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Stoodleigh Court

Stoodleigh Court is a stunning country house set on the edge of Exmoor on the Devon and Somerset border. It has a fantastic history but its greatest asset is the setting. With easy access to the M5, this is is a great location for a Devon wedding venue. The views are stunning and there are 25 acres of grounds that allow for a variety of wedding photographs and you can have a marquee wedding on the lawns. The interior is just as stunning as the exterior, the main hall is a very large, traditional oak panelled room with a huge fireplace that is lit in the winter. The venue itself is marketed towards the top end of the market as one of the leading luxury wedding venues in Devon with an emphasis on quality of service throughout the experience. Stoodleigh Court approached Gold Coast Media because we have extensive experience in the online marketing for wedding services.

Shirt Printers

Following the success of the high vis and apparel sites, A4 have finished the construction of a great new site targeting business and consumer markets for apparel printing. Following consultations, the primary markets for the site are shirt printing and printed hoodies, being the two most profictable areas and least competitive. Keyword research and the choice for the most beneficial domain name are just a few of the components involved in the service provided. The results for a new site have so far been excellent with the site paying for itself within its first month. The service also includes pay per click consutlancy as well as full ongoing SEO services and design consultation.

Ardosia Slate

Ardosia Slate is the leading UK supplier of slate products made from Brazilian slate. The company is unique in that it actually owns its own slate quarry in Brazil, thereby guaranteeing supply of the unique and high quality slate. Ardosia specilises in bespoke and custom slate products made exactly to the clients specifications. These include slate roof tiles, slate seating and slate kitchen worktops. They can also make bespoke slate tables and slate flagstones for indoor and outdoor use. They have also manufactured slate table mats, coasters and plates for specific clients. Ardosia is a fast growing and progressive business with a huge emphasis on quality. Gold Coast Media were approached to improve their online traffic in terms of quality and quantity of visits.

i-am associates Innovation

i-am associates, London specialists in brand consultancy, is a leader in identity branding, interior design, alternative marketing and people. This innovative brand agency has worked with an array of global brands including Post Office, Coca Cola, T Mobile, Argos, Barclays and fcuk to name a few! Experts in brand consultancy, interior design and people & culture i-am and their retail strategy sister site i-am beyond, offer unique and creative market strategies alongside their innovative branding to be a world class solution in creative and commercial design. Gold Coast Media is working with 'i-am' to heavily reduce the cost in online marketing campaigns by increasing organic search positions and the amount of relevant traffic hitting their site.

Woodstock Windows Facelift

Woodstock Windows, an all inclusive windows and door service and repair company has got a new facelift! It's new design provides greater functionality and showcases why it provides the best double glazing windows services in Devon. Woodstock Windows services range from residential doors right through to edwardian conservatories. So whether you're looking for new windows, door repairs, conservatories or even to trade in supplies then the new website is now live for you to browse! Whilst browsing don't forget to take a look at the all important door locks page which highlights services on important aspects such as door and window security. Woodstock Windows came to Gold Coast Media with a graphical design looking to further their online presence and increase their search engine visibility. After quickly converting their design into an XHTML strict website with an efficient templating system onsite and offsite SEO was performed to ensure the website maximises it's potential for the long run.

Surf Bay Catches the Wave!

The latest incumbent to the Gold Coast Media seo client list is Surf Bay Caravans. This is a multi million pound business with an excellent reputation within the static caravans industry and is one of the leading suppliers of static caravans in Cornwall, Devon and the South West. The main area of the business is the sales of static caravans on holiday parks throughout the South West and Surf Bay supplies the majority of the major brands to cravan parks and private owners. There is a huge selection of caravans available to buy at their showrooms so that you can get a feel for what you really want from the leading Devon static caravans supplier. Surf Bay approached Gold Coast Media as they had virtually no web visibility for their industry keywords but we have rectified that pretty quickly using our long term onsite and off site seo techniques.

Daisy rings gets stacked!

