We build websites.

In addition to building your website we will save you thousands of pounds by showing you how to maintain and develop your website by yourself.

The way we build websites puts you in control.

How we build websites is just as important as what we build our sites with. Click below to see how our approach to building websites puts you in control of the whole process.

What you get from Reservoir Digital

Personal Service

A very personal service from the business owners from Day 1 and throughout the project and beyond
Hand Holding

We believe in close handholding of our customers as we take them through the design and build of your website
Co-operation

We think the only way you get the website you want is by close co-operation with your developer. That's what we provide. No intermediaries, project 'directors', account managers or anyone else to get in the way.
Training

We train you in every aspect of your website so that you stay in total control.

Our Services

Web Design

A simple methodology for showing online designs with navigation and interaction.

Web Development

We build websites with WordPress and a set of tools you can use yourself

Marketing

We make sure that your website is Marketing ready and there’s room to build a powerful Marketing engine.

Inbound Marketing

We will show you how Inbound lowers the cost of Marketing and improves the quality and quantity of leads.

Training

We train you how to update your website simply and without any coding. Add Pages, blogs, Calls To Action, Forms etc.

Industry Expertise

We have expertise in A number of areas: Directories, Membership Systems, Learning Management Systems and many more.

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How Scottish Food Guide broke the mould

The Blog: Talking about Marketing and Websites

This is a selfie-obsessed world. Every change of shoes, airport or bar is captured on mobile phones and promoted on social media. But the biggest mistake a B2B brand can make is to constantly talk about yourself. The first and most important thing to realise is that no-one cares. Rule number 1 then in B2B …

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Three reasons your static website is killing your business.

Websites

Three reasons your static website is killing your business.

05/08/2019

What are Static Websites? Lots of small businesses are stuck with a website that they can’t change without either reverting to their supplier or hiring specialized skills, both of which will cost money, and sometimes not insignificant amounts. We call this a static website and there are some very serious consequences of having a static …

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Why ‘more’ means ‘less’ in Digital Marketing.

Inbound Marketing, Marketing, Sales

Why ‘more’ means ‘less’ in Digital Marketing.

15/05/2019

Here’s an absolutely true story, that I was personally involved in, that demonstrates the utter idiocy of going for more and more email contacts, Facebook likes, Twitter followers etc. When we were first starting out, a customer asked us to do exactly that ‘Get me more contacts, likes and followers, I need to reach more …

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Are you paying too much for your website?

Inbound Marketing, Websites

Are you paying too much for your website?

28/02/2019

If it costs a couple of pounds, per year to register a domain name, and hosting is around £10.00 per month, then why are you paying a lot more than this to your Web Developer? Is it because they told you this is too complicated to do yourself? Or you don’t have the technical skills …

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Marketing doesn’t work – here’s why

Marketing

Marketing doesn’t work – here’s why

03/02/2019

Here’s how it goes: You spend your marketing dollars on telling the world how great you are: What wonderful products you make How your staff are the best in the world How your services can help your customers save millions You use all the – Social Media you can find, you blast out emails and …

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Should you build your own website?

Websites

Should you build your own website?

29/07/2018

If you’re anything like me, I always want to find the most cost effective way to do things. Sometimes that means handing things over to specialists to get the job done, because we can’t be experts in everything. Building a web site is often seen as something you should get an expert to do for …

Should you build your own website? Read More »

Why wire-frames and designs are out of date

Websites

Why wire-frames and designs are out of date

29/07/2018

In the good old days of website building a process developed which continues to this day. First of all someone would develop wire-frame diagrams of your website. The argument for them was that it would simply show you what elements you wanted on your website and where they were placed. Many people confused wire frames …

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How to wrestle back control of your website

Opinion, Websites

How to wrestle back control of your website

07/04/2018

Recently I was asked to help re-develop a website. No big deal there – The website looked very old and wasn’t easy to navigate, and the client was sure there was something better out there. But when I looked further into it, I was truly staggered by the situation and how the web designer was …

How to wrestle back control of your website Read More »

How to write copy like an idiot

Marketing, Opinion

How to write copy like an idiot

04/01/2018

I remember being at a presentation last year and we were told by the speaker what his company did, and this is how he described it: “Our end-to-end, mission critical solutions create synergy for best-of-breed market leaders.” More recently I was approached by a company to trial their software. They described it as: “An open, …

How to write copy like an idiot Read More »

Are you still using gophers to market your business?

Marketing

Are you still using gophers to market your business?

15/12/2017

I better explain ‘GOPHERS’. It stands for Gongs, Offers, Products, Hires, Events, Results and Sales. It’s the stuff of Marketing and has been for years. We send out announcements telling the world about our latest hire. We use Social Media to tell our audience about the latest trophy we’ve picked up at the industry awards …

Are you still using gophers to market your business? Read More »

Contact us to discuss your website, whether it's a simple website or a full blown e-commerce site.

News and Resources

29/10/2019

We build websites.

In addition to building your website we will save you thousands of pounds by showing you how to maintain and develop your website by yourself.

The way we build websites puts you in control.

How we build websites is just as important as what we build our sites with. Click below to see how our approach to building websites puts you in control of the whole process.

What you get from Reservoir Digital

Personal Service

Hand Holding

Co-operation

Training

Our Services

Web Design

Web Development

Marketing

Inbound Marketing

Training

Industry Expertise

The Blog: Talking about Marketing and Websites​

Contact us to discuss your website, whether it's a simple website or a full blown e-commerce site.

News and Resources

The Blog: Talking about Marketing and Websites