Note: This is a copy of a newsletter sent out to Ideal Websites clients.

Happy New Year from Ideal Websites!

Everyone at Ideal Websites would like to thank you for your custom in 2007 and wish you all the best for the year ahead. Read on for some updates about what’s happening at Ideal Websites.

Doing our part for the planet

Looking for a greener 2008, Ideal Websites has applied to have 1250 trees planted by trees4good. As one of the most responsible schemes available, trees4good only plant on land that cannot be used for farming and use oil producing Jatropha trees - an income source for the local people. For more information see www.trees4good.com.

Ideal Websites finalists in the South East Business Awards

Open to those aged 30 years and under, the young entrepreneur award at the South East Business Awards seeks out the young entrepreneur of 2007. As finalists, Ideal Websites has had to clearly demonstrate a well researched business plan and innovative vision for the future.

New in 2008: SEO, PPC campaign management and remote backup

After looking at what is most important to our clients we have launched 3 new services for 2008. These are advanced search engine optimisation, management of pay-per-click marketing campaigns and remote backup of your valuable business data. Please ask for more details.

More than just websites

Need an intranet, a CRM or any other software? Web technologies can be used for much more than just simple websites. Ideal Websites are experts when it comes to integration of websites and legacy software.

And finally…

We do our best to make sure our clients’ websites are a success and offer free help and advice on anything web related. Got a question? Give us a call.

Open to those aged 30 years and under, the young entrepreneur award at the South East Business Awards seeks out the young entrepreneur of 2007.

As finalists, Ideal Websites has had to clearly demonstrate a well researched business plan and innovative vision for the future.

For more information about the Southeast Business Awards see www.southeastbusinessawards.co.uk

After three months of planning and development the new J O Hambro Capital Management website has gone live, allowing J O Hambro’s clients to view detailed information and statistics about the performance of their investments.

Closely integrated with StatPro’s performance and attribution software, the website displays up-to-date charts, graphs and figures relating to the funds run by J O Hambro.

For further information see our portfolio or visit the J O Hambro website.

Launched this week: a dedicated server and remote backup solution for the accounts department at one of the UK’s largest airlines. For more information take a look at the portfolio.

Happy New Year from Ideal Websites!

Ideal Websites wishes everyone the best success in the year ahead and would like to take this opportunity to inform you of our new services for 2007. 2007 is tipped to be another year of ground breaking advances in web technology with more and more businesses moving their systems and processes to web based applications due to the Internet’s unique accessibility. In the past year we’ve seen a dramatic increase in the number of clients asking us for data driven websites, from content management systems to e-commerce solutions and even to public display systems.

Our clients’ success is important to us so we are always happy to offer free advice about how emerging (and established) technologies can benefit them. Should you have any questions please contact us via the various methods available on our contact page.

Our recommendations for 2007

Google AdWords

Have you ever thought about paying for your search engine rankings? You can be at the top of Google search results for as little as 4 pence per click, with the advantage of only paying for visitors who are interested in your product or service. Ideal Websites frequently uses AdWords to advertise its services and highly recommends it.

Mobile Internet

There are four times as many people with access to the Internet on their mobile phone than on a desktop PC. Is a mobile website something your business could benefit from?

Customer Support

The vast majority of businesses offer support to their customers via telephone and email but this can sometimes be hard to keep track of. Ideal Websites has already developed customised support systems that help to keep track of emails and phone calls making it easier to track the history of a support request. With all this information in a centralised system it is easy to locate previous correspondence with clients and review performance statistics.

Technology Review

With the current pace of the internet and increasing use of web 2.0 technologies it is always prudent to assess whether you are taking advantage of the latest on-line developments. As mentioned above, you are always welcome to ask us about any technologies you may have heard of or that you think could benefit you. We will be happy to assist you in deciding whether they could be of value to your business.