Will Kylie get Pixel out of her head??

Top London Jewellery design house Johnny Rocket has selected Pixel Puppet to design and launch the company's first ever website.


Based in Greenwich, London, Johhny Rocket is most famous for producing bespoke jewellery for showbiz stars such as Kylie Minogue, Jamiroquai and former Darkness front man, Justin Hawkins.


Gareth Jones, Client Services Director at Pixel Puppet, said "We are delighted that John Pearce and Niall Paisley of Johnny Rocket selected us to design and provide them with a boutique web presence to showcase their unique designer jewellery pieces"

The new site is due to launch in September"

Johnny Rocket is at the pinnacle of Britain's creative jewellery industry. Its signature style embraces a spirit of 'adventure and tradition', and is recognised for its fusion of fashion, individual style, and fine craftsmanship.

The new business win is the latest in a series of high profile new accounts captured by Pixel Puppet over the last three months. The company now enters the fourth quarter of the year heading for record billings.

For more information on PixelPuppet, please contact Gareth Jones by visiting www.pixelpuppet.co.uk

To view the new Johnny Rocket site, visit http://www.johnnyrocketltd.co.uk/

Nice Work retains Sea Space account

Nice Work has been reappointed for a further year as the marketing, PR and event management provider for two of the Sea Space projects in East Sussex.

Sea Space is the economic development company for Hastings and Bexhill and was set up by the regional development agency and local councils to help create a vibrant, prosperous future for this part of England's south coast.

Nice Work provides marketing, communications, PR, media and event management services to two of the Sea Space projects - The East Sussex Enterprise Hub and The eBiz Centre. The company has worked with The EBiz Centre, formerly The Broadband Centre, for four years now and has helped both to raise its profile and to ensure its workshop programme becomes an established part of the local business scene. Nice Work has responsibility for recruiting delegates to the workshops and has been instrumental in helping to post 'House Full' signs on the majority of events. In addition to delegate recruitment, Nice Work also provides on the day Delegate Management Services.

The company has also been re-appointed to a similar role for The East Sussex Enterprise Hub. The Enterprise Hub Network focuses on entrepreneurial individuals and companies, helping them to bring ideas to market quickly and profitably. It is built around a team of commercial experts, based in Hubs right across the South East. Nice Work will be focusing on assisting the two East Sussex Hub sites in Eastbourne and Hastings.

The contract between Nice Work and Sea Space is for a further year through to 2008 and was secured after a formal tendering process. Martin Burke from Nice Work says "We are delighted to renew our arrangements with both the Hub and the eBiz centre. Our work over the last few years has played its part in raising the profile of both organisations - and we look forward to bringing new and fresh marketing ideas to the relationship".

Blogging for business

Blogs have quickly become the latest online marketing tool. They help raise your profile, give you an added presence on all the major search engines – and they can help drive traffic to your website.

The beauty of Blogs is their adaptability, flexibility and ease of use. For instance, the Blog you're reading now can be updated, amended or added to in seconds. The problem, of course, is finding content - and then the resources - to maintain the site so that it stays fresh, attracts regular visitors and continues to help drive traffic to other sites.

Even the experts sometimes suffer from a lack of time, resources and more pressing priorities (slap on wrist for The News Desk!). That's why Nice Work and Pixel Puppet have decided to establish a dedicated blogging service to help organisations establish and maintain blogs for the benefit of their businesses. We research and source new content - and make sure the Blog always contains contemporary and interesting content.

Blogs are also an ideal first step on the Internet if you’re unsure about websites.

One of the big advantages is that they are extremely cost-effective. Nice Work/Pixel Puppet can provide you with a fully functional Blog, together with weekly or two-weekly updates for a very low initial cost - much lower than the cost of a new website). We can also maintain your Blog, keeping it fesh and up to date for a nominal monthly fee.

Why not get in touch and find out more?

In the meantime, check out some of these Blogs we have produced:

http://www.followthatlotus.blogspot.com/
http://www.themushroomman.blogspot.com/
http://www.gardenexpert.blogspot.com/
http://www.ronhillsalterego.blogspot.com/
http://www.waddiesontheweb.blogspot.com/

Pixel database project gets the thumbs up!

