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For some time now we have been working with the world’s most popular Content Management System to deliver custom website solutions.

We decided it was time for us to put together a pre-configured, professionally designed website package – designed to meet the needs of many small businesses looking for an affordable online marketing solution.

Want a CMS powered website where you can update your content add new pages? If you are looking for a professional and affordable small business website, then our Premium Economy small business CMS solution could be the one saving you time and money.

And pre-designed doesn’t mean any compromise in quality – just look at some of the sites who have already discovered the benefits of a website they can updates themselves;

www.graffitiman.co.nz, www.cycloneoz.com, www.declinedsurgery.co.nz, www.vacationsnewzealand.co.nz

A good content managed website will provide your business with the tools you need to build and expand your website presence. Additional features can be added as your budget allows including new publishing, blog, photo galleries, event calendar, shopping cart etc.

Our Premium Economy website solution is the perfect choice for a content rich website that needs frequent updating and/or additions. With its user-friendliness it is a great asset for a busy small business.

With turn around times of less than 3 weeks, get in touch with us to find out more about an affordable CMS for your business..

Dave Sewell provides expert sales training and support for retail and small businesses. We really enjoyed meeting Dave and after only a brief conversation, we got an insight to the quality of knowledge and information Dave had which could be used to build his online visibility.

This is a website development story I have been really looking forward to sharing. In many ways this typifies just what it is that makes working with Meta Solutions different.

We were first contacted by Dave Sewell by an email from our website. Dave’s request was simple – “I am looking for someone to design a website for me. It’s not a large web site and I think it will be fairly simple to create. Can someone give me a call to discuss this further. Kindest Regards Dave”…

So of course I picked up the phone to have a chat with Dave and get a feel for what he was looking for. The conversation was easy and we arranged a time to meet where he could tell me more about his requirements for a website.

Dave was looking for an online resume where he could feature his industry experience and qualifications to top-tier employers – somewhat like LinkedIn (of course I suggested he should be using this anyway).

As a long-time Sales Team Manager, Dave had a wealth of real-world experience and knowledge just waiting to be shared with the world. Dave is a gifted speaker and just listening to him was an insight. I immediately suggested he should seriously consider starting his own Sales Coaching Consultancy aimed towards small to medium businesses. All he needed was a platform to voice his ideas and insights and in doing so would attract businesses searching for answers online.

..And this is where the magic happened… Dave told me that every other web company he had seen had just sold him ‘the standard package’ – nobody took time to really listen to his requirements or even consider the potential for a new business opportunity here.

Dave went away and thought about our suggestion and came back the next day with a newfound vigor to get this thing started. Dave was in business!

A fresh new logo design and Dave Sewell – Sales Training is born!

This was one of those magic customers where the values and expectations lined up and the whole process was easy. Not only that – Dave gave us loads of creative freedom to really drive the project, and come up with his branding.

Now as we often have discussed, a key web marketing strategy is to have a Content Management System (CMS) where you can create new pages, posts, articles and case studies. In the world of search engines, “Content is King”, and the more pages and posts you can publish increases your chances to be found in search engines for related searches.

Dave Sewell is truly a natural blogger! Before we had even designed his custom wordpress theme, he had a dozen blog posts ready for us to load into the cms! It can really be an advantage if you are able communicate on the same level as your audience – build a relationship with them, write in everyday language and become someone they can identify with by discussing challenges which they may relate to (Dave certainly has this covered). This not only helps you to be found online, it also keeps you relevant, and builds a relationship with your regular followers.

We continued building on Daves’ web marketing strategy by introducing him to Twitter (ideal for micro-blogging and status updates) and creating an opportunity to grow his online Social Networks by integrating his LinkedIn and displaying his latest ‘Tweets’ from Twitter.

At Meta Solutions our expertise goes beyond simply building a website – we can help you to clarify your business goals – or even help you with that first step to starting a new business!

Client: Dave Sewell – Training and support for Retail and Small Business
Website: www.davesewell.co.nz

WordPress has been awarded the Overall Best Open Source CMS Award in the 2009 Open Source CMS Awards.

We were absolutely wrapped to hear this announcement. WordPress is the most enjoyable CMS platform we have ever worked with, thanks to the innovations and continued development of the WordPress team and the ever-growing WordPress community.

In addition to winning in the Overall Best Open Source CMS category, WordPress was named first runner-up in the Best Open Source PHP CMS category. Read Matt Mullenweg’s Official announcement here.

Hayden Roulston, possibly the best cyclist New Zealand has ever produced is as you can imagine a busy man, between winning Olympic medals and riding in the Tour de France it’s fairly difficult to keep in contact with all the fans back home. That’s where we came in, we set Hayden up with a WordPress website and blog where he can quickly and easily keep everybody informed about how that days race went or what’s next in his busy racing calendar.

We firmly believe the web is a two way communication tool, so we added in a guestbook to allow Hayden to receive messages from the fans back in New Zealand.

We were delighted with how well Hayden embraced the medium and instantly started blogging without any training on the system (the site was completed while he was away riding in the Tour de France). A testament to just how easy the WordPress system is to use.

The finished product is a great example of how blogging can help you connect with people and also how successful a website can be when a client is passionate about communicating.

Visit Hayden’s website at www.haydenroulston.co.nz

Vis-Com Sign Professionals are an expert sign writing company based in Christchurch, providing corporate imaging, digital printing, vehicle graphics and signage solutions. Vis-Com are the complete professional signage company for all aspects of your visual communication needs.

Starting with the world’s most popular CMS WordPress, we crafted a custom website solution to feature news updates, case studies and a portfolio of recent work. The site being very dynamic using posting categories means a single new addition updates the website in a number of key areas.

Client: Vis-Com Sign Management
Website: www.vis-com.co.nz