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43 Constitution Street,

Edinburgh.

EH6 7BG

Our Credentials

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Contents

Who we are ................................................................................................................................................................................ 3

How we work ............................................................................................................................................................................ 4

What we offer ............................................................................................................................................................................ 5

Web design & development ............................................................................................................................................ 5

eCommerce ............................................................................................................................................................................ 5

Digital marketing strategies ........................................................................................................................................... 6

Email marketing .................................................................................................................................................................. 6

Case studies ................................................................................................................................................................................ 7

Aberdeenshire Council ..................................................................................................................................................... 7

YMCA ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 7

Talk to us ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 8

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Who we are

Crush is an independent, experienced digital agency. We are an in-house team of designers,

developers and marketers who are driven by our passion for the web and the endless possibilities it

offers.

We appreciate that not everyone is a digital specialist, so we won’t bamboozle you with technical

jargon and unnecessary phrases. Suffice to say, we’ll help you understand the web and what you

want from it, before creating a focused, innovative solution to meet your every need.

We first began trading over ten years ago but we still haven’t lost our shine. With a central office in

Edinburgh and offshore development in Poland, we’ve grown massively since our founding and

picked up a strong client base in Scotland, London and Europe.

We understand the web and we understand our clients’ needs; so together we can create dazzling

ideas that will maximise your presence online.

With our broad reaching experience and endless enthusiasm, we able to flexibly adapt to your

plans, be it website development, content management systems, e-commerce or e-bookings

systems, or online marketing.

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How we work

We can take your project from start to finish and produce it all through our in-house experts.

From research and planning to integration and testing to client training and launch, we’ll be with

you all the way, offering the best technologies to make things work without a glitch.

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What we offer

Web design & development

We’re not just about designing pretty interfaces.

As your developer, our task to capture your audiences’ attention no matter what platform they’re

using. To do this, we’ll examine your target market and what gets them excited then reinterpret it

on your site. We aim to create a user-friendly experience through easy navigation and a functional

layout. To top it off, we’ll add colour, branding and images for that extra sparkle.

Our technical wizards are specialists in PHP/MySQL, including the fantastic Codeigniter

Framework. They’ve worked with numerous other coding languages, to create great sites and apps,

so can give you personal advice about which is the best language for your needs.

All our websites are managed through our hand-crafted content management system (CMS),

allowing us to create bespoke systems, individually tailored to each client. The CMS will give you

complete control over your site content – so if you have any breaking stories or new team

members, it’s easy to update the site and tell the world your news.

eCommerce

We’ve created some fantastic online shops in our time. From sales to conversions, check out

processes to payment integration, data analysis and customer engagement, our experience is

second to none.

Whether you’re a start-up merchant, looking to sell online, or a seasoned trader, looking to expand

your existing revenue, we can help you develop and implement an online shop or booking engine.

We’ll guide you throughout the process, from developing product categories to wording the call to

actions and we’ll show you how easy it is to use the system so you can run promotions or update

your products with minimum fuss.

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Digital marketing strategies

Our optimisation tools are designed to get your name on the web and traffic to your site – there’s no

point having a fantastic looking site if no-one’s going to visit!

Terms like ‘optimisation’, ‘tracking’ and ‘meta data’ sound complicated, but in reality, what we do is

pretty simple. Using methods like Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), Pay Per Click (PPC) and link

building, we marketing genii will increase your visibility online and increase the quality and

quantity of visitors to your site.

Our marketing strategists have years of experience in promoting websites – there’s nothing they

don’t understand about search engines. That’s why, when you create a marketing campaign with us,

they’ll dedicate themselves to serving you and getting the best results for your company.

We’ll provide you with detailed reports that show how effective your site is and give you basic

training so you understand how our services benefit your business.

Email marketing

Our email marketing package can be as simple or as complex as you like. We provide one-off

customised templates, so you can easily create and send client newsletters; but we also provide full

automated solutions that allow in depth analysis of client email campaigns.

Email marketing is an essential form of communication – it allows you to contact new and existing

clients on a regular basis and keep them up to date with developments in your services and

products. It can exist as a standalone package, or you can combine it with our other marketing

services.

We’ve made email marketing as easy and attractive as we can by creating our own unique

marketing tool. This allows us to manage campaigns for those clients who don’t want to do it

themselves, but it also means we can set up and train clients who want to manage it on their own.

Whether you want custom-made templates or an entire email strategy, our marketing team are

here to guide you through the process and show you how successful email marketing can be.

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Case studies

Aberdeenshire Council

Aberdeenshire Council asked us to create a bespoke events management system for their education

department. The department had no central, online way of co-ordinating their events so we devised

a dazzling online portal which they could use to book events and conferences. Because the council

are a government body, we had to instil a sense of professionalism that also reflected the council’s

identity.

The resulting interface is smart and easily navigated, suitable for staff with little experience of the

web to use. It supports the back-end processes for online booking and information, from which

council admin can export relevant conference data and

keep their delegates up to date with details of the events.

YMCA

YMCA Scotland has been online for years, but few people realised and those that did weren’t overly

excited by the site. So, they asked us to redesign and develop the site, to better reflect their position

as a leading youth work organisation.

The development was extensive and involved adding extra functionality such as an eCommerce

shop, donation links, members’ area and synching with Facebook, Twitter and other social network

sites. We also redesigned their back-end, which has given staff at YMCA more control over the

website, allowing them to easily update the site with news and events.

YMCA was a great case to work on, because it targets so many levels; from young people

themselves, to local authorities and policy makers. It had our team scratching their heads for a

while, but the resulting site reflects the charity’s wide

market whilst maintaining their key message.

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Talk to us

So you know what we do and how we work, now meet the team...

RAFAEL is the founder and Director of

Crush. A highly experience business manager,

he’s got a good nose for sniffing out the most

innovative solutions in digital technology.

GRANT (BSc) is our Senior Account

Manager. A seasoned professional in the

digital and design industry, he acts as an

extension of our clients within Crush to make

sure we deliver beyond their expectations.

VICTORIA (MSc, BA (Hons)) fronts our

Business Development. Her background in

marketing and offline PR means she brings a

variety of copy writing and verbally creative

skills to the team.

SCOTT is the Online Marketing Strategist

and AdWords professional. He knows what’s

hot and what’s not when it comes to SEO and

PPC and isn’t afraid to get his hands dirty

with complex marketing strategies.

CHRIS is our Systems Administrator. With

over ten years experience developing web

applications, he’s our key man when it comes

to problem solving and a gold mine of

information on existing web technologies.

ANDY (BDes (Hons)) is our Senior Designer.

The combination of product design degree

and activity in the projects development

community has honed his creative skills to

perfection – he’s never stuck for ideas!

LUKASZ is our Lead Developer. Having

worked for companies throughout Europe,

he’s an experienced programmer who thrives

on tight schedule and complex codes.

TOMASZ is our Junior Developer. He has

worked on a wide variety of complex projects.

Using cutting edge web solutions, he skilfully

creates fast, optimised code for a great user

experience.

Like what you see? Want to talk your ideas over further? Email Victoria or if you prefer snail mail,

write to us at Crush Digital, 43 Constitution Street, Edinburgh EH6 7BG.1

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