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  • Boost Your Christmas Sales with a New Shop Sign Sheffield

    Now is the time to ensure that you make the most of attracting the shoppers into your retail store. According to Mintel’s Christmas 2014 predictions, although online sales are again set to increase, a whopping 87% of all retail sales will be made in shops in December 2014. Online business Website City AM recently reported…

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  • Why Is Organic Facebook Page Reach Decreasing?

    Historical context: the figures and quoted Facebook explanation below describe the period of the original article. They are not current reach benchmarks or a promise about today’s feed. Organic reach on a Facebook page refers to how many people you can reach for free by posting to your Page. But as many people who manage…

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  • Shop Sign Sheffield for Meadowhall Clothing Alterations ‘Sewfast’

    Sewfast is a small shop on the lower Arcade in Meadowhall, very close to Marks and Spencer. It offers a clothing alteration and repair service, as well as an express alteration service for jobs that just can’t wait. They also offer a full dry cleaning and laundry service for clothing, and a specialist cleaning service…

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  • Illuminated Sign for Sheffield Sports Bar

    The sign for this sports bar in Sheffield was constructed using an aluminium light box which was then powder coated to match the branding of the bar. Powder coating is a good way of colour matching signage to a business’ existing marketing material, branding and colour scheme etc.  Aluminium typically has a standard silver finish,…

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  • Shop Sign with Perspex Letters for Sheffield Based Estate Agents

    Image Sign Studio recently manufactured the shop signs for the Sheffield based independent estates agents Whitehornes, who have acquired a new premises at Banner Cross in addition to their existing branch on Chesterfield road. As professional shop sign makers in Sheffield, Image Sign Studio has designed and manufactured shop signs for a variety of businesses…

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  • R.S. Bruce Metals Sheffield Furnish Office Block with Stainless Steel Sign

    Sheffield sign shop, Image Sign Studio, recently provided 3d LED signage for RS Bruce, who chose to have their office sign manufactured from brushed stainless steel. They chose this brushed stainless steel finish in order to reflect their metal business, creating a direct link between their branding and the industry that they are a part…

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  • 63rd Birthday of the Peak District National Park Celebrated by Google Doodle

    As a digital marketing agency offering social media management, SEO services and web design in Sheffield, it’s always a lovely surprise to see what Google has in store with the latest Google doodles. We love this morning’s doodle, which celebrates the 63rd birthday of the Peak District and Britain’s first national park. The doodle features…

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  • Ever wondered if SEO will work for your business?

    Ever wondered if SEO will work for your company? Nervous about quantifying SEO results? This article discusses why many businesses are nervous about starting an SEO campaign and how to evaluate a potential SEO provider.

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  • Seven Creative Shortlisted for Digital Communication Award at Sheffield Business Awards

    We are proud to announce that we have been shortlisted for the Digital Communications Award at the 2013 Sheffield Business Awards! Sheffield marketing agency As a full service digital marketing agency in Sheffield, we decided to enter the competition for a chance to be recognised as excellent for our key services, web design, search engine…

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  • Google’s New Hummingbird Update Completely Changes How Your Website is Found

    Historical context: this is a 2013 announcement about Google’s Hummingbird change. The original reporting is retained; it does not describe a newly launched algorithm or a current ranking guarantee. 2013 – Google has just announced its ‘Hummingbird’ algorithm change, which is the latest overhaul of its search engine formulas aimed at better answering internet users’…

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  • 5 tips for managing your online reputation

    All it takes is one disgruntled customer and before you know it they’re shouting to the world about how terrible you are! All-of-a-sudden you don’t care about your customers, you do a terrible job, and your main business activity is simply ripping people off. Forget the years of hard work you spent making sure that…

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  • Search Engine Optimisation – getting it wrong vs. getting it right

    If you’ve ever paid for search engine optimisation (SEO) or are wondering if it will help your website, you need to read this. SEO is certainly a buzz word at the moment but where do you get all the facts – how much should it cost? What results should I expect? How do I tell if it’s…

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  • Content Writer – Copywriting for SEO

    It’s no secret that in order to get your website to index to its potential, it will probably need a little help now and then. The problem is, though, that the majority of people who you ask for help in this department will probably end up with someone telling them that just they need inbound…

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  • The really simple guide to SEO

    SEO means helping the right people find and understand your website through search. It isn’t smoke and mirrors, and nobody can promise you a particular position. Start with what your customers need, rather than a list of tricks. Find out what customers actually need Write down the questions people ask before buying. What problem are…

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  • Find Out For Free if Your Website Should Be Ranking Higher in Google

    “Why am I not on page one of Google?” So you’ve got your website, you may have even paid for extra SEO services, but if you’ve ever thought to yourself: “I wonder if my site could be doing better in Google?” or “I wonder if there are any problems with my site that might be stopping it from indexing…

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