Richard Williams Builders Merchants

Working with well established local businesses to ensure that they are making the most of the opportunities offered by the internet is an activity we relish. Richard Williams is such a business, being a very significant local employer and a mainstay of the construction industry in the North Wales Region. With two strategically placed sites in Llandudno Junction and Ruthin they have a need to let both trade and public customers know about the wealth of building supplies and materials they hold at any given time.

Their new website not only gives a fabulous insight into the business but also consolidates their brand with the use of the www.richardwilliams.co.uk domain name, a great network of social media links and a fully optimizable site. We hope you will appreciate the opportunity to have an early view of the site as we place the finishing touches to it.

The Little Lapp Book as an App!

Official “The Little Lapp Book”, the popular paper publication by Lapp Limited, is now available as an app. The app pulls in the information from ‘The Little Lapp Book Second Edition’.

In addition to mirroring all the data found in the book the app pulls in all the other news from around the Lapp Group, including news updates, social networks and provides links to further group iPad Apps.

Paul Levy, Director at Livetech said -

‘It was particularly pleasing to be trusted to take this well known industry publication into the 21st Century by creating a mobile app. We hope this will help in inspire a new generation of electrical engineers and  specifiers, as well as being an invaluable guide to ‘old hands’. This kind of work reflects the investment Livetech has made in recent years in providing mobile technologies; whether these are through mobile apps, mobile websites, responsive design or native app development.

What ever the future holds mobile is going to be increasing important and Livetech have the required tools and experience to ensure businesses can deliver an  appropriate response to customers.’

App Screenshot

Find out more About the Work of Lapp Group – http://lapplimited.lappgroup.com/

More App Details and Download at:

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/id569900314?mt=8&affId=1860684

Getting Found Online Using Google Places

People search Google for products and services just like yours, it’s free to list on there and will get you found on internet searches, especially map results especially useful in competitive arenas such as hotel accommodation.

Google has designed Google Places to compete with Yell and other local directories by ensuring that the “Place Search” will be the first thing that the user sees when searching. Google is furthering their Place Search by linking places to websites. Google is doing its part in making sure that the Place Search can effectively provide detailed information local businesses when a relevant keyword is searched.

Local customers are already searching for the products and services you offer. Why not make it easy for them to find you on Google search and on Google Maps? Google Places is the place to start.

Whether you run a single dentist’s office or dozens of coffee shops, manage all your listings from.

It will take you little time to set up, but you will benefit from it over time. You can edit your listing whenever and however you like. Your Google Maps/Places results will be updated in a few weeks, not next year.

It pulls reviews from the major review / testimonial sights such as Trip adviser, booking.com and the best of so it’s still important to get your customers giving those reviews.

Obviously there are other search engines out there, but a large majority of people use Google, so you should use it. Optimizing these listings is something that can be done in very much the same as the way a website can be optimized, but the first step is making sure all the sections are filled in.

If you haven’t had the chance yet to try out Google Places, go give it a try. Finding your business online with Google places has just been made easier. Not only is this extremely helpful for business owners but for any Google user in general looking to find local places based on their search.

If you’d like further information on setting up your business on Google places that links in with the style of your website, please get in touch with the Livetech team.

Online Marketing Resources for the Accommodation Providers in the Resort of Llandudno

Travellers Choice - Best Service by Lauriston Court Hotel Llandudno

A Suite of practical tools to help your business communicate with new and existing guests. From Livetech the largest and leading web tourism specialist in the North Wales area.

Llandudno Events Database

– We provide a feed for your website. Two varieties, one with hotel based entertainments and one without to ensure no conflicts of interest with other accommodation providers. This service is currently in testing ready to be released as a beta service in the spring.

Visit Llandudno

– Premium locally run accommodation directory for Hotels Llandudno

WiFi Installations

WiFi Hotspots

– Compliant WiFi access for guest use. Uses your existing internet system. Secure system, isolates the wireless network from your in house IT Systems. Comes with documentation materials to allow you to track usage by individuals. Other interesting features allow us to link many access points to provide full coverage of the building. The access points can be configured to serve up a specific website on the visitor opening their web browser, thus giving you the opportunity to serve up your own website’s offers and events page for cross sales.

Mobile Resources

- Increasingly guests use mobile devices both during the planning and stay parts of the guest interaction. Let us provide you with various assets… Mobile Websites, Mobile Apps and QR Codes.

Web Marketing Services

– SEO, Review Services Management, Trip Advisor LateRooms, Social Media etc

Email Marketing

– Setup and training on the use of email newsletters and effective customer communications.

Free Llandudno Directory

- www.myllandudno.com – free online directory for the town.

Online Booking Services

– Consultation over the choice of booking system and practical help with implementation if required.

Web Design

– Your website is the central point of reference for all of the above services we can ensure it delivers all the things it needs to.

Successes

Travellers Choice Tripadvisor Llandudno Hotel

Congratulations to our client the Lauriston Court Hotel Llandudno, recently awarded best hotel in Llandudno by Tripadvisor ‘Travellers Choice – Best Service’ and one of the top 10 hotels in the UK! This work is testiment to the hard work and dedication put in by Carol-Lynne and the team at the hotel.

