A website is an important means of communication for many businesses and is becoming a vital tool to remain competitive in today’s market.  [PORTFOLIO]

10 benefits of having a website:

• A website gives you access to international markets, directly, fast and economically.
• It’s a relatively cheap form of advertising. The monthly costs of keeping a website are low.
• It provides low cost marketing that places you in the same sphere of influence as multi-national companies.
• Ability to add more functionality to your site as you need it or as your company grows.
• Even more than being an advertising tool, it can also be an affordable business tool. E.g. online catalogues, contact management etc.
• If designed properly, a website gives you a professional image that can otherwise be difficult to achieve at the same cost.
• Use a website like a brochure for your customers and save money on printing.
• Greater depth and breadth of products can be conveyed on a website that will never come across in brochure, phone call or even sometimes showroom.
• Keep customers and staff in touch with new developments by regularly updating web content e.g. news, reviews, and promotions.
• Capturing contact details from people who visit your site can provide you with a ready made customer contact list for future promotions.

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We can provide you with:

• Custom designed websites (html or database driven)
• Content management systems
• A fresh look or new solution for an existing website
• Email stationery, advertising or banners
• Web hosting
• Domain name registration
• IT support for your website
• Copy writing and research
• Image manipulation
• Web visitor statistics software
• Web site search optimization

We will be happy to work from your detailed brief, if you have a clear idea of what you would like. Alternatively, we can look at your existing website and give you an appraisal with recommendations and a quotation.

For more information, prices or detailed quotation, please contact us.

Why have a website?
When looking for a service or product, many people begin their search on the internet. It’s the first place they look. The exciting thing about having a presence on the World Wide Web is exactly that: your company is published for anyone with internet access to view while searching, along with any of the big players. Whether you want to sell internationally or simply ensure that your message is broadcast worldwide, this amazing medium of freedom of speech is truly changing the way we do things.

As Telkom extends its ADSL broadband services across the country, faster connection times and download speeds will see more and more homes getting connected. 2004 saw more than 50% growth in the internet sector in South Africa, stimulated by this launch. As South Africans take the opportunity to connect through ADSL and 3G becomes standard on phones, most people’s first point of call for sourcing products or services will be the web. They will do this before making physical contact with these companies.

Having a professional web presence will become essential for companies to stay competitive. In some cases, being the first can have a huge advantage for your company. As has happened in UK, USA and Europe, more competition in the service provider sector has seen massive uptake in broadband subscriptions and exponential growth in internet usage. Nowadays the internet gets used for almost everything!

Portfolio

The Jewish Chronicle
www.thejc.com	The Jewish Chronicle is one of the oldest Jewish newspapers in circulation outside Israel. Their online readership is just as important to them, which is why Reddz was involved in a large development project to update and increase the functionality of this site. Still keeping with their corporate image and style of the site an online subscription and payment system was developed. Along with content management for adding articles, an archive search feature was created to enable subscribers to search back issues of The Jewish Chronicle. We also added the facility to add and track banners.
Soil
www.soil.co.za	South Africa’s first retailer and grower of 100% organically certified oils, Soil wanted a vibrant, clear and efficient website that would reflect their exciting and natural brand and convey information easily to their customers. It was important to include visual imagery of the farm environment, as this company works closely with the land in its organic capacity. A database was built to enable the client to add or remove products as their range expands and leave room to add the feature of an online payment system at a later date. Image manipulation was important to ensure that photographs of small products looked as stunning online as they do in real life.
A2Z Auctioneers
www.A2ZAuctioneers.co.za	This auctioneer company wanted to provide their customers with an online catalogue that is simple to use and fully editable. A database was designed to allow upload of text and photographs, which would re-size automatically to look tidy on the page and download quickly. An auctions newsflash section was built into the home page, which the client updates when appropriate.
C-Doc
www.C-Doc.co.za	This first class company who provide medical training and consultancy in the world of commercial diving wanted a website to fit their image. An update of their existing site was required along with a desire to present the information in a livelier way. A gallery area, which could be controlled and edited by the client, was incorporated, as well as a database in which the client is able to upload divers and their qualifications for web users to view. Gif animations were used to create some humour and relay vital pieces of information. PDFs were provided for users to access printable information and forms.
West Coast Commercial Divingschool
www.Divingschool.co.za	This unique and excellent training school for South Africa’s commercial divers, wanted to update an old website and communicate the important information with a sense of fun and humour. Much extra functionality was added to what was previously a static site. Cascading menus were used to improve navigation through this many-paged website. The website now has an interactive blog, client editable galleries, a database for the client to upload qualified divers’ tickets and a totally new image for its cleanly presented information.
Mcsmideast
www.Mcsmideast.com	An international recruitment company based in Bahrain. This client’s brief was to create a clean and simple website with an effortless database that could be used to upload jobs and create job categories. An easy quick search function was incorporated at the front end for users.

For more information, prices or detailed quotation, please contact us.

Sources:
http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm for statistics on worldwide growth of the web