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Web Design, SEO and Internet Marketing Services in Derby

The Internet has revolutionised the way we find information, the way we shop, the way we socialise and the way we do business - over 60% of people in the UK now go online every single day, online sales now account for over 10% of the UKs GDP and the dramatic growth of smart phones and tablets are leading to incredible growth in mobile internet use.

Yet most small to medium sized businesses either have ineffective websites, or no website at all! In fact,

Over 98% of businesses are not taking full advantage of their online opportunities!

Whether you want to get your first website, or have a website already and want to get better results, or sell online with an effective e-commerce website, we can help.

Which best describes you?

3 critical success factors to building an online business you can be proud of...

5 questions you MUST ask before you spend a penny on your new website...

I have a website - but I want more enquiries!

Here are the 6 biggest reasons why your website isn’t working...

5 things we've learnt about business websites

Since 2004 we have worked with over 700 business owners to get more new enquiries, increase their sales and improve the image of their companies online. We like to think we've learnt a thing or two over that time!:

First impressions count - our design team can give you a fantastic looking website tailor made to your business.
The way the text is written makes a big difference - our copywriters can produce well written, customer focussed and search engine friendly copy to convince your customers that you are the right company for them.
Why have a website if it can’t be found? We have a team of experts who can help your website get above your competitors in Googles search results - as well as promote you in Yahoo, Bing, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and LinkedIn.
Websites go out of date quickly - Our unique, flexible content management system JDR Enterprise allows you access to your own website and makes it easy for someone with only basic computer skills to update the text and pictures, and even add and delete pages.
Online sales websites don’t always work! Just creating an online shop is not enough to give you a flood of orders - the right design, functionality and ongoing management and optimisation are critical to making your online business a success.

Choosing the right company to create or promote your website, mobile website or mobile app is an important decision and we have designed this website to give you information to help you make informed choices. You can see lots of examples of websites we have worked on, testimonials from other business owners who have made the decision to work with us, useful articles and information about the full range of services we can provide, and more articles by Will Williamson.

You can also subscribe to our Digital Prosperity Blog for email alerts of all our latest articles and offers, and subscribe to the 'Your Business Coach' Podcast with David Roberts - a free weekly business coaching show.

Articles and Information

Outsourcing social media marketing

Effective social media marketing benefits your business in a number of ways:

It boosts your search engine rankings
It helps you build relationships with existing customers ......

What Makes JDR Different To Any Other SEO Company?

Companies and individuals that offer search engine optimisation, or ‘SEO’ are no longer a rarity – most small and medium-sized businesses receive regular calls from companies offering to ‘get them to the first page of Google’ ......

JDR One-day marketing workshop

On Thursday 31st May we held our second ‘One day marketing workshop’, a free quarterly event for clients to help you increase your enquiries and sales from your online and offline marketing.

The next event will be at the end of August – dates will be announced soon, until then here is a run-down of what we covered in May:

How to get Google reviews for your local SEO

The internet has made it easier and easier for consumers to get information about products and services – not just from the companies that supply those products and services, but from people that have actually purchased them.

Reviews are a growing and important part of our digital lives, and as a business owner it is important to be aware of this fact, and be proactive about it now.

SEO for E-commerce Websites

Search engine optimisation for E-commerce websites is different to SEO for simple ‘brochure’ style websites. E-commerce websites often have a complex site architecture with hundreds, thousands, even hundreds of thousands of product pages all with unique URLs.

JDR Group – Digital Marketing Agency

Since 2004, JDR have worked with over a thousand business owners to improve their marketing - both online and offline. From our beginnings as a marketing and business coaching organisation, since 2007 we have evolved to become a digital marketing agency with a team of in-house online marketing professionals.

Web Hosting Services Explained

Business owners often ask what the difference is between paying £5, £50 or £500 a year for web hosting. Why the difference in cost? Think about when you buy a new computer – the laptops with more hard drive space and faster processing power cost more.

Link Building Services in Derby

Link building is a critical part of search engine optimisation. Basic ‘SEO’ services are common – most web design companies (but by no means ALL) offer a basic level of search engine optimisation and will talk to their clients about the importance of being on the first page of Google. Yet basic SEO is not enough without link building...

Using SEO for online reputation management

What do your Google results say about your business? If you search for your business, are the results good or bad?

Your potential new customers, employees and even suppliers WILL Google you to find out about you. And remember, you only get one chance to make a first impression. When you search for your business your website should come up first (if not you need to do some serious SEO work). But below that, do you have the following?

Why Use A Social Media Agency?

Social Media has become a significant part of modern society, becoming the number one activity on the internet, changing the way we communicate, even bringing down governments.

Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube are now huge billion-dollar companies. And it doesn’t stop there - Foursquare, Pinterest and Google Plus are all growing fast too. Most business owners are unsure how to use these sites, so here are 6 essential activities for your social media marketing:

7 Questions to ask when choosing an SEO company

Deciding whether to work with an SEO company can be a tough decision – search engine optimisation is an ‘invisible’ product and sometimes different companies say different things which can be confusing. So how do you choose? Here are 7 questions you can ask your SEO company before going forward and starting your campaign:

How to keep your website fresh and up to date

When we introduced JDR Enterprise (the content management system which allows you to edit your website) we knew it was important that business owners could easily update the content of their websites.

One of the most common things I hear from business owners when I talk about content management (the ability to update your own website) is ‘but our business never changes!’....

How to get to Page 1 of Google

Most business owners get contacted regularly by companies offering to 'get you to the first page of Google'. But surely they can't all be right can they? Not everyone can be on page one can they? The answer is 'no', not everyone can – but you can, and if you can be on the first page for the keywords which will bring you most business then you can expect your phone to be ringing and email enquiries to be flooding in. How do you do it?
There are three ways: ...

Local SEO – Benefits of Google Places

If your company mainly deals with customers from your local area, then you need to ask your search engine optimisation company about Google Places. Over 30% of all searches in Google have local intent – and for these searches Google is now showing Google Places, or Google Maps results ahead of the organic search results. From an SEO perspective, Google Places uses a different algorithm to Google’s usual results and if you want to be ahead of the competition, you need a company that can get you found...