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CWC Web Design Taunton & Creating Your Online Presence

 

 

 

Combe Wood Computers specialise in the WordPress CMS for our website design, providing web design for not just Taunton Somerset but all over the globe too.

 

One of the big advantages of using a CMS is that you have complete control over the content of your web development and your digital marketing. You can easily make minor changes such as price changes and updating text. You can also have a section with frequently changing information such as latest news and special offers. These can all be easily updated by you.
This can save you a lot of money because you will not have to go back to your design agency every time that you have an update to make.

 

 

 

Web Design Somerset

The look and feel of your website is often the factor that will set your site apart from your competitors. Getting the graphic design of your website just right is your chance to position yourself, gain brand identity in Taunton Somerset and make a first impression that converts visitors into customers.
But website design goes beyond the basics of cosmetics. It balances appearance, brand identity, and functionality, with a clear and simple user experience to create a website that both fits in with the desired function and goals, and facilitates the audience needs.

Responsive web design is a must now with 80% of people now searching the internet using a mobile device. All of our web development has a responsive web design. You can be sure that your online marketing can be seen no matter which device the visitor is using.

No two projects are alike. To gain a fuller understanding of what might be involved for your website and digital marketing, please do give me a call. After an initial telephone conversation to discuss your online marketing requirements, timescales and budget, if appropriate and you are local to Taunton we will then schedule an initial consultation meeting. This meeting could always take place over Skype or other video conferencing if needed.
This is free and followed up with a fixed price proposal for your agreement.

 

Crafted Web Design Taunton

Every single website that we build, is carefully crafted around the market that you operate in. It’s not just about the web design, because we start to design your website from the moment we sit down and start to understand your business. For a website to perform its function as a valuable asset to your business, it needs to not only be attracting new visitors, but the right kind of visitors. Prospective customers who are ready to buy! Our digital agency team have a wealth of experience in making sure that your website is aimed at the correct audience.
We’re all in business to make money after all, right?
Before anything else, we analyse the market that you operate in, and get to understand how your website would best compliment your current business. More than just complimenting your business, your web design should achieve some objectives, and for that we need to understand what it is that your customers want.
By analysing your market, we get to understand what your customer are looking for, what drives them to buy, and identify the key indicators that show when a customer is ready and willing to do business.

 

So if you are looking for web design somerset, no matter if it is a basic one page website with graphic design or one of our ecommerce websites CWC digital agency have a wealth of experience ready to provide you.

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Macbook Service Somerset | Overheating Macbook

Today we had a 2009 Apple Macbook in the workshop for a service. The customer said that they noticed that the fans were running more and more and it was feeling quite warm after it had been on for a while. Now it’s not just the Macbook or Macbook Pro that suffers from dust. All laptops and computers get dusty fans overtime.
The dust gets pulled in by the cooling fans and starts to accumulate on the fan blades and vents and even starts to build up on the actual heat sinks or the Macbook or computer. This stops the fans from doing their job and keeping your expensive iMac, Macbook or Windows laptop staying nice and cool. 
If you continue to use your computer with the fans running at full speed you will start to run the risk of burning something out inside of the computer.

Not only is there a chance of cooking your Macbook’s CPU or GPU (graphics chip) you may also lose all of your data if it has not been backed up for a while. I thought I would take some photographs of what we found inside of this Macbook today and share with you.

After we carefully removed the macbook’s keyboard and trackpad we get to have our first peek at what we are dealing with here.

It all looks very innocent in there with nothing obviously blocking the fans, there is some dust showing on the fan blades so next we will remove the heatsink and fan to inspect further.

The above image shows the old thermal paste on the heatsink. When removing the heatsink from any CPU/GPU we always clean the old paste off and reapply fresh thermal paste. This paste looks like it has seen better days and replacing will help prolong the Macbook’s CPU and GPU lifetime.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Above are pictures of the now cleaned CPU, GPU and ready to apply the new thermal paste. As you can see we only use Arctic Silver paste, we find it gives us the best results in keeping components cool. Always apply your thermal paste to the chips and not to the heatsink, you can find out more about this here. 

So here it is, the cooling grill on the heatsink is full of dust and pet hair! Now we had the lovely job of cleaning this out. We took the fan outside and blasted it off with some compressed air. Below you can see the cleaned grill and fan all ready to be installed back into the Macbook.

So there we have it all cleaned, thermal paste replaced and ready to put back together.

Macbook Service Somerset

 

This 2009 macbook is now ready to work for a few more years yet. You may have noticed that we had already upgraded the hard drive with a 250GB Solid State hard drive. A solid state drive is a very good way to improve performance in an older computer, see our Apple Repair Somerset page for more details.
We are also upgrading the RAM in this Macbook too but we do not have that in stock today.

So now you can see the importance in keeping your laptops and computers dust free. Add the upgrade of the RAM and SSD hard drive and you have yourself a very speedy computer once again. If you would like your Macbook, iMac, Laptop or Desktop PC serviced contact us today and we are only too happy to help.

