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Moving Forward – A Business Perspective

At Tad Web we have recently sat down with our business advisors to plan the next 5 and 10 years of the company moving forward, where we aim to be at that point, turnover, profit, staffing, the works. It has led to some big changes here.

The major change is that Peter Calvert, a director of the company and minor shareholder, felt that this new direction was not right for him and an opportunity to move on appeared that he felt was right. At Tad Web a big part of our culture is to develop people so they can achieve their own ambitions and goals in the same way that we aim to help our clients develop their own dreams and ambitions. So Peter moves on with the best wishes of all at Tad Web and has an agreement with the Managing Director to buy him out. We’re sure Peter will be a big success in his new role at Mabo Media and that the move is right for everyone concerned.

That leaves our Managing Director with sole responsibility for growth and he aims to continue with the growth plans creating jobs, partnership opportunities, delivering clients’ dreams and being part of a group of companies putting Teesside on the map as THE place for digital innovation and services.

Initially we have shrunk by 1 with Peter going at the end of May but already have 2 recruits lined up to start very soon (more details when contracts and start dates are in black and white), a move to much better business accommodation at Commerce House in Middlesbrough, a Finance Director in place, a new salary structure and some very exciting projects in the pipeline. The aim is to grow year on year.

Change can be difficult but we believe that there’s no such thing as standing still in business, if you try to stand still you simply fall behind the pack. We will be recruiting again in 2019 and looking for talented staff who want to be a part of a growing team and fit our culture, if that sounds like you, even if you are still at University, get in touch.

 

Squegg branding

Our Partner: Squegg

For this part of our Partners series, we caught up with Ben Sanson of Stockton-based brand consultants and design agency, Squegg.

We at Tad Web Solutions work closely with the local company on a number of projects. This includes our very own recent rebrand. We’ve had a great response so far, with great credit given to Squegg.

Who are Squegg?

Squegg are a brand agency from the North East of England, with locations in Stockton-on-Tees and North Yorkshire. Owned and operated by Creative Director, Ben Sanson, Squegg specialise in raising the perception of your brand. They help improve performance and increase profits through successful branding, graphic design and print management.

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Ben Sanson also operates as an interim creative director, where he works closely with your team, in your business, offering his creative skill set.

Speaking with Ben, he explains that the company “help build and establish your brand to attract and retain customers, ensuring you differentiate yourself from the competition.”, which is something we at Tad Web Solutions can certainly vouch for.

Tad Web Solutions branding pre-October 2016.
Tad Web Solutions branding pre-2016
Tad Web Solutions branding as of October 2016.
Tad Web Solutions branding as of October 2016 by Squegg

We work with a variety of clients, ranging from sole traders to SME’s to large privately owned businesses, as well as with other creative and marketing agencies on a project basis.

Not only do the design agency claim to be a great Teesside design agency, they can also back it up.

Squegg’s design was strong and creative and the whole package of branding and marketing was more than I could have hoped for. If you are rebranding or know someone that is over due a business facelift then I would not look past Squegg. – Russell Sawdon, BNI Durham & Teesside

I would recommend Squegg as an agency who are not only creative geniuses, but as an agency who are prepared to go the extra mile to keep their customers happy. – Catherine Scott, Catherine Scott Tax Consultancy

How do we collaborate?

Our team often collaborate on a number of projects. These can consist of working with startups to deliver a branding package and accompanying web solution, to designing detailed wireframes and user interfaces (UI) for the websites and online software that we then develop for clients.

You can find out more about Squegg, view samples of their work and commission them for your next project by visiting their website: http://www.squegg.co.uk

Mabo Media Guisborough

Our Partner: Mabo Media

This is a first in a series of posts we at Tad Web Solutions will be publishing around our working partners. We pride ourselves on transparency and quality, therefore we select our local partners very carefully. It’s because of the strong working relationships that we build, we’re able to provide turnkey solutions to our clients, all managed by Tad Web Solutions.

Meet Mabo Media

Mabo Media are a Google Premier Partner and a company that specialise in Pay-Per-Click (PPC) marketing with two offices in Teesside, one in Middlesbrough and one in Guisborough. The team at Mabo form one of the UK’s leading providers of paid search and PPC management and are experts at what they do. Their case studies speak for themselves.

The company mission? Simple.

We’re proud northerners looking to dominate the UK’s PPC industry.

We’ve had the pleasure to collaborate with team Mabo on a number of projects, with one of our most recent projects being the design of their own company website. We consistently find their team a pleasure to work with, and by both having offices in the same building – Boho Five in Middlesbrough – we’re able to easily collaborate and work on solving client problems as quickly and efficiently as possible.

Meet the M.D.

For this post, we spoke with Mabo Media’s Founder and Managing Director, Lee Mableson.Lee Mableson, M.D. of Mabo Media

At Mabo Media, we specialise in paid search management across all major search engines, social media platforms and comparison search sites. The service we deliver is designed to yield the greatest return for our advertisers spend. We do this with years of combined experience and knowledge, purpose built tools, automation and a genuine want to make a difference for the clients we represent. We work predominantly with national eCommerce businesses as this is where our real value is felt but of course also manage lead generation-based paid search campaigns.

What They’ve Done

Since forming in 2013, the firm have gone on to work with industry leaders. Clients include those in the interior design, automotive and fashion and retail sectors. Their work with leading online tyres company, CarTyres.com, yielded a 3000% increase in transactions, with 1500% traffic growth. Seriously impressive.

Mabo Media Pay Per Click ROI

Their work with the company gained them the following review from CarTyres M.D. Chris Grant:

I cannot recommend them [Mabo Media] highly enough. The Mabo approach to PPC channels is intuitive and graft based, never any short cuts and never any auto bids or usual excuses from an Agency pertaining to be the best “Google partners” etc etc…

I trust them with > £1m budget – I don’t do it without careful consideration, and have never been let down.

But that’s not all. You can read more rave reviews on Mabo via Reviews.co.uk.

To find out more about the great team at Mabo Media, visit their website: http://www.mabo.co.uk