have never met, but if at all possible I like to meet my clients in person.

There are a number of reasons for this. First, a face-to-face meeting is so much more productive than numerous e-mails being sent back and forth. A meeting, even a short one allows me to cover so much more and get a real feeling for the project and the people involved. I really enjoy building websites that my clients love, and getting to know my clients and the intended audience of their website is the first step to achieving this. They can tell me what their requirements and what they want their website to achieve and I can offer various solutions and show them examples. Often my face-to- face conversations with clients go off on tangents and we end up talking about other things of interest outside of work and the web, but it is these insights into the people that really make the difference and allows me to offer a personal service.

Just as important though is the fact that it gives my clients chance to get to know me. Hopefully they find someone that they can easily communicate with and want to have working on their website. I aim to offer a professional service and pride my self on my friendly, helpful nature. However, I may not be for everyone. I’m a freelancer working on my own, not a big expensive agency, so there are times that I can’t offer the services some larger corporate businesses may want. It is much easier to judge these things for both me and my clients at a face-to-face meeting.

Meeting and developing a relationship with my clients is important for me and for them. It makes the whole process of building and maintaining a website so much more enjoyable.

Meeting face-to-face also gives me a chance to have a chat over a coffee and make friends. When you live in the middle of nowhere this is always something to look forward to, although it isn’t always a good thing as it is difficult to charge full-price to friends!

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Vertigo Clinic Wales is a private practice run by a local doctor. The practice offers special clinics including dizziness clinic, ear nose and throat emergencies, sports and exercise medicine and rehabilitation and medical legal reporting.

The website is a simple, brochure style website that introduces the clinics and provides contact information.

Vertigo Clinic Website Comp

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If you want to give your website visitors a scare you may be interested in one of our Halloween Website Templates.



Get in there early and get your website or weblog ready for Halloween, your visitors will love it.

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The company approached me earlier this year with a website that they already had but wanted to move it away from their current web developer. They also wanted various improvements made to the interface of the website. Unfortunately the system they were using was a proprietary one so no one else could use it or work on it. The only option was to build a completely new eCommerce solution based on open source software which provided more flexibility and meant that Essential Tea weren’t tied to one particular web developer.

Obviously they wanted to keep the look and feel of the site as close as possible to the original in order to maintain their company identity and branding. I’ve managed to do that whilst also improving on the usability of the site so that it is easier for visitors to find their way around and complete tasks on the site.

The new website selling essential accessories and ethical fashion products is now live and ready for all to see.

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Brad isn’t really sure of what he wants so after a little chat on the phone and sme suggestions from me I’ve made a start on the overall layout and the design of the site based on the information architecture that I think he should adopt for his website.

Knowing my brother it will take a while to get the content from him, but unlike other clients at least I can pester him for it a little! The site is going to be a fairly simple brochure style website for now which will outline the services offered by the garage, introduce the team of mechanics and provide the all important contact information. Nothing too flashy, just an easy to use, clear, concise website to promote the business.