Colin from Manshop working with at Livetech Offices to revamp Manshop's large mens clothing Actinic Powered Shop www.manshop.com

The rule should be what ever is best done within the enterprise should be done there. We provide all the support and training to allow your personnel to take control. Livetech are always there to support you, just call or click away.

Our clients are faced with unparalleled opportunities to share their message, whilst at the same time having to deal with increasing complexity and demands on their time and resources. Livetech help take the strain in a variety of ways, training, marketing support, technical expertise and help with strategy.

We have entirely flexible approaches to meet you requirements and work with your objectives.

Huge experience in the disciples of Web Marketing, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Pay per Click (Search Marketing, Adwords, Microsoft Adcentre), Online Strategy, Social Media, Web Design, Mobile Apps, Software Development and e-commerce websites.

Brief

Cartrefi Conwy are registered Social Landlord and are one of North Wales’ largest providers of affordable, high quality homes.

When asked to produce ideas for their proposed new website we quickly identified that the the site neded to be bright, fresh and above all the myriad of important tennant information needed to be clearly and logically displayed.

Solution

We were able satisfy the brief effectively and the new web site is proving to be a success with Cartrefi’s many thousands of client/tennants being able to quickly gain information from making on line payments to repairs and maintenance.

"a system that allows staff to add new products, prices and highlight special offers"

Network Yacht Chandlers are a successful North Wales Marina based yacht suppliers. They recently commissioned us to design and develop a new online ecommerce venture that would fully complement their offline chandlery activities.

Network Yacht Chandlers required a website that would enhance their bottom line and improve their e-commerce capabilities as well as build relationships with new web customers.

Working closely with the management team, we have created a highly attractive website that complements the nature of the nautical products and the branding of the company as a whole.

Easy to use e-commerce functionality with a back-end system that allows staff to add new products and highlight special offers on the homepage is a feature of this site. Close integration with stock control means that this enterprise is Enabled with the framework for growth.

The site is fully managed by the on site staff with Livetech Creative providing advanced technical support when required.

Visit Site: www.yachtchandlers.co.uk

"visitor ease of use and competitive prices, means the website has been a huge success"

Great Garden Products is a family owned and run business and was launched with a fabulous range outdoor furniture and associated products – the high quality of the products, visitor ease of use and competitive prices, means the website has been a huge success.

The company required a highly attractive website that would position them as a competitive, stylish and trusted player in the market, and with a highly functional solution, we believe we have enabled them to display and sell their range of online products efficiently and effectively.

We have created a modern, crisp and dynamic design that fully complements the Great Gardens Products range perfectly. The fully secure ecommerce site uses a combination of search functionality to promote and sell the products.

The Client is also able to easily manage all the online shops products and content pages by using our simple to use and highly effective minisite content management system.

Having been approached to design and develop the ecommerce site for Good Wine Online some three years ago, we have continued to work with them and the operation has grown from strength to strength! Much of this is down to the highest levels of customer service and quality product. Good Wine Online has particularly developed a reputation for specializing in the supply of low sulphite and presevative free wines.

“Did you know for example for many people the headache they get after drinking wine and beers is due more to the additives and preservatives than the alcohol consumed!”

The highly attractive, contemporary and fresh feel of the ecommerce website fits well with the brand, and customers comments constantly reflect upon how easy the site is to use! – a critically important aspect, we believe.

An easy to use checkout process is linked to a secure payment facility, and the site has an abundance of information with the user being fully informed as to the merits of all the individual – wines of the world!.

With the extensive product range, special offers, prices, and product descriptions changing frequently, the company can easily control and edit all online content using the Actinic E-Commerce system.

A recent makeover included a image swap feature at the top of the home page and a three column design to allow more offers to be featured, as well as more cross marketing of products.

View site: www.goodwineonline.co.uk

"a unique pipe testing web based application"

Excel Pipelines and sister company HydroHire – Offer Pipeline Commissioning & Hydrostatic Testing Equipment Sales, and associated services to Nationwide Utility Companies.

We were asked by Hydrohire to develop a unique Web Based and Stand Alone application that enables users to test Polyethylene pipes for leaks. The process the testers employ basically pumps a section up to a certain pressure with water. This measures the decay of pressure over a given period of time. The rate of decay of pressure indicates if the pipe has a leak or not, and if so, what sort of leak it may have.

The application we asked to build allows the tester to:-

• Enter the particulars of the job, Company, Address etc
• Enter the start and end time of the test, which automatically generates the times that the scheduled pressure readings should be taken.
• The tester enters these readings into the application, and can save a test in progress for later completion.
• The tester then clicks on a “calculate” button, and is delivered the results of the test according to formulas laid out by the WRc formulas
• The tester can then generate a PDF document for either saving or printing detailing the results of the test.

The Online system allows for users to be set up by Hydrohire. These users can either run a set number of tests, or unlimited tests, depending on what they have paid for.

A Stand alone version of the application was also created that could be installed on Testers Laptops. This was developed in .Net and allows testers to run tests out in the field, where they may not have an internet connection.