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The A List is the definitive guide to the very best businesses and services in Tunbridge Wells and beyond, brought to you by Vine Publishing. In addition to The A List, we also publish Vine magazine in Sevenoaks (see p. 24), a free, premium magazine serving the upmarket Sevenoaks region, as well as functioning as a full-service agency, offering a range of innovative and commercially focused creative services designed to increase your business’ profitability. Flick through the pages to discover more about what we do, meet the team who all make it happen and hear from the clients we’ve worked with. Don’t forget you can drop us a line Monday-Friday 9am-6pm on 01732 764500 or reach us any time at hello@vinedigital.co.uk.
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The A List has four annual editions in Sevenoaks, Tunbridge Wells, Maidstone and Bromley
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Why advertise in The A List? Our Marketing Executive, Nic Lapham says, “The benefit of using The A List as part of your marketing mix is that you are instantly targeting a large, affluent audience. We distribute to over 210,00 guaranteed high-income addresses directly via Royal Mail across Sevenoaks, Tunbridge Wells Maidstone and Bromley. Most of our clients find that they only need a few good leads from The A List to make a high return on investment, which is why it has been so successful over the last 5 years.
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After five months of research, development and a lot of late nights, Vine launches with a circulation of 10,000 and a lot of nice comments
Owen Hunnam is shortlisted for the Kent Young Entrepreneur of the Year award, part of the KEiBA awards. Vine also celebrates reaching the top 25 of the HSBC Start Up Star Awards
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MEET THE TEAM Name: Owen Hunnam Role: Publishing Director Previous Experience: Graphic design and media, business management
What has been a significant moment since starting Vine? Definitely collaborating with Charlie, working in a team allows you to do so much more. Also being a keynote speaker at a TED event and being a finalist in the Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award twice.
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Previous Experience: Working for a hedge fund as an analyst, studying how businesses have succeeded and failed
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What does the future hold for Vine? We hope to operate a wider service range and look at locations where there
What has been your biggest challenge? It’s sometimes difficult to stay focused on the short-term and long-term goals of the business at the same time.
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Hotwax associates Sevenoaks based mobile discotheque, Hotwax Associates wanted a cleaner and more contemporary website with a CMS facility. Vine redesigned the website to be image-led to showcase their previous events, the navigation was simplified and an integrated Twitter feed was installed. The site’s full CMS allows Hotwax to directly control their images, captions and text. When I first came to Vine our website needed a lot of work but the team were really great and allowed me to have as much input as I liked. Together we worked together to create what is now a graphically stunning website. I’m very happy with the way it’s turned out and have had many compliments from clients, it was definitely money well spent. Bradley Watson, Hotwax Associates www.hotwaxassociates.co.uk
MEET THE TEAM Name: Matthew Bull Role: Web Developer Previous Experience: Multimedia Technology Degree What does your day involve? Here at Vine, we specialise in collaborating designers and developers, so my role is based around interpreting the work that our designers produce, to ensure we develop websites that both look The A stunning andList perform brilliantly. I also keep in touch with clients about the progress on their websites and how to use them.
Bring it home Online vintage shop, Bring It On Home needed a new website to showcase their range of quirky items and furniture. Vine emphasised the visual appeal (key to BIOH) putting it at the core of the design. The zoom feature enables customers to see every detail of the product and the full CMS allows BIOH to manage the content.
If you could do anyone else in the office’s job, what would you do? I’d be a designer, I enjoy looking at the design and it’d make a change to look at something aesthetic rather than coding.
Matthew Bull Web developer
I was really happy with the website the Vine team created. I always get compliments regarding how good it looks and how easy it is to use. People ask me if I ever use SEO but the website is built so well that it always comes up at the top of searches. Amy Page, Bring it home www.bringitonhome.co.uk
It’s important for brands to keep their websites up-to-date to keep customers returning for new and engaging content. Here at Vine our team all have individual skills and we pride ourselves on paying attention to the intricate details. We aim to impress both our clients and their customers. We always strive to improve and update our services through meetings, workshops and employing bright and talented developers and designers.
