Archive

Posts Tagged ‘design and build’

Social objects: redesigning our thinking about designing websites

social objects cartoon by Hugh MacLeod

Image by Gaping Void. There's a popular thread on our LinkedIn group about redesigning websites, which has produced some excellent tips and resource recommendations from our expert members. One comment in particular caught my eye and started me thinking about social media optimisation (SMO): "If our site redesign had come 6-12 months later I would, without a doubt, have built social elements into the website much more effectively." Social media...

More →

Website redesign by three committees. Yes, three.

An empty generic committee room

Over the last few weeks there has been a very helpful discussion about website redesign and relaunch on our LinkedIn group.  Members have shared their top tips - practical, philosophical and pragmatic, tried and tested in the real world. In this guest post Tonya Price shares her experience of managing the process in a university. Great expectations A website redesign is an exciting time for an organisation. Problems with the old design can be...

More →

Never go to bed on an argument. How to foster a happy client/agency relationship

Rachel and Ross from Friends

Client/agency relationships – is yours feeling more like Marie and Frank Barone than Ross and Rachel? For nearly 25 years now I’ve worked either in an agency, or as a client managing an agency [but you look so young, I find that hard to believe – Ed]. During that time, some of it in traditional design or advertising, something that I’ve seen far too often is the breakdown of the client/agency relationship. Shotgun...

More →

How we built the British Heart Foundation online community

BHF Community

I was supposed to present at the Web Managers Group London meet-up back in October, but I tore my ankle ligaments playing football so I instead presented my ankle to the A&E department! I'm Roberto Kusabbi, I manage the British Heart Foundation online community and social media. Luckily, my (now ex) colleague and brilliant all-round digital person Laila Takeh presented the case study in my place. My talk was going to share...

More →