More new business wins!

The newly formed marketing, communications and design company Diligence has secured more new business to boost it's November debut.

RIB, a financial services company based in Wath-on-Dearne, South Yorkshire has appointed Diligence to construct its new website. The new site will go live in early November and is expected to boost the profile of the long-established company in the highly competitive Yorkshire insurance marketplace.

Ashford company Country Homes France (CHF) has appointed Diligence Group to provide marketing and sales assistance for its internet-based overseas property estate agency business. Initial work for CHF has focused on helping construct a new website as well as developing a HTML email marketing programme.

Calisto is a consultancy providing leading blue-chip companies with change management, Lean Manufacturing and other strategic assistance. Diligence is constructing a website for the consultancy and has also helped develop a new logo and corporate design.

In addition to other new business wins such as local Hastings restaurant Intimo (website), the company have also been appointed to organise the Pedal for Sierra Leone, a sponsored cycle ride to France for the Hastings/Sierra Leone twinning charity plus the Lydd Half Marathon which makes a welcome return to the local running calendar in March 2008.

Diligence set for November debut

Hastings-based design studio Pixel Puppet and Marketing/Events company Nice Work have concluded a 12 month co-operation agreement by announcing a formal merger of their marketing and design activities.

A newly formed company - Diligence Group Ltd - will commence operations on November 1st 2007 and will incoporate the two companies existing marketing and design business.

Diligence Media and Marketing begins life with an established portfolio of clients including Legal & General, Orbital Marketing, Kent Air Ambulance and Sea Space, the regeneration agency for Hastings and Bexhill. As well as providing marketing assistance to a range of large clients, the company also has a sharp focus on providing cost-effective marketing help to local and regional companies within their East Sussex/West Kent catchment area. Already Diligence is working with companies such as Wild About Mushrooms (Beckley), Dream Machines Lotus (Heathfield), Thorcraft and Tools by Post (Hastings) and Country Homes France (Ashford).

Marketing Director Martin Burke says "The launch of Diligence is an exciting development for both Nice Work and Pixel Puppet. We are now in a position to provide a comprehensive marketing support service including strategic advice, marketing planning, traditional design, print and copywriting plus, of course, website build and design. More to the point we believe that this range of services places Diligence in a unique position in one of our core markets of Hastings, where the choice for businesses seeking a quality advertising and marketing resource is very limited indeed."

Nice Work events will continue to trade under the Nice Work banner whilst the Pixel Puppet brand will also be retained for future web-based business opportunities.

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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