Bigger Picture. Web design, Ireland. We offer the expertise and track record to help grow your business online in a cost-effective manner. Photograph by James Burke at bigger picture web

~ effective web design with photography to help you grow your business ~

Bigger Picture Website Design Services
effective web design to help you grow your business

"one of your better decisions"

Bigger Picture offers commercial photography, website design and website makeovers designed to grow your business

Gold medal photgraphyGold medal photography

IPF Gold medal photography included in our website & photo packages

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BACKGROUND

A Passion for Quality in
Websites & Photography

These days, almost everyone can produce pretty good digital photographs. What is much more difficult is producing consistently high-quality work for a commercial context. When you combine real world web savvy with great photos, your website visitors will dwell on your site for much longer.

September 2007: Photography for Failte Ireland, Ducketts Grove Gardens restoration, by Bigger Picture Photo

Commissioned photography for Failte Ireland / Carlow County Council / Carlow Tourism: Ducketts Grove gardens restoration project, by Bigger Picture Photo

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TESTIMONIAL

"The website generates a lot of enquiries and sales - and receives many compliments for it's simple navigation structure" Vincent Tully, MD, OutdoorFun Leisure Toys, Co Carlow

 

Sample PDF brochure for Garrison House self-catering houses, bar & restaurant. High quality Bigger Picture Web photography can be used for your website & company newsletter. I can create PDFs with photographs, for your customers to download from your website (or you can email them out on request). They are more likely to remember you if they have a hard copy in front of them and they will be making choices from your services.

Sample PDF brochure for Garrison House self-catering houses, bar & restaurant. High quality Bigger Picture Web photography can be used for your website & company newsletter. I can create PDFs with photographs, for your customers to download from your website (or you can email them out on request). They are more likely to remember you if they have a hard copy in front of them and they will be making choices from your services. Download the brochure here

Get the web working for you with Bigger Picture

Joint Venture

Effective web design is a collaborative process (as you know far more about your business than we do). What we concentrate on is making your site very visible on the web and in developing reasons for visitors to come to you, rather than your competitors. (Remember, your competitors on the web are those who share your Search Engine ranking - not necessarily the local businesses you are familiar with).

At Bigger Picture, not only will you get an effective website with great photography, but you'll also see your website become as much a part of your business as your telephone!

Web graphics: From your product photographs, I can make up web graphics like the one shown (a click-through). Retaining high image quality at smaller sizes is a specialist job - why not consult us for unrivalled expertise in all forms of image preparation?

Impressive portfolio

You'll see from my portfolio that I design sites for real, commercial businesses. I don't have a Business Studies Degree, but I do run a business. My clients tend to stay with me. You can talk to them about their reasons. Then contact me at Bigger Picture today. It could be one of your better business decisions.

photography and website packages

The importance of good images

Look through any local paper. All of us have seen the dreary product snaps, taken by the local press man on his (usually rainy) day off. What does that say to your customers? As Advertising guru David Ogilvy once said: "The consumer is not an idiot - she is your wife".

In contrast to many mushroom web companies, I offer top quality photography, combined with simple and effective web design to get your message across. When you combine good images with straightforward design, people spend longer on your site and this increases your chances of sales.

In Ireland, word gets around like in no other place. This can work to your advantage.

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Remember - Bigger Picture WEBSITE PACKAGES - include professional photography.

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Uniquely, Bigger Picture web sites include top quality gold medal professional photography, so all you need bring is your own ideas. To get a brochure-style website up and running costs less than you might imagine. Contact me for an estimate and see some examples below to get an idea of various styles available. Each design is unique to you.

Prices start from €900, (plus third-party domain name and hosting costs). You keep control of your hosting and name ownership if you sell the business at a later stage. Compared with rip-off local press adverts, having a good website means you'll reach more people and save money too. What could be better?

June 2008

Did you know that 83% of Irish internet users turn to search engines in order to track down information and services they want, compared to 48% a year ago! If you dont have an up to date website you are missing out on this potential business. source: Novara.ie

We can also upgrade websites, but this is subject to our ever-increasing workload! Please contact us for an estimate.

What you get:

  • Well-designed, dialup-friendly web pages with clear navigation.
  • Excellent professional photography included
  • Excellent graphics optimised for the web
  • All images optimised for the web
  • Alt text on images (for web search engines)
  • Links from my other websites for Search Engine Optimisation and improved Ranking
  • Site Meter (so you can see who has visited, search terms, location etc)
  • Support and editing before launch
  • Advice on subsequent web marketing
  • Good value, professional service with fast turnround time
  • Optional updates, charged per hour or as annual maintenance contract
  • Jargon-free communications that even an adult can understand
  • Bespoke training on request for getting the best out of your new web presence

TIPS:

What you should do after the website launch:

  • Include your new web address on all literature and as your email signature
  • Seek reciprocal and high quality links from other relevant & prominent websites (no freebies or link farms).
  • Issue a press release to local press or trade press if you have a good story. Offline publicity is great for your website and comes back to haunt you
  • Update your site! - even small changes will make Google look favourably on your website and increase your rankings. No business stands still. As your business grows, your website should reflect your success. (We can keep your site updated on an hourly rate or by annual maintenance contract).

