In a world of change overwhelmed with opinion, we can't be everything to everyone, but we can be everything to someone. We don't compromise on what really matters.
We're all about connecting people to content, and understanding what you need and how to tell your story - even if you don't.
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A nice website with good SEO is no longer good enough. You need to do more, to do better. We'll troubleshoot your digital marketing, and do the mix of the technical and creative stuff that you don't know you need, or know how to do, or have the time to do it.
We take a 360 of your digital footprint, and using analytics and tools you don't know how to use, we figure out how best to tell your story. Then we'll take your customers on that journey with you.
We work with SMEs mainly in the Tech, Sport & Travel Sectors.
What we do
Why work with us
Babolat . Padium . ProAm Padel Tour . Chelsea Harbour Club . Unilever . WPJ Heating . AMP Agency . Wowo Campsite . Dove Men+Care . Collaborative Creations . Off The Wall Prints . Boof Tennis . CompareCaribbean.com . Vision Salons . TRESemmé . Clipfix . Fit Within . Knorr . 31 Salon . Cindarella Furniture . Magnum . Eastside People . Be Nice Projects . Boys Cry . Sewaco . The One & Only Laser & Beauty . Fivestone Interiors . Studio Bluestone
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We’re all about connecting people to content,
and understanding what you need and
how to tell your story.
Even if you don’t.
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JUST BUILD
WEBSITES
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STORIES
A nice website with good SEO is no longer good enough. You need to do more, to do better. We’ll troubleshoot your digital marketing, and do the mix of the technical and creative stuff that you don’t know you need, or know how to do, or have the time to do it.
You want the truth about your website??
We take a 360 of your digital footprint, and using analytics and tools you don’t know how to use, we figure out how best to tell your story. Then we’ll take your customers on that journey with you.
If you need a new website designed and built, or an existing one revamped into the modern world, we can start your story from scratch with you. Don’t just settle for a website that is ‘good enough for now’. Build something cool!
We have built tons of websites in WordPress with Elementor Pro, Divi, Kadence etc, plus Webflow and Squarespace as well. We can add customisations and unique features to suit your website, and show you how to manage & update the content when we’re done.
Anything you want to do to grow your business online – We’ve got you covered. This is a multi-channel approach that could include a number of activities geared towards brand growth online. You pick the areas you want to focus on, and we’ll help shape your story in ways you don’t know how or aren’t aware of. Including but not limited to:
Performing well with Google’s Core Web Vitals is crucial for top search rankings. Site speed is vital to a user’s experience. If your site needs an upgrade behind the scenes, we can help with the technical nitty gritty.
How is your story developing? Content Marketing is more than just having good SEO. Yes we can update all your meta data and fix all your page/heading/image tags – but that’s the easy bit. To really succeed in Google search rankings your content needs to fulfil the user intent.
We can help build the story of your brand with great content marketing. And no this is also not just about shoving keywords into your copy – that might have worked in the 90s but not so much anymore.
The key to telling a great story, is authenticity.
They say a picture tells a thousand words, but video is where you can convey true emotion. How can you tap into a consumer’s raw feelings, their passions, their excitement? You can create connections with people’s emotions through video marketing.
Great video content can project your brand story with your customers from a product to a part of their life, from a purchase to an experience. Explainer videos, TikToks, Instagram reels, destination videos, unboxing experiences, product reviews, experience campaigns – the list goes on. If you’re not doing video marketing by now – you should be!
Max - Sales
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Sam did some video editing work for me to create some video content for the club's Women's Padel team. He was extremely professional, diligent, good at understanding my requirements, and came back within a few days with the finished piece. Would highly recommend his video editing services and will be using him again in the future... Read more
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Will - Owner
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Sam and 3500 Digital have done an excellent job looking after all of our marketing for the last 5 years. We are a busy, ever evolving company and have needed someone to grasp exactly what we do, what we offer and how to get that message across. Sam has done this. We try new strategies and he implements them thoroughly... Read more
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Jake - Trade Marketing
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Sam has applied his experience and skill to many marketing projects that we have asked for his support with. With each project, Sam executes the brief in an efficient, accurate and organised way. He is always available to chat to if you have additional requests, and will offer what we always find to be helpful advice... Read more
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Richard - CEO
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As an SME with a dozen staff, we don’t have the capacity for a full-time digital marketing resource. We commissioned Sam on a monthly retainer as we were achieving low click-through rates and engagement. Thanks to his efforts, we now have multiple advertising campaigns on google which are achieving good results... Read more
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Ali - Founder
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Sam runs an amazing service. His work ethic is spot on, he always delivers what he says, on time with more than promised. His patience handling us as a client is so valuable - he will always take time and keep going until we have what we need. His knowledge of the industry, and bespoke service tailored to us is fantastic... Read more
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Nick – Founder
