The only two websites we submitted for Creative Ink, and InkBox both received Silver SA Web Awards with a average score of 85%. We are real excited to see that only 20 Silver SA Web Awards were handed out in 2010, that is only 4% of all entries.

We are privileged to have been part of these awards in 2010, and would definitely submit new websites for consideration during 2011.

See the complete results here: 2010 – A Record Year for SAWA!

Creative Ink was chosen as the preferred digital service provider from 7 firms, in the Gauteng area, who were approached to propose a solution in line with the requirements of Access Health.

About Access Health:

Access Health (SA) is a subsidiary company of Europ Assistance Worldwide (SA), which is owned by the world’s leading provider of assistance services, Europ Assistance Worldwide. Generality, the second largest insurance company in Europe is 100% owner of Europ Assistance Holdings.

Since its local launch in 1996, Access Health (SA) has established itself as the country’s foremost specialist in disease management programmes. Access Health renders the following services:

• Health risk assessments and management.
• Disease management programmes.
• Employee wellness programmes.
• Compliance Management programmes.

The above mentioned services are rendered to employees and organizations in all sectors of the South African economy, to medical aids and administrators as well as pharmaceutical companies.

The old website presented a number of obvious problems:

• Not aligned with the Access Health corporate identity (CI);
• Lack of a platform which would allow Access Health to update content inhouse;
• Confusing hierarchy of information;
• No means of coming into contact with an Access Health representative; and
• Lack of application of best practice in terms of Search Engine Optimization (SEO).

Creative Ink  proposed and implemented a fresh new “look and feel” in line with the Access Health CI and developed a website (www.accesshealthsa.com) aligned with the following objectives of Access Health:

Primary Objectives

• To develop a clearly defined proposition for AHSA (Access Health South Africa) and its offerings
• To position AHSA in a way that challenges stakeholders and competitors

Secondary Objectives

• To communicate AHSA new service/product offerings into the consumer market

Our Solution:

We have elevated information pertaining to the core business offering, to the landing page of the website, and have provided both existing and potential clients with the ability to come into contact with business critical staff.

Creative Ink has provided Access Health with a Content Management System (CMS) developed in .NET on the latest MSSQL 2008 platform. The CMS we have developed is easy to use and enables key content custodians to update any portion of content with ease. The website seamlessly links to Access Health’s web-based case management system.

Best practice has been applied in terms of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and a strategy for ongoing Search Engine Marketing (SEM) has been developed with Access Health’s short and long term online objectives in mind.

Since live implementation of the website, Access Health has committed to a long term relationship with Creative Ink in maintaining www.accesshealthsa.com , as well as the provision of ongoing digital media solutions.

One of the latest projects Creative Ink has undertaken was to create a web presence for Compressor Valves & Accessories. We took the approach of developing the website on a concrete SEO foundation, not only so that they would rank well in search engines, but also drive new targeted customers to the CVA website which would result in new leads and business.

A bit about CVA:

CVA is a firm specialising in compressed air technology and is the sole agent for importing and distributing Worthington Compressors and Dalgakiran Kopressör.

CVA has the combination of highly skilled staff, the highest engineering standards and competitive pricing through local manufacture of most compressor parts, which makes Compressor Valves & Accessories the company to call when you need to keep up the pressure.

Visit their Website:

http://compressed-air.co.za/

What we did for CVA:

• Web design and development
• Search Engine Optimisation
• Content Analysis, &
• SEO Copywriting

While most of us are dreaming up ways of deriving some sort of business benefit from available social networks, there are others for which a warm night’s sleep is a luxury. We applaud the efforts of both Melanie and the regional organizers of the Twitter Blanket Drive for taking the time to give back to the community, and for creatively utilizing a channel such as Twitter, for such as noble cause.

According to the Twitter Blanket Drive website, there are over 50,000 registered Twitter users in South Africa alone, and even a 5% attendance would mark a significant achievement. We encourage you as client, peer or competitor to participate in this nationwide drive, to be held at various locations on Saturday, 29 May 2010 at 18:00. Please visit the #TBD website for all the venue details and RSVP your attendance today!

After the first month we were astonished with all the sign-ups and campaigns we have sent out, and just how powerful InkBox is and how beneficial it has proven to be to our clients.

We have selected one of the sign-ups at random and the winning sign-up is Netweb Event!

Netweb Event is a network of progressive entrepreneurial minds, started by Mongezi Mtati. Their motto is: “You are the business, in case you’ve been under a rock for a while, it’s time get up and start mining. We have a dinner event every month in Joburg, come join us.”

Congratulations to Netweb event and be sure to keep an eye out for their Email newsletter sign-up.

Do you currently do any Email Marketing or wish to start an Email campaign or newsletter? Start by signing up for InkBox for free. InkBox will allow you to effortlessly create and deliver email campaigns with analytics, allowing you to analyze and improve your Email marketing efforts.

Incorporating a newsroom on our website has been a consideration for some time, and we think it will provide us with the ideal forum to engage with you. We spend many hours ensuring that we keep up to date on the ins and outs of all available digital channels, and we would like to share our findings with you on a regular basis.  Topics include web design and development, social media, mobile media and associated forms of online media. 

We will keep you posted when we upload a new article, if you have subscribed to our RSS feed, and other channels such as Facebook and Twitter. We welcome any feedback, questions or commentary you may have on the articles we post. If there is any particular aspect of digital marketing, design or development you would like us to focus on, please make you recommendations via our “Contact Us” page. 

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Creative Ink has launched their own in-house Email Marketing tool “InkBox”. InkBox will allow anyone to effortlessly create and deliver email campaigns with analytics, allowing you to analyze and improve your results.

Creative Ink realized that there is a gap in the market for Email marketing tools that are ideal forsmall and medium businesses, and yet are scalable to grow with your business.

InkBox is there to fulfill that need, by providing the same functionality as rival software, but which is far easier to use.

Gone are the days of simply creating a website for your business and hoping that someone will miraculously discover your site on the world wide web. A website is just one component of your total communication strategy and it is essential that it all forms of online media be considered.

Benefits of using InkBox as your bulk Email delivery system

Bulk Email is the best marketing tool forCustomer Relationship Management (CRM), as it allows you to keep in touch and connected to your clients in a cost effective way.

InkBox allows you to create and manage yoursubscriber lists,which means all your campaigns will be highly targeted.

InkBox is customizable on a mass scale.

InkBox is completely measurable, allowing you to interpret your analytics, strategize and improve your campaigns.

InkBox has experienced designers who will create a professional, functional email design which is tailored to your requirements.

InkBox is completely web-based, there is no software to install, set-up or configuration. You can login, and manage your account from anywhere.

With InkBox’s simple, scalable pricing structure, it is worth every cent spent.

InkBox is a product maintained by the Digital Agency Creative Ink.

So for a hassle free sign-up, test the product at http://inkbox.me