29 Reasons Why You Need Content Marketing Content is arguably the most important part of your site – it’s why people come to your page, and if you don’t deliver what they expect they’ll just leave and find it elsewhere. Even if you rely on PPC and other lead generation...
Just 24 hours after launch, ShipYourEnemiesGlitter.com is up for grabs. The viral sensation gained 1 million visits, 270k social shares, and five figures in sales after being shared on social networks such as Twitter, Reddit, and Facebook. Online news sources were quick to pick up the story, which further fuelled the...
Pinterest is one of social media’s latest success stories. In 2013 it was already delivering more traffic to publishers than Twitter, LinkedIn, and Reddit combined, and it just keeps on growing. Now, a third of users follow a brand and 52% of daily users look on Pinterest for guidance while...
There are a lot of factors that contribute to your local SEO and a good placement on Google Maps (and the maps within search results) is a major one. Some businesses are having trouble getting their listing to come up in local searches, even though the profile is properly optimised...
Digital marketing is a fantastic way to reach a huge audience with much lower set up and maintenance costs than ‘traditional’ media. That said, there are still a lot of challenges to overcome, and businesses often have the same issues when it comes to increasing engagement and conversions online. That’s...
January is a great time to make lifestyle changes and set goals for the next 12 months, but why limit yourself to making personal changes? When it comes to digital marketing, most businesses can make a few resolutions to improve their presence, increase their conversions, and get more customers in...
It’s been a really exciting year for us at Innermedia – we’ve been to Uganda, finished a few Tough Mudders, branched out into offering drone flights and in-house photography… and of course we’ve created a lot of beautiful websites for businesses and schools throughout the UK. We’re so proud that...
You might have caught some of the hype over the last few years or seen local retailers offering discounts or free products in exchange for social shares or check ins. Recently, a hotel went further by offering a totally free, 5-night stay for people with a certain number of Instagram...
Websites have evolved significantly in the last 10-15 years. The best way to show you this is through a catalogue of screen shots that speak for themselves. We’ve provided eleven examples of popular websites that have changed dramatically since their inception. Back in the days when Yahoo was called “Jerry’s...
YouGov have recently created a free APP which provides the demographic profiles of 190,000 YouGov members. This tool will help businesses get to know about their target audiences, and design specific media campaigns accordingly. Though it doesn’t show the average member, it demonstrates peculiarities of target age groups within each...
As search engines go, Pinterest seems like an unlikely contender. The ‘browsing’ nature of the site meant that search wasn’t used extensively, but the platform has evolved from its origins as an online scrapbook. Pinterest now sees itself as a personalised search site, and it can actually offer unique features...
Innermedia is lending a hand in Uganda this month at the School of Croc. Ralph is helping the children by setting up and filming challenges, keeping an eye on safety, and supporting fellow staff and students when Melissa can’t find the other crocodile. “WHERE’S THE OTHER CROCODILE?” Ralph is a bastion...
We’re absolutely delighted with North London Flying School’s website. The school came to us for a new site, booking system, and help with their social media to reach out to people who are interested in a flying experience or even gaining a pilot license. The new, clean design makes it...
Capital Softeners had their first website designed by Innermedia years ago – the site had worked well for years, but it was out of date, unresponsive, and needed a total overhaul to meet current design standards and to rank again. As part of the update, they also wanted to add...
Safari Pete is a handful. He literally bounces around in meetings, with new ideas every 3.8 seconds and plans that seem to haunt him in his downtime. At the table, he doesn’t have a seat- he never sits down. Pair him with an animal and there’s an instant change. They...
McDonald’s have announced that they’ll be launching 14,500 facebook pages by 2015. That’s a facebook page for every 2 restaurants around the world, or more importantly, a facebook page for every area where it has a store. The brand are now focusing on one-to-one engagement after yet another scandal involving...
We work with a number of school groups as well as individual independent schools; commissioning a single company for all of your schools’ designs ensures that they have a consistent theme and quality to the architecture. We can also use the same layout with different branding/imagery to make the work...
We’ve just put the finishing touches on a bespoke website design for a decorative arts company based in London. They liked their original design, which showcased their beautiful work, so we didn’t make any major changes apart from making it more responsive and user friendly. The main updates were to...
Innermedia is in Uganda this month, working with Safari Pete to give children a unique experience with wildlife. In the process, our team is getting closer as well. This morning I find myself in a rhino enclosure discussing logistics. “Melissa, how fast can you run?” “What?” Uganda has one zoo and it’s here;...
Practically every B2C has a presence on facebook because it’s always been a free and efficient way to target an engaged audience. But the algorithm changes over the last year have meant that brands are questioning their investment in the site, and some have even left… and been better off...
