a little about us
Why use Designers anyway?
Finding the right designer is more than just Googling. It is the start of a relationship, where we get to know your business and work with you to maximise the impact of your sales message.
Its importance is often underestimated, but good design can bring significant business benefits. • Increased sales of your products or services • Improved market position relative to your competitors • Greater customer loyalty and fewer customer complaints • A stronger identity for your business.
Evidence shows that using design improves business performance. A third of the UK’s fastest-growing businesses see design as integral or significant. Undervaluing the importance of design cause you to miss vital opportunities. Effective design gives customers a reason for buying from you and not from your competitors.
It’s a valuable source of differentiation - a well-designed product or service will stand out from the competition. Hive have been helping both small and large businesses to get the right message across for the last six years. We’re fast, friendly and good to deal with.
newsletters & publications
Regular newsletters help your business engage with staff and its customers. Annual Reports are a key opportunity to showcase the year’s achievements to your stakeholders.
Whether it’s a single side of A4 delivered as a PDF through to a 60 page printed book, these communiques are the documents read regularly by those with a vested interest in your organisation. And if you include case studies or showcase the achievements of your customers too what better way is there to show
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them how your business is looking to evangelise their own products and services? We can project manage the whole process, from copywriting through to photography all the way up to production and distribution - whether by mailing or electronic means.
brochures & support material You’ve got the appointment. You’ve been in, talked the talk and everything looks good. But when you leave - how does the prospect remember you? That’s where your brochure needs to do its job.
Your brochure is the document that pushes your brand values, sets the tone for how a relationship might develop, and ensures your prospect knows you have the services that meet their requirements. Whether a brief overview, or a full sales catalogue, your support material speaks volumes about your company.
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We can project manage the whole process, from copywriting through to photography all the way up to production, including getting digital versions to email or browser from your website.
corporate identity
Your logo is the main thing that identifies you in the minds of your prospects. It can convey your services, your brand values and through use of colour and shape can specifically attract your target market.
From single-person startup businesses to larger corporates, your corporate identity can play a key part in your sales and marketing strategy. In a crowded marketplace, a striking and well-thought-out logo can differentiate you from your competitors.
Our designers work with you to create an identity that maximises your brand awareness. On completion we then go that extra mile, supplying you with a digital logo pack which means you can implement the logo across all your templates and software easily, or of course we can handle that for you too!
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If you require it we can produce full brand guidelines, and even become “brand guardians� for you - making sure your marketing materials are consistently conveying the correct face of your brand. Call us on 01908 521269 to have an informal chat about what we can do for you.
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website and digital development Hive Creative is totally focused on developing media and digital applications which are designed specifically for our clients’ end users.
We appreciate the importance of interpreting ethos and brand values for a digital environment. Careful consideration of who uses the website ensures that we will strive to create the best “customer experience� possible. Translating business process onto the internet is now a crucial part of brand value.
With a dedicated and highly experienced in-house team we have the infrastructure, resource and expertise to deliver websites which are accessible, engaging, functional and creative. We work with you to integrate your online and offline marketing and pride ourselves on our accountability and success in meeting defined objectives.
Our simple and bespoke solutions allow sites to grow and add functionality without redevelopment when you are ready to move onto the next stage, allowing you to respond quickly to the changing needs of your customers and markets.
conference & event materials Conferences and corporate events may be the one opportunity where your workforce and suppliers are gathered together - or it may be the best opportunity to sell your services to a captive audience! How do you ensure that people come away from the event with your brand firmly in their mind?
* Personalised namebadges * Invitations * Menus and agendas * Direction signage * Workshop literature
be taken away and kept - we’ve even had attendees call us after events requesting replacement copies of namebadges and menus from the event!
Using digital technology we are able to personalise almost all the event literature we produce. It has been shown that materials personalised to the individual are far more likely to
What better way to get your sales message across after the event? Hive have won awards for our distinctive and innovative conference materials.
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The list of attendees can change at the last minute, and we are regularly required to produce the namebadges right up to the day before the event. And we haven’t missed a deadline for this yet!
e-marketing Bulk email marketing is the most cost effective method of reaching and communicating with your current and potential customers. Regular newsletters or attractive offers can help engage customers and the in-built digital tracking helps you see what works (and what doesn’t!)
E-marketing is fast and responsive - if you create a new offer you can have the opportunity to put that message in front of your clients and prospects the same day! It can help you boost sales, generate leads, build trust and increase website traffic.
We can even track when and if each recipient opens the mail and whether they then click through to your site/offer. E-marketing isn’t just about creating and delivering effective email marketing campaigns. It’s about managing them, tracking the results at every stage of the process so you can optimise them for maximum effect.
We use the excellent ResponseMail system for our digital broadcast - but if you have your own managed system we can design and produce the HTML code for you to add in to your own system. Give us a call to discuss your requirement.
branding exhibitions & events If you don’t have a store front, your presence at exhibitions is your best opportunity to reach new prospects that weren’t on your sales radar.
Whether pop-up banners and posters, branded giveaways through to full stand design and room branding it’s vital that you get the right message across to visitors and delegates. You might be the greatest negotiator in the world, but if people aren’t attracted to your stand or display how are you going to have that initial conversation with them?
Whatever the budget, there is always something that can be done to maximise your impact in a room full of competitors. From the initial 3D visualisation through to full project management and installation, we can work within time and budget to ensure your presence gives the WOW factor.
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here are just some of the companies we have worked with...
Give us a call on 01908 521269 or email david@hivecreative.co.uk - let us show you how we can help your business to reach its full potential.
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