If you're a membership organisation and looking for an online secure database to look after your members - then why not talk to Pixel Puppet?

For instance, do you need a database that:

Can take membership and registration payments online?

Automatically notifies you when payments have been made or need to be made?

Can be accessed and amended by the user online?

Can be used easily by non technical staff?

Can send out mailings to any geographical or professional group?

These were just some of the key requirements for a new database that has been built for BAPEN - the British Association for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. As well as providing a central facility, the new database also needs to serve the needs of eight regional organisation within the Association.

Pixel Puppet has been appointed to the project after several consultation meetings with the client in London. James Marchant, Pixel Puppet Creative Director said: "Building this database is a real challenge. There are members that are associated with more than one regional group, so particular attention will be made to stop the duplication of marketing communications - which is a real concern to BAPEN.

We have already started work on the project with a view to completion in time for BAPEN's Annual Conference in November"

Tools by Post

Pixel Puppet have announced yet another new business gain.

www.toolsbypost.com is a Hastings-based company selling quality tools, outdoor products and hardware. In addition to a thriving online business, the company has a retail business in the town which has been established for over 45 years.

Pixel Puppet was appointed by www.toolsbypost.com to maintain their large e-commerce store. But, with a move of the parent company to a larger out of town facility imminent, Pixel Puppet has also been asked to help in additional media and brand-building work.

Gareth Jones from Pixel Puppet says: "This is an exciting project for us because it once again demonstrates the range of services we are now able to offer our clients. Website build and maintenance has traditionally been core business for us - but our alliance with Nice Work enables us to offer the media, brand building and event management expertise required by our client"

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Wild about Mushrooms!

The humble mushroom is providing another boost to the Nice Work/Pixel Puppet alliance. East Sussex-based Orchidwood Mushrooms is Britain’s only specialist processor of frozen mushrooms to the food manufacturing industry.

In addition to providing mushrooms for the food industry, the company also markets a range of wild mushrooms via a dedicated e-commerce website designed, branded and developed by Pixel Puppet.

Now, with continued growth and interest in the wild mushroom market, particularly amongst Britain's home chefs, Pixel Puppet and Nice Work have been appointed to improve brand awareness and increase revenues.

The company was considering a sponsored advertising campaign, using search engines but Martin Burke from Nice Work says: "Before embarking on a PPC (Pay per click) campaign, we need to make sure Wild about Mushrooms enjoys higher brand awareness. We will be undertaking an intensive profile-raising campaign using traditional PR and events, but also incorporating a new Power Site (Blog) and HTML email campaigns"

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Storm rising in East Sussex

Pixel Puppet and Nice Work have been appointed to help launch a brand new two seater sports car to the UK market. Heathfield-based Dream Machines, an existing client of Pixel Puppet, have secured exclusive rights to import the San Storm into Europe and the Pixel/Nice Work team are now hard at work developing branding proposals and a comprehensive marketing plan to launch the Storm onto the UK market.

The San Storm is expected to make a huge impact in the highly competitive sports-car market - its green credentials means the Storm is a genuine sporty alternative to the traditional ‘green’ car with a number of exciting attributes highly relevant to today’s consumer including:

• Low emissions - the car qualifies for the low £30 road tax
• Low emissions - the two-seater is a true 'green' car
• Quality engine manufacturer – the car carries a Renault engine, meaning reliability and easy access to spares
• Economical - up to 70 mpg means the Storm is economical to run
• Stylish - a real head turner!
• Low insurance costs
• Competitively priced - the Storm is expected to retail at under £10,000

Creative Director James Marchant says: "This is a great account win for the new team and justifies our decision to combine Pixel Puppet's creative resources with the marketing expertise provided by Nice Work"

Martin Burke from Nice Work was delighted with the new business win: "Our appointment to manage the launch of the Storm reflects the depth of our experience, the quality of our ideas as well as our ability to respond quickly to a client's needs. We were able to offer Dream Machines a combined strategic and creative resource with a real understanding of the brand's - and the client's - needs.”

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