Time for Plan B...

Here at GeekyCreative we take a lot of trouble to plan our developments before we start to build them... we actually covered the process in a recent post which you can read here.

However, sometimes, something happens that means we have to adept our development to fit an unexpected request.

Just recently, we were asked to change a particular piece of functionality within just a few days of it going live. Our client had signed off our brief, been through our wire frames and beta tested their development. However, within days of launching it became apparent that we had all missed something... something which sounded very complex and therefore possibly expensive.

After looking at the new requirements and a few days solid development work we were pleased to be able to release a new 'improved' website for our client.

Today they paid the invoice including the little bit extra for the changes. With their remittance slip was a nice email to say that they were very pleased with the adaptations we had made and that it had given them confidence to 'grow' their website with us.

Looking back at what we changed and how quickly we did it, we noticed that the very way we develop our web sites gives us a greater degree of flexibility when changing and adapting them if needed.

All of our developments look very different and they ALL have unique functionality within them somewhere, some are more distinct developments than others, but they are all built on the same core .NET technologies. C# code, lashings of jQuery for better UI's and robust MySQL databases are our stock tools and to be honest we don't often go beyond these.

Yes, we do lots of API integration and often include XML within our framework but we stick close to our core skills and keep ourselves free to think about providing our clients with the best possible website to fit their needs.

So if you have an existing website that you would like to expand OR you want to develop a new website that is scalable to meet your changing business needs; please contact us, well take your website from A to B and beyond.

Spoilt for choice

Here at GeekyCreative we followed the recent General Election campaigns very closely. It fascinated us how the different parties went about trying to woo the voters. We also noticed the huge amount of chatter across the social networking sites as people played along like a pantomime audience, booing as Gordon Brown made 'that gaffe', applauding David Cameron and cheering as Nick Clegg dragged the Lib Dems into the spotlight for the first time in decades.

As voters we really were spoilt for political choice, and it seems that the share of the voting would back this up. But what was more interesting for us was the amount of information available this time around. There were online polls, iPhone polls, TV polls and newspaper polls just about everywhere. Each of the parties had their manifestos available as PDFs, printed copies, online HTML, iPhone Apps and smart phone downloads. There were TV clips, YouTube clips, PodCasts and iPlayer catch ups available; as well a live debate both on terrestrial TV and digital channels.

The last 6 weeks highlighted to us here at GeekyCreative that the real choice we had as voters was the huge amount and variation of information available. As a business that specialises in making other companies marketing messages consistent we have long been championing the use of social media as a marketing tool. We have also been trying to show businesses how they can make their message appear consistently in lots of different formats with very little effort.

As a business you might not have the budget of the Tories to splash posters on billboards up and down the country, or you might not have a company spin doctor to pressure the media like Labour. But we bet that you have a great product or service that you really want to shout about!

That's where we come in, we help you give your potential customers the choice. Whatever your industry we are sure that we can help find a way to get you more from your marketing. Whether that is building a website, SEO on an existing development, setting up Twitter, developing an iPhone App, creating Google Adwords or designing adverts for press and print - we have the tools and the experience to make a difference.

Choose us and we'll get more people to choose you! Vote GeekyCreative for a prosperous future.
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