Dreamscape Solutions News Blog

Adams Coaching

2009-02-26T12:48:00.003Z

Another new client, another happy day at Dreamscape Solutions Ltd. Adams Coaching - The aim of Adams Coaching is to deliver the highest standards of coaching to every company and its staff, empowering them to be their very best.

This is an event promoter solution and allows Adams Coaching to advertise their upcoming training events via the website and a rather funky content management system.

Upcoming events include:

Kickstart Your Business
Brian Labone Suite, Everton Football Club, Goodison Park, Liverpool
25 February 2009
Kickstart Your Business
The Strix Suite, Reebok Stadium, Bolton BL6 6SF
23 April 2009

First 4 Networking

2009-02-26T12:32:00.002Z

One of our latest clients First 4 Networking has just launched their new website: http://www.first4networking.co.uk/.

First 4 Networking is a brand new company specially created for those who want to experience networking with a difference... and gain a lot more besides!

Upcoming events include:

Brian Labone Suite, Everton Football Club, Goodison Park, Liverpool L4 4EL
25th March 2009
Wilds Accountants, Lancaster House, Blackburn St, Radcliffe, Manchester M26 2JW
26.03.09
David Lloyd Health Club, Barton Embankment, Trafford Park, Manchester M17 8RH
3rd March 2009

SME Market unaffected by recession?

2009-02-26T10:44:00.001Z

In the past two weeks Dreamscape has won over 5 new accounts from start ups and SME’s. These include:

McCambridge Associates (Belfast)
Icewyche consultancy
The Great Lever & Farnworth Golf Club
PGDT (Dorset)
Mentoring and befriending network (nation wide)
UK Body Talk (London)

All this leads us to the conclusion that the SME market is as buoyant as ever and businesses are confident in trading and more importantly marketing effectively – which is where the internet is so valuable a channel for cost effective, high return marketing.

Sapphire Garage

2009-02-26T10:27:00.002Z

Dreamscape Solutions has won a new account with Sapphire Garage - Manchester’s Number One Accident Repair Specialists. The new website forms the centre piece to the client’s current marketing activities and will be accompanied by a new corporate brochure, local radio station advertising and much more.

In essence the new website will be an e-brochure / Lead generator solution aimed at attracting new business and customers from local searches as well as forming a sales support service for the insurance market. The new website will also undergo our search engine optimisation service

The project come about from our affiliation with a la carte whom provide PR, communications and marketing services. Our thanks to Dawn Holding at Spirit Marketing and Graham King at PR-People

Cason & Co Solicitors

2009-02-26T09:48:00.003Z

Birmingham based Carson & Co solicitors have launched their new website at http://www.carson-solicitors.co.uk/. The website built by our good selves falls in our lead generator category of solutions and is designed and optimised to attract local searches for wills, estate administration and conveyance services.

This is not the first business we have dealt with from the Midlands; Monarch Recruitment has been clients of ours for over four years now.

Dreamscape Flying high for Christmas.

2008-12-05T11:35:00.000Z

Learning to fly can be a special experience and so can having a website from Dreamscape Solutions. Yes – Manchester’s City Airport pleasure flights and flying school operator “Flight Academy” are our latest clients in the Christmas boom we’re having.

After meeting Capt. Philip Robinson at a business breakfast networking meeting, Dreamscape where promptly asked to review their website and come up with a plan of attack for the Christmas gifts period which has historically been the companies busiest period.

A mixed strategy of pay per click advertising and search engine optimisation, along with e-Marketing, radio advertising and leaflet distribution and all been deployed in a short period of time ready for the December rush for fantastic flying Christmas presents.

We will post ROI figures early 2009 – Happy flying!

Lunch anyone?

2008-12-05T10:36:00.003Z

Open fires, sizzling steaks and a fresh ale. Not it’s not another three hour lunch for Gordon Brown… it’s the new Church House Inn website delivered by Dreamscape Solutions.

The Church House Inn in Bollington is a welcoming place. Walking through the doors your greeted with the aroma of high quality country fair and with a friendly smile ready to take your order.

In their words:

“The traditional stone-built Church House Inn, on the edge of the Peak District, dates from Bollington’s origins as a cotton mill village. Now it offers a warm welcome for business or pleasure, corporate or personal, to drinkers and eaters who enjoy ‘olde worlde’ open fires with crackling logs and lively conversation in a cosy bar.”

We have been appointed as the web design and internet marketing company to bring this hidden gem to the world wide web. Their new website can be viewed here: http://www.thechurchhouseinn-bollington.co.uk/

Over the coming months we will be providing ongoing search engine optimisation and pay per click services.