Daisy Rings are an innovative new style of jewellery in the UK and form part of the Daisy Jewellery brand. The idea is that you can combine various different rings that clip together to form a stacking ring. Rather than having just one ring, you can have several of various different shapes, metals and colours that combine to make a unique piece of jewellery. This provides increased flexibility in a ring collection so that you can mix and match to complement or contrast against your outfit or style. The Daisy Stack Rings collection is available to buy online in the UK with a range of delivery options. CB Daisy Stack Rings incorporate Gold Coast Media's search engine optimisation as part of their online marketing campaign and join a suite of products that are progressing very well for their search engine rankings.

Nature Signs Shows the Way.

Nature Signs is a fantastic local company that provides outstanding interpretation signs, nature trail signs and wildlife signs for nature trails and wilderness walks. This is a great little industry growing rapidly and Nature Signs is one of the leading companies in this area. They have a strong eco friendly message and produce the highest quality signs that are designed to last. The signs themselves are designed to provide an educational function, informing readers of their natural surroundings, the types of wildlife and birdlife that is likely to be in view through the interpretation boards. They also provide positioning, so that you don't get lost in the woods. Nature Signs approached Gold Coast Media due to a sudden increase in online competition in their industry and they sought to improve their online presence through our keyword research, on site optimisation and link building services.

Cottages Ireland Stands Out!

The Cottages Ireland site is in fact the domain for 'The Cottages' at Seabank on Ireland's east coast. These are stunning luxury cottages to rent in Ireland with amazing views directly over the beach. It is almost like a desert island scene but with thatch replacing palms. The business is based on luxury, there are no short cuts and this is recognised in the number of awards that the cottages have received. The location is fantastic, beautiful, calm and sedate but only 25 minutes from Dublin airport. The on site and nearby facilities are fantastic with a host of golf courses nearby making this an ideal location for golf holidays in Ireland. Cottages Ireland approached Gold Coast Media because of the limited offline marketing available and because they realised thet keyword research and relevancy was something missing in their online marketing efforts.

Curve Photography Gets a Makeover

Curve Photography is the latest in a string of high profile photographers to join the Gold Coast stable. Impressed by the rankings achieved over the long term for our other clients, Rob Sanderson was more than keen to join. Rob is an experienced wedding photographer in Manchester and Liverpool and has cut his teeth in the world of photo journalism. By combining contemporary and fashion photography, the style of Rob's techniques ensures that you will get a set of images that relate and not just posed and controlled images. This style has made Rob one of the most popular wedding photographers in the Wirral.

Dartington Hall Moves Forward

Dartington Hall Trust is a charitable trust that manages a thousand acre estate near Totnes in South Devon. The estate was bought and developed by the Elmhirst's in the 1920's and passed to the Trust by the founders. The Trust works for the advancement of the arts, sustainability and social justice. It is now home to the independent Dartington College of Arts, the Dartington International Summer School and Dartington Plus. Dartington Hall is also a major wedding venue in Devon and conference venue in Devon. Weddings at this fantastic Devon wedding venue are always a big event, being held in the Great Hall or the Upper Gatehouse. Dartington Hall also offers some of the most comprehensive facilities for a conference in Devon including small and large conference rooms, dedicated suites for organisers and multimedia equipment with internet connections in every room. Gold Coast Media has undertaken the online marketing for all aspects of the commercial areas including the Devon conference venue and the Wedding Venue, Devon.

For Cakes and Individual as you are!

Situated in Braunton North Devon, Cantel Cakes provides a fully personal and bespoke cake service. With Cantel Cakes North Devon Wedding Cakes you can insure the centrepiece of that special occasion will be as individual as you are! Take a look at their extensive portfolio which includes beautiful classical, contemporary and novelty Wedding Cakes North Devon. The west country is a popular location for weddings and Cantel Cakes provides beautiful and elegant cakes to make the occasion that bit more special!

Luxury at Premier Cottages!

