April was a very productive month here at Masters Allen, I think we were all ready for the bank holiday!! Take a look at some of the sites we launched: We helped Red 21, one of our long term clients, relaunch their webstore using Magento ecommerce. The site offers an extensive catalogue of luxury gifts, [...]

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Masters Allen has created an iPhone app for LED lighting company QE Global, aimed specifically at business. The app is a useful sales aid and allows the user to instantly calculate the benefits of LED lighting. The Agency, which is responsible for all QE Global marketing was commissioned to create a sales aid and information [...]

We thought that this was an interesting approach to the explaination of the concept of long tail in Search Engine Optimisation: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/businessclub/8279634/Keyword-research-the-basics.html This is a particularly important concept to small business owners, where focussing SEO efforts into a niche will quite often be the only viable option for successful rank positioning of their pages. Enjoy!

Masters Allen have been very busy launching some new sites, take a look: www.acpltd.co.uk Advanced Communications Projects are specialists in radio communications. Their site is clean and clear and provides any prospective customer with a clear indication of what they do and the sectors they cover through a rotating image gallery and supporting text. www.blyth-richmond.co.uk [...]

Christmas is almost upon us and to coincide with the festivities, Leicestershire based creative design and marketing agency Masters Allen have created the identity for this year’s Cinderella pantomime at the Loughborough Town Hall. Loughborough Town Hall offers a fantastic array of shows throughout the year to a diverse audience. Their annual Christmas pantomime is [...]

Leicestershire based creative design and marketing agency Masters Allen have designed and created the portfolio based website for Three Point Design. Three Point Design are based in Leicester with clients scanning the length and breadth of the country. The team wanted to show their commitment to their work and also highlight the brand awareness for [...]

Even though the nights are getting darker and colder we are trying to keep things cheery in Masters Allen by brightening the place up. We are very fortunate to work in a lovely setting here at Swithland Hall but wanted to add some additional creative stimulus for ourselves and visiting clients. With that in mind [...]

Christmas has come early. To coincide with Masters Allen creating the identity for this years Cinderella panto at the Loughborough Town Hall, the team were involved in the photo shoot for the panto promotional pictures. We met the full cast including Cinderella, Prince Charming, the Fairy Godmother and the Ugly Sister Halitosia, played by Martin [...]

Although it is a bit of an old one now, it’s always a useful reminder of where the clicks are going on that all important first page in Google. Enjoy!