Business Start up?

Starting up a business? Need business stationery? Need a business web site? Need a business logo? You may have just struck gold by coming here.

 

We have been involved in many business start-ups, both total and as a 'subdivision' to an established business - the successful ones always leave the designing to us.  I guess they also leave the telephones to the telephone people and the office fitting to the office fitters etc. If you are a business start up please concentrate on your business - it's why you want to start up and it's (hopefully) what you are best at.

 

It's best to use us right at the start (we've seen so many 'wrong' logos and 'wrong' concepts). We know enough about start ups to make your budget go further and you will end up feeling 'confident' about your image and your branding.

 

We won't let you have a business card or leaflet that is 'positively negative' i.e. something that you give out that makes people remember NOT to use you.

 

We won't let you have 'colours' that psychologically are wrong.

 

We won't let you have the 'wrong' typeface.

 

We won't let you have the 'wrong' image.

 

Your website will not be the same as every other similar trade or profession.

 

What we will do is provide you with something that quietly and efficiently allows you to 'forget about it' and just get on with running your business. You only get one chance to make a first impression - please get it right.

 

If you can 'relieve' yourself of the burden and give us an idea of your budget we can advise about the weighting of the spend - this much on a site, this much on stationery, this much on a logo etc. As an indication, if you took a modest budget - less than £5,000 - and came to us without disclosing the figure and asked for an all singing and all dancing website we would obviously happily oblige and spend the vast majority of it. If you came to us and said (with the same budget) do the lot, you would get a professional logo, professional branding, professional stationery (designed and printed) and a professional website.

 

Whilst it's true that the latter website wouldn't have the features and functions of the former, the overall package would be better for your business.

 

We would also tell you if you needed a reality check.

 

Contact us now and start to relax about important things that aren't your strength. We can do a business pack start up for prices shown below:

 

1000 letterheads

1000 compliment slips

250 business cards

£286.56

Print price ex £4.00 carriage, and design.

Full colour

 

Hello Dennis, I would just like to say how wonderful and what a pleasure it has been working with you.... Right... The business cards are AMAZING! Presentation is lovely. Glad we spent a bit more than budgeted for to work with you. Thanks for all your hard work John and Cordell @ Ccrautos Autos ltd.
 John and CordellCCR Autos Thank you for doing an amazing job in such a short time. The website, leaflets and business cards are so more than I had hoped for. You are without doubt a Designing Genius.
 Darren - C and L Gas Services I came to Dennis via a personal recommendation. I was very pleased with all the help and support I received in setting up my own business, not an easy challenge, but with Dennis's guidance the journey was made far less painful and at an affordable price.
I would thoroughly recommend Electric Ink to anyone whether an existing business or a new venture. Edward Wilson - Managing Director I Want 2 Grow Ltd. You are so the man!!! (Creative ideas) Mike Reeves - ADP You are a genius! the website looks fabulous, we are so happy and proud. Carmen - Hand of Friendship Good Morning and WOW! Thank you so much for the two spectacular banners. I also thank you for your super speedy and efficient service. I now feel very confident going into my new business Best wishes, Helen - Helena Jewellery I came to Dennis via a personal recommendation. I was very pleased with all the help and support I received in setting up my own business, not an easy challenge, but with Dennis's guidance the journey was made far less painful and at an affordable price.
I would thoroughly recommend Electric Ink to anyone whether an existing business or a new venture. Edward Wilson - Managing Director I Want 2 Grow Ltd. You are a star, many thanks Sheila Secretary Ipswich Polish Club I don't know what to say. The presentation was so good they wanted a partnership and wrote a cheque out for £10,000 there and then! Sue Reeve - Thurleston High School 'I never cease to be amazed by how quickly you produce work of such outstanding quality' Malcolm Robson MD Ipswich Buses 12 December 2007 - We have used Electric Ink of Camilla Court, Nacton Village, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP10 0EU on many occasions over the past fifteen years for the design and printing of brochures and other promotional materials such as posters, banner stand graphics, business cards etc. We have always been delighted with their standards of professionalism and their courteousness and reliability which are so important for us. Electric Ink has produced products for our UK office of Properties In Bulgaria Ltd, Bulgarian Land Acquisitions Ltd as well as the offices of Vineyard Villas EOOD in Varna, Bulgaria. Long may it continue! Roland D Morris Director WELL DONE YOU! Brandon Fosker - Foskers 'As usual, you are way ahead of me, excellent' Simon Cook MD - AirBench The verdict so far is that you are a creative genius and we like it a lot Lee IOM 'Without Exception, all of this work is absolutely superb' (Leaflets) Mark H T4Utilities Hi Dennis, Wow! is all I can say thank you very much - it looks great. Thank you very much indeed. Suzanne MacDonald-Carr This is looking brilliant, I would not have thought of doing it like that in a million years Malcolm Robson - MD Ipswich Buses Jim, his Malmaisons and your design work have been awarded a Gold Medal in the Heritage tent at Hampton Court - Hurrah we are all very pleased! Sarah - Malmaisons Thanks very much - simple as in not fussy & professional! Ruth Hertage - Ruth Counselling I forwarded the message to Michael and we both like the image - it's really powerful. Thanks for being so prompt! Jos Leeder - Suffolk Youth Theatre I sold ALL of my penthouses on the strength of that brochure Roland D Morris Director A big thank you for yesterday, I believe we are all picturing a great web site... We have had great feedback from the web site, thank you Timothy - Timothy Garden Design I love the website – looks amazing! Simon Blowers - Baiss Hairdressers The site is "frankly" awesome and gives me the electronic tool I need to now get out there and sell sell sell… Chris Ainsley MD 1559 about Passgames Thanks for your great design!! Matt - Grange Fitness I knew you would be produce a better looking voucher than me!! Laurie Norman - Laurie Norman Photography You are a genius! the website looks fabulous, we are so happy and proud. Carmen - Hand of Friendship OK, I admit it, you were right! we're not saying who!

