May 2010
We are a small graphic, website & hosting agency, established in 2004 with the help of the Chamber Business and the Princes Trust.
Calling on valuable and extensive experience in a range of marketing, IT, art and design fields, Graphic Idea is passionate about art and design in general and people say it really shows in our work.
Our love for design and keeping up with technology, trends and our attention to detail has set us apart.
The recession has seen off many businesses of all sizes in all industries and we are proud to be one of the survivors.
The ability to adapt and be diverse in our services along with creative ideas has been the difference.
We believe in helping small businesses, start-up businesses and charities afford excellent, professional, custom design.
We want to promote local businesses so that Bedfordshire can thrive once again.
It is important that local businesses start supporting each other.
We go that little bit further with free marketing advice and PC- email setup help, as part of our customer service.
We even design all our sites in a friendly format for Google helping Google rank sites higher.
Don't just take our word for it, see what clients have said about our work and customer service in our Testimonials page
and also check out our specials.
Or give us a call us on 01582 475 150
If you feel you need to stretch those payments, we can help with that too.
January 2010
We are offering our knowlege of Apple Macintosh Operating system to train people who want to learn or move over from PC to Mac to enjoy all the great benefits and ease of use. We offer the option of one to one training at our studio in Totternhoe or in your own home. To book a one hour training session at £60 please call 0845 094 1297 mobile 07985 274 925 or email us info@graphicidea.co.uk
April 2009
During these tough times, we are all finding that we are not sure how to spend to our best marketing potential.
There are many free or low cost ways to make sure that you are at the forefront of your industry in terms of reaching your potential market.
The best ways to do this are as follows:
1. Contact your local newspapers and see if they can write you a press release
2. Contact magazines and see if they will publish a compettition for you, this usually is free and helps with database of potential clients interested in your product or service.
3. It is not always a bad idea to spend on a well designed website to entice your potential clients, and take advantage of FREE search engine optimised ie. Google friendly
(FREE with our website builds)
4. Leaflets designed professionally can make an impact if distributed amoungst your target market - low cost marketing
5. If there are discounts you can provide, your local business community need to know. Get in touch with local Chambers, Business link & Princes Trust, just to name a few.
6. Email Mailshots if targeted correctly can be priceless, they do need to be designed with impact and have interesting subject matter,
but this is a great way to reach a large audience within a low budget.
I hope these few tips lead you in the right direction, and help with getting your business out there!
For more info, please contact us by clicking HERE.
Good Luck
February 2009
Wow, its been 6 years already, but we are still going strong
Its all about the passion of design, the feeling we get when we get it right.
The willingness to keep learning, updating our knowledge and the enthusiasm our clients have for our designs.
Even now we are still trying to find ways to supply a service that is both creative and cost effective.
We offer 5% discount to businesses less than a year old and we will always continue to support the small new business & entrepreneur.
Business doesn't have to always be so boring, lets bring some fun into the branding process, lets be interactive with website enhancements, using our constantly updated software to provide cutting edge flash and HTML design.
Its not always easy if you don't know how, but that's what we are here for, we know how and we will support you.
This new Blog page, will be constantly updated with ideas, thoughts and fun things to ponder.
If you feel that there is a topic you would like us to research, please let us know and we would be happy to look into it for you...
Your Designers
Claudia & Bobby
Award Winning Design
Awhile back we entered an Interior Design & Layout competition on Uktv Style, hosted by Philip Schoefield.
It was a brilliant competition with over 16 000 applicants, whittled down to 16.
Given a brief each day on a Room Style, we had about 6 hours to create the perfect room according to the brief, with nothing but scraps etc. from the designers "bin".
Judged by Oliver Heath, Jocasta Innes, Graham Wynn and many more...we won!
It was fantastic and helped build the reputation we have today.
Asked by the BBC to give our professional thoughts about Home Makeovers.
Please click on logo to hear full interview.
Graphic Idea teamed up with Microspot (an interior design application for Apple users) to make the most out of Interior Design on Apple Macs.
When Apple picked up wind of this they were intrigued and decided to feature our designs and the interior application on their website.
Please click on logo above to view article.
