We have now also completed the lodge website for The Jbay Zebra Lodge and Bike Park. Have a look…
A new mountain bike park just outside Port Elizabeth - and a new website by Media Axis. The bike park is opening on the 21st of July. If you are a mountain biking enthusiast, have a look at the website for more information on the trails, facilities and activities.
Another website by Media Axis has just gone live. A new luxury game lodge, Eden at Addo, just outside Port Elizabeth - take a look… www.edenataddo.co.za
We just completed this new website for Countrywide Golf Holidays
We are looking forward to the Richmond Hill Street Festival taking place in our neighbourhood tomorrow.
Slipperfields Country Estate is a wedding and function venue situated at the foothills of the Lady Slipper Mountain, just outside Port Elizabeth. Media Axis designed and built the Slipperfields website in early 2011, shortly after the venue was established.
Jana Rademeyer (who owns and runs Slipperfields), had a vision to create a venue that would appeal to the modern bride. In order to reach her target market, she realized that she would need to establish an online presence.
The Slipperfields website has been designed to reflect the classic country elegance of the venue, and to show off the versatility of the facilities, through a range of photographs of real weddings. In order to attract prospective brides to the website, Jana has been utilizing Facebook as a marketing tool and is encouraged by the results, “When I look at our Facebook hits and link between our website and other social media sites, I am 100% convinced that it plays the biggest role in terms of marketing.”
Jana also says that she often receives compliments on the website, and attributes the fact that the Slipperfields social media is linked to the website as a contributing factor to the appeal, as content is always fresh and relevant, “We constantly update photos and promos on our facebook page. Social media is part of everyday life, and we aim to give daily snippets of info to prospective clients.”
With 75% of clients finding Slipperfields through the internet, it is no wonder that this business has placed emphasis on their online marketing. They have realized that they need to take control of their online presence and ensure that they are available on social networks to interact with clients as well as reach new customers.
We encourage our clients to be proactive about marketing their services or products online. The first step to creating an online presence is to launch a website. Media Axis will provide advice and assist you in establishing a website that will best suit your needs and budget. We believe that the sooner your business enters the online environment, the better - and the wonderful thing is that as your company grows and evolves, your website can too.
View the Slipperfields website here>
Visit the Slipperfields Facebook page here>
Local Driver Service takes Social Media Seriously
When Home James Home, a Port Elizabeth-based private chauffer service (offering clients a safe alternative to getting home after a night out), launched their business, they incorporated an online media plan from the start.
A good website was critical to the business moving forward and engaging with potential clients, it had to communicate well and look great, as well as provide clients with a simple way to sign up online. Media Axis designed and developed the website for Home James Home.
Once the website was live, Home James Home began actively promoting their services and immediately launched a strategic Facebook marketing campaign. And it has paid off.
On their sign-up form, they ask client to mention how they found out about the company, here are their most recent statistics:
28% - direct Facebook notifications on their own or a friend’s page
5% - paid Facebook ads
11% - from friends who are members (might be indirectly from Facebook)
30% - didn’t fill in this section, so unknown (again, some of these could be Facebook)
26% - other
“The first 28% were important to get the business going initially. This was a much bigger percentage of the total members in the first few months”, said Sue, who has been actively involved in driving the brand forward on Facebook.
We are encouraged to receive this feedback from our clients and to find out that the website that we created for them has been integral to their success. Home James Home has been consistent about their Facebook activity, and have realised the potential of it as a marketing tool. Their posts have been useful and have provided potential clients with information worth sharing. Click here to visit the their facebook page.
If you would like to find out more about using social media as part of your marketing strategy, please get in touch. We offer clients a range of services in this regard, from setting up websites and tools for you to use yourself, to assisting with strategic campaigns.
As well as building websites, we also host them. In case you didn’t know, Media Axis provides a website and email hosting service. Hosting with us is simple, affordable, and you can be assured that we are always a phone call away to assist with any of your hosting-related queries.
If your business does not yet have it’s own domain name, let us help you make this happen. Even if you are not quite ready for a website, we can secure your domain and set up and host your company’s email accounts, (eg: info@company.co.za). It always looks a bit more professional to provide clients with a custom email address.
It’s simple, just get in touch and we will help you to get going with your own company domain name. Email hosting from R20 per month.
In our industry, we have to be willing to embrace change. The online environment has evolved into a vastly different place to what it was five years ago - and this excities us. It also inspires us to keep learning, to keep our eyes open to new trends and ideas and to keep our clients informed about the most effective and most cost-effective ways to promote their brands, service or products online as well as offline.
We look forward to using our new website (along with social media) to inform and interact with our online visitors.
Thank you for taking a look. You can also follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
THE MEDIA AXIS TEAM
We enjoyed this recent article about why it’s important for your business to have an online presence in the South African context. Read the article here >
(Article by Entrepreneur Magazine South Africa).
