Tartan Web Design

Q: What's your name and position in the company?
A: Alan Macallister - web designer and SEO

Q: Describe your company in 5 words.
A: friendly, professional, effective, driven, worldwise

Q: What's your business philosophy?
A: If we can't grow your business or increase your bottom line then our many years experience in highly competitive and aggressive online niches has been wasted

Q: Describe your office environment.
A: Newly refurbished, IKEA-heavy, friendly and spacious

Q: Describe how your team interact and work together.
A: We're like a well oiled machine and worked together long before we formed Tartan in the kind of web environment that bonds you for life

Q: What makes you different from other web design companies?
A: Our experience in aggressive online marketing niches (dating, adult and make-money-online) that makes creating success in any other field a walk in the park. We've been bloodied, bruised and battered so you never have to be.

Q: How do you get the majority of your business?
A: Referrals and organic search equally

Q: Describe how you manage projects from the initial client contact to completion and handover.
A: every project is different - and our management style is largely down to the client.

Q: What do you think is the most crucial element of creating a good client relationship?
A: doing what we say every time, exceeding expectations and making clients money.

Q: How do you manage demanding clients?
A: with a smile

Q: 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?
A: go with their gut. Ignore price (to an extent) and know what they want - what they REALLY want - first

Q: Where do you see your company in 10 years time?
A: America, UK and China

Q: Where do you see the web design industry in the future?
A: Much more tightly niched. The days of general web design companies will be over.

Q: What computers do you have use in your offices, PCs or Macs?
A: PC

Q: How was your company name chosen?
A: We're Scottish, it sounded good, contained a key-phrase and was available as a .com and .co.uk

Q: If you were to give your clients one tip on how to get the most from their website what would it be?
A: never scrimp on anything - images, copy and all content - as "that will do" is never enough (unless you're in a real hurry)