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Bastille Day And Our Trip To Paris

posted by: Alex  /  29 September 2011

Bastille Day is the name given in English-speaking countries to the French National Day. Celebrated on 14 July of each year, Bastille Day was formally called La Fête Nationale (The National Celebration) and commonly known as Le Quatorze Juillet (the fourteenth of July). The day commemorates the 1790 Fete de la Federation, held on the first anniversary of the storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789; storming the fortress-prison was seen as a symbol of the rising of a modern nation.

Anyway, being the biggest celebration of the year in France, we had a vote and thought we would give it a go, and we were sure glad we did.

An early start ensured we were all on the Eurostar for 6am and walking out of Paris Du Nord station by 9am. Splitting into four teams, we set about winning the main competitions of the day, which involved a number of set creative team tasks.

It seemed the Bastille celebrations kicked off the moment we arrived and just got bigger and better as the day progressed. The people were warm and we all had a great time (and of course, we all pretended we could speak French).

The food and wine sampled during the day was simply sensational and amongst the very best we have ever had.
The city, sights, and the general cultural vibe, was truly intoxicating and all of us vowed to return one day in the future.

As our day came to a close, we all homed in on a magically Parisian restaurant called Le Grand Colbert, which gave us the perfect end to a worthwhile trip.

Magnificent food, delicious wine and more than a sprinkling of fine Champagne all ensured we had a day we will remember for a very long time... Vive La France

 And well done to Elizabeth, on organizing a great day for us all.

The Uk's Best Web Design Company Is Springing Into Action

posted by: Daniel  /  05 May 2011

As the sun is forcing its way through the clouds and in spring is in the air, the Fivesite web design garden is blooming with new launches of some exciting new websites.

January saw the launch of London Luton Airport's new site (www.london-luton.co.uk). The brief was to generate some e-commerce revenue through a site with no history of any success in this area. With a full redesign and some complex additional features, the new site is already blossoming and in the first few months after launch is already generating additional income for Luton Airport through ticket sales, car park bookings and advertising.

www.legaljohn.co.uk is a brand new concept to replace a rather tired and formal legal website. A London Chamber of Barristers had only ever received two leads in the last year, through their website. After consultation with Fivesite, a new slick, fresh approach was deployed, focussing squarely on speaking to the customer by engaging and building trust through the integration of a friendly, more approachable face to the legal world -"Legal John".

The sophisticated re-design and the Legal John character were dramatically validated when leads shot up from 2 a year to 130 a month. Customers clearly showed a huge amount of confidence and trust in the site with enquiries coming from parties involved in all manner of criminal activities from shop-lifting to murder!

March saw the launch of the new Xpro charity site (www.xpro.org) supporting the aging football heroes of yesteryear. Peter Shilton was the key figure at the launch dinner at Leicester football stadium. Along with the support of Bob 'The Cat' Bevan, MBE and other footballing legends the new website aims to re-connect lost team mates, invest in the research of debilitating conditions suffered by football players and be the knowledge and support base for all issues experienced by ex-professionals.

The Kite Foundation (www.kite-foundation.com) was April's big launch with a fantastic new concept designed to generate a win-win for both employees and employers who use corporate training programs to improve their staff skills. 80% of the skills learnt by employees on training days are lost or forgotten by the time they get back to work on the Monday. The Kite Foundation uses a skills transfer program to capture lessons learnt, generates goals and milestones and includes an approval cycle for management to examine the long-term effectiveness of any training undertaken. Once employees and employers achieve their long-term goals the companies involved make a donation to a charitable cause or needy social enterprise.

Late March saw Fivesite launch a richly designed site with global appeal for the intrepid mountain bikers of the world. World Bike Parks (www.worldbikeparks.com) is a complex directory of the world's best mountain biking parks and locations and aims to be "the place" to research your next mountain biking adventure. Members can add comments and reviews; get prices, locations, news and events, and see videos and pictures from over 1,000 parks already in the database.

The next few months look to be blooming marvellous for the Fivesite web-folio - and with the addition of some really exciting new clients things are really hotting up in time for summer.

2010 - A Year Of Client Success

posted by: Alex  /  04 January 2011

The year that has just passed was a stellar year here at Fivesite. From working on all sorts of content managed websites and campaigns, through to niche social networks, world renowned brands, numerous international clients and celebrities, 2011 is already shaping up to be another great year.

During 2010 Fivesite welcomed lots of new members of staff including Kimberley, Lee, Darren and Greganna. Fivesite also opened its first central London office in Piccadilly with expansion set to continue through out 2011.

Fivesite now manages in excess of 750 Google Page one listings for clients great and small, which has generated thousands of leads and significant sales though out 2010.

Whilst our testimonials page speaks volumes, a great illustration of our work was confirmed by one client who graciously called in late December. Quite simply they were calling to thank us and to let us know they had been blown away by our efforts in 2010.

In their first six month period with us, they had gone from a previous position of no online leads and no online sales to a new position of a £650,000 turn over and £200,000 profit.

We felt that sums us up perfectly! Fivesite is now looking forward to 2011 with excitement, enthusiasm and even higher expectations.