WE PRACTICE BEST PRACTICE:

You'll be relieved to know that we speak English, not Jargon and, unlike some web companies, we won't take advantage of your techno-innocence by trying to flog you a raft of unnecessary add-ons. Our low overheads mean less cost to you and, by doing updates as you need them, you can spread the total cost of your website.

After all, do unto others...

 

Bigger Picture Photo & Web Design - Ireland
Tel +353 (0)59 97 26024
Mob +353 (0)86 8197455

EMAIL: info@biggerpictureweb.com

Established 1997

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Studio work: contemporary, bespoke jewellery product shots for Emma Jane Jewellery client: www.EJJEWELLERY.com

Testimonial:

"I was very pleased with the way my Crafts Council of Ireland portfolio looked...it wouldn't have looked half as good if it weren't for your brilliant photographs!" EJ Jewellery

 

 

CONTACT

Bigger Picture Photography & Web Design - Ireland
Tel +353 (0)59 97 26024
Mob +353 (0)86 8197455

EMAIL: info@biggerpictureweb.com

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~ Established 1997 ~

homepage | portfolio | web articles | search marketing | commercial work

 

CASE STUDY

Outdoor Fun Leisure Toys

Outdoor Fun Leisure Toys

Web design, photography, graphics, animated GIFs and more by Bigger Picture Web

Leading Irish outdoor leisure toy supplier, Outdoor Fun went for a rebranding and overhaul of their website. (They even got picked up by the Irish Times Christmas toy guide)

Outdoor Fun - website and rebranding by the Bigger Picture

TESTIMONIAL

"The website generates a lot of enquiries and sales - and receives many compliments for it's simple navigation structure" Vincent Tully, MD, Outdoor Fun Leisure Toys, Co Carlow

www.outdoorfun.ie

FS Equine - Corriebeg Stables, Bagenalstown


Case Study

Product photogaphy & website packages

stoneworld granite kitchen counter tops

Stoneworld supply granite and limestone kitchen counter tops and building stone such as door surrounds. They had a terrible website, which in no way reflected the quality of their service. We did a makeover on the site and continue to tweak the site for excellent search engine results. Extensive photo gallery on site, updated regularly.

Stoneworld images by the Bigger Picture

client: www.StoneWorld.ie

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For commercial photography, website packages to grow your business and results you can see, contact:

Bigger Picture Web
Doninga, Goresbridge,
Co Kilkenny, Ireland

Tel: +353 (0)59 97 26024
Mob +353 (0)86 8197455
www.biggerpictureweb.com

email: info@biggerpictureweb.com

 

 

CASE STUDY

Butler Court, Kilkenny's No.1 guesthouse

BUTLER COURT
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Top-rated accommodation provider in Kilkenny - Ireland's medieval city

www.butlercourt.com - Kilkenny's highly-rated (by Trip Advisor members) city-centre B&B in a peaceful courtyard setting.

Design, overall branding and all photography by Bigger Picture. Top rating by Google searches. Bucking the trend, the owners built extra accommodation in 2006 to cope with growing demand!

Butler Court - top-rated accommodation provider in Kilkenny.

See excellent live Rick Steve and Trip Advisor guest reviews on the site, which keep them consistently at the top of the highly competitive Kilkenny accommodation charts.

www.butlercourt.com

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Testimonial:

"I was very pleased with the way my portfolio looked...it wouldn't have looked half as good if it weren't for your brilliant photographs!" EJ Jewellery

 

CASE STUDY

Manor Stone Quarries, Natural Stone, Building Stone, Paving, Laois, BUILDING STONE, Paving, Chippings, Pebble, Cills, Heads, Cobble, Stringcourse, Quoins, Plinth, Wall Caps, Steps, Pier Caps, Arches, Granite Column, Brick, Hearths, Cladding, Grout and Adhesive, Roof Slates, Garden Furniture and Water Features, Chimney Caps, Outdoor Lighting, Coloured Stone, Coloured Pebble

Example of web search marketing for small businesses in Ireland:

After 11 years online, this successful Irish company had a Google Page Ranking of just 1 (!). A content-managed site such as this will not achieve high rankings with Google unless the managing web company take the trouble to optimise the Page Titles, Descriptions, Alt text on images and seek quality incoming links. These are the elements which Google looks for in ranking a website. Sadly for Irish businesses, this rarely occurs, leaving the website languishing on Page 2 or 3 of Google searches where few searchers venture (some 95% of searchers don't look beyond Page 1). Less sales leads and enquiries can make the difference between keeping afloat or going under in the harsh economic reality we all face.

