One of our cherished long-term clients is local campervan conversion company Hillside Leisure. Along with the building and hosting of their bespoke website we also provide support with their blog posts. We recently took a detailed look at the VW Cromford - a campervan with a difference. Here's the article Rich wrote for their website: The VW Cromford Campervan – The Luxury of Convenience When you look at campervan options it seems the most popular layout is a traditional side conversion … [Read more...] about Creative writing for Hillside Leisure
Digital Christmas Campaigns for Lilly O’Brien’s
We're lucky enough to have been working with Lilly O'Brien's chocolatiers for over 8 years and we always look forward to the Christmas period when we provide a bespoke digital campaign to raise brand awareness and gain new loyal fans. Working closely with Lynsey at Woope Creative who provides wonderful concepts, we started working on the Christmas campaign in August ready for a November go-live. This year we utilised an animated flickering background fire with HTML5 animated Christmas … [Read more...] about Digital Christmas Campaigns for Lilly O’Brien’s
A brand new creative force
Over the years, Fish Media has worked with many other businesses collaborating on hundreds of projects and we've put our names on many innovative campaigns and digital masterpieces. We realised that a dream team had been formed and in February 2021 we joined forces to launch a new company - Cobalt Create. A brand new creative force pre-loaded with years' of experience Cobalt Create is a collaboration of four well-established companies - making our Fish Media offering much stronger and … [Read more...] about A brand new creative force
We have moved!
We have up sticks and moved our office base 7 miles down the road into Belper. For nearly 13 years we've loved being located at Wheeldon House in Derby and we're sad to say goodbye. Our new office is located in a 1000 square foot converted old dairy with the outside offering stunning views across the Chevin and Belper. Our new address is: The Old Dairy, Chevin Green Farm, Chevin Road, Belper DE56 2UNwhat3words: ///files.shunning.truth It's not been an easy task, the move started … [Read more...] about We have moved!
Salloway Property Consultants introduce 3D virtual tours
We're proud to have been working closely with Derby-based property consultants Salloway for over 10 years. We developed a bespoke programmed website that connects to their Customer Relationship Management system and populates the website with the latest properties on the market. Any enquires received through the website to request property particulars are automated and added to the CRM system as a lead for the team to follow up. The website is greatly enhanced by our beautifully … [Read more...] about Salloway Property Consultants introduce 3D virtual tours
Logo design
Creating an identity - we are often asked by clients to design or improve their company or brand logo to go along with the website design or digital marketing services we provide. One of the great things about creating logos is that more than often we spot them out in the real world as they escape the confines of the internet. Designing a logo can be a deeply personal experience for the client as they know in their mind how they want their brand to be portrayed but often have no idea where to … [Read more...] about Logo design
Craft beer to your door
Back in March, when the UK went into full lockdown, we weren't certain of the future landscape at Fish Media. We knew we could safely work from home with technology at our disposal, but we didn't know how our client base would be affected. Luckily, we were needed more than ever as online solutions became even more important while the Nation stayed at home. One of our favourite clients* grabbed the bull by the horns and pushed us hard to launch a new retail website supplying craft beer … [Read more...] about Craft beer to your door
School websites and home learning
How are you all getting on during these troubling times? We're still working from home and strangely missing the office banter. I have a full house with my wife, two teenagers and a dog - my wife is a Deputy Headteacher and I've had an insight into how she updates the school website and prepares home learning materials as well as going in to look after key worker's children at school. I thought that it would be a good time to showcase our school website content management system. We've been … [Read more...] about School websites and home learning
Safety, working from home and support
We’re currently experiencing high levels of support requests during this worrying time and we want to assure you that we’re doing everything we can to put our efforts into helping those clients that need it most. Many people are now preparing to work from home when perhaps they didn’t need to before. With this move comes a certain amount of isolation and vulnerability to the other “nasties” out there that are not medically virus related. We’ve set out some of our thoughts and learnings from … [Read more...] about Safety, working from home and support
ecommerce for Judith Hart Jewellers
We've been rushed off our feet in the fish tank over the last few months and are really pleased to be able to announce recent website launches and new business wins. If you're thinking of getting Mum some jewellery this Mother’s Day then you might want to visit our latest ecommerce website for Judith Hart Jewellers. With complex and innovative server side integration with their Bransom Systems point of sale and stock management system we now display and filter products that are added and … [Read more...] about ecommerce for Judith Hart Jewellers
Good Luck Colin
Just before the Millennium I was asked to join a UK top 100 Advertising Agency to create a separate department specialising in “new” media. On the interview team was Colin, a young Account Manager with a desire to push his current traditional role towards the now emerging digital market. This meeting of like minds was set to change my life forever, we got on like a house on fire, we forged a lasting friendship and invited each other to be Best Man at our respective weddings. After an exciting … [Read more...] about Good Luck Colin
Wheeldon get new online home
Fish Media have created a new website for Derby based homebuilder Wheeldon Brothers. The brief was to produce a website that focused on it's current housing developments and make it easy for potential home buyers to get quick access to information on the location, plot and house styles available. Utilising the Google Maps API we designed and coded the site to display the locations of the developments on a map with interactive markers that allow the view of further information. Another key … [Read more...] about Wheeldon get new online home
Offering WordPress and Magento
During my career in offering online digital solutions I have always worked to provide custom designed software - in the past I've contracted experienced coders to produce software to exacting specifications and to encompass specific needs from the client. Since starting Fish Media in 2003 this continued and we've always been about offering bespoke programming with an experienced in-house team. Over the past few years my personal online presence led me toward an Open Source approach when my blog … [Read more...] about Offering WordPress and Magento
Derby CAMRA website takes TOP AWARD
Derby CAMRA's website was recognised at the highest level recently when it won the "Most improved CAMRA Website of the Year" award at the Members weekend in Torquay. The website had previously been crowned "East Midlands CAMRA website of the Year" and it marks a remarkable double for the site. Derby Branch Treasurer, Julian Tubbs was on hand to receive the award (pictured left) from National Executive member, Brett Laniosh (pictured centre). Congratulations must go to Webmaster, … [Read more...] about Derby CAMRA website takes TOP AWARD
Photography for BrawnGP F1 Winners
Our Creative Director, Richard Mackney and Simon Mackney from Mackney Photography were invited to photograph a wind tunnel for a new Brawn GP wind tunnel website and spent a couple of days at the Brawn GP headquarters and factory getting to grips with this opportunity to show them how creative we can be! We were invited to spend a couple of days at the Brawn GP factory to capture images of one of their wind tunnel constructions and it's related operations. On the first day Simon and Richard … [Read more...] about Photography for BrawnGP F1 Winners