Delighted with the site. It really looks good and I think you've made a good decision regarding separate pages for portfolio areas etc..
Richard Crosby - Poole & Pattle Dear Dennis I have recently been reviewing statistics for the business last year and I find that bookings increased by 24%. I am confident this was a direct result of the new web site www.hillbrowfarm.co.uk I have had many favourable comments regarding the appearance and ease of use. I look forward to a full years trading with the web site. I would not hesitate to recommend you to any friends and associates Barbara Chinnery - Hillbrow Farm Wonderful... Perfick! (Brochure) Linda Billinge - Apollo Medical They look fantastic!!(Rollerbanners) Jamie David - Photographer FANTASTIC! Thanks so much Dennis, we really appreciate all that you have done and it looks brilliant! It's been great working with you. (website) Sophie Atkins - MACC 'Thanks Dennis ... I can sleep now (quick web updates) Chris Saunders MD - ADP That's excellent thanks (Cards) Deborah Buckles - BOA They are great (magnetic signs) Beverly Carter - Carter properties I came to Dennis via a personal recommendation. I was very pleased with all the help and support I received in setting up my own business, not an easy challenge, but with Dennis's guidance the journey was made far less painful and at an affordable price. I would thoroughly recommend Electric Ink to anyone whether an existing business or a new venture. Edward Wilson - Managing Director I Want 2 Grow Ltd. I love it!!! It is great thank you. (logo design) Edward Wilson MD - iwant2grow Morning Dennis Just thought i would let you Know. Got an enquiry from a builder in Sudbury yesterday who specialise in green building projects wants solar pv on his house and hopefully his clients will follow suit. He found me via the web and liked the website.. J Going to meet him today so hopefully will go well. I think you have converted me know from an internet disbeliever to this is the way forward. Kieron Lock - Lock Electrical Web pages look fantastic!!!! Very easy to access and navigate - great job Matt Cook Eclipse Business Furniture The verdict so far is that you are a creative genius and we like it a lot (Wedding stationery) Lee IOM Thanks Dennis - the design is excellent. Please go ahead and print. Jos Leeder Suffolk Youth Theatre I am writing to you to thank you for the website you have done for my business, NAC coaching. My previous website was good and I used to get some favourable comments but my new website, designed by you has prompted fantastic comments. I also found you to be very helpful since the website has been up and running. Not only that, the lay out of my testimonials have brought me more business which was why I decided to have a new one in the first place! So thank you and I would not hesitate to recommend your website service. Nadia Cenci - NAC Coaching Hi Dennis, flier is looking stunning and is with the printers now.
Simon Cook - Workpoint 'BRILLIANT! This proves it's great to be up there with the rest on the first page' Eamon Sheppard MD Falcon Windows 'Well done on the changes made to the events page, exactly what I required - perfect' Mike Sorhaindo MD Tower Ramparts Shopping Centre thank you so much for all the prints, everything looks absolutely brilliant!!! Emma Brundell - designs2treasure Just wanted you to know... I had a client booking up for a session last night who had just found my website! First time this has happened direct from the web. This prompted me to look myself up and was delighted to find that I now come up at the bottom of the FIRST GOOGLE PAGE! Thanks again with this great website!
Ruth - Ruth Counselling Just to say many thanks for your help yesterday (and patience) Sheila - Ipswich Polish Club Thanks for this - just filled in the details - much appreciated (web response form) Robert Leek - Bridge Shipping The web site looks great. David Brown - Browns the Plumber Hi Dennis, Wow! is all I can say thank you very much - it looks great. Thank you very much indeed. Suzanne MacDonald-Carr Thanks very much. I'm impressed with the efficiency whilst Dennis is away!!! David - White Marine