Established for over 10 years, Premier Cottages is the leader in providing luxury holiday cottages. They represent over 880 four and five star cottages in the UK providing information on Scottish Cottages, Wales Cottage holidays and Ireland Cottage holidays and allow you to deal directly with the cottage owner. This level of quality ensures your requirements are met for the perfect holiday cottage. Additional services on their website, such as the Late Availability Cottages page, make sure you're always close to guaranteeing the perfect cottage holiday. With self-catering options, cottages with swimming pools, cottages to accommodate large groups, pets and an annual brochure Premier Cottages is the comprehensive guide for a luxury cottage holiday. The site covers all areas in the UK from the ever popular Cornish Cottages and Somerset Cottages to the less well known Herefordshire Cottages and similar areas that are great for relaxing holidays and exploring.

Bay Spas Gets it Tubs Hot!

Bay Spas is a North Devon Hot Tubs and Spa retailer with a fantastic showroom where you can try out the hot tubs for yourself. They also specialise in swim spas where a jet of water is pushed through the spa so that you can swim against it, great for fun and fitness. Bay Spas had a simple website where the primary function was just to operate as a face for the company, rather than an online marketing tool. Immediate steps were taken to resolve this with the introduction of far more information regarding their hot tubs and spas for sale and improved seo. Long term plans also include adding an optimised online shop where Bay Spas can expand significantly.

Charm Links Follows The Love!

Following our instant success with the Lovelinks site, achieving the number 1 position for the term Lovelinks, we are now working on the sister site for Charm Links. As this site is a general shopping cart web site in the charms links field, there is a lot of work to do and it will soon be re-branded. As well as link building for link charms and other related keywords, we will also be providing text based pages for the site to serve as a useful resource in the eyes of the search engines and online visitors as just one method for improving organic hits!

Rouston Joins The Elite

One of our strongest niches is in wedding photography, we have several clients who dominate their local geographical markets. Although we don't advertise our website, Jon Rouston tracked us down to join the club. We never over lap our clients but as a Nottingham wedding photographer, Jon is an ideal newcomer to the growing list of our photography seo clients. His target market is Leicester wedding photographers and Derby wedding photographers as well as his native Nottingham area. As always, immediate improvements in rankings were achieved and we will also be rebuilding his web site.

Zleeps Wake Up!!!!!!!

If you've ever suffered from a bad back or uncomfortable sleeping then our latest clients can help. To get a great nights sleep, you need a memory foam mattress and Zleeps are the company for you. they have their own factory and can supply you with a range of mattresses such as a latex mattress or double memory foam mattress or a memory foam mattress topper.

Zleeps came to Gold Coast Media for SEO consultancy, they wanted to get right into the world of Search Engine Optimisation knowing that it is essential for their memory foam mattress business in the long term. We spent several great days with Zleeps teaching them all of the different aspects of search engine marketing from keyword research to link building. If you are South West based and would like to have some seo consultancy at your premises, contact us now and if you want to know if it is any good, don't ask us, call Sean at Zleeps!

CB Lovelinks loves Us!

The new CB Lovelinks site owners had two primary issues, they had a domain name change forced upon them and they were spending a fortune on their pay per click campaign. Gold Coast Media has managed the primary PPC campaign and abandoned cmapaigns that clearly weren't working. This reduced the cost per click on the main campaign whilst increasing the number of clicks by over 30% such that the total daily budget is now down 30%. This massively offset our ppc charges and increased group turnover. The Lovelinks site is now undergoing a long term seo campaign to include on site changes and off site optimisation. As the UK's leading Love links supplier, the site is already ranking high number 1 in google for its primary search terms!

A4 Hi Viz Workwear Follows on!

Following on from the outstanding success of the seo campaign for the primary A4 t shirt printing web site, A4 launched a new high viz workwear web site with on site seo incorporated into the design before the site went live. The effect of providing search engines with a new clean site, source ordered code and in built seo was immediate. Having optimised over 100 pages for high vis workwear, the number of searchers hitting the site increased drmatically from the day of the launch with the whole cost of the site design and seo being paid for in profits from the site within the first month of release!