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“Vine understood exactly what we needed” When new owners transformed Wrotham-based hotel The Bull, from a B&B style hotel to a stylish boutique, they wanted their branding to reflect the new stylish and upmarket feel. Vine worked with them to produce a new, elegant logo which was then used across business cards, letterheads and graphic invitations. Owner Lydia Fontanella said, “Vine have worked on our branding and website, and we’re really happy with the end result. From the beginning, Charlie was very attentive, he did his homework and knew all about the Bull and what we wanted. Using his experience and through paying New flyers received earlier attention and today. They are looking great listening to us, he put thanks! everything together Love from Kent quickly and efficiently @LovefromKent @VineMagazine and the end result was perfect for us. The end result was so good we were able to approve the first advert with no amendments to be made. It was sharp and exactly what we needed. Vine were very understanding of our needs, the cost and what we were going to produce. The website has really changed the way people perceive The Bull and it’s so easy to use.”
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What does your day involve? I usually start off by having a meeting with my design team to keep tabs on what everyone is doing and delegate the tasks for the day. I then go through e-mails from clients to make sure we’re on top of everything. I then spend the rest of the day working on various design projects, this could be working on a website, prospectus, company logo - no two days are the same. Why should businesses pick Vine for Design and Branding? Your brand is a way of communicating to potential clients, if you have a professional brand, it will create an instant positive impact and speak volumes for your company. At Vine we always work to put your needs first, making sure that we establish good communication links so that we have a good understanding of what we are aiming to achieve. My thanks to Vine for my new business postcards. They look great! I’ll definitely use you again, and recommend you. Gabrielle Izen @GabrielleIzen @VineMagazine THE A LIST
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groundbreaking social media day? Give us a call on 01732 764500 or tweet us @VineMagazine Social media is a rapidly changing area of marketing and our clients love working with our young and dynamic team. Throughout the day we demonstrate that social media isn’t a fad, that it’s around for good, changing the way the world communicates. Not only do we teach clients the knowledge of social media we also show them how to apply this specifically to their business or brand. The day is also interesting because it’s an interactive workshop, we don’t just talk at them. Owen Hunnam, Vine
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With an e-shot campaign from Vine, you have access to over 4,000 director-level and senior management decision makers located across west Kent. This makes it perfect for B-2-B companies seeking new clients locally as well as B-2-C companies looking to attract affluent clients. We offer free professional design and coding to ensure your e-shot makes an impact as well as free detailed stats and reports including an open and click rate. Call us on 01732 764500 to discuss pricing, options and details of your e-shot campaign
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The industry of contract publishing has developed significently in recent years, so much so that last year the two highest circulating publications throughout the UK were Tesco and Asda magazine. Contract magazines are no longer full of lacklustre adverts – when executed well, content is informative, exciting and sells! From school prospectuses and festival programmes to store magazines, our expert in-house editorial and creative teams can produce engaging content through an array of platforms for a range of brands.
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Case Study: Sevenoaks Hockey Club Sevenoaks Hockey Club wanted an engaging publication to celebrate their centenary year. The publication was to demonstrate the history of the club and its future plans through exciting visuals and text. Vine created innovative editorial, sourced and edited photographs and designed and printed the magazine. Pat Morecroft of Sevenoaks Hockey Club told us, “The whole process of working with Vine was brilliant; we were thrilled with the result as it was such high quality. I found Owen and the team absolutely great. The meetings were really helpful and we were guided through the entire process. The team’s ideas were really creative and they thought of ideas I would never have considered. As the magazine was a celebratory piece we wanted it to be something special that people could keep forever and we got just that.”
Vine’s founder & publishing director, Owen Hunnam has seen contract publishing develop rapidly in recent years. He says, “Brochures and catalogues just don’t cut it like they used to. Magazines present the brand through appealing content and act as a soft sell to the target market; this provides a higher level of engagement than hard-selling advertising.”
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