Big Purple Box - Creative Design

Every business owner with a website is looking for ways to get noticed in the search results. Today, there are loads of tactics to rank well as a local business, but there is no single solution: as with most SEO issues, this is a combined effort. One of these pieces of the local SEO puzzle is Google My Business, a dashboard for managing listings. But what is it exactly and why is it so important for local SEO? What is Google My Business? My Business is Google’s one-stop shop to manage how your business will look and perform in the search engine. It is an essential tool to find out and adjust how your site shows in Maps, the Knowledge Graph, Google+ and organic search results. According to the 2017 edition of  Moz’ Local Search Ranking Factors Survey , Google My Business continues to be the biggest driver of local SEO success, with quality links coming in at a close second. You can manage your business listing by adding NAP details, opening hours, photos etc. In additio...

Earlier in the summer of 2016 (blink and you missed it!) a project I'm part of won the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service. A big congratulations to all the volunteers who have made the Northumbria World War One Project such a successful enterprise. I'm looking forward to the official presentation of the award this October. The site documents the casualties suffered by the region during the course of World War One. I'm not sure of the exact number, but I believe the total number of researched casualties is close to 2000. These are all personal stories and tragedies. In other news, there's been a whole host of websites launched, business identities designed and marketing leaflets printed. Here's some of our recent printed work. Visit Big Purple Box for more examples in our portfolio or get in touch and let us discuss how we can help bring your next website, logo, advert or leaflet project to a successful conclusion.

The last few months have been busy on the website design and development front. Whether it's been redesigning old websites to make them responsive and mobile friendly or completely new developments built from scratch. These sites have all gone live in the last few weeks. Northumbria World War One Project A community heritage project based on the wartime experiences of the North Tyneside communities. VISIT WEBSITE Photosmith Creative Photo retouching and image repair. VISIT WEBSITE Home Weddings and Portraits Photography workshops for beginners to advanced photographers. VISIT WEBSITE Rowell Removals Whitley Bay based removal company VISIT WEBSITE All four of the above sites were developed in WordPress. WordPress is web software you can use to create websites, blogs, or apps. Whats more it's free to download, this helps Big Purple Box keep pricing low. Get in touch and lets see how I can help get your new website up and running or redevelop ...

Finally completed the process and I am now a registered Provider for NBSL’s North East Business Support Fund helping businesses to improve their competitiveness. Grants of up to £1400 towards a project worth up to £3500 are available, that's 40% of the project costs  - you can use the grant for almost any type of business support that will help your business to grow - from marketing and web design to financial or human resources planning. Applications are simple and straightforward, simply fill in an online application an adviser from NBSL will visit you, you choose your provider – we hope you'll choose Big Purple Box! We'll complete the project and finally you claim your funding and carry out a short review of the project. If you run a North East based business with plans to grow and you haven't received funding from NBSL since 2012, you may be able to access funding from the North East Business Support Fund. So if you're thinking of embarking on a mar...

It's been a busy summer and as well as keeping on top of all our day to day work we've got three website's all going live. Each one very different in content and style. The Perseverance is a well establish village pub and regularly holds music nights and special events such as a Blues and Beer Festival. Select Retail Solutions offer a complete fit out of concession style shopping in a wide range of retail outlets. Looking to create some more space, then get in touch with Outer Space Solutions a specialist loft conversion and extension contractor. Over the summer we've been asked about developing websites for holiday 'to let' properties. We've completed a few now so watch the next instalment of the Big Purple Box blog for a update. Or if you're interested in developing your holiday website or any other design or marketing activity, get in touch on 091 2802023 or email john@bigpurplebox.co.uk .

Looking for something other than a formulaic template driven website? Then why look over our portfolio of websites , each designed to meet the clients needs and requirements. Our small business start up website package is at the special price of only £240.00 for any projects started during January and February 2014 and offers a professional solution at an affordable price. Our business startup package includes : Custom web design Up to ten web pages A contact form One email address Basic SEO Submission to Google and Bing All graphics Free updates for one month We know there's many offers and incentives on hosting packages and having dealt with pretty much all of the major hosting providers, we have struggled with and mastered all the variations of 'control panels'. Unless you have a preference we now prefer to host new websites on our managed Virtual Private Server, ensuring that we can react quickly if there are any issues. Hosting your website with us...