Recommended, family-run Renfrewshire or Glasgow based companies:)

It’s been a while since I posted the updated here. However, you can always check our social media like Facebook, Twitter, Google+ or LinkedIn which are updated on daily basis

Anyway, to keep you on track here are some news.

We've been focusing on SEO and Social Media services for our customers lately. We also issued new email campaign that was sent to ~ 300 recipients. The email recommended our SEO clients. We cooperate closely with these companies and since they are local businesses we also support them. Most of them are family-run firms, and based in Renfrewshire or Glasgow.

To find out more about the recommended companies click on below links or on the photo attached that provides to the HTML email > You may also subscribe there to our mailing list to be always up to date.

We truly recommend:

• Quality Window Blinds Provider – Vue Window Blinds Glasgow >
• Event Photographer – Ferguson Imaging Paisley>
• Effective Flyer Distributor – Connect Leaflet Distribution Glasgow>
• Quality Firewood Supplier – Baltic Firewood  Renfrewshire >

Deal hunting, email newsletter, local businesses supporting and more...

Hi folks!

We are kind of busy lately: SEO & social media services, website updates, email campaign and new project is coming.


Our new business cards & letterheads arrived from printing house lately and we are happy with the results. Enlarge attached photo.

Lately we designed, coded and issued new email campaign to promote our social media involvement as well as to support our local businesses which we’are cooperating with.

Therefore, to see how to be more involved in Web Studio Marita social media deal hunting, check the previously issued email here >

The lately send email newsletter you may see here >

The local businesses that we support & cooperate with are:

• Thistle Displays – creative design agency & large format printing company based in Glasgow. They offer wide range of products & services (shop signs, posters design & printing, exhibition stands, vehicle graphics etc.), so just visit Thistle Displays website for more details.
• Baltic Firewood – local high quality firewood logs & wood pellets supplier. Both firewood & wood pellets are idea to warm your homes, but wood pellets can also be used as horse bedding. For more details visit Baltic Firewood website.
• Ferguson Imaging – our best local commercial photographer. Murdoch, who has more than 20 years of experience in photography runs his studio, and specialise not only in commercial, but also architectural, PR, events, and advertising photography. Visit Ferguson Imaging website for more details.
• Connect Leaflet Distribution is also Glasgow based company and also offer design & printing services; however in lower scale, simply because they specialise in flyer design & printing. Moreover they deliver these leaflets using mapping software for accurate leaflets distribution. Visit Connect Leaflet Distribution for more details.

I’m going to update you again soon in meantime follow us on Facebook, Twitter or Google+ for news as well as deal hunting.

Why is worth to take a part in exhibition as a visitor?

I have been at exhibition twice as a visitor and taken part in some seminars. Both events took place in Glasgow (Scotland), but these kinds of events are held all over the UK.

I’m going to attend another two similar events in autumn and I know for sure that I won’t regret that I’m wasting my precious time. Why is that? Even so, I think that I know a lot, like really a lot, regarding SEO, Social Media or Email Marketing, each time I learn something new, because I’m attending seminars held during these events.

I like to be up to date, and considering that keynote speakers are more experienced than me, I know that I fulfil my knowledge expectation.

Sometimes, I take a part in seminar that seems to be not connected in any way to my profession, and then appears that I was mistaken. For example I attended a seminar regarding body language, and actually I learned a lot. Moreover this knowledge helps me in my business. I wouldn’t even think about it earlier.

I took some photos on the last exhibition I was in Hampden Park (Expo Scotland / Social Media & Marketing Show), so I decided to put some here, so you can see how the seminars look like.


What do you think about taking a part in exhibitions? Let me know in comments.

Photos © Web Studio Marita

I got inspired – Women in the Creative Technologies Conference at UWS

Last week I attended a conference at University of the West of Scotland (UWS Paisley): Women in the Creative Technologies.
As most of you know, women have difficulties to get a suitable job in creative technologies areas. These types of jobs are ‘reserved’ to men.  It’s a men world – we can say. Therefore, it’s very important to encourage women to apply about jobs in creative technologies, and advise them what to do to be successful in it.
From year to year more & more women study creative technologies (Web & Mobile Design, Computer Networking, Music, Animation, Games), but still this area is mostly occupied by men.

From the top Sara Harkins, Maggie Morrison, Evelyn FitzPatrick
Click images to enlarge.

Therefore, Evelyn FitzPatrick (teacher fellow at UWS) organized conference to support the other women. I can tell it was a women power.
The keynote speakers pointed out some important issues, and at the same time they advised us - women, regarding career development. Let me just list a few of them:

• be self confident, be brave,
• advertise yourself as ‘brand’ (on CV or covering letters, in personal contacts, online: on social media, blogs),
• do not limit yourself, develop your interests/hobbies,
• get involved in projects/events/conferences,
• use STAR model at interview to articulate an example (Situation * Task/Challenge * Action * Result),
• remember how important mentoring can be – ask your superior to be your mentor.

Maggie Morrison, Anne Giffort, Lucy Evert, Frances Rowan

Rebecca Hasting, Rowan Milne

 The other very helpful subjects were also in the agenda, like:

• when to start looking & applying for the job,
• who can help the students & graduates to find a placement or job,
• who can help with their CV,
• advantages of volunteering,
• freelancing – advantages & disadvantages,
• social media – common mistake that might cost you to loss your job,
• how to properly use social media to advertise yourself in the job market,

and many more.

Example: how to NOT use a hashtags!

Remember, every single life & jobs experience leads you to find your best career path. However, be brave to explore the different paths to find THE one that will take you to the dream job.  If you like your job, you will be successful & satisfied.

I truly recommend attending such events like Women in the Creative Technologies Conference; no matter you if are woman or man. The tips & advices are for everybody, and from my point of view, this conference was a huge success. I'm happy & grateful that such events are organised in UWS – the university that I graduated from.

At the end of my post, I would like to attach a video presented at the conference that shows how weird we act at social media (online). If we transfer these behaviours to real life, it would be really bizarre. Just take a look:

© Photos WSMarita