The importance of a logo

Whether you are in the restaurant business, IT world or own a clothing brand it is crucial to have a professional-looking logo in order to keep on top of your competitors. Approximately 70% of people will recognise a brand by its logo, meaning one of the best things...

LinkedIn – A tool to grow your business

You might think Linkedin is a platform beneficial only to employers, but we are here to tell you that that’s wrong! In today’s blog, we will break down all the different ways in which this platform can not only help you but also your company. A massive platform, with...

Top 5 Web Design Myths

                Are you a new business? Searching for a website? And need some tips and tricks? We got you!    Over the years there have been many myths surrounding the Web design world, and as an award-winning Web design...
6 Marketing Mistakes To Avoid

6 Marketing Mistakes To Avoid

Marketing is an artform that takes time to perfect, but with rising marketing costs and competition at an all-time high, mistakes have never been more expensive. Whether you’re new to the world of marketing or looking to sharpen your skills, in this blog post we’ll be...
How to Find Your Target Audience

How to Find Your Target Audience

Identifying your target audience is the most important marketing task your business has to complete. After all, how do you sell something in the best way possible if you don’t know who you’re selling it to? Knowing the ins and outs of your ideal customers—what they...
SEO Best Practices Explained

SEO Best Practices Explained

SEO—or Search Engine Optimisation—is an essential digital marketing strategy for generating leads through the internet. If you want to get enquiries online, you need to have top notch SEO. In this blog post, we’ll be walking through 10 components of SEO that...
Website Management for Small Businesses

Website Management for Small Businesses

Keeping your website up-to-date and running efficiently is a task that’s never technically complete. That’s because a website, once created, isn’t a static digital entity: it’s a platform that requires constant attention. In this blog post, we’ll be outlining the...
6 Ways to Increase Traffic to Your Website

6 Ways to Increase Traffic to Your Website

If you’re a small- to medium-sized business looking for a fail-safe list of ways to increase website traffic, look no further. In this blog post, we’ll be detailing 6 innovative strategies for getting your website seen by as many eyes as possible. More eyes mean more...
The 7 Essentials of Web Design

The 7 Essentials of Web Design

Here at Universal Web Design, we have a lot of skills up our sleeve. Our nearest and dearest skill, however, is web design–hence the name. A lot of things go into creating a good website, such as navigation, functionality and user experience. In this blog post, we’ll...
5 Email Marketing Myths

5 Email Marketing Myths

Email marketing gets a very bad rep. Rumour has it that it’s ineffective, unprofitable and worst of all irritating to customers – but there are a lot of fairy tales told about email. In this blog post, we’ll be debunking 5 email marketing myths to shine a light on the...
Top 5 Instagram Marketing Strategies

Top 5 Instagram Marketing Strategies

Instagram has come a long way from its humble, retro-iconed beginnings. Today, Instagram is the 4th most-used social platform in the world, making it a crucial part of the social marketing puzzle. In this blog post, we’ll be diving into five of the best Instagram...
How to Harness Pay-per-Click Advertising

How to Harness Pay-per-Click Advertising

In our previous blog post, we learned about the basics of Search Engine Optimisation – or SEO. This time, we’re looking at another search engine marketing strategy: Pay-per-click advertising (PPC), and how to harness its potential.  Like SEO, PPC advertising...
3 Tips for Effective Blog Management

3 Tips for Effective Blog Management

Blog management has become a staple ingredient in every successful online marketing strategy – and for good reason. This is because a blog is the ultimate platform for showcasing what your business can do for your customers. It’s the perfect opportunity to...
Embracing Video Marketing

Embracing Video Marketing

If you are a business owner and your business is yet to embrace video marketing – first of all, how have you made it this far without it? and second of all, why?  Video is the fastest way to convey information to your customers. We all know the saying that ‘a...
Email Marketing Isn’t Going Anywhere

Email Marketing Isn’t Going Anywhere

We live in a world where social media trends and marketing strategies seem to change by the minute. However, the simple art of email marketing has stood the test of time. It has been around since the very beginnings of the internet. Therefore, email marketing is still...
Benefits of Social Media Marketing

