The Brand Surgery - Branding, Graphic Design and Web Design in Worthing, West Sussex

The Gate Studio

The Brand Surgery, website designers in Worthing, West Sussex, are proud to announce the launch of a brand new e-commerce website called The Gate Studio. The Gate Studio is part of the AVS Fencing range.

This new colourful ecommerce website is home to a wide range of gates – whether you are looking for driveway gates, garden gates or field gates, there is no doubt that you will find exactly the gate you are looking for. The Gate Studio wooden gates are available in a selection of softwood or hardwood, and their metal gates are supplied in a wrought iron style, with all of these options available in a range of sizes online.

Other website and SEO services by The Brand Surgery, West Sussex

The Brand Surgery also write the blog for AVS Fencing, plus we also design logos for their fencing and mesh range. If this is not enough, we also designed the AVS corporate website back in 2008. If you would like to see other examples of our website services, click here.

If you would like a website, whether it be a static brochure website, or an all-singing, all-dancing e-commerce website, give Vicky a call on 01903 824229 or email vicky@thebrandsurgery.co.uk.

Talent Within You has achieved Gift Aid status

The Brand Surgery have been working hard to get Talent Within You off the ground so we can start receiving donations. The website will be live very soon and businesses will be able to choose the child they sponsor, and then also check a Gift Aid box which means we can claim tax and more money will go towards Jack Ford and talented children like Jack Ford, Worthing’s potential British ice-skating champion.

The Talent Within You website also comprises:

• A community-style website so talented kids can talk to one another
• Animated banner graphics
• Search-engine optimised copywriting
• Stunning photography taken by our very own in-house photographer
• Excellent graphic design and Talent Within You logo and branding
• Paypal gateway for donations and sponsorship
• Blog writing for SEO

The Talent Within You website is a community-style website with the functionality of Facebook, such as user feeds and group and page creation. You will also be able to create your personal easy-customisable profiles (drag and drop design facility) as well as take advantage of the photo album facility and also add a video onto your profile page.

So, you will soon see what The Brand Surgery (website design company in Worthing, West Sussex) have done for the launch of Talent Within You. Let us help launch your business too.

Call Vicky at The Brand Surgery on 01903 824229 or email vicky@thebrandsurgery.co.uk.

Illustrations for magazine design

If you don’t know this, The Brand Surgery and our sister company, design and publish Coastliners magazine for Stagecoach South. For the last edition, we wanted to create an extra special cover for Christmas. The magazine has a six month life span, so the magazine has to contain relevant and interesting content that is valid until the end of March. Therefore, we don’t cram the cover with festive images – or it would look out of date as soon as Chrismas was over.

Hidden illustration talent

The boss – and original Brand Doctor, Vicky Vaughan, decided it was time to unveil her hidden illustration talents and created the above masterpiece! Wow! The added benefit of this front cover design, was that the colours followed the Stagecoach South branding. The cover was presented to our client, approved, then printed and is actually still in circulation now.

A month of so after the distribution of this magazine, we received a phone call asking us if we could illustrate all the landmarks across the south coast in the same style as the Brighton Dome and the Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth, shown above. Imagine our delight!

Illustrations for exhibitions, brochures, newsletters, websites and magazines

There are now a total of eight illustrations, which are about to be part of a big launch. Unfortunately, we have been sworn to secrecy and can’t reveal where you will see them. Let’s just say that they are being printed in EXTRA LARGE format so you won’t miss them if you live between Brighton and Portsmouth.

The launch of these massive graphics is on Friday 26th February, so you haven’t got long to wait until you can see them in place!

If you would like some illustrations for your project – whether it be a website, brochure, magazine or newsletter, please give us a call on 01903 824229 or email vicky@thebrandsurgery.co.uk.

We have an extra special Valentine gift for all our new and existing customers – because we love you! How does 20% off all our design fees for any project designed in February sound?

We may be mad, but the 20% discount is available on our our graphic design work. This includes:

• Logo design
• Website design
• Brochure design
• Leaflet design
• Exhibition graphics design

So now, you’ve got no excuse not to love your business! Don’t delay any longer, let our  branding and website agency, based in Worthing, West Sussex give your marketing collateral the kiss of life, while you enjoy a spot of loving.

