Welcome to Pride Web Design Cork!

Pride Web Design Cork are a group of two freelance Website designers and a Web developer, two of us are based in Cork and one in Wicklow. We mostly work with Cork based SMEs and start-ups but we have also worked very well with companies all over Ireland.

We have grouped together because between us we have a wide skill set which allows us to create websites from very basic brochure sites, to more complex and powerful Web 2.0 solutions and Content Management Systems (CMS), such as the award winning Drupal.

We are:

Shane : Web Design Guru (Web Designer: Design, Flash, Illustration, CMS)
Sinéad : CSS Ninja (Web Designer: Design, CSS, CMS)
Kev : Code Master (Programmer: MySQL, PHP, XML, Java Script, CMS)

The Internet is fast moving and ever changing, so it's a really exciting field to work in. We keep up to date with all the latest and greatest tools of the trade, so we can offer our clients the best solutions to bring their website to life.

Do you Facebook? Is your company on Facebook? If not then you're not maximising your website's traffic or reaching your brand out to millions of potential customers. It's not enough anymore to just cozy up to Google, you need to harness the power of social media.

We found this great video on YouTube that might convince you!

You and your Website

As more and more Irish people get a broadband connection, there are more and more people using the Internet as their first port of call when looking for a business.

Because of this your website is increasingly the first impression a potential customer will get of you and your company. As with any other method of communication, or indeed shop window, it's vitally important that you create a good first impression.

If a customer is looking online for a company that provides your service and they find you and two of your competitors, chances are they'll ring or contact the company with the most professional looking website first. If you have the best website in cork for your industry and you'll be ahead of the competition before your potential customer even picks up the phone.

Whatever the overall use of the site will be, the very least you should have is a smart, modern, up to date website, that is intuitive in both layout and navigation. This will give a positive first impression of your company and will increase the chances of your site generating a lead for you, which is after all it's purpose.

You simply can't afford to cut corners

You simply can't afford to cut corners when it comes to your website. Some companies will offer to build your site for next to nothing, these companies often won't take the time to get to know you and your company and as a result the site will lack planning, be done in a rush and the end result is that you'll wind up with a site that is not as effective as it could, or should, be.

So Why Pride Web Design Cork?

Unlike the budget web monkeys, who want to get the job done as quickly as possible, Pride Web Design Cork will

• Take the time to get to know you and your business
• Take the time to work out your online goals
• Plan how best to get your message across to your customers
• Plan your website, we don't throw your content into a template and leave you to it
• Professional, Friendly & Patient service from beginning to end
• We produce "Top End" Websites at "Mid Range" prices
• We will link your to the power of Web2.0
• We will work with you on your online strategy, we don't just hand you your site and leave you to it.

Good planning = Good website

Skip the planning stage and you'll probably end up with a website that does nothing for your business. Trust us, we've revamped enough sites to see the difference a quality site can make for a client.

A quality site will soon pay for itself!

A well planned, well designed and well executed website may be more expensive to get up and running but a quality website will very quickly pay for itself and should last the test of time.