Benefits of Social Media Marketing

Using Social Media Marketing (SMM) engages potential customers by sneaking onto their feed while scrolling through instagram or facebook. This provides companies with a way of promoting their business to existing customers whilst also reaching new ones allowing them...
The Benefits of a Logo

The Benefits of a Logo

If you do not already have a logo for your business or company, then you really should look into getting one. A logo can do incredible things for your business. Think about it. How many companies can you recognise just from the logo? Gucci, Chanel, Nike, Adidas, and...
Why Marketing Matters

Why Marketing Matters

Marketing Matters Marketing matters and is essential for a number of reasons. It is a great way to let people know that you exist, first of all. What is the point of having a business if no one knows who you are? How would they know what it is that you have to offer?...
The Benefits of Website Rebuilds

The Benefits of Website Rebuilds

Would it ever occur to you to update your website? I mean, it should. A website is a reflection of your company, your brand and yourself. Why shouldn’t you take care of it? This is how many people will view your business and what they see will impact their first...
Bespoke Websites – Why Choose One?

Bespoke Websites – Why Choose One?

Bespoke anything implies something incredible. Something beautiful and unique. Why would that change because we are talking about a website? A bespoke website is everything that the world bespoke implies, custom made to your desires. There are so many websites spread...
The Benefits of PPC

The Benefits of PPC

There are a lot of benefits to PPC, which stands for Pay Per Click. What is Pay Per Click, you might ask? Well, you know when you search for something on a search engine, e.g. Google, and the first few results have an Ad symbol next to them? That is PPC. The website...
The Benefits of Graphic Design

The Benefits of Graphic Design

Graphic design is all about designing your website, logo or mobile app and can help you make your company stand out! The primary purpose of graphic design is to communicate with potential customers by creating effective marketing materials such as logos, websites,...
Using Social Media to Your Advantage

Using Social Media to Your Advantage

Sometimes it seems as if the world revolves around social media. Almost everyone who has internet access regularly has at least one social media account, and many have multiple. From a marketing perspective, this is a wealth of potential clients and/or customers you...
Is Your Branding Consistent?

Is Your Branding Consistent?

At Universal Web Design, we understand that to get your branding out there, marketing must be on top form. Marketing is a simple term for getting your brand known within the right audience. For marketing to be successful, multiple elements but work in unison: Target...
E-Commerce Vs. The High Street

E-Commerce Vs. The High Street

E-Commerce or The High Street? Do we dare say it? Christmas is coming! Are you an independent shop? Most likely depending on the Christmas trade to recover what has been a rollercoaster of a year? If so, Universal Web Design can help with your e-commerce.  The High...
Are You Social Media Savvy?

Are You Social Media Savvy?

Social Media, the topic is more in depth than you may think. As a company, your marketing strategy may well be lengthy and in detail, however are you missing a trick by not using the tools right in front of you. Social Media is a vast platform and the ideal solution...
Don’t Land In The Junk

Don’t Land In The Junk

A marketing campaign will be niche to your business. Every business offers a different service or a different market thus, their marketing requirements will vary. At Universal Web Design as an email marketing company, our team are experts within their specific fields,...
The New Universal Web Design Offices

The New Universal Web Design Offices

Since 2011, Universal Web Design has helped grow the online presence for over 600 businesses through digital marketing. We have developed strong relationships with our clients and have a renowned reputation within the industry.  The team at Universal Web Design is...
Happy 9th Birthday

Happy 9th Birthday

For Universal Web Design, our 9th birthday is a momentous one. Our 9 year anniversary is not simply another year ticked off, but the year of change for Universal Web Design.  The History of Universal Web Design Since 2011, UWD has come a long way. The founder of UWD,...
Email Marketing Services at UWD

Email Marketing Services at UWD

Does your business’s marketing strategy involve email marketing? If the answer is no, your business is missing the chance to reach potential consumers. Email marketing can reach a vast number of subscribers, landing an interesting, informative email straight into...
Have You Thought About SEO?

Have You Thought About SEO?