Firehorse Photography Improves Rankings

Simon Mark Whitten is one of the UK's leading wedding photographers, his new Firehorse Photography site is truly phenomenal and has won many awards but he was not apprearing anywhere in the search engines for his relevant search terms as a Yorkshire wedding photographer Simon approached Gold Coast Media after hearing about our work from other photographers on professional photography forums. A quick analysis proved his worst fears, he wasn't anywhere in the search engines for any of his preferred keyword strings such as wedding photographers Yorkshire. This was quickly rectified and although the seo campaign is ongoing, we managed to get some keyword strings on the first page within a couple of weeks. Visit this site, it is aphenomenal web site and has justifiably one many awards for this leading wedding photographer in Yorkshire!

Travertine World Seeks to Expand

Travertine World is a leading retailer in the UK of travertine wash basins and limestone wash basins, customsied travertine and limestone kitchen and bathroom products including small hand wash basins suitable for bathrooms and toilets and customised travertine baths that are made to order. These products are of the highest quality using only the best quality travertine and limestone on the market and are available to view in the Travertine World showroom. They also sell a variety of floor coverings including travertine paving and limestone paving as well as travertine tiles and limestone tiles. Travertine World approached Gold Coast Media to improve their search engine marketing, to increase sales and their online visibility.

Paul Johnson Photography Improves Rankings

Paul Johnson Photography specialises in the top end London wedding photographer market providing wedding photography services in London and the home counties. Despite having a very old domain name and a fantastic site, their online presence was impeded by a lack of wedding photography search engine optimisation. As specialists in this area with a huge database of relevant links and the necessary skills for on site optimisation, Gold Coast Media immediately improved their rankings for relevant terms including Surrey wedding Photographers and wedding photographers London. If you have a photography site that requires some assistance in achieving higher search engine results for wedding photography, call Gold Coast Media now on 01271 815024.

Christian Michael Photography Gets a Boost

Christian Michael Photography approached Gold Coast Media for specialist search engine optimisation and pay per click advice. The business operates in a very competitive area providing wedding photography in Cornwall and wedding photography in Devon. Their pay per click costs were causing a great strain on the business finances and they required a superior long term approach to improving their search engine rankings and optimising their pay per click expenditure. As this is a flash based web site in a very competitive niche, the implementation chosen by Gold Coast Media was to provide a long term ethical approach to optimisation through limited on site optimisation and off site optimisation. The results were quite staggering, within two weeks of the process starting, Christian Michael were already appearing on the first page of many search engines for terms like Cornwall Wedding Photographers.

London Chocolate Fondue Co. Web site Launch

The London Chocolate Fondue Company launches their new web site To replace an older web site utilising outdated construction techniques, the capitals largest chocolate fountain provider approached Gold Coast Media through the Chocolate Fountain Directory to revamp their existing site and improve their optimisation. Coming under pressure from an increasingly competitive industry meant that the London Chocolate Fondue Company had to improve it's search engine rankings and its corporate image. The new site promotes London Chocolate Fountains, is crisp, clean and information rich!.

Catering 4 Weddings Launched

Catering 4 Weddings is an online web directory for wedding caterers of all shapes and forms. The directory has categories specifically for wedding cake providers, wedding caterers, chocolate fountains, marquee hire, champagne fountains, ice sculptures, portable loos and wine and champagne merchants. The directory has been fully optimised using Gold Coast Media's optimisation software and is already achieving very good results for all relevant search terms.

Devon Custom Joinery Site Launched

The Devon Custom Joinery web site is officially launched. This web site was created for Taw Valley Crafts to sit alongside its existing web site The sole purpose of this new site is to increase their on-line sales of wooden custom products including windows, doors, conservatories and stairs. The brief was to include a corporate style web site that is information rich and user friendly to appear high in the search engines for targeted products including Devon joinery. The site has been created and optimised using Gold Coast Media's optimisation technology and has also been submitted to a large number of search engines and web directories included in the cost. The Devon Custom Joinery web site provides product information on Devon custom joinery products.

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