We’re delighted to say that we’ve recently launched Lyndhurst’s new website. The school transferred their site to us because they weren’t happy with their current content management system. The CMS was very limited and didn’t allow them full control over their website; the design of their existing website was modern...
Innermedia is tagging along with Safari Pete in Uganda this month. We’re a proud sponsor of his newest venture, School of Croc. Children from Uganda who have severe disabilities are about to work with their country’s most dangerous animals. This includes health checks on lions, joining anti-poaching squads, taking part...
Every year or so, a new social network gets enough coverage for journalists to wonder if it’s the new facebook killer. After a decade privacy invasions, interface changes, and general controversy a lot of people claim that they’re ready to jump ship, but it never actually happens. The truth is...
We are excited to have just launched the new boarding school website design for the Cognita Groups Somerset school – Chilton Cantelo. We worked alongside the school to plan, design and build a fully responsive website to showcase the beautiful school and ensure they are visible across all digital channels...
Simply put, SEO is a way of helping your website rank well on search engines – since Google is the dominant engine, most efforts are targeted towards their algorithms. Unfortunately. SEO is far from being a simple discipline. It has evolved from the early days of search engines where algorithms...
How do you know if your website is usable? More companies are testing the same way their clients are buying; remotely. In your quest to improve conversion rates, crowd sourcing can save you the money and time you’d otherwise spend building your own test environment. Here are 5 options for...
Google’s 2014 quality guidelines have been leaked; the 160-page document explains how page quality is determined and what a page needs to do to fulfil the raters’ quality requirements. The document has been leaked repeatedly – in 2008, 2011, and 2012 – so many times, in fact, that they considered...
Company culture is statistically growth enhancing. At least that’s what you say to yourself when you’re stacking blocks on a Friday afternoon. It’s also hard to duplicate, according to Forbes this month in an article about organisational success. It was Ralph who brought in this week’s challenge. Valeria: “Who just...
Writing’s easy – we all learned it at school, right? Getting the right words on paper (or screen) can be surprisingly difficult, especially when you’re counting on the vocabulary, tone, and register to tell the reader who you are and what you stand for. Finding a brand’s voice is an...
Let’s be honest, most social media innovations come from larger companies or creative SMEs – they rarely come from governments or entire countries, where the attitude to digital can be quite conservative. But Sweden is different. In 2011, Visit Sweden and Svenska Institutet launched Curators of Sweden – a project...
Content is the lynchpin of SEO, but you don’t necessarily have to create written content for it to work. In fact, a multimedia approach can provide more traffic variety and increase your gains. That’s why video provides fantastic opportunities for SEO and general online exposure. Why Make Videos...
For most businesses, the website (and homepage in particular) forms the first impression for the majority of customers – your website needs to be easy to navigate, attractive, fast, and it needs to meet your visitors’ expectations. However, website redesign can be a time-consuming and costly exercise, so despite the enormous...
Choosing where to allocate budget is an incredibly difficult task – especially when it comes to different digital channels. But the truth is that it’s a mistake to choose between them rather than finding great ways to make them work together. It’s best to vary your traffic generating activities online,...
We are proud to have just launched the new IBD Fatigue responsive website design for the UK national charity Crohn’s and Colitis. We have worked with the charity for over 5 years helping them with micro websites and online customer questionnaires. We worked alongside London based design agency Dynamic Pear...
In a new report Cisco estimates a million minutes of video will cross the net every second in 2018 totaling 131 exabytes per month. The annual report stated that more people will watch higher quality video driving the huge increase. They also estimated that around 79% of all date in...
Design is subjective, whether you plaster walls, give business advice, or coiffer Pomeranians here are a few essentials that every SME should consider when designing their website. 1. Know your target audience If it looks like a duck… Potential customers have an expectation of how your website will look like...
Responsive design isn’t just a fad – it’s now a basic expectation from mobile and web users. Almost every home is now a multi-screen household, with numerous devices used by the whole family, throughout the buying cycle. Why is Mobile So Important? Mobile usage is set to eclipse desktop. In...
SEO is increasingly important for schools, particularly independent schools that rely on brand awareness and recognition to fill places. Being at the top of Google’s results for your search term means that you gain far more traffic. It also provides an opportunity to engage with your audience on their terms...
Good reviews have huge benefits for local businesses. The improve your traffic and conversions while boosting your reputation (which improves traffic and conversions again). You can even increase the number of business listings on the first page of Google since your review profiles will be featured as well as your...
If you’re tired of Facebook videos playing automatically on your facebook feed, there are some easy ways to stop it using the settings on your phone or your browser. Unfortunately, there’s currently nothing in the Facebook settings to manage the account independently On your iPhone Autoplaying videos can eat up...
