Call: 020 3488 7989
Email: info@crescomedia.co.uk
How exactly…
By working with you to add more services and products to your arsenal or make them quicker and easier to sell.
We'll also help you get a website online that you manage and have complete control over. A website that makes the phone ring, tells your customers what they want to know and sells.
A website that works.
Things you might already be doing or thinking about
Fire Alarm
Zone Plans
Add £50+ to each and every site
you take on or service.
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New install? It'll need a zone plan.
Service takeover? Is the zone plan correct?
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Our website www.zoneplans.uk
has all the information you will need.
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Branded
Stuff
Anything printed with your logo. Designed specifically for your company and objectives.
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New install? It'll need a zone plan.
Service takeover? Is the zone plan correct?
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Our website www.zoneplans.uk
has all the information you will need.
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a Website
that works
Do I actually need a website?
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Let's find out.
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Our website www.zoneplans.uk
has all the information you will need.
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A bit about us
Phil Gregory
Director
For over 15 years I've watched businesses come and go, businesses like yours (possibly) who have been sold generic cookie-cutter websites that serve no-one, apart from the person responsible for their creation.
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Generic text; websites with more pages than you or the web designer know what to do with; marked-up hosting bills that you don't understand; hours billed for minor text changes; websites that you can't access and domains you don't own.
These are some of the frustrating things that Cresco iron out.
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Want to continue the conversation?
at a time that suits you.
Call 020 3488 7989 or email phil@cresco.media
The Usual Way
The Cresco Way
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You pay your web designer for hosting; they pay a hosting company - minus a little bit for themselves.
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You can't access anything without your web designer - they have all the passwords.
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You want to add a service or make some small text changes. You submit a request and wait weeks.
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Unfinished pages and hastily written text that looks suspiciously like something from one of the entries on your '3 competitors' list.
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Web designers that assume and tell.
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Half-baked websites that look pretty but serve little other purpose.
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Expensive, bespoke systems that are rarely needed and impress only web designers and no-one else.
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You pay your own hosting bills direct. Don't worry, we'll help you set it up. No fee. No mark-up.
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Your account. Your passwords.
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You log in. Make the changes yourself.
All before your cup of tea gets cold.​
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Complete, functional websites with pages of original and relevant text.
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Web consultants that ask and listen.
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A complete solution aligned with your strategies and goals that gets measurable results.
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Maintain your own website using 'software as service' tools. Pay a small fee each month.
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A £5000 website is only expensive if it doesn't work or provide a return on that investment quickly
You're lucky. We don't charge that much.
at a time that suits you. It's free.
What are my options?
Take a look at our core offering below.
If there's anything you're unsure of, just ask
Just a website
£199
+ Hosting Plan
It's cheap. And there's a reason. It lacks the time and effort required by us and the commitment from you to build something that will truly shine.
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You'll get a presence on the web for people to go to if they want to check you out after they've picked up a card.
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In fact.
We don't really want to do it.
Please consider looking for another company if this is what you would like.
A website that works
£995
+ Hosting Plan
This is more like it.
A complete website that's ready for business. Carefully crafted words based on research and what works. A defined goal and simple, frictionless navigation that get your customers to where they want to be in every sense.
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You'll also get premium plugins that solve problems.
Want to showcase your work quickly without having to log in to your website? We'll link your instagram feed.
What about building social capital and trust through reviews?
We can make your Google and Trustpilot reviews appear automatically on your website without you having to lift a finger.
You tell us what you want to achieve. We'll make it happen.
PAYMENT PLAN
AVAILABLE
A website that works
(with whistles and bells)
£2950
+ Hosting Plan
For those looking to sell a product online, take payments and integrate full marketing services.
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We specialise in working with service based, owner-managed businesses rather than e-commerce titans.
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However, given our years spent in the industry, we will happily help find the solution you need without self-interest. If we can't help, we'll know someone that can.
What about hosting and domains?
We create your websites using trusted, secure and established website builders that you have easy access to. It's what goes in to the website that counts and that's where we offer the most value. We believe that you shouldn't have to pay over the odds for technical fluff and features that many don't need or care about.
Buy a website that works and we'll pay your first year's hosting plan (typically around £150).
We recommend that you add your payment details as a backup for when the 12 months is up.
The website builders we use are 'software as service' tools with different plans available to suit your needs.
When you purchase a plan you get:
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a domain name (if you don't already have one)
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a content management system (where all your images and files are kept)
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hosting (kind of like rent for the cloud that your website sits on)
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The benefits of using such services is that you are in control of the information your business shares and have access to crucial assets like your website address (domain name).
Millions of people and businesses trust them and so do we.
3 steps to trouble-free websites if you're starting from scratch
Step 1
Buy and register your own website address
They're cheap and readily available from websites such as www.123-reg.co.uk
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Domain names are payed for and renewed on an annual basis.
What happens if the person you have trusted to buy it for you doesn't pay?
What happens if they stop answering the phone?
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What happens if your competition acquire it?
Step 2
Choose where to keep your website
Again, we can't stress enough the importance of you doing this kind of thing yourself.
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In many cases, the hosting will be included as part of an ongoing plan that can be paid for monthly or annually.
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What happens if the bill doesn't get paid? You essentially get the lights turned off on your website.
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Don't leave this to someone else.
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Step 3
Get the website built
and add content
This is the equivalent of building a hotel, furnishing and decorating the rooms, employing the staff to run it, filling up the swimming pool... you get the idea.
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Here's where the work comes in. And, like your business, the whole thing falls apart without some involvement and effort from you.
There are no cheap or easy options when it comes to having a website that works.
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Hundreds promise an easy ride to riches. Few deliver.
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Impartial advice is just a call or click away.
FAQ
How much control will I have over my website and information?
100% . Once we’re done you get handed the reigns. All of the passwords are yours to change as you see fit. All permissions and access can be granted and revoked by you at any time.
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Will my website be a carbon copy of everyone else’s in my industry?
There are only so many ways to cook a potato. If you’re in an industry with tons of competition then some similarities are inevitable. However, our websites are built after researching your business, after speaking with you and your customers. We encourage the use of your own images and photographs rather than readily available stock images. We get reviews specific to your business. We write the text based on what you do. If you cannot provide any point of differentiation in what you offer then it will be difficult to stand out.
A lot of websites are made using copycat marketing tactics that basically involve copying another kids homework. Whilst this is quick and easy, nine times out of ten the kids who’s homework has been copied, is thick.
Our websites are built and designed around a framework that works and makes it easy for your prospect to take action and reach their desired future state to both your and their benefit. Simply moving things around for the sake of it and agonising over the colour of your logo isn’t something we recommend.
Will I get an email address that matches my website?
Yes. If your have a registered domain name i.e www.cresco.media then you are able to have anything@cresco.media as your email address. The next step is choosing an email program or app to use. We recommend you set this up using your own account - your emails are important right? We can help. Just ask.
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What additional fees can I expect?
After our initial engagement is over just the ongoing hosting and software plans that you have in place. These are all managed by you and you’re able to cancel at any time. Please refer to your providers terms and conditions for further information. Many of our clients ask about further services and support - just ask if there’s anything you want a hand with.
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If I need help, will you support me?
Absolutely. It’s our aim to have to you confidently flying solo as soon as possible. But if it all goes a bit wrong we’ll gladly get things back on the rails.
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How long will my website take?
Most people have their website completed in accordance with their letter of engagement in under 30 days. We’re ready and waiting to do our bit. The interviews and worksheets (the effort required on your part that make your website that works just that) must be completed in order for the design and build of your website to progress. We do not throw in any old rubbish just to get your website across the finish line.