Salads on the menu for Dreamscape

2008-12-05T10:33:00.004Z

Healthy living has always been important for the team at Dreamscape Solutions, so it seems only suitable for Dreamscape to be chosen by Simply Delish as their appointed web design company and internet marketing specialists.

Simply Delish is a new ‘create your own’ salad bar in Manchester City Centre. In their words:

“Simply Delish aims to make eating for your lifestyle easy and tasty. Whether you are following a calorie-controlled diet, have a food allergy or are working long hours.”

The new website delivered by Dreamscape falls under our ‘Small Business e-Commerce’ solution and allows online orders to be taken by the website, which is proving to be an invaluable source of regular business for the new business.

The content management system delivered to Simply Delish is a complex and intricate system due to the vast variations of order content given the bespoke nature of the ‘create your own’ salad ethos.

Have a look at the website, we think it looks great and we also think that Simply Delish is a great brand that we fully expect to see spread across the region very quickly.

Prime Document come to Dreamscape for Christmas

2008-12-05T10:13:00.001Z

Dreamscape are proud to announce that North West based Prime Document Ltd have chosen Dreamscape to provide them with a new web presence and online marketing strategy.

Prime Document Ltd is a leading data processing, printing and document delivery company who supply an outsourced production and delivery to organisation around the UK.

Typical services include invoice processing and delivery direct from customer data systems, allowing businesses to automate the mass billing and invoicing process. Dreamscape have been appointed to review the company brand, deliver a web presence and implement a long term internet marketing strategy aimed at capturing new clients from the web.

The project has just completed the initial design stage and final designs have been agreed. The new website is due for release towards the end of January, when a full search engine optimisation and pay per click campaign will be rolled out.

Dreamscape champion recruitment

2008-11-25T18:22:00.001Z

Following on from our successful relationship with fellow recruitment companies Monarch Recruitment and Heads Engineering, Dreamscape Solutions are set to become new suppliers to Manchester based Heads Recruitment Agency.

Heads Recruitment are forerunners in the commercial and industrial recruitment sectors and deal with impressive numbers of candidates and clients on a day to day basis.

Dreamscape will be providing the following services:

Bespoke web design and development
Search engine marketing
Offline marketing:
Brand review
Stationary overhaul
Brochure design
Direct email marketing

This project follows on from the successful working relationship formed with Heads Recruitment brother company Heads Engineering (A separate organisation but still within the Heads Recruitment umbrella). We have been working with Ian Flavell and his team at Heads Engineering Recruitment for nearly two years now.

Dreamscape survey Liverpool

2008-11-25T18:11:00.001Z

We’ve just finished finishing off the new web project for chartered surveying firm Edmund Kirby, based in Liverpool.

Edmund Kirby is a long established partnership of Surveyors, Planners and Property Consultants based in Liverpool. Founded in 1864 the firm takes pride in its skills, capabilities and resources in various sectors to compete with the best in the industry.

In addition to providing a new website for Edmund Kirby, Dreamscape Solutions will also be carrying out a six month search engine optimisation campaign to ensure the new website stabilises on the search engines

This account win brings our tally of customers in Liverpool to over fifteen now, including, Liverpool International Tennis, Birkenhead Operatic Society, Mere Grange, Thornton Manor, Power Tool Centre to name a few,

Advance Filtration Systems

2008-11-25T17:59:00.000Z

Dreamscape Solutions have been chosen by Advance Filtration Systems are their new online and offline marketing provider.

Advance Filtration Systems are leaders in energy saving solutions for the manufacturing industry and are at the forefront of energy conservation through the machine and pump efficiency.

Over the next six months we will be providing Advance Filtration Systems with a range of services tailored to their projected goals.

These services include:

o Search engine optimisation
o Direct email marketing
o Bespoke interactive animated presentations
o Offline marketing

Dreamscape go Gourmet

2008-11-19T09:45:00.001Z

Gourmet catering and event management company Payal have chosen Dreamscape as their web design and internet marketing company.

Dreamscape have been selected as digital media partners for the high end events and management company after being recommended via Dawn Holding of Spirit Marketing and Graham King of the PR-People.

After a redeployment of the website, which saw Dreamscape carry out a technical overhaul of the website coding, and an injection of search engine optimisation and sprinkling of google adwords pay per click campaign management, the Payal website has now become their number one enquiry generator.