If you want something designed which is not mentioned in the list above, give us a call on 01903 824229 or email: vicky@thebrandsurgery.co.uk. and we will be happy to discuss your requirements.

Well we’ve done it! Talent Within You has been officially launched and Todd Carty is also our very first patron.

Talent Within You is a charitable organisation set up to find talent within children, then we nurture and develop that talent and take it to the next level via sponsorship from businesses.

Talent Within You is a national organisation, but we have launched it in Worthing as Vicky and her friend and co-founder, Mike Pisko, both live in Worthing. Our first child with talent is Jack Ford, and we gave him lots of PR coverage, via press and radio. Plus we organised Todd Carty to come and dance-on-ice once again with Jack.

We are now looking for businesses to come on board and sponsor Jack and other children like him. We are very grateful to these businesses who have kindly sponsored Jack’s development: Worthing Borough Council, Worthing Town Centre Initiative, The Chatworth Hotel, Face Media Group, CAM Central, and of course of the staff at The Brand Surgery who have helped to launch this worthwhile charity.

If you can’t wait to see our new website, and are desperate to help fund Jack and his parents with his training, or to help another child with talent, please make a cheque payable to Talent Within You, and post to us at Talent Within You Donations, 23 Harrow Road, Worthing, West Sussex BN11 4RB.

Or you can click the donate button below.

To take this organisation to market, we,  The Brand Surgery – branding and website agency based in West Sussex – have used our extensive range of in-house marketing services to:

• Write effective press releases which successfully gave Jack prominent local press coverage;
• We are raising funds via sponsorship arrangements to help take Jack to the next level;
• We designed the Talent Within You logo, leaflet, stationery, banners and other marketing collateral;
• We have liaised with celebrity agencies to help get Todd Carty and other celebrities on board;
• We have designed and developed a simple website holding page while the main website is being worked on;
• We are in the process of designing a CMS website for Talent Within You which will include: website optimisation for good SEO (get good Google and other search engine presence); data capture form; payment gateway to raise funds for our charity; effective copywriting to help promote our children with talent; funky design to engage with our target market; blog and latest news section to promote our children with talent;
• We are liaising with organisations across the UK to find more children with talent;
• We will be using our emarketing expertise and will be sending out regular eshots to promote Talent Within You.

If you would like our branding and website agency in West Sussex to help take your business or organisation to market, give Vicky a call on 01903 824229 or email vicky@thebrandsurgery.co.uk.

EcomSurgery is a new ecommerce website system from The Brand surgery

We have been listening to what you want and we have developed a brand new ecommerce website solution at a price to suit most business setups and SME marketing budgets. Our ecommerce websites have been especially developed in-house because the feedback we received from you was:

Here are our latest websites, designed at The Brand Surgery, and developed using our bespoke EcomSurgery system:

EcomSurgery is an ecommerce system from The Brand Surgery. Click here to go to our EcomSurgery demo site. Username: admin  Password: demo

The benefits of ecomSurgery:

• Get paid instantly BEFORE you release your goods!
• You don’t need to waste time invoicing – our software generates automatic invoices.
• Your shop is available to anyone in the world – you are not limited to one high street.
• Your customers can find you by accident, as well as a purpose visit. Think about all the websites you have accidentally discovered without trying!
• More and more people have access to the internet.

Selling your products online is cheaper than and less complicated than you think. Whether you are selling cosmetics, books, clothes or insurance, we can help build you an eye-catching shop with online presence so you can start selling your products within a few weeks.

Ecomsurgery websites are easy to setup and get running and in just a week or so, you will be able to sell your products and/or services. Ecomsurgery features and facilities are much more advanced than standard or off-the-shelf ecommerce websites. Your online customers will be amazed at the quality, performance and sleekness of your new online shop.

Why buy an EcomSurgery website?

