Leading up to and over the Christmas break, Focal Strategy were overwhelmed with the high level of very positive feedback and thanks we received from our customers regarding the performance of their websites and our level of service. This includes the most recent from Halls' Wedding Taxi on their Blog, which reads:

"Halls Wedding Taxi [website] has only been live for two weeks and we have had a email from a young lady who would like to view the taxi for her wedding in August 2013.

She was tremendously impressed by the photos taken by Focal Strategy.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank Sue and Peter for building this new exciting website."

If you are looking for a new website design or website upgrade, why not give us a call on 02380 844982? Or simply drop us a line info@focalstrategy.com 

You can view a wide range of our most recent web design projects here

Click on the image to visit Halls' Wedding Taxi.

Focal Strategy are delighted to have been chosen to design and launch a brand new online vintage jewellery shop for a business based in Somerset.

Specialising in database driven websites, Focal Strategy are able to develop ecommerce sites with secure payment systems for any kind of business. We can also provide professional studio or on location photography.

Why not get in touch with Peter or Sue on 02380 844982 / info@focalstrategy.com. Click here to view some of our recent projects.

Focal Strategy are very pleased to have been selected by Charter Health and Safety Solutions to design and launch a new website to promote and market their UK-wide business online.  The new site will have a more corporate look and enable clients to quickly understand Charter's offering.

Do keep your eyes open for a phishing scam that seems to be going about at the moment.

Initially it appears that you receive an email seemingly from one of the people you follow on Twitter. The message can vary but it is something that suggests you have been tagged in a Facebook video or message, and there is a link for you to follow - like that shown here:

Once the link is followed it takes you to a Facebook App which asks you for your Twitter sign in information (like the one above)....DO NOT enter your sign in information as this is possibly a scam and phishing exercise.

If you are concerned that you are being targeted, or your own Twitter Account has been hijacked in a similar phishing exercise, the best action is to change your Twitter password.

If you are no longer able to access your Twitter account as it has been compromised, then you can contact Twitter for assistance this may be a useful article to read: https://support.twitter.com/articles/31796

It’s the expert, up to date coding behind the scenes, that gets a website found online in search engines.

We create websites that not only look amazing…they have the coding, and on page search engine optimisation expertise built into them to get them found.

We design our websites to work on all computers, phones and mobile devices – Recently we bought Google's new Nexus 7 Android tablet computer – not to use everyday (we are commited Apple addicts), but to ensure that all of our websites can be viewed efficiently on it.

This attention to detail is what makes our websites work hard for your business, wherever your potential customer is, and what ever device they are using to try and find your services online.

If you want a website that works, give us a call 02380 844982 / 07946 427553 or drop us a line info@focalstrategy.com  - we look forward to hearing from you!

Focal Strategy are very pleased to have been chosen to design and build 2 brand new websites for a large packaging company based in both Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire. The business who deals with large corporate clients, are looking for a complete website redesign to modernise their existing websites.

Why choose Focal Strategy to build your website?

• Excellent personal service both now and in the future
• In depth, in-house knowledge of up to the minute coding techniques
• Creative thinking and extensive use of design tools - every website design is a one off
• We take time to get to know you and your business
• Optimisation of all content (images, graphics and media) for fast loading on the web
• Easy to use content management system - you can make changes to your web pages
• Every design is built from scratch especially for you - we don't use template designs
• We do not charge per page/item designed or limit your hosting space
• Websites are designed to work on all popular devices including iPhones and iPads
• Our sites are designed to make it easy for Google to find you - Search Engine Optimisation
• We help with all the mechanics of setting up your website

All this and much more...Looking to update your website? Get in touch to discuss your ideas with us 02380 844982, we are in Hythe, Hampshire and can work with you wherever you are based. 

Focal Strategy are very pleased to have been asked to design and build a new website for a local wedding car company.  

We shall also be photographing the traditional White London Taxi Cab, which will be the focus of the website in a variety of New Forest wedding settings. This will be just the thing to complete the perfect white wedding...so keep an eye on our blog for more details later in the year :O)

Focal Strategy are very pleased to have been chosen to design and build a new website for Heritage Will Writing based in Dibden Purlieu. Our brief is to design a site which is able to put over the wealth of services they provide in an interesting way,  and which is able to be found more readily online.

Looking for a website upgrade and brand new site? Why not give Sue or Pete a call now 02380 844982 or contact us here info@focalstrategy.com. We are based in Hythe, near Southampton, Hampshire, and can work with you wherever you are based.

In response to the new EU Regulations relating to the use of cookies on European websites we are offering a free cookie audit, and advice to all our existing customers. For most of our clients the implications of the the new EU Regulations are limited to the continued use of Google Analytics and we can offer advice and suggestions.

In their guidelines, the Information Commissioners' Office (ICO) has stated that in relation to cookies used for analytical purposes:

"Although the Information Commissioner cannot completely exclude the possibility of formal action in any area, it is highly unlikely that priority for any formal action would be given to focusing on uses of cookies where there is a low level of intrusiveness and risk of harm to individuals."

We have, however, developed an alternative method of collecting website traffic data that does not use cookies and does not infringe visitor privacy - please ask for details.

A small percentage of our customers have websites with other types of cookies and we can discuss solutions and offer advice, so please get in touch as soon as possible.

We are also offering to review our customer's Privacy Notices to make sure they are up to date and provide website visitors with the information they need about how data is collected and managed.

European Union Regulations come into force on May 26^th 2012 relating to the use of “cookies”. The new rules have been created to help protect the privacy and choices of visitors to websites. These new Regulations primarily impact the use of “cookies” and the collection and tracking of visitor data.

For most of our customers the main impact will be with the use of Google Analytics which uses cookies to provide the useful web visitor statistics. So we have designed, developed and tested our own bespoke module for collecting visitor statistics without the need for cookies and in such a way as to not infringe visitor privacy.

Our new bespoke analytics module is not quite as extensive as Google Analytics but will provide a good level of visitor statistics to enable you to continue to see how your website is performing, give you traffic indicators to enable you to take steps to improve visitor experience and optimise your website performance.

The data is presented in easy to read charts and graphs and includes the following data over a specified timespan:

• Page views per day
• The most popular pages being visited
• The most popular blog posts being viewed
• The search words being used to find your website
• The referring sites to your website (the website people came from to visit you)
• Information about the type of computers /mobile devices being used to view your website

To see a live demo of the new Focal Strategy bespoke analytics module, please get in touch.

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has produced excellent guidelines about cookies, their use and the detail regarding the new EU Regulations. For more information please see the information on their website:

http://www.ico.gov.uk/for_organisations/privacy_and_electronic_communications/the_guide/cookies.aspx

and their PDF entitled “guidance on the new cookies Regulations”.