All arrived safely they look fantastic Tom is delighted thanks so much x (Very large prints) Emma Brundell - Designs2Treasure The site looks great! Antonia Hockton - Hockton Sculptures 12 December 2007 - We have used Electric Ink of Camilla Court, Nacton Village, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP10 0EU on many occasions over the past fifteen years for the design and printing of brochures and other promotional materials such as posters, banner stand graphics, business cards etc. We have always been delighted with their standards of professionalism and their courteousness and reliability which are so important for us. Electric Ink has produced products for our UK office of Properties In Bulgaria Ltd, Bulgarian Land Acquisitions Ltd as well as the offices of Vineyard Villas EOOD in Varna, Bulgaria. Long may it continue! Roland D Morris Director Excellent Thank you mate…(Letterheads) Jim Ritchie - Flexitrans This is looking brilliant, I would not have thought of doing it like that in a million years Malcolm Robson - MD Ipswich Buses You are so the man!!! (Creative ideas) Mike Reeves - ADP Please find cheque as requested, thank you for all your excellent work and speedy response to our very demanding needs Sarah - Malmaisons Just wanted to say that I am thrilled to bits with my banner and will be very proud to show it off at the weekend. Thanks once again.
Jean Jeanie Thank you for a first class service on my website, using your expertise, knowledge and fresh ideas. You have given me exactly what I wanted, as so far it seems to have been a great success, as I am starting to get a lot of work from it already. I am getting fantastic reviews from it... Geoff Crowe - GCValeting just had a look at the website and the online shop looks great Dave - Kudos Rock Salt Jim, his Malmaisons and your design work have been awarded a Gold Medal in the Heritage tent at Hampton Court - Hurrah we are all very pleased!
Sarah - Malmaisons Genius! Sure we'll have a couple of change requests but I really like this (Leaflet)
Simon Cook - Workpoint Super mate thanks see you Thursday (Cards) Craig Sennett - ICON Recruitment Excellent – thank you (Flash Movie) Roy van den Brink-Budgen you did a great job with the business cards. Thank you so very much. I wont forget it when I go to buy more branded stationery Margaret Jane Howe - CSL Just a note to say a massive thank you for the business cards – both Angela and I are thrilled with them.
Lynn Keeling - talktoussecretarial Thanks again Dennis – it's great (new website) Jan Goulding - Open Door IT Consultancy & Training Thank you very much for taking the time and trouble to explain all this to me. I now feel that I have a full grasp. That's brilliant, thanks Dennis (CMYK v RGB)
Joy Griffiths - Orwell Park School We really like this, what do you suggest next (logo design) Andrea Clarke - St Helens Health Care That's fine re. the pictures, thank you for putting your input in - it is valued highly! (website) Marc Newby - Steve Newby Plumbing Thanks for venturing out in the snow dropping them off (large prints) - They look fine and I've put them up on the wall Richard Crosby - Poole & Pattle Looks very professional, with excelent text (website). Richard Grimes - Grimes the Tailor Thanks for this morning - I've checked out the site, and it is significantly brighter now. The movie on the first page is a great start. FG Parker - Royal Harwich Yacht Club Thanks very much - simple as in not fussy & professional! Ruth Hertage - Ruth Counselling It's really taking shape….and I like it! (web site) Sylvia Anderson - SA First Aid Training I like the website. Well done ! ! Denest Akintaju - Sceptre Accounting That looks great thanks (Shop Sign) Sam Lilley - Sea Breeze Catering FANTASTIC Dennis !! (Roller banner) Sue Banjo Dennis has done work for me on more than one occasion and always comes in on time and with excellent results. I highly recommend his services."
Service Category: IT Consultant Year first hired: 2009 (hired more than once)
Top Qualities: Great Results, Expert, High Integrity Chris Grunbaum - Service F1rst Hi Dennis ,yes, thats the look. - exactly! (Posters) Roger Williams - Suffolk Jaguars That's fantastic thank you, the banner's great. Marc Newby - Steve Newby Plumbing The Activities Booklet is great and has been well received. Some have already been sent home, some used at open morning and some are being taken to Hong Kong next week. Sarah Bosher - St Jos School Ive seen it, it looks fantastic. (new website) Stephanie Ward - The Swan Westerfield I forwarded the message to Michael and we both like the image - it's really powerful. Thanks for being so prompt! Jos Leeder - Suffolk Youth Theatre Hi Dennis, flier is looking stunning and is with the printers now. Simon Cook - Workpoint Hi Dennis, Wow! is all I can say thank you very much - it looks great. Thank you very much indeed. Suzanne MacDonald-Carr- Action Coach " First the good news – Jim, his Malmaisons and your design work have been awarded a Gold Medal in the Heritage Tent at Hampton Court – Hurrah we are all very pleased!
However….we haven't had an invoice from you yet – has it gone astray? I wouldn't usually press for a bill! but as your help definitely made it much easier to get our information on the exhibit just right and looking very smart - and thus the Gold - I thought I ought to mention it" Sarah - Malmaisons