Testimonials
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Here are some testimonials sent to us by our customers…
Site: www.emberjd.com
We desperately needed a complete overhaul of our website, which was over four years old, not very pleasing to the eye and expensive to update. However, we had to make sure that any new site would be user friendly both for us and our clients, easy to make changes to ourselves as we constantly update the site, but above all within a strict budget. We also wanted it rolled out and live as soon as possible as the image we were giving out with the current site wasn’t something we were happy with.
I approached Richard and told him what we needed, he came back very quickly with two options for us, a static site written in Dreamweaver or a Wordpress based site. Not being convinced that a blogging site such as Wordpress would be suitable, Richard talked me through the benefits and this is the route we decided to take.
We gave Richard a few examples of sites we liked the look of, but obviously wanted ours to be unique and not a copy of these. He then went away for a few days while he worked on the template. The whole process was simplified by the fact the site was hosted on their servers, so we could keep an eye on any updates as and when we wanted, rather than waiting for Richard to get back to us. This enabled us to let Richard know what we were/weren’t happy with without wasting valuable time. Once we were happy with this, Richard went to work on the design.
We knew what sort of forms we wanted for customers to complete and I provided Richard of these in the form of rough html forms I had created in Dreamweaver. Richard then tidied these up and amended them to our specifications. Once the content started to go in, things started to move forward quite swiftly.
Once again, we kept going back to Richard with amendments. These were mainly amendments that we’d requested but later changed our mind on, and sometimes even changed our mind again. No matter how many amendments we requested, they were all done very quickly and efficiently.
The transition from our old site to the new one was painless, Richard put a temporary page on the site to advise people we were changing over, and the new site was live in less than a day. All in all, from giving Richard the go ahead to build our site to it going live was just over three weeks.
Throughout the whole process Richard kept us informed of developments and made changes as and when without any fuss. Even after our site had gone live, we decided on more changes and Richard happily did these for us even though it was late on a Saturday night. He then spent time with us going through the back end of the site and the server, showing us how it all worked and how to make amendments, as well as guiding us on the SEO side of things, which is very important to us.
We are completely satisfied with the final website, and even more satisfied with the help and guidance we have received prior to and after the site going live. We would highly recommend Place of Design to anyone in a similar position to ourselves. As we can now develop the site ourselves, this alone will save us hundreds of pounds, let alone the time savings as well now that we don’t have to rely on others to do the updates for us. A thoroughly excellent service all round.
Dave Nash
EmberJD
Contact Dave
Site: Babys First Calendar
I had launched my product at The London Baby Show and distributed many flyers; however due to unforeseen circumstances with my previous web coder, I did not have the website to back this up. The visuals of the site had already been created and I needed a professional web designer to make it all work
I contacted Richard at Place of Design on Friday, we had an in depth discussion, he completely understood my situation, what was required and set about building the site. By Sunday of the same week (less than 48hrs later) my website was ready for testing and we went live
The communication from start to finish was fantastic, I was kept aware of exactly what was going on throughout. Richard also went above and beyond by adding features to the site to make it more user friendly and manageable, even for a novice like me! I would highly recommend Richard’s services to anyone looking for a completely approachable professional; my only regret is that I did not go to Place of Design from the beginning
Danny
Baby’s first Calendar Ltd – Contact Danny
Site: Photolearn – www.photolearn.co.uk
Photolearn developed almost by accident, it was basically just an idea I had a few years ago which ended up growing into a business. So, in the early stages, I just produced a simple HTML site which I constantly updated in the hope that I’d get it looking professional one day.
But then I gave up that idea and looked around for a professional I could trust to do it properly. Unfortunately getting a web designer who was actually able to deliver what he promised proved difficult and I then placed the job with Richard, who delivered it on time, on budget and delivered a website that did exactly what he promised it would do.
Since then, Richard has provided outstanding customer support, updating my website as necessary.
Garry Edwards – Photolearn Contact Photolearn
Site: Lencarta – www.lencarta.com
Historically, Lencarta has relied on Ebay sales for several years and when we decided on a new e-commerce website for our new range of studio lighting products we simply didn’t understand the value of a professional web designer and we didn’t realise the importance of good hosting either.
As a result, we bought an expensive and totally useless website that both we and our customers found impossible to use. Sales plummeted and we then asked Richard King to start from scratch, with what turned out to be a very complex, highly technical operation that needed to both work well and look good.
The new website was completed on time and it works brilliantly. We have no hesitation in recommending Richard, who is extremely helpful as well as being creative and producing technically excellent work.
H Liu – Lencarta – Contact Lencarta
Merlins of Wakefield – www.merlinswakefield.com
We are delighted with the way Richard and Elizabeth from Place of design have produced our website. Richard is always there with help and guidance, and I would not hesitate in recommending their services to anyone thinking about a website! – first class
Phil
Merlins of Wakefield (UK) – Contact Phil at Merlins
Journey Africa – www.journeyafrica.co.uk
Journey Africa was a life long dream and eventually became a reality when I faced up to the fact that I was in a boring full time job and even worse a nightmare of a boss. Then along came Place of design and Richard King. It was mainly through Richard’s positive outlook, creativity and patience that I have the website that I thought would never reach this standard of work. I had never attempted anything like this before but knew what I wanted, Richard has been on the same page as myself throughout, his contribution has been worth its weight in gold and an absolute pleasure to work with. From start to finish communication has been open, honest and transparent, and full credit must be given for Richard’s insight into dissecting my sometimes many vague requests and ideas
Would I hesitate in recommending Place of Design – no not at all, to find a trustworthy, honest, hard working and amicable person to work alongside in creating your Company is truly a rare find. It is without doubt that Journey Africa and Place of Design will be working together on future projects
Julie Dennis – Journey Africa Contact Journey Africa