• Because our branding expertise ensures your online shop will appeal to the customers you want more of;
• Because ecomsurgery websites are easy for your customers to navigate;
• Your visitors can find your products quickly;
• You can promote your best selling and latest items;
• Unlimited number of products and categories;
• Promote your featured and related products;
• All payment gateways made simple to install – from Paypal to Sage;
• You don’t have to stock your shop, you just populate your online shop with pictures of stock;
• Your own admin area;
• Keep it up-to-date yourself – no to low maintenance costs;
• Powerful search facility;
• Worldwide shipping and tax options;
• Auto-email confirmation of orders;
• Auto-invoice after the product has been purchased – less admin time;
• Free changes for one month after completion*;
• Free submission to search engines;
• Our website agency is based in West Sussex – close to Gatwick, Horsham, Crawley, Brighton, Chichester, Arundel and only an hour away from London;
• All these benefits from only £1500.

Add-on ecommerce modules include:

• Blog writing;
• SEO services;
• E-newsletters and E-marketing;
• Copywriting;
• Bespoke logo design and branding advice

* Terms and conditions apply

Talent Within You

The Brand Surgery have launched Talent Within You. Mike Pisko and Vicky Vaughan have joined forces and are raising sponsorship for young hopefuls. Talent Within You is a brand spanking new idea which will help change the lives of young people across Britain. After years of watching depressing news stories on antisocial behaviour and street crime,we had a brainwave after watching Britain’s Got Talent. “We believe that everybody has a talent within them and it is only a matter of finding it. Talent Within You has been launched to help discover that special something – whatever it may be. We can help and encourage children and their parents to unleash that talent.

The organisation,Talent Within You, has been set up to provide help, support and sponsorship for children to take their talent to the next level, and we are starting now! Our first hopeful is Jack Ford who is a lively, young teenager from Worthing. He used to spend most of his free time in front of the TV playing computer games, until one day something changed his life forever. It was his sister’s birthday and the family went ice skating. Jack didn’t want to go, but had no choice in the matter. After five minutes on the ice there was no stopping him as he had found his talent. Unknown to Jack, watching in the wings was four times World and European figure skater champion, Dianne Towler. Dianne spotted Jack’s raw talent and is now coaching him. Jack could potentially become the British champion this year, and the ultimate aim is to win gold at the 2014 Winter Olympic games.

Judith is an Inspiration to all parents

Vicky met Jack’s mother, Judith, last year and discovered how dedicated she was in helping Jack achieve his dreams. Judith took Jack ice training to Guildford Spectrum each day at 5am and Vicky thought that Judith was an inspiration to other parents. Talent Within You is dedicated to help Jack fulfil his potential and raise his profile.

With our help, Jack is opening the annual Worthing ice skating rink on 30th January at 11am with an exclusive ice dance routine to show the people of Worthing his special talent. The ice rink has been organised and financed by the Worthing Town Centre Initiative in Partnership with Worthing Borough Council. Talent Within You have also organised Todd Carty to open the ice rink, skate with Jack and to launch Talent Within You, and helping Jack by opening the show.

Local businesses – Jack and others need your help

This is a great opportunity for local businesses and the public to help with the career of an up-and-coming young star from Worthing. We need help in the form of sponsorship and donations in order to help Jack and others like Jack and their training and development. For full details on how you can help, please email info@talentwithinyou.org. If you know any children with talent that need our help, please feel free to contact us at info@talentwithinyou.org or visit the Talent Within You website.

Brand New CMS bespoke website for Talent Within You

The Brand Surgery have designed the Talent Within You brand image including the logo and the temporary website page. We are in the process of building a brand new CMS website for Talent Within You. We have also created the press releases, and organised bringing Todd on board. If you would like to launch a company, product or service. Give us a call on 01903 824230.

Jack Ford with Pru and dali

Brand New Wish Financial website

As a new year begins, a brand new website is launched for our client, Wish Financial. Wish Financial approached us in Autumn 2009 and briefed us to design a sleek, contemporary, fresh corporate website, keeping to Wish’s existing corporate identity. Wish’s brand colour is a rich purple – purple is a great business colour because of the colour psychology connected with it. Purple represents royalty and wealth. It is also a spiritual colour, so needs to be used wisely to ensure it compliments the industry it is presenting, in this case finance.