Search Engine Optimisation or ‘SEO’ is integral to getting noticed online by your target market. Have you thought about how SEO can benefit your business? If not, contact the SEO specialists at Universal Web Design to see how we can improve your SEO rating. Optimising...
Pay Per Click

Pay Per Click

Here at Universal Web Design, we are here to help you design and achieve your success! Our team uses a range of different tools and software to help your business grow and prosper! Pay Per Click Pay Per Click is one of the many advertising tools we use at Universal...
Considering E-Commerce

Considering E-Commerce

As a small business, you may not have considered launching your business online yet, let alone considering e-commerce. However as the high street has become noticeably quieter, many shops are closing due to the stronger online presence.  What is E-Commerce? Simply...
Writing Relevant Blogs

Writing Relevant Blogs

Online Presence Creating an online presence and a brand is a complex yet rewarding task. Whether your website is purely informative or a sales platform, having an easy to use, well branded, and clear website is the key to online success. Gaining traffic through a...
Restaurant Apps

Restaurant Apps

In 2003, Tesco began using self-checkout. Why? To save staff costs and maximise checkout speeds. 17 years later and we have become accustomed to a world full of useful technology. The requirements for human labour intensive skills has been becoming lesser over the...
Bespoke Websites – Why Choose One?

Our Focus

You Come First! Here at Universal Web Design, our focus is, and will always be you.  Since 2011 we have made it our priority to ensure we are providing the best customer service for all our clients, building the best relationship possible. Whether you are a start-up...
Benefit Your Business With Google Ads

Benefit Your Business With Google Ads

As most businesses know, having an online presence is vital. Not only does the pool of potential consumers drastically increase, but having a website also allows such potential consumers to view your business and the services on offer. Having a website eases the...
Universal Web Design Is Growing

Universal Web Design Is Growing

Danny Nevill founded Universal Web Design at the age of 19. From this point, the Colchester based office has grown in both reputation and brand. Danny, as a multi-award-winning entrepreneur has set his focus on offering an excellent service and product to his Essex...
It’s All In The Logo

It’s All In The Logo

Branding is a key aspect of your business. Branding is not just about a nice looking logo, it will often be the first impression consumers see. The logo will be the stamp for a business, the recognisable representation. Therefore a logo should be well thought out,...
SMS Marketing At UWD

SMS Marketing At UWD

Keeping It Direct and Personal When was the last time you went all day without looking at your phone? Exactly! It just doesn’t happen! This is why SMS marketing is the best method for getting a message across to a large number of people. Updating them on new products...
Is Your Branding Consistent?

Go The Extra Mile With Branding

Branding is a key tool to creating a memorable impression for your business. Strong branding has a never-ending list of pros for your business. At a first glance, your logo or brand can say a lot about what you do and how well you do it. With strong branding, the...
Social Media Marketing

Social Media Marketing

How Social Media Marketing Can Work For Your Business? Social Media Marketing might not seem that important to your business on the surface, however, the potential for it to take your business to the next level cannot be ignored. Did you know that 97% of marketers are...
Mobile Apps in 2020

Mobile Apps in 2020

Worldwide, the number of apps being downloaded onto phones is growing annually. 2020 is being seen as the year in which people relied on technology more than ever. With more and more people working remotely, our requirements from our phones, computers, and internet...
The Consumer Perception Theory

The Consumer Perception Theory

For most businesses, consumer growth is key to survival. Consumer growth is measured by calculating two factors; consumer retention and new consumers. By keeping these two factors healthy, growth is inevitable. Keeping consumer retention high is a lengthy, detailed...
What is SMS Marketing?

What is SMS Marketing?

What is SMS Marketing? As a business, you are likely to have a variety of marketing tools, all with their pros and cons. Over the years marketing has developed in line with technology. For most, marketing is becoming predominantly an online task. Whether its social...
The USP’s of UWD

The USP’s of UWD

Universal Web Design is one of the leading digital marketing companies within Essex. With the plan for expansion due to ever-growing popularity, what makes Universal Web Design so popular with our clients? Transparent, Clear Packages Each and every client is unique....