Pay Per Click - why it doesn't pay

Pay Per Click (PPC) will only yield results while you continue to pay. If you stop, the adverts vanish. Even when the adverts appear, only 18% of searchers click on paid adverts. Many general searches are not done by potential customers but you still pay when they click.

The goal for a business website is to be listed on 'organic' or unpaid seaches. This is what we specialise in doing. It not only works, it works out cheaper than most PPC campaigns and your website stays up there with only minor tweaking each month. We don't waste your time* with Social Media campaigns which only work for transient, shallow advertising stunts. *We do however recommend YouTube for good incoming links which costs you nothing to set up.

What We Do

We optimise websites for organic results on Google by adding all the above elements, especially quality incoming links from our 3 established websites in Ireland and the UK, yielding fast and rapidly-rising page ranking on Google (which means more enquiries, more business opportunities and sales leads for our clients).

The Costs

A one-off optimisation of a medium-sized website costs less than 2 months average pay-per-click outlay and subsequent tweaks cost only €70 per hour, making this the most cost-effective marketing strategy open to Irish business today.

Manor Stone Quarries, Natural Stone, Building Stone, Paving, Laois, BUILDING STONE, Paving, Chippings, Pebble, Cills, Heads, Cobble, Stringcourse, Quoins, Plinth, Wall Caps, Steps, Pier Caps, Arches, Granite Column, Brick, Hearths, Cladding, Grout and Adhesive, Roof Slates, Garden Furniture and Water Features, Chimney Caps, Outdoor Lighting, Coloured Stone, Coloured Pebble

We are redesigning & optimising the Manor Stone website for Google searches: Manor Stone Quarries, Natural Stone, Building Stone, Paving, Laois, BUILDING STONE, Paving, Chippings, Pebble, Cills, Heads, Cobble, Stringcourse, Quoins, Plinth, Wall Caps, Steps, Pier Caps, Arches, Granite Column, Brick, Hearths, Cladding, Grout and Adhesive, Roof Slates, Garden Furniture and Water Features, Chimney Caps, Outdoor Lighting, Coloured Stone, Coloured Pebble

 

Did you know?

bigger picture websites with commercial photography

About your Web Competitors

The internet has changed everything. "Your competitors on the web are those who share or exceed your own web Search Engine Ranking (on google for example) - they are unlikely to be the traditional ones you are familiar with. You can learn from their web strategy to improve your own". Customers are prepared to source product online. Make sure you are there to meet them!

How Search Engines Rate You

"Major search engines constantly change their positioning algorithms, making search engine optimisation (SEO), the act of refining your website for the highest search placement against particular word or phrase searches, an ever-evolving and engaging task"! - Keywords alone will no longer get you high rankings.

Quotation source: www.praxisnow.ie

Take your website further!

It's not sufficient to have a good website - it has to feature in Search Engine results - preferably on page 1.

You'll benefit from our real-world internet marketing savvy when you commission Bigger Picture for your web presence.

Think Big - then think Bigger Picture!

THE WINNING FORMULA from BIGGER PICTURE

Gold medal product photography, combined with award-winning web design and a decade of web marketing savvy- designed to help GROW your business!

More Examples overleaf

Carlow floral Festival brochure photography

client: Carlow Tourism
www.CarlowFloralFestival.com

Carlow Garden Festival Trail 2008 - website design, additional photography, optimised web graphics, web promotion and more.

 

Decor Moulds website by Bigger Picture Web

DecorMoulds.com Based in Goresbridge, Co Kilkenny. Long established experts in plasterwork & GRP decorative moulding, including historical and architectural restoration projects. New website by Bigger Picture Web to reflect the range and scope of this famous company and to showcase their excellent workmanship.

 

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CASE STUDY

AGK Displays - website design by the Bigger Picture

AGK Displays offer parking and display solutions for car park developers and operators. Clients include LUAS Park n Ride and Dundrum Town Centre. Dublin Airport and more. Website design by Bigger Picture. Client-editable showcase for this booming business, based in Carlow Town.

 

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CASE STUDY

Garrison Waterside. Riverside, purpose-built self-catering houses, bar and restaurant in a picturesque village. Extensive website, branding and photography by Bigger Picture.

Garrison Waterside. Riverside, purpose-built self-catering houses, bar and restaurant in a picturesque village. Extensive website, branding and photography by Bigger Picture. An outstanding success story in this highly competitive market.

 

 

More Examples overleaf

 

Tourism Photography by the Bigger Picture

More Examples overleaf

 

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