Wish specialise in the following areas:

• Mortgages
• General Insurance
• Commercial Solutions
• Personal Protection
• Savings & Investments
• Retirement Planning

Wish have over 30 years of collective experience in financial planning and it was this experience we feel we successful incorporated within the website design. We have also designed Wish’s corporate brochure, estate agent leaflet and posters, which have all been signed off and are being printed as we speak. The marketing collateral we have designed reflects Wish’s website branding, creating a strong and memorable corporate identity.

Why not use the new year as an excuse to refresh your website and brochure. Give us a call on 01903  824229 to see what we can do for you. HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Here is a testimonial letter from our client, Robb Harris, Astute Investment Planning!

Dear Vicky

The invitations for Benn’s party were just perfect. On a business note, I would like to say that I have received a number of compliments regarding my stationery. I have been told that the branding looks extremely professional, fresh, modern and striking. I would have no question in recommending your services to anyone who is seeking either a rebrand or a start up.
Kind regards
Robb Harris

Need we say more?

Astute Investment logo design and corporate identity

Worthing RFC and The Brand Surgery

We are pleased to announce that we have just signed contracts and will be working with Worthing Rugby Club. This means that we will be offering all sponsors, friends and colleagues of Worthing Rugby Club a one hour session of  branding advice absolutely free!

Networking your way to Success

As part of our commitment to help local clubs and organisations, we will also be helping Worthing Rugby Club to find new sponsors by promoting this amazing new package. If, like us, you consider business networking to be one of the most effective methods of gaining business, you should give us a call and we can tell you more about this amazing package.

This package promotes an old saying: Givers Gain. It is only open to businesses who are prepared to GIVE an incentive to Worthing Rugby Club members, friends and colleagues. Giving to receive is an excellent way of marketing your business, and the package below means that you can get everything below for just £650 if you are prepared to offer an incentive to Worthing Rugby Club members, friends and colleagues. The only tiny catch is that we would need a commitment in the way of part payment (deposit) by Friday 18th December.

1. A large pitch-side, pitch-facing advertising billboard (3,000mm x 1,000mm) in a premium location, guaranteeing you maximum exposure and community kudos
2. Run regular seminars and workshops, including ‘Questions and Answers’ opportunities with our corporate members
3. Exclusive access to the club’s membership database for private mail-shots and promoting special offers such as additional discounts and incentives
4. Direct access, via networking, to our corporate partners such as ARGYLL, Mortgages Options, Michael Jones, Yeomans, Winner Plant Hire and Splash FM to name but a few
5. Exclusive access to corporate partners on your company headed paper. An opportunity for offers, promotions and incentives, which you are free to change as you see fit – nothing has to be set in stone!
6. Direct access, four times a year, to the entire club/commercial membership database via an electronic ehack newsletter, which is also offered as an easy-to-navigate online magazine – two excellent viewing options for both club, community and corporate members. You will be allocated space in this online magazine for advertising, advertorials, editorials, competitions and reader-offers
7. Facilities for displaying promotional material on match-days, social and corporate events
8. Access to our mini, junior and youth members (over 500 children are registered to play for the club) – over 1,000 parents many of which are local company Directors and business owners with a high disposable income
9. Use of the Worthing RFC crest and Raiders (1st XV) brand, plus action-shot images, in your marketing and promotional material, including website (artwork is subject to written sign-off from the club)
10. Your logo, company profile and web link featured on the club’s official website, ensuring maximum traffic generation (please consult www.worthingrfc.com)
11. Permission to display your company brochures, flyers, business cards and other point-of-sale material strategically within the clubhouse, which is used by over 2,000 visitors per week. Visitors are able to read or take away your promotional material and then contact your organisation at a later date
12. Two match-day passes for the whole of the 2009/10 and 2010/11 seasons
13. Quarterly business networking events, including refreshments, at the rugby club and other prestigious local venues
14. Players’ and coaches’ endorsements including appearances at your corporate events such as business-networking meetings and exhibitions (subject to availability)
15. Use of the clubhouse and club facilities for your own corporate events, meetings and private functions at heavily discounted/preferential rates
16. The opportunity to purchase tickets for rugby internationals (subject to availability), including the Autumn Internationals and RBS 6-Nations Internationals

The Brand Surgery will not make a bean out of this! We are simply helping a non-profit organisation in hard times! In our opinion, this offer is too good to miss.

Call Vicky on 01903 824229 for further details.