                                                                           

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Five Reasons Why You Should Have A Website

I am going to share some tips on how to get going with blogging and websites.

I’ve been working from home for about eight years now setting up websites and doing affiliate marketing and that’s what I will be sharing with you.

It’s essential in today’s world no matter what business you’re in you will need a website, let me explain why let me give you five reasons to why you need to have a website and why it’s essential.

The first reason why you should have a website is to look professional. Having your own website will allow you and your business to look professional even if you do business on other platforms say Etsy or eBay or Amazon having your own site will create trust with your customers.

The second reason why it’s essential to have your own website is so that you can tell your story we engage and communicate with people we can relate to again. Even if you’re on other platforms having your own site to share your story in any way shape or form you would like is very important. If we use Etsy an example, this is a great way to get going on the internet and selling your products but they give you a very limited space to share what you and your business are about. This space will be unlimited on your own site! I’m not saying to get rid of Etsy I’m saying add a website to your Etsy store for example.

Third reason to why having a website is essential is so that you can claim your spot your corner on the internet. Look at it as your property your investment for the future.

Reason number four, can you afford not to have a website ? If you’re running a business and are not having your own site how much money are you leaving on the table ? Think about that for a second, if you’re in another platform but don’t have a site how much money are you missing out on ? What if you have a business idea but you’re not taking action starting that site, how much money are you losing each and every day by not taking the step and getting that site set up?
I love numbers so let’s take a look at some. Let’s say that you have 20 visitors to your site a day this is a very low number but we all have to start somewhere, so that would give us about 600 visitors a month again like I said very low number. Say that you’re offering a product where you make twenty-five pounds per sale. Let’s say that two percent converts into a purchase, six hundred visitors, two percent, that’s twelve sales. Conversion could be a lot higher but when starting out you’re testing things.  12 sales times £25 is £300 monthly this is three hundred pounds that you would be leaving on the table when your visitors go to your website. Over time it will grow and when the visitor number grows so will your sales. We can also help you get more visitors to your website take a look at our SEO Somerset page for more details on this. So how much are you leaving on the table by NOT having a website ?

Reason number five to having your own website is that it will put you in one hundred percent control. if you are relying on other websites other platforms you’re playing by their rules, if you have your own site you are in charge, you decide what goes on on that site, you decide how to get traffic to your website, you decide what content goes on your site and you decide how to make money with it. You decide to design the look of it, you are in control it’s your site your rules.

So there are five reasons to why you should have a website or blog. Reason number one is essential, it will make you look professional, it will allow you to tell your story and it will allow you to claim your corner of the Internet.

Having your own website might not be as expensive as you might think either. We offer plans for many website types. Our plans are made to suit your business or event. If you live local to Chard in Somerset and thinking about having a website built then why not pop in and have a chat and im sure we can design the website that is right for you. From a one page basic advert website to a e-commerce website where you are selling direct from the internet, we are here to help.

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 Do I need a website ?

Maybe You Don’t Need A Website

What Your Website Can Offer

The Right Website For You

So we have established that having the right website is pretty much essential for every business these days.  We have now been involved in the creation of many different websites and in that time we’ve come to establish a pretty clear idea of what is involved in building the right website for the right business.

 

By now you know that I like lists and coming up is a list of our top 5 tips for the right website for you and your business:

Number One, on our list is your website content. It is very important what your website says about your business. It is crucial your website content needs to have a clear purpose and concise call to action. What do you want your site visitors to do ? Do you want them to call you ? Do you want them to fill out some information about themselves? Do you want them to just simply get to know a little bit more about what you do ? Website content is king right from the mouth of google.
Number Two, Visual appeal. These days having a professionally designed and professional looking website that installs confidence and trust is absolutely essential. You want your visitors to feel comfortable on your website.
Number Three, Fundamental SEO. Now SEO stems in to a whole other area and you can find out more about SEO here on our SEO Services page. Fundamental SEO means communicating to search engines very clearly. A couple of very important things namely, the name of your business, your phone number, your geographical location and other fundamentals like the exact nature of the types of products and services that you offer. So fundamental SEO literally is what separates the men from the boys in the world of Google.
Number Four, Speed and usability. This is another factor that is increasing in importance with having the right website. Having a website that loads quickly and is easy to use and understand for your visitors is absolutely crucial. What did you do the last time a website was slow to load ? Went back to Google and found another that worked ?
Number Five, Control of your content as a business owner you want to be able to access certain areas of your website and update its content. You will want to be able to add specials or promotions. You may want to update staff profiles. Having control over your website content is very very important. We offer full website content management systems for you.

 

 

Do I Need A Website ? I think I have more than covered all the aspects of that for you now. If we can be of any help getting you and your business online then please feel free to contact us today. We have many options for all types of businesses, dont think that just because you are small you do not need a website. A one page website is very affordable and gives you that online presence you will need to grow.

 

 

 

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