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Sam is great. He has been helping me with my small business especially on the digital side of things, but he can pretty much do it all! He is very organised, efficient and pays real attention to detail making sure everything is right. He's such a nice guy, very honest, reliable and a pleasure to work with... Read more
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Matthew - Founder
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I have worked with Sam for many years. I have found his social media and website development experience and knowledge to be extensive. More importantly Sam’s attitude to solving problems and searching for good solutions has been exemplary. Nothing is too much trouble and his diligence with detail has been so valuable... Read more
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Erin - Founder
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Working with Sam was such a blessing and something I didn't even know I needed so deeply to kick start my online business. He helped me with a successful launch for a clothing brand, 2 amazing websites and helped me understand things that needed to run smoothly for an efficient, clear and focused game plan... Read more
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PJ - Founder
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Sam has been great to work with over the last few years on Clipfix. He’s built the website from scratch and started social media campaigns for us. Long may it continue... Read more
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Staff - Owner
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Since bringing Sam on board to help with our website upgrade and all things online, things have been so much easier. Sam is super efficient and comes back to all queries in great time. Our new website is mountains better than our old one and customers have a far better journey to make a booking with us... Read more
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Graham - Owner
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We employed 3500 Digital to design and implement a customer website for our new Beauty Salon business. From day one we were very happy with the work which Sam did for us. After sending an outline of our objectives and listening to our requirements he set about the initial design work, and continued working until we were fully satisfied... Read more
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See some of our clients work and how it’s impacted their growth
A Story of Online Digital Growth
Google search traffic up 49%
Traffic up 15% YOY with new site & 16% up in website engagement
Boiler jobs up 18% YOY last 3 yrs
35% conversion rate of boiler leads to installs for last 4 years
18% keywords on 1st 2 pages
217 keywords ranked on 1st 2 pages out of 1.2k. 95% growth in last 3 yrs
Sam and 3500 Digital have done an excellent job looking after all of our marketing for the last 5 years. We are a busy, ever evolving company and have needed someone to grasp exactly what we do, what we offer and how to get that message across.
Sam has done this. We try new strategies, he implements them thoroughly and gives proper real-time feedback on what effects and response they are having.
We work together under his guidance to work out which marketing channels are working at any given time for any given demographic.
Sam is adept at seeing possibilities and translating them in to results across lots of mediums - he’s done maildrops, PPC campaigns, ongoing SEO, review platforms, website development and content, website re-vamps, website pop-ups and quote tools, newsletters, Google organic growth, social media posts and more.
You name it we’ve asked him to do it over the years and he has always responded diligently and logically with his approach bringing all his wide-ranging experience in to play. Thank you!Will - Owner
A Story of Analytics
Clicks up 56% last 12 months
No budget change, clicks up 56% over last 12 months vs previous year
Click through rate up 48%
CTR increased from 3.8% to 5.6% over last 12 months vs previous year
Cost per lead down by 25%
AdWords CPL decreased by 25% from 2 years ago. CPC also down 15%
As an SME with a dozen staff, we don’t have the capacity for a full-time digital marketing resource and so we commissioned Sam on a monthly retainer.
When he started we were achieving low click-through rates and engagement. Thanks to his efforts, we now have multiple advertising campaigns on google which are achieving good results and are a crucial source of new leads for the company.
Sam also produces a high-quality monthly report to keep myself as CEO up to date enabling transparency and rigour in managing digital performance.Richard - CEO
A Story of Customer Interaction
A complete design overhaul and rebuild of the website. Build proper user funnels showcasing campsite features and improve booking conversions online.
Wowo is one of the most fun & popular campsites in the south of England – make the website reflect that.
Traffic increase of 21% YOY
131k visitors in 1st 12 months after launch vs 108k in 12 months prior
Engagement grew by 94%
Avg 3.5 pages/session & 57% returning visitors vs 1.8 & 29% on old website
Financial growth of 28%
Huge campsite-wide financial growth since website launch
Since bringing Sam on board to help with our website upgrade and all things online, things have been so much easier.
Sam is super efficient and comes back to all queries in great time. Our new website is mountains better than our old one and customers have a far better journey to make a booking with us.
Sam is also very knowledgeable on any other IT topic so has helped improve our work processes tremendously and saved us all time not doing things that can be automated.
We all enjoy working with Sam as he's always helpful and entertaining, highly recommended for any website development and digital marketing work!Staff - Owner
A Story of Connectivity
Social media growth of 101%
Audience growth more than doubled in 1st year following this strategy
High profile brand wins
Projects include Apple, Three, BrewDog, Amaffi, Nespresso & more
New agency connections
Production agencies like Adam & Eve, BBH, Mother, W&K and more
Sam runs an amazing service. His work ethic is spot on, he always delivers what he says, on time with more than promised. His patience handling us as a client is so valuable.
He will always take time and keep going until we have what we need despite it being a slow pace at times. His knowledge of the industry, and bespoke service tailored to us is fantastic.
Being a B2B and B2C business, his approach has been targeted to both. He’s efficient, affordable and friendly.
I would highly recommend him to any small-medium business that requires a cut to the chase approach with speed and results.Ali - Founder