NEWS: A recent testimonial ...

"We were very pleased with Mike and his team from start to finish.  Dealing with designing the company logo, copywriting, full design of the website, setting up of e-mail accounts and our Facebook Page.  They were very professional and patient and listened to every requirement that was needed.  I would definitely recommend Force 4 Computing Ltd to anyone in the future."

Brian Smith
Level 10 Building Contractors Ltd
www.level10buildingcontractors.co.uk

EVENT: South West Expo - Thursday 1st December 2016

We are exhibiting at this year's The South West Expo on Thursday 1^st December 2016 (10am -3pm) @ Ashton Court Mansion – Bristol, with over 900+ regional businesses.

This unique event is FREE TO ATTEND (with free parking) it is ideal for anyone thinking about starting a business or expanding their current business. With over 80+ Exhibitors, 5 Keynotes Speakers, 3 Workshops, Clinics, Funding Available, Networking and much more can you afford to miss out?

WHY YOU CAN NOT AFFORD TO MISS THIS EVENT: 

• Over 80 exhibitors
• Network with over 900+ regional businesses
• Be inspired by our 5 Keynote Speakers (UK's Leading Business Keynotes)
• Be informed by our 7 unique industry leading Workshops 
• Meet new contacts at our 3 speed networking sessions
• Meet prospects or clients in our dedicated WORKZONE with free Wi-Fi
• Benefit from the Slow Networking Opportunities
• A Delegate Goody Bag upon arrival with over £100 of business promotional offers.

Register your place today and meet new buyers, acquire new leads, generate new business, maximise your time.

Please visit http://www.southwestexpo.co.uk to find a complete Exhibitor list and the latest conference details and for information to help plan your show schedule and reserve your place.

NEW SERVICE: Mobile App Design & Creation

We've created a small website and demo app for the same fictitious business "F4 Pub".  Download it and see what extensive benefits it has to offer.  

Available (for free and no obligation) by scanning the QR code to the left, or Google Play for android:  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.force4computing.f4pub  and iTunes for Apple: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/f4-pub/id1131281127.   

The associated website is: http://www.f4pubdemo.co.uk. Please let us know what you think!

Once your app is created by Force4 and available for download on both Google Play store and ITunes, your business will have access to an intuitive online control panel to help manage the following:

Great App Features:

✔ Direct marketing with unlimited FREE Push messaging.

✔ Accept appointment/booking requests (with ability to integrate with your in house software).

✔ Geofencing (with optional iBeacon technology) to trigger communications based on your customers location.

✔ Customer referrals / incentives with personalised redeemable reward codes

Customers can scan loyalty QR codes to receive vouchers direct to their phone.

✔ The App is perfect for multi-outlet/location businesses (each can manage their own marketing).

✔ Easily updatable Gallery of images.

✔ Present clear information on Opening hours, location, directions, events, news, etc.

✔ Customers are encouraged to Share the App (with one click) via Social Media, with rewards for the sender and the recipient!

✔ Quickly generate positive online Reviews. The App can detect when a customer exits your business and requests that they leave a review for their experience (available with the iBeacon technology).

✔ Simple App Management - the Business is provided with their own online management console and to view Statistics on the use of the App. 

FACTS

Mobile Apps now account for more than half (52%) of all time spent on digital media.

Smartphone users spent 89% of their mobile media time using mobile apps.

The average time people spend on their apps has increased by 21% over the last year.

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NEW SERVICE: App creation

Exciting update for our new service of offering an app creation to customers! More details to follow next week for our demo model!...

RECENT PROJECT: Level 10 Building Contractors

F4 have recently completed a website project for a building firm in Long Ashton.  They’ve just gone live with a smart new fully responsive site that re-sizes to display correctly on all devices!  Take a look:

http://www.level10buildingcontractors.co.uk

 
The range of services delivered by F4 included:

• Domain registration and management
• Designing a new company logo for their website, business cards and stationery
• MS Hosted Exchange email services
• Web design and copywriting services
• Website UNIX hosting
• MS Word template creation for production of business documents
• New Facebook business page (https://www.facebook.com/level10buildersbristol)

 
If you’d like assistance with any of the above, please get in touch to discuss how we can help!
 

