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Sponsor Our Marathon Man

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:38:36 GMT

Ph. Creative’s very own Paula Radcliffe will be running the Virgin London Marathon this year, raising money for the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation. Steve Smith, Creative Director, is running the 26 long, hard miles for the second time because he loved it so much last year, calling it ‘the best day of my life!’

Business Doctors to Go Global

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:39:28 GMT

The UK’s leading business consultancy, Business Doctors, has launched five new websites with five more expected next week. The company have been working with Ph. Creative for three months after deciding that they wanted to improve their online presence and offer each of their franchisees their own personal website.

My Networking PA Goes Live

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:16:29 GMT

The brand new website for business networking site, My Networking PA, has gone live today. The revolutionary new site features bespoke web development which brings networking events from all over the UK together in one place.

Liverpool LINk Goes Live

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:19:11 GMT

The brand new website of Liverpool LINk, hosted by Liverpool Charity & Voluntary Services (LCVS) has recently gone live and is now reaching more people than ever before. The Liverpool Local Involvement Network (LINk) aims to give the people of Liverpool a stronger voice in how their health and social care services are delivered.

Ph. Creative gets a Makeover

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:37:04 GMT

Ph. Creative has given their Liverpool office a complete makeover in time for the New Year. Last weekend some members of the team gave up their time to remove old furniture, re-locate the computers and build desks.

New York Beckons Again

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:07:43 GMT

Bryan Adams, MD of Ph. Creative, has jetted out to New York once again after a series of successful meetings last month. During his week in the Big Apple in November, Bryan experienced many more opportunities than he expected and he is now keen to spend more time there.

Double Celebration for Chameleon Bar

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:08:08 GMT

Popular Liverpool bar, Chameleon, will be celebrating their first birthday and the launch of their brand new website with an exclusive party next week. The popular Colquitt Street bar has attracted a wide audience within its first year of business with students and local business people alike all enjoying the fantastic cocktails, amazing décor and live music.

Liverpool Tennis Tournament 2010 Goes Live

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:17:42 GMT

Liverpool’s International Tennis Tournament has launched a brand new website ahead of the event which takes place next year. Keen tennis fans will be able to buy tickets and businesses can explore sponsorship and hospitality options.

SK Events Online Showcase

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:21:38 GMT

Liverpool’s leading event management company, SK Events has collaborated with Ph. Creative to launch their brand new website.

Tennis Tournament given Online Boost

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:05:09 GMT

The NRP Rubik Nordic Masters has just launched a brand new website which offers tennis fans all the news and fixtures from the tournament, which takes place in Oslo from the 18^th – 19^th December.

Ph. in Search for Entrepreneur of Tomorrow

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:58:26 GMT

Potential entrepreneurs at Broadgreen High School have been given the opportunity to have their business ideas backed by a top Liverpool internet marketing company. Google Dave, Director at Ph. Creative, visited students and encouraged them to start thinking of an original business idea which they will present ‘Dragon’s Den’ style next week.

The Liner goes Live

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:58:19 GMT

The Liner Hotel, Liverpool, has launched its brand new website which will allow visitors to book rooms online for the first time. The hotel recruited the services of the Ph. Creative team to help them tap into the online market.

Apple ask Ph Creative to talk about Social Media

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:13:52 GMT

Ph client on Dragon's Den

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:37:48 GMT

Ph.Creative client Germ Warfare is our second client to take on the Dragons and they’ve got the longest feature slot of the entire 7 series of Dragons Den! Which is no wonder considering their amazing swine flu killing products.

Win A Multimedia Patio Heater - As Seen On Dragons Den!

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:22:21 GMT

Bryan Adams becomes a FAN of RBS

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:55:42 GMT

To launch the first in a series of networking events, RBS has asked Bryan Adams, Ph.Creative’s very own Internet marketing genius to be the guest speaker on the night and deliver a talk exploring the benefits of networking as a great tool for both business and personal development.

Ph.Creative to launch London and Manchester office

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:17:47 GMT

Internet marketing agency Ph.Creative is continuing to buck the economic trend after revealing that it is opening two new offices in London and Manchester in the next two months.

Attracted, Captured, Engaged

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:19:18 GMT

Ph.Creative’s inaugural series of internet marketing seminars was launched last week at the BT Convention Centre in Liverpool. The focus of what has been planned as a national road show of events for 2009, the seminar explained to more than 100 representatives from across the North West how to generate more business using the internet with three simple, effective steps…Attract, Capture and Engage.

Striding Out

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:51:05 GMT

It’s been a busy start to the spring at Ph.Creative, with the sun shining bright MD, Bryan Adams and the team have been out basking in the light at various events around the city.

A Sugar Sweet Start for "Google Dave"

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:17:42 GMT

LDPBusiness

March 11th 2009

DAVE HAZLEHURST is a director at Liverpool internet marketing agency, Ph Creative. He lives in Wallasey with wife Ali and their two children, Louie, aged four, and Ellie, 21 months. This is an account of his day.

