SWD Aberdeen
We are family run business with more that 10 years experience with developing of websites. All our products are based on Content Management Systems (at the present time it is Drupal) - that means your new website will full administrateable, rich (forums, all content in SQL database, webforms, auomatic corrections of broken links and much more) and powerful. Our motto is: modern website could be rich in use and cheap when you are buying it.
Clients and Projects
Industry Sectors:
Food & Drink, Professional Services
Tends to work with:
Private Companies, Entrepreneur, Corporations / Public Companies
General location of clients: Aberdeen
What We Have Achieved
Latest Review
7 January 2010
Lucie Jancovicova at Freelancer - wine sommelier
We have appeared on first page of Google list two months after they begun work - cheap, quick, friendly and absolutely professional service.
I never experienced that I could get all informations before...
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Interview
WWDC:
Describe your company in 5 words.
SWD Aberdeen:
”Modern client oriented professional company”
WWDC:
Where do you see your company in 10 years time?
SWD Aberdeen:
”Website developing is like publishing - customers are our authors, we are publishers. We will satisfied when all authors will know our name as favorit publishing house.”
WWDC:
How was your company name chosen?
SWD Aberdeen:
”From a dream of one of our colleagues. He saw the logo, which is letter play and close to S.W.A.T. Because if you want a survive, you need the weapons (knowledge) and the tactics (multidisciplinary knowledge).”
Company Overview
Languages Spoken:
English, Czech, Russian, Polish, Slovak, Spain
No. of Employees: 1-5
Established: 2009
Joined WWDC: 7 January 2010
We Recommend
Hosting company:
Purleyhosting.com
Yacht Club Pisek
- Content and Copy
- Development
Yacht club with a many of successful captains.
Languages: Czech
Project type: Content Managed
Organisation category: Corporation / Public Company
Industry: Professional Services
Content managed (CMS): Yes
CMS Description: Drupal, completely dynamics website
Online Payment System: N/A
Number of people who worked on this project: 2
Technologies used: CSS, JavaScript, mySQL, PHP, XML, Drupal
Completion date: January 2010 (on-going)
Price: 150 GBP
Noble Drinks
- Hosting
- Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
- Development
Website of Aberdeen's wine sommelier Lucie Jancovicova. Foundation of two Aberdeen's clubs: Whisky Club and Wine Club and much more.
Languages: English
Project type: Content Managed
Organisation category: Entrepreneur
Industry: Food & Drink
Content managed (CMS): Yes
CMS Description: Drupal, it is fully administrable website.
Online Payment System: Yes, by PayPal
Number of people who worked on this project: 1
Technologies used: CSS, (X)HTML, JavaScript, mySQL, PHP,
Completion date: December 2009 (on-going)
Price: 350 GBP
The Prime Cuts Restaurant
- Development
One of most famoust restaurants in Aberdeen, specialised on Aberdeen Angus and Lobsters. It has own wine sommelier in staff so you can be sure your choice of wine will match your dinner very well.
Languages: English
Project type: Content Managed
Organisation category: Private Company
Industry: Food & Drink
Content managed (CMS): Yes
CMS Description: Drupal, fully administrable website, all content is dynamic
Online Payment System: N/A
Number of people who worked on this project: 1
Technologies used: CSS, (X)HTML, JavaScript, mySQL, PHP, , Drupal
Completion date: November 2009 (on-going)
Reviews
We have appeared on first page of Google list two months after they begun work - cheap, quick, friendly and absolutely professional service.
I never experienced that I could get all informations before I will sign an contract: four hours of SEO and web design free of charge "training", so I could order exactly I want.
Maybe best review is that I moved all my web stuff under SWD, oredered re-building of whole site and bring new customers there. One wisecrack at the ending: They will not make web expert of you, but some people will think you are one :-)
No team members uploaded.
WWDC:
What's your name and position in the company?
SWD Aberdeen:
”Michal Zitko, Director”
WWDC:
Describe your company in 5 words.
SWD Aberdeen:
”Modern client oriented professional company”
WWDC:
What's your business philosophy?
SWD Aberdeen:
”Web design should be cheap in money but rich in possibilities. So all of our websites has CMS system, database, captcha and other antispam ability.”
WWDC:
Describe your office environment.
SWD Aberdeen:
”Full of light and books.”
WWDC:
Describe how your team interact and work together.
SWD Aberdeen:
”Everybody has own task. Graphic folk is not thinking in code, computer folk is... computer folk. So it is easy - where the first one are ending (paper, pencil, acrylic colors, PhotoShop, Illustrator, inDesign) are other begins (everything else from PHP to CSS).”
WWDC:
What makes you different from other web design companies?
SWD Aberdeen:
”We are rock solid. You will everytime get more you expect, because we know, what you will need tomorrow. We give you two year's guarantee. And we are DOING analysis before coding.”
WWDC:
How do you get the majority of your business?
SWD Aberdeen:
”By hard work. There is no another way.”
WWDC:
Describe how you manage projects from the initial client contact to completion and handover.
SWD Aberdeen:
”1 analysis of customer's expectations, 2 model of website, 3 designers, 4 programmers, 5 SEO”
WWDC:
What do you think is the most crucial element of creating a good client relationship?
SWD Aberdeen:
”Telling the truth and make clear what is our part and what is client's part of work. Website is match of content, webdesign, programming, seo and much more. We can do all of it or only choosen parts. You can be first on tenth in Google. Your convert ratio can be 0.05 or 0.1... ”
WWDC:
How do you manage demanding clients?
SWD Aberdeen:
”Promptly.”
WWDC:
If a client was trying to decide between a shortlist of web design companies, how would you recommend they go about selecting the right one for them?
SWD Aberdeen:
”Ask the questions and demand the guarantee: if I'll order that - happens this. Who will take care about site? About domain? About SEO? About listing in Search Engines? Why Flash? Why javascript? Why anything he paying for.”
WWDC:
Where do you see your company in 10 years time?
SWD Aberdeen:
”Website developing is like publishing - customers are our authors, we are publishers. We will satisfied when all authors will know our name as favorit publishing house.”
WWDC:
Where do you see the web design industry in the future?
SWD Aberdeen:
”It will not named web design. There will two completely different parts: information sources, well maintained portals-like websites, and others. ”
WWDC:
What computers do you have use in your offices, PCs or Macs?
SWD Aberdeen:
”PC”
WWDC:
How was your company name chosen?
SWD Aberdeen:
”From a dream of one of our colleagues. He saw the logo, which is letter play and close to S.W.A.T. Because if you want a survive, you need the weapons (knowledge) and the tactics (multidisciplinary knowledge).”
WWDC:
If you were to give your clients one tip on how to get the most from their website what would it be?
SWD Aberdeen:
”Content, content, content...”
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