After all, as designers its our job to listen to our clients and interpret and guide them but in the end we cant force them so if a client asks  me (sorry tells me) “make it have flowery, vines and scrolls and lots and lots of them” I have to either make it work or tell them to go elsewhere. I usually try to make it work first.

Pink is quite often used in design to portray “cheap” so when I was asked specifically to use pink and burgundy but make it look “high end” and professional I could feel both sides of my brain trying to tear each other apart. I think using the complex logo actually helped me with being able to keep the rest of the layout(s) simple.

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The featured  site

The featured  site is for a Suzuki dealership who’s main focus is to promote their highly trained service technicians and mechanics. New bike sales are a part of their business as well. Being only a small dealership they needed to find a way to compete with the bigger guys and define their own place in the market. The main purpose of this website will be to allow their technicians one of which already has article writing experience to publish articles in the blog section of the site. So if you own a bike keep an eye out for some great articles on how to get peak performance from your suzuki motorcycle.

Writing informative articles such as these will have a couple of benefits for these guys.

Firstly

It will show visitors, clients that they are knowledgeable in their industry which in turn builds trust allowing them to retain clients and harness new clients.

Secondly

These articles will help with search engine ranking. Believe it or not Google is genuinely trying to provide you with search results which are up to date and match your search terms as best it can. The system I use to build my sites lets Google know that you have written a new article. Google then sends its “bots” or “spiders” or whatever you like to call them to scan the page and get it indexed as quickly as possible.

Thirdly

If you provide a well written, informative series of articles on an ongoing basis you will attract a readership. This readership can sometimes link to your articles, tweet them or share them on facebook to just name a few. Having people link to your articles will also have a positive effect on your search engine ranking. The higher your ranking the greater the chance your site will be found, the more “quality”visitors you attract to your site the more successful your site will be.

But there is more to this site

Along with the above my clients are able to add their own pages, then add pictures, video and links to those pages. This particular site also has the ability to add a sidebar to your pages or posts by simply checking a checkbox. In the sidebar you can have  whichever “widgets” you like eg video, advertisements, a categories list for your blog, calender plus more.

How easy is it?

It is easier than you think. Adding pages or posts to your new website is no harder than creating a Word document. My sites come complete with a WordPress Editor in which you type in your copy select the upload picture function to insert any pictures and click the publish button……. yes it is that easy but if still you dont want the hassle of doing it yourself I do offer a Web Support service where you can email me a word file or text file along with any images and I will  format the pages and posts for you for an affordable fee.

Of course there is many more great features this site contains and so much more it is capable of that I cant list it all in this post.

Take a look at the site

Take a look at the site Im talking about at www.suzuki.net.au and make sure you check it again in a couple of weeks to see how these guy’s are progressing with adding their own content to the site. If you have any questions about this site or your own shoot me a message through my Contact page

These business cards came up really nice printed on a 350gsm stock and the matt celloglaze added extra professionalism with its silky to touch feel.

Although built for outdoor use and unaffected by harsh weather, these printed, steel A-Frame’s are just as effective indoors. They come with your artwork digitally printed on weatherproof vinyl.

Pick Me Graphics colourbond A-Frames are durable, elegant and can tolerate high impact. A-Frames are commonly used by many shops, cafes, restaurants and retail outlets as a marketing aid to potential clients passing by your store.

Very popular for Cafe specials boards using black board material and liquid chalk pens.

Our heavy dute A-Frames are fabricated from a durable steel construction, powder coated in your choice of black or white.

Also available Aluminum A-Frames, T-Frames and Weighted Signs

You can buy the A-Frame by itself or XL Grafix can print the A1 Size posters to fit the A-Frame. (see cost above)

Also available Colourbond A-Frames, Corflute Insertable A-Frames, T-Frames and Weighted Freestanding Signs.

Pick Me Graphics Corflute Insertable A-Frames are durable and can tolerate high impact areas. A-Frames are commonly used by many shops, cafes, restaurants and retail outlets as a marketing aid to potential clients passing by your store.

Also available Colourbond A-Frames, Aluminium A-frames, T-Frames and Weighted frames.

With the base filled with water it will stay standing in strong winds. A very stylish design which looks clean simple and modern will be of benefit out the front of any retail shop.

Each Swinger comes with a double sided corflute sign printed full colour using UV resistant inks on a wetherproof vinyl.  The corflute sign has two eyelets attached near the top for the hooks of the swinger to place inside them.

The Swinger is available in two different sizes, either 450mm x 600mm corflute or 900mm x 600mm corflute.