6am:Wake up to Clint Boon’s “White No Sugar”, and Louie has ended up in our bed. With Ali now in his, it’s like musical beds in our house. Need to get a move on as off to BNI (early morning networking group) breakfast meet.

6.45am:Enjoy network meet, where I am handed some referrals and receive some back, one interested in Pay Per Click advertising and one for a website – makes getting up early feel so worthwhile.

FREE Seminar 19th March

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 10:30:07 GMT

In Business, having an ACE up your sleeve will help lead you to sales.

In a game of cards, having the winning hand isn’t always possible but any decent sharp will tell you – Play the man not the cards. Strategy is everything, without it you’re relying on luck. And see the problem I have with luck is, luck runs out and usually just when you need it the most.

Playing business is a lot like playing cards. And yes I do think it’s a game. A game a strategy, chance opportunity and competition. Right now the competition is heating up – the game’s getting tougher so what are you doing to get organised enough to beat your competition?

PhCreative Expands it's Staff and Quality

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 11:25:28 GMT

February has been a time of expansion at Ph.Creative, in terms of both business and staff. Having kicked off the New Year with the acquisition of Be Visible, Ph.Creative has seen a rapid growth in the number of SEO and PPC related clients who themselves are more informed about these services and how they can benefit their business needs.

SINISTER developments at Liverpool PH.Creative!

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 09:51:43 GMT

Liverpool Daily Post February 11th 2009 SINISTER developments at Liverpool online marketing and brand design consultancy Ph Creative. Ph founder Bryan Adams clearly had the future in mind when he acquired search engine optimisation firm Be Visible and, with it, Dave Hazlehurst.

Smart-looking websites must be visible to target audience

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 09:46:16 GMT

Liverpool Daily Post February 12th 2009 In the last few weeks, more and more statistics have revealed a surge in people shopping and buying things on the internet. Big players such as Littlewoods, Argos and Tesco have seen the number of extra online shoppers increase by millions, but how is this affecting smaller businesses within Liverpool, and how does this change the way creative industries should be working?

Planning to BeVisible in 09

Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:04:55 GMT

Ph.Creative can now proudly announce the successful acquisition of search marketing company - BeVisible.

This decision to acquire this search marketing company sees Ph.Creative complete their ambitions of becoming a full service online marketing agency and a growing force to be reckoned with...

Ph.Creative plans rapid growth

Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:02:58 GMT

Internet marketing and brand design consultancy Ph.Creative is poised to announce new acquisitions in the New Year. The Liverpool-based agency has grown by 400 per cent in 2008 and managing director Bryan Adams predicts a doubling of growth in the first quarter of 2009.

The Rodney Street agency opened a Manhattan office in July and is continuing to expand its roster of clients on both sides of the Atlantic. Adams added that “2009 could put us in even better shape despite the downturn”.

The real 'colour of money'

Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:02:12 GMT

The art of creative networking is a skill that many people believe is one of the most important activities you need to grow your business or progress your career.

It’s been the same since time began but interestingly enough, the same can now be said online. Creative networking is 100% about forging new relationships and 100% not about selling – the biggest error most business owners can’t resist making in any industry, let alone the creative sector.

Online business development requires a huge shift in people focus and mindset but its simple – and no different to the golden rules of offline activities.

Proper creative networking is definitely not a natural thing. Some people do it naturally but very successful people do it on purpose. In the words of Paul Newman’s great Eddie Felson, “Pool excellence is not about excellent pool”.

People who get anything from conventional networking understand that it’s not about selling. Instead it is more about making connections and most of all about helping other people and taking the time to get to know them – thinking in terms of what other people need and what legitimately interests them. Only then can you expect to see a return from any sort of social investment of time and energy. “Human moves, kid. You study the watch…while I study you”.

There is no getting away from the fact that people are interested in themselves more than you. With this knowledge we can become better networkers both online and in person.

Try and introduce this theory to your clients within their online creative business objectives. Is it an art or is it a science?

We’re making the art of communication a science and it’s proving to be exact. We’re enjoying the rewards of helping clients inject the personal touch into an automated process.

Style alone is no longer good enough

Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:00:42 GMT

Ph Creative start all website and marketing initiatives by designing the business outcome not the look and feel. The web is so competitive now that the market finally insists on a return on investment.

The focus needs to be on the message a target audience is left with after experiencing your marketing material.

The design should only add to this message and not confuse things - but that’s the true challenge of marketing - where creativity meets business development. When it comes to marketing spend, the fear in small businesses has been borne from a lack of RIO.

This has traditionally been because designers design what the customer wants and asks for NOT what they actually need.

We have learned to coach business owners/ manages and educate them as what will work and what will not - it’s not down to personal taste and about the brand and what the audience will respond too.

Now is the time to spend more money on marketing - but on the right balance of form and function. This issue is still highly prevalent online with website design.

Companies ask for a website and that’s what they end up with - not an online marketing machine. We have learned the hard way years ago when we tried to just sell web design.