BNI Horizon national referral group

"It really is like having a sales force of over 20 people out there promoting your business” .....

Force 4 are part of "BNI Horizon" - a Bristol business networking group which meets for breakfast each Thursday morning.  Read more in the press coverage below.

If you would like to find out more about this successful national referrals-based organisation, pop along to one of our short meetings with no obligation.  Get in touch and we would be happy to organise this ...

http://www.southwestbusiness.co.uk/regions/bristol/networking-group-aims-to-help-members-win--700-000-of-business-06052016160910/

SERVICE: a Virtual Tour of your Business: Google 360° Photography

Google Maps Business view is an extension of Street View. 

📷Using Street View technology, it allows online users to take a 360° virtual tour around your business, any time of the day. Premium imagery can be added to your presence in Google Seacrh results, Google Maps and Google +. Link it to your website, share it on your social sites.

Please see the following link below for a recent virtual tour completed for a website we manage for Clevedon Kitchens: http://www.clevedonkitchens.com/html/the_showroom.html

💬 Get in touch to use this service, provided via a Google Business View Trusted Photographer.

Video: from some Business View Customers: https://youtu.be/77kjssLqOYo

EXCITING NEWS - New Mobile App Service!

....Force 4 now offer businesses the design, creation and management of mobile applications, for both the Apple and Android platforms, with sophisticated functionality. This service is open to any business, (we do not need to manage your desktop website to offer a bespoke app), this is also alongside F4's other services. Watch this space for more info ...

New Year, New Look?

F4 can create a great new website design for you or alternatively work with your existing brand, colour scheme and logo to produce a fresh new look for your business....

We've been creating websites for a long time now. We know what works and what doesn't. We've been advising clients over the years to avoid the SEO tricks so often promoted for (guaranteed!) quick wins and we've been proved right time and time again. You just can't beat a well built site, great content with targeted keywords and phrases all complemented by a sensible ongoing strategy to promote your site. The basics are simple, the skill is getting it right.

From desktop to mobile sites, let us design for you.

Get in touch - 01934 830679.

Save Money & Steal the Lead on your Competition!

With 1st Class postage at 62p a time, email newsletters are considerably cheaper than traditional mail!  You don’t have to deal with printing or postage and you can include links directly to other components of your web presence.

What F4 can do for you:

• Custom sign-up - We can create a custom sign-up form and fields to add to your website,  or we can import your contact lists from external databases.

Business Networking Breakfast - Next Thursday - 25th June

We are members of a very successful business breakfast group (and have been for the last ten years, so we can say that from personal experience) There are several business categories that would really benefit from joining our group.

We would like to hear from any business that would be interested in our BNI (Business Network International) Visitor Day meeting on Thursday 25th June where you will be warmly welcomed by the group members. This meeting kicks off at 6:45 a.m. ends at 9:00am and includes either a cooked full English Breakfast or a continental breakfast, at a cost of just £10.00 per person. If you have not heard of BNI before and you would like some more information, then you really need to attend!

Recent project in aid of Penny Brohn Cancer Care

For final year Fashion and Textile students at Somerset College of Arts and Technology, the annual fashion show was their highlight of the year. When the college pulled out of organising the 2015 show in London, they decided to organise it themselves with help from local companies such as Force 4 Computing!

Recent Project - Mendip Spring Golf Club

Mendip Spring Golf & Country Club,
Congresbury, Bristol

http://www.mendipspringgolfclub.com/

A complete, new, 38 page, fresh full-screen website -

• New copywriting 
• New photography with multiple slideshows
• Integrated blog and tee-off booking system, linked to a content management system.