In order to compete in the commercial market place today it is now vital for sole proprietors and small businesses to promote their services and products via the internet. A standard web site can open up a new target area for sales and once the initial set up costs have been met it the most economic way of marketing. Where else can you advertise twenty-four hours a day, 365 days a year with an opportunity to open new markets from United Kingdom, Europe and the rest of the World. With the success and speed of broadband it is now quicker to search the internet for information than trawl through a variety of traditional directories and gone are the days when a web page with images took a lifetime to open.

We can create a starter web site for you, give you help and advice on search engine optimisation, web hosting and domain registration. A standard web hosting package normally includes a domain name and pop email boxes. If you are a sole trader such as an artist, butcher, baker, crafts person, hairdresser, electrical contractor, fishmonger, plumber, painter and decorator, potter or market trader who would benefit from an alternative method of generating business from your local area we can help you. North Devon holiday and tourist industry service providers can benefit from our knowledge of the area and images from the North Devon Focus Image library. Our experience in graphic design means we can come up with a total concept, colour scheme, logo design and create location maps if required or we can work from content in an existing brochure or marketing publication and recreate for the web. We are able to incorporate your company logo, your photographs and your editorial copy which can make the development process much quicker. We can receive most files by email including the following extensions: .doc, .gif, .jpg, .pdf. (Other formats please ask) Our site design is text based which is excellent for search engine optimisation. Prices are based on the number of pages required and content. Example starter 4 page web 1)Home Page Introduction/Site Menu - 2)Our Services/Profile - 3)Contact Details/How to find us - 4)Optional - Tell us about your project

The North Devon Focus web site has been developed by Pat Adams who has lived in North Devon for over twenty years and has run Advertising and Print Options, an advertising, design and print broker business since 1989. In addition she has worked freelance on established local business and tourism based publications and is probably more well known for co-ordinating the advertising sales and publication of North Devon's No.1 Annual Holiday Magazine, the "North Devon Scene" from 1989 to 2005.

• North Devon Focus - An online holiday and lifestyle shopping site with independant pages developed as follows: Focus Fashion Shop. Promoting the latest designer trends, popular brands, celebrity and music inspired clothes, shoes and high end accessories for women: Accessorise All Areas - Beauty and the Beach. Lingerie, Beauty Products, Jewellery, Handbags: Focus Menswear Shop - Top brand and designer men's formal, casual, sport clothes, shoes and high end accessories. Focus Music Shop - Music through the Decades -Tickets and events, Music Inspired Fashion, Musical Equipment, Music Books, Albums and Downloads: Focus Travel Shop holiday, event and travel promotions: Focus Sport Shop: Sports equipment, sportswear, outdoor activities and experiences, action breaks, sporting events: All I Want for Xmas - Seasonal Lifestyle Shopping Promotions for the home and family: Focus Kids Fashion Shop - Maternity fashion, Baby, Kids and Teen fashions and equipment plus Business to Business Zone - The North Devon Focus main site is a what's on tourist information site which promotes the coast and countryside around North Devon, The site attracts visitors from the UK & Europe, United States and other countries throughout the world.
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There are a number of professional web design specialists who are able to facilitate complex web or promotional design issues including: CD-Rom presentations, Video - Conference/seminar/speaker support, Interactive web animations, Web Design for intregated database driven sites and digital marketing.