Today, Ph.Creative has gone to great lengths, including building a our content management system, called PhUse™ so we can ensure our clients get what they need to support their business online. We also follow our proven online marketing strategy called PhUse™ Formula to ensure our clients success.

Our process is prescriptive to find the We have seen our business evolve from a creative graphic design company to online business development agency. We still highly creative, however there is sound business reasoning behind the work we produce.

We have a website that is not the best example of creativity and design by far, however it looks how to looks due to carefully testing and measuring response. This site is now generating £000's a month without any human intervention.

That was the brief - not give me a website that looks good. The fact that customers are becoming more aware of what they want and the market is becoming more and more competitive is a wonderful thing. It means the bedroom graphic designer and web designers can no longer get away with delivering just 'creative design'.

ACME featured Ph.Creative

Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:59:14 GMT

Ph.Creative is a highly energised, innovative design and communications company based in Liverpool, Merseyside. With a team of Website Designers dedicated to producing creative, practical Web Design and Graphic Design. Ph.Creative has developed an innovative platform to launch businesses to the world wide web.

Headed by internet marketing entrepreneur Bryan Adams, Ph.Creative's 'PhUse™' technology marries a high-quality designed website with a revolutionary solution for e-marketing enabling you to leave your website to work for you.

Bryan explains: "Traditional web design companies gauge results on the volume of faceless traffic known as 'hits' delivered each month to a customers website. Who ever made money out of a 'hit'? A 'hit' in my estimation is a huge miss - a missed opportunity. It's not a popularity contest, your website is a powerful business marketing tool. Hits only become interesting to me when we know who they are and we also know they are interested in our product or service."

Ph.Creative's interactive website model can be applied to tailor to your business objective, providing and chasing leads.

"The best equivalent I can come up with is if a shop declared a 'fantastic days' trade because they had counted 2000 people stopping to look in the shop window. If you fail to engage any of your window shoppers what's the point? "We don't just build websites, we create online success. A vital part of any website is getting highly relevant visitors to your website."

Bryan developed PhUse™ after several years working in website design and having noticed that businesses were not utilising their websites to their best potential. Ph.Creative now train other web designers in the application of PhUse™ and pride themselves on their after-sales service, offering training to businesses in how to make the most of their website.

"Our approach has evolved over a number of frustrated years having unsuccessfully strived to exceed clients' expectations. By following the traditional process of just 'visually stimulating' web design we found it impossible to excite and delight our clients. In the search for 'raving fans' we had to change our approach. Now we simply concentrate on making our clients' websites fulfil their business objective. Website design should be all about lead generation and results. For us, the 'hits generation' has long gone."

Please click on the link to see the original article: http://www.merseysideacme.com/external/featuredbusiness.asp?business=48

First Class Training from Elite

Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:56:50 GMT

Elite Fitness Consultants, one of the UK most recognised personal fitness training companies, is now expanding, thanks to its new website.

Lewis Bailey, Director of Elite Fitness Consultants, was impressed with the quality of his new website and the Design. He also appreciated the constant support of Ph.Creative team throughout the process. He said: “Ph.Creative provides an exceptional service from start to finish. The team are highly efficient and delivered a first class website for my company! Not only was my website live within six weeks but the expert IT marketing strategies provided my business with a huge advantage over our main competitors.”

Richard Jackson, designer for the project commented “Working on this project was great. Elite told us specifically what was expected and required from the site and I’m pleased to say we delivered. The site looks great but most of all it’s a fully functional business tool allowing Elite to begin to develop a database of fitness trainers throughout the area. The objective was to create a site that users can interact with by booking trainers and become a trainer. We definitely achieved this with a contemporary look and feel and fantastic imagery. ”

The satisfaction of the client is a priority in Ph.Creative and on-going trainings are offered to the clients to guide them through the whole process and afterwards.

To know more about the company or to book a free trial session, visit their Elite Fitness Consultants website at www.elitefitnessconsultants.co.uk

PC Support Group celebrates!

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:16:22 GMT

On the 29th November The PC Support Group, the Merseyside based IT Support Company, celebrated its first year of national expansion with a fantastic comedy evening at Blue Bar on the Albert Dock in Liverpool...

Synergy PT – Kick Start Camp

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:19:23 GMT

Synergy PT’s new website coincides with the launch of their first franchise based on the Wirral...

Market your business

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:24:14 GMT

As many of my friends and contacts in business acknowledge, the marketing budget can be the first thing to be cut when times get tough. However, that’s not always the case, as our current growth proves.

Chameleon chooses Ph.Creative's colours

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:31:29 GMT

Ph.Creative secures a new contract with Chameleon, Liverpool’s next top night spot. Chameleon intends to establish itself as a chic and classy bar, offering an unique experience to its clientele.

Liverpool Design Symposium

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:29:02 GMT

On 23rd October 2008 at the prestigious St. George Hall's, the inaugural Liverpool Design Symposium will take place aiming to put the spotlight on the city’s creative talent in its Capital of Culture year.