Top Tips for getting New Business

If you wish to increase your Internet presence, The BPc will be happy to work with you. However, if you are looking to improve results from your Sales Letter Writing or submitting Bids and Tenders, our client Bid Perfect will have the answer.

These articles offer advice:

• Sales Letter Writing
• Overview - Good Bid, Poor Bid

Good Luck!

SunSeeker Slimline BiFolding Patio Doors - republished from client's blog

Aluminium bifolding doors have slimmer profiles than pvc doors.

Metal is a stronger material than plastic therefore less of it is required to support the double-glazed unit that is the centrepiece of your bifolding door panel.

The top image illustrates the profiles of a 4-panel bifolding door system from SunSeeker Doors compared with the equivalent pvc profiles in the picture beneath it.

In addition to the obvious benefits when the doors are closed, this means that the profile (the edge of the door panel that can be seen when the doors are open) is narrower, typically 50mm compared with 75mm on the pvc doors we measured. The profile for a pair of doors is more than double because there needs to be a small gap (approx 15mm or so) between the hinged door panels.

Given that pvc profiles are, on average, 50% wider than SunSeeker Doors’ aluminium profiles, the difference increases proportionally with the number of doors. The space required by an open set of six pvc door panels is in the region of 50cm, 6 or 7 inches more than SunSeeker Doors.

Click through to SunSeeker Doors' bi folding doors web site to see an illustration of folding-sliding doors in open and closed positions, with and without integral blinds.

Informative blog for horse-owners, horse-riders and horse-lovers

Our client, Sherwood Equestrian, supplier of equestrian clothing, is revamping its internet shop and, in the meantime, has launched their information blog covering news, advice and equestrian fashion.

Sherwood Equestrian supplies quality equestrian clothing (including specialised riding undergarments) and accessories with excellent pedigrees from companies such as Equetech and Shires.

A family run company based in Hertfordshire, Sherwood Equestrian specialises in riding-wear for competition-riders from an early age to 'full maturity' as well as accessories such as horse rugs.

Follow Sherwood Equestrian's blog for tips on buying a helmet, using a martingale, fitting a horse rug, safety advice and general equestrian news.
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Keelings Chartered Accountants

Keelings' new website was published last week, updated for a clean look to reflect the company's current services and key contacts.

Keelings, whose first web site was designed by The BPc 8 years ago, is a long-established firm of accountants with many clients who have remained loyal for decades, as can be seen on the testimonials page.

Based in Old Hatfield, near Hatfield House, Keelings is ideally placed for access by train (Kings Cross line) or road (A1(M)).

Keelings web site address is www.keelings.co.uk

Little Fashion Rocks - Recycling Designer Clothes for Kids

Featured Client: Little Fashion Rocks
Featured Service: Recycling Designer Clothes for Kids

The service was launched last year and the web site just a few weeks ago, in true Rock and Roll style - with a Bang! 

An energetic mum from London used her career experience to set up a company to recycle under-used quality clothing that her small-but-quickly-growing children had out-grown. Not just her kids, of course, but those of friends and other parents at the local school and kindergarten.

Word quickly spread and nearly new good quality clothes were gathered for recycling in a more cherished environment than e-Bay. 

Imagine! That expensive outfit your cute four-year-old wore for five hours at his uncle's wedding last year can be found a new loving home - and you can make some money towards new clothes but don't you wish you had bought it cheaper from Little Fashion Rocks?

Brand names range from Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren and Gucci to more popular labels such as Gap, Next, Catimini, Oilily, Diesel, Zara, Kenzo, Benetton, John Lewis and M&S. 

Take a look at what's on offer at Little Fashion Rocks, their prices are similar to Tesco's but the style and quality isn't! 

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UPDATE. This is archive information referring to a company that was a client in 2009.
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Beware Domain Renewal Scams

They're back ... maybe they never went away but this is the first we've come across in a few months.

Domain Renewal Group (domainrenewalgroup.com) is sending out official looking Domain Name Expiration Notices in the hope of encouraging the more niaive amongst us to renew domain name registrations via their service.

The notices are sent 4 - 8 weeks before the ones from current registrars are issued (usually 60 days). In the past, our clients have contacted us with queries before sending payment ... thankfully!

Carefully reading through the notice, they are not making any false claims and therefore this particular approach is arguably not a scam? Renew with them if you wish. However, the fact that they are trying to poach custom in such a manner does not sit well with an open and honest relationship.

Help with Business Proposals

Featured Client: Bid Perfect
Writing Tenders for you or Training you to write them yourself.

Bid Perfect aims to help their clients win more business. They are professional writers of Bids, Tenders and Business Proposals.

Experienced across different business sectors, Bid Perfect understands the complexities of tendering to Local Authorities, the NHS, and divers industries. Whether you require their training skills, strategic bid management expertise, authoring, editing or analytical advice, a Bid Perfect consultant will be able to assist.

For an insight into the many services they offer, visit bidperfect.co.uk

Good Web Site for Dog Owners

Featured Client: Dog Academy
Featured Service: Dog handling & training, dog food & portraits
Our client, Dog Academy, runs weekly dog training classes near the A1(M) in Hertfordshire.

Individual training programmes are also available and if you - or someone you know - has a dog with behavioural difficulties, Dog Academy experts will visit you in your own home for one-to-one sessions at a time convenient to their clients.

Dog Academy provides a number of additional services, including home delivery of high quality dog and puppy food from leading suppliers (no franchise ties) and a photographic portrait service.

Mark, a Home Office Approved Dog Instructor and a Member of The British Institute of Dog Trainers with over 20 years experience of dog handling and training, has been running Dog Academy for nearly ten years.
The BPc has just completed some web site updates and will be adding a news link to the site in the very near future.

web site: www.dogacademy.co.uk
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Wiro-bound Handbooks and Year 6 Leavers' Books

A deviation from our more usual Internet and marketing activities; each year since 2006, we update artwork and arrange printing and wiro-binding for clients with special, personalised requirements.

This year, we decided to publicise the Year 6 Leavers Memories Booklets and have been particularly pleased with the interest shown from a number of schools and PTAs. One enquirer told us "We have researched prices quite thoroughly and yours is the best value for money; some are asking double!"

The photo shown is A6P handbook, the Y6 books are usually A6Landscape (click here for new image/more info).

Click here for more details of the Year 6 Leavers Memories Books.