If you don't ask...

GeekyCreative have developed a bespoke online polling solution that lets you ask your audience questions online, record responses and allows you to view the data in a variety of formats
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It’s unobtrusive format allows you to blend the functionality directly into your site OR take advantage of off site hosting using discreet and flexible jQuery pop-ups. With our off site hosting you still get all the control and flexibility you would expect without the need to do any server configuration on your own website – ideal if you’re not technically savvy.

For those that do know their way around SQL databases and IIS settings, our tools can easily be added to an existing website with the minimum of fuss, meaning you can protect your brand and offer a seamless user experience without writing reams of code.

You choose the questions that you want to ask. Setting up a new poll is easy and intuitive. You can add, amend, re-order and delete your questions. You can choose from several different questions types – controlling how questions and possible answers are displayed. Currently you can display choices as dropdown lists, radio buttons, check boxes or ratings tables. There are also free form text options and comments fields available within the admin tools.

Once you have created your poll, you can see the number of responses, turn it on/off at anytime; and, as soon as you are ready you can collate all of the info into easy to use formats such as HTML, PDF and CSV.

With HML responses you can embed the content into your website for users to view at anytime. The PDF format allows you to attached the outcome to emails and other links. CSV files can be opened in Excel and other spreadsheet applications – meaning you can blend your data into an existing workflow if required.

Incorporating Googles powerful ‘Chart’ API you can even choose the type of chart to output your data as – currently we support, vertical and horizontal bar charts as well as 2D and 3D pie charts. Pretty soon we hope to add, line chart, scatter graphs and ‘interactive’ charts to our burgeoning set of functions.

Our design and development team can also customise our polling library for you – so if you want to include something not yet in the toolbox let us know and we can extend the functionality too meet your requirements.
For a demo or more information please contact info@geekycreative.com

Don't always act on impulse

How many times have you made that spur of the moment purchase only to be left feeling disappointed, deflated and well, out of pocket?

You remember those bargain shoes, the last 'amazing' jacket on the sale rack... you do don't you ... I bet you also remember the feelings of disappointment and annoyance when they turned out to not fit you, not suit you and left a whacking great hole in your wallet.

If only you had taken more time to consider your purchase.

The same goes for building your website.

It may well be the 'exciting bit' but if you don't take the time think about your needs, what fits your requirements and the kind of site that would suit you and your business- the adrenalin rush will quickly pass.

Your website will be left in a crumpled heap on the virtual shelf, as you realise what you actually need for your business is something more or less sparkly, that would have fitted better into your way of working. If only it had been built slightly differently.

So ... REMEMBER ...

Before you go about ordering the snazziest, craziest website ever because its new, exciting and you want one now! Please think about the following:

• Consider carefully what kind of image you want to portray through your site (efficient, exclusive, good value, formal, casual etc.)
• Consider what you want to be able to do through the site ( show images, shop, news etc)
• Consider how much and what you want to administer the site ( add pages, images, edit and delete pages etc )
• What are your expectations for the final site?
• COMMUNICATE all of the above to your web designer before the start of the project
• Remember YOUR role in developing a website (providing images and copy, testing, answering developer queries)

Follow these pointers and everybody will be happy with your sensible purchase: you, the developer, your customers and of course your bank balance.

Your investment of time and money will reap the rewards of a well planned, considered, attractive and functional website.

Thinking of investing in a website? Why not talk through your needs with GeekyCreative?

Geeky Tweets

For all of you who like to tweet, visit the GeekyCreative Twitter account to get regular updates, thoughts and news from the studio

New Year, New Start, New Business

We know how hard it is for new small enterprises – after all we’re just starting out too.

We’re finding out the highs and lows of running your own business – but so far we like it!

Given the line of work we are in we do have a few tricks up our sleeves for getting noticed. But to be honest we want our work to do the talking and will be offering good quality, fairly priced services to help you to get your own business off the ground… hopefully you’ll be so impressed that you’ll be recommending us to your own contacts J

With over 15 years experience in the design, 10 years experience in web design and development and 10 years in marketing, we are well placed to offer you advice and services from everything from a new logo and brand development, to designing and building your new website, to what to do next to create the right buzz for your business.

Our new website www.geekycreative.com will be coming soon and will outline all of our services in more detail. However, if you need to know more now, email us at info@geekycreative.com

Lovely Logos

Here at GeekyCreative, we love logos.

Bright, bold, subtle, wordy, ambiguous, simple, overstated, understated - we find them fascinating!

Not just because we design and create them - but because we see their value aesthetically and as a means of communicating information about a particular company or organisation.

From a straight forward 'this is what we do' kind of logo to something more abstract our creative logo designs will help you to make your mark.

For more information visit www.geekycreative.com