Due to the rapid increase in mobile Internet usage we are now being asked by our new and existing clients to design a mobile version of their main website. In the past we used to create a stand alone mobile optimised version, but in the last few months we have started to believe this is the wrong way to go.

We have now noticed that if we optimize a clients main website using our optimizing software and place it on a separate .mobi domain then every time the main website is updated so is the optimized version. This method saves the customer a lot of money on the per page design costing whilst still giving the mobile user all the essential features of the main website, but in a stripped down version.

With an automatic redirect in place on the main website to the mobile optimsed version it then makes no difference which site is accessed on a mobile device. The website can then be built on the fly to fit each mobile no matter which make of mobile or mobile operating system is being used.

You can see this in action if you visit www.thisismedia.co.uk on your smartphone or scan the QR code below.

We would welcome any other ideas from people on the most cost effective way to optimise websites? Free bottle of Whisky or your favourite tipple (priced up to £50 – not much left in petty cash after Christmas) for any ideas that help our clients save time and money.

We have only just arrived back at work today (3rd Jan) and are plunged straight into changes within the design department at This Is Media.

We urgently need a Creative Artworker/Designer to come and join us, as Amy has decided it’s time for her to move on… obviously we wish her all the best for her new start in 2012!

If you may be interested in taking the role, take a look at our Jobs page. If you then think that you could be the one to step into Amy’s shoes, send over your CV and Covering Letter!

A new job could be the first resolution ticked off the list!

So Christmas is upon us once again, and as the office parties draw to a close the wind down begins. Looking back its been quite a year (London riots, Libyan democracy, iPhone 4S, our new-look website, ho ho ho) and like many people I’m beginning to wonder what lies ahead in 2012?

Christmas Holiday Notice:
Our holidays start today, and we all get back (somewhat bloated and bleary-eyed) on Tuesday 3rd January, 2012. Should you feel the need to give us a call in the meantime (to simply wish us a very ‘Merry Christmas’ or politely inform us that your website needs some ‘Urgent Attention’) then you can reach one of our team on:

08708 500 501 (local call rates apply)

So to all of our customers, partners and just about everybody else in the world because it is Christmas after all…

Have a Happy Christmas and New Year!

See you in 2012.

As the title above suggests, today is launch day for our new-look This Is Media website… Hope you like it? You can always let us know what you think and leave a comment.

Anyway, the site details our services and portfolio, and is designed to be filled with just the right amount of content for each of the services that we offer.

If you want to find out about anything that we (or the site) can do then please get in touch!