I've recently been working on the development of a new website for my firm (Goodman Jones). What I've really enjoyed about it is collaborating with a great team. It's illustrated to me that internet technology is making geographical location far less important. The team we had was made up of:
David Terrar - St Albans UK
David's company is D²C and provides a one stop shop for designing and building a stunning website. It's a very cost effective service, but with no corners cut. The effort David goes to is truly remarkable. David considers the whole business and marketing aspects of the site and not just the technical and design side. David put together a strong team based on our needs and was our main point of contact.
The team at Tribal Internet - Reading, UK & Columbia, South America
Tribal provide the content management system that drives the site and Liz from Tribal translated the design into PHP and HTML code. The content management system allows any authorised user to edit and add content in the website without having any web expertise. That's a very important factor for us as we need to keep the content fresh and up to date. The system's simple to use, all you need is a PC and internet connection.
Glenn Jenner is the designer. We knew what we wanted and Glenn and David pretty much nailed it with the first version. We did take a considerable amount of time afterwards making refinements. David had the patience of a saint during this period.
Dennis Howlett - Various locations, Spain
The original web content was written by us, but by four different GJ people. Dennis used his skills on editing, redrafting and honing the content to give it a single voice that reflected our firms values. With Dennis you don't just get a wordsmith you also get insight and analysis. We took on board his comments and made changes.
Goodman Jones - London, UK
We did our bit and it was very much a team effort, but a particular mention to Daren on the GJ side for all his expertise, hard work and dedication.
We were all using the same Tribal system via the internet and collaborating not just from different locations, but instantaneously viewing and updating the same content. It demonstrates how internet technology can now be used as the tool to allow successful collaboration regardless of geographical location. We're also finding similar results using our Twinfield powered GJ Online business system (we're keeping David busy on that one too!)
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