Dreamscape will be continuing to work with Payal over the next 12 months on re-structuring their web site architecture and continue to develop upon the already impressive results.

Dreamscape First For Networking In Manchester

2008-11-19T09:38:00.001Z

First4Networking are the proud owners of a new event booking website delivered by the team at Dreamscape Solutions. Helen Adams of First4Networking was looking for a reliable and affordable web company to help her organisation launch a new online marketing campaign after being let down in the past.

The website we delivered is based upon our event promoter solution although the site does not yet deal with online transactions. The website allows First4Networking to manage their event listings via the website for visitors to book their attendance via the website.

First4Networking are currently organising a number of motivational networking and coaching events in the Manchester area - stop by their site to find out more.

A&S Group Choose Dreamscape

2008-11-19T09:07:00.003Z

Dreamscape Solutions have been chosen by Appliances2Go to deliver their new eCommerce website. Manchester based Appliances2Go are part of the A&S Group, renowned in the industry for excellence in fitted kitchens and customer service.

Established in 1977 by a family run team, AS Domestic Services started their business on Barlow Moor Road in Chorlton, Manchester; opening their very first premises.

By 1996 Appliances2Go had already acquired 8 premises, and expanded to their main showroom in 1999 where they also acquired their distribution warehouse in Salford Quays, Manchester.

From 1977 to 2006 Appliances2Go continue to provide sales and service of discounted kitchen appliances, spares and repair service, kitchen design supply and fitting service as well as a bathroom design and fitting service.

As Appliances2Go's chosen web partner we will be responsible for their entire online showroom and stock catalogue. Some of the features of this system will include:

Detailed order tracking for customers.
Customer mailing list management and distribution.
Secure database hosting and management.
Automated stock control level warnings.
Comprehensive customer database.
Full content management systems.
Discount coupon/voucher creation and distribution.

WR Estates go live

2008-11-03T11:19:00.000Z

Dreamscape Solutions have just finished work on the new website for WR Estates. WR Estates are a property investment and management company that provide office space and industrial units to occupiers seeking straight forward solutions to their occupational requirements.

The website is a bespoke design lead generation model and has a full content management system allowing the team to update their portfolio daily.

National Pawnbrokers Association

2008-11-03T11:15:00.000Z

Dreamscape Solutions have won yet another national account. We will be delivering a new event and membership management website for the National Pawnbrokers Association due to go live early November.

Radio Taxis

2008-11-03T11:02:00.001Z

Dreamscape Solutions have been awarded the contract to deliver a new website for London’s largest Taxis Company – Radio Taxis Group.

RTG is the world’s first carbon neutral taxi company and have a prestigious corporate client base including;

* The BBC
* The FA
* Merrill Lynch
* HSBC
* Diageo

Tickets for Liverpool Tennis 2008 go on sale

2008-01-14T18:22:00.000Z

Tickets for this years event go on sale Wednesday January 16th as Liverpool starts the celebrations for European Capital of Culture 2008.

If you book tickets before the 28th of Feb you will get a 10% discount. Follow this link to get your tickets today.

Caroline Wozniacki (2006 Ladies' Champion and 2007 finalist) will return as well as last year's finalist Vince Spadea and heart-throb Robert Kendrick.

Meanwhile event sponsors and web partners Dreamscape Solutions are busy preparing plans to upgrade the Liverpool Tennis website servers as this years online visitor statistics are expected to be larger than ever.

Bernard McCabe, Director at Dreamscape said:

Last years event caught us by surprise. The volume of traffic on the website each day during the event was astonishing. Luckily we have contingency plans for such instances and where able to share the data load across a number of servers for the the site and the SQL databse.

Weather Insurance for 2008
After the awful weather of 2007 we are all hoping for a much brighter tournament and whilst we fully expect a gloriously hot event Anders Borg and the team at Liverpool Tennis have added the extra cover of weather insurance for this years ticket buyers. For more details on this read on here.

Rejuvenate website and online community launch

2008-01-14T17:57:00.000Z

Rejuvenate are set to unveil their new website on Thursday the 24th of January at Creation (Tib Lane, Manchester).

At the event Bernard McCabe of Dreamscape Solutions Ltd will be presenting a online walk-through of Rejuvenates' new website.

Guests are being invited to bring along a friend and by doing so will be entered into a special prize draw to be held at their January social event scheduled for Thursday the 31st of January.

In addition guests and their friends will receive VIP treatment and promotion including:

Free entry
Free PR and sponsorship
Free online advertising
Free champagne on ice

People wishing to attend can contact Anna-Louise on into@rejuvenateonline.co.uk

Fashion diva Rejuvenates the world of Buisness Networking

2007-12-19T17:18:00.000Z

At just 26 years of age Anna-Louise Gilhooley turned her back on a promising career in the corporate world to launch not one but two sucessful new enterprises.

The first, DivaLilly is a fashion brand that is currently making serrious waves into the uk’s highly competitive market. A unique venture that scours the international fashion market for the latest vogue item its launch saw Anna introduce a collection of bespoke metal handbags made from 80% recycled car parts. Appealing to an ever growing number of eco friendly fashionistas the handbags combine modern chic with dazzling designs without literally costing the earth.

Her second venture, Rejuvenate, is a flourishing community of professionals and entrepenuers who understand the power of networking and want to make it work for their business. It provides not only a contemporary commercial forum but a social network and the chance to meet like minded, high achievers for business and fun both at face to face events and online.

The formation of both businesses came during a period when Anna pondered her next move after experience working as a senior manager in a large corporate company during a colourful 10 year career which was followed by a brief but eye catching foray into the world of consultancy.

It was during her stint as a consultant that Anna first gained empirical knowledge of traditional networking. It was a world she found maintained in unoriginal locales with bland and lifeless agenda’s that failed to recognise the value, skills or diversity of attendees.

Armed with this knowledge and frustrated by the unimaginative approach of so many others Anna set about exploring the do’s and dont’s of networking in her own inimitable fashion and so the concept of Rejuvenate was borne. Her aim is simple, to give her members access to the regions commercial movers and shakers and provide a pool of disparate talents to help construct strong businesses of the future.

Unlike so many other events attendance is by invitation or refferral only with the key to success found in intimacy with members personalities assessed as much as their professional profile. Anna believes that the determining factor to success lies within her membership:

“My intention is to ensure that Rujuvenate offers so much more than the norm. Personally I believe that networking is all about having fun, swapping ideas and not just soley doing business. I am certain that the service I provide is unparalled because it is member focussed and relationship driven.”

North West Digital site goes live!

2007-12-11T11:04:00.001Z

Dreamscape would like to welcome North West Digital to our growing list of satisfied customers. Their site, which went live last Friday, was built to capture leads interested in either purchasing a photocopier or printer or in finding ways of improving the efficiency of their office equipment.

Based in Stockport, North West Digital is a local business that sells photocopiers, printers, fax machines and scanners and takes pride in having an energy-saving, eco-friendly approach which is good for the planet, reduces office waste and cuts down on on-going costs of printing and copying.

Graham King & The PR People come to Dreamscape

2007-12-07T09:37:00.000Z

We are pleased to welcome Graham King and his PR consultancy firm The PR People on board as a new search engine optimisation customer. Over the coming months we are going to help Graham increase his exposure in the search engines.

Graham has a wealth of experience as a journalist, publicist and media relations expert and he provides a range of PR, copywriting and training services in Cheshire and Greater Manchester. With a blog of his own on the way, Graham will be able to regale us all with tales of his years in the trenches as a public relations expert and spread his influence and knowledge even further.

Cenacle Treatment Centre site goes live

2007-12-06T16:31:00.000Z

We are pleased to announce the launch of the brand new Cenacle Treatment Centre website! Based in Stockport, Cenacle is an alternative health clinic providing a wide range of complementary and holistic therapies including colonic hydrotherapy, homeopathy, acupuncture and reflexology.

You can also find them blogging very passionately about alternative and complementary medicine and health issues.

The site is built to encourage interaction between customers and the staff through the blog and through their "ask a question" facility to help people to find out more about alternative medicine and to make them feel comfortable about booking an appointment at Cenacle.

Check out the site, leave your comments on the blog and book an appointment for a massage or some Reiki!

What is the difference between SEO and PPC?

2007-11-18T16:57:00.000Z

SEO is the art of telling the search engines the subject of your website and then showing them that your site is not only the most relevant for a given keyword search but is also the most authoritative by working on obtaining links from other trusted websites.

PPC or Pay-Per-Click advertising involves bidding on the keywords your customers are using to find you in order to appear in the sponsored search results in Google, Yahoo, MSN or any other number of locations. Each time a visitor clicks on the link in one of your ads, you are charged an amount directly related to both your bid price and the bid prices of your competitors, but never above your maximum bid. Depending on your industry, the amount of competition and the expected return on investment, bid prices range from as low as £0.02, but are far higher for terms relating to industries such as finance or real estate.