What our Clients Have to Say
Client name: Woolies Trim
Industry: Upholstery and fittings for classic cars
Website: Woolies Trim
"It's great that we can do amendments ourselves, this is what we wanted. Xanthos has always been highly professional and given an excellent level of customer service."
- Duncan Allen, Co-Director, Woolies Trim
Client name: C3
Industry: Multimedia Communications
Website: C3
“We’ll definitely be working with Xanthos again.
Our old website used to generate loads of junk leads. Since Xanthos redesigned our site we’ve been delighted to find that we’re getting fewer but far higher quality leads, which is saving us precious time and money. We’ve also been really pleased with how easy our new content management system is to use. We’ll definitely be working with Xanthos again."
- Sue Hunt, Head of Marketing
Client name: Birchstone
Industry: Specialist Carpentry
Website: Birchstone
“Within three months our enquiries had shot up by 62%, so I can honestly say that six months on it has paid for itself.
When we approached Xanthos about updating our website I was surprised by the amount of time we spent looking at our old one to identify what was working and what wasn’t. It quickly became clear that our old site had been left behind. So many people tell me that they know a friend who can do it in their spare time but it’s simply not the case if you want your site to bring you more business.
Our site was built in 10 weeks. I was involved from start to finish, signing off pages as we proceeded. When we went live, it took about a month to go up through the rankings. Within three months our enquiries had shot up by 62%, so I can honestly say that six months on it has paid for itself.
Feedback from clients has been great. One new customer said, “We looked at your website and decided to use you before we even looked at costings!” Most importantly, they find it easy to navigate and find all the information they need help them decide what to do to their home.
Adding articles and blogs to our site is simple. If there is ever anything too technical for me I just send it over to Xanthos and it is added within 24hrs. It means we can concentrate on what we are good at.
The quarterly site review meeting gives us a complete breakdown of our rankings and how well we are doing, pin pointing actions that will improve the site further.
Our experience with Xanthos has been a great success. We’re not very technical but were never made to feel uncomfortable about that. They took our knowledge of our business and added their experience and know-how to produce a great web site that works. When you get a phone call from The Independent saying, “We found your website - it looks great - can we interview you for an article we’re writing?” you know it’s working! Thank you Xanthos."
- Steve Hill, Managing Director Birchstone
Client name: Giles Landscapes
Industry: Commercial and Private Landscapers
Website: Giles Landscapes
“Our old website suffered from being tinkered with by too many in-house ‘designers’. The result was that it became very difficult to navigate.
The new website has made life much more straight forward. Feedback from visitors to the site is that it’s simple to use, very customer friendly and that they’re getting the information they want quickly. I was surprised to notice these encouraging comments coming in as soon as the site was launched. As far as administration is concerned, the content management system means we can upload images and new information in a flash, it’s really easy.
There’s been an obvious improvement as far as traffic is concerned, we’re really pleased. The quality of that traffic has improved and we’re regularly being approached to do more top end work. As far as a % increase is concerned, 62% of our new private client work has come from the website.
We kept our old keywords and took on a few new ones too. The keywords are taking us to the first page of Google which is great. Overall, it’s been a really good experience. Obviously, getting the most out of a website is an ongoing process but we’re really pleased with the results so far”.
- Roger Giles, Director Giles Landscapes
Client name: SDI Group
Industry: Integrated Materials Handling Solutions
Websites: SDI Group UK, SDI Group, SDI USA, SDI Spain
“Dear Olga
Having worked with Xanthos for a number of years on a number of projects, I want to express our appreciation of the excellent service provided by your company in the design and implementation of our new company website.
From the first design meeting your team showed a clear understanding of our requirements and has been patient and supportive during the redesign and going live processes.
You and your team have an excellent standard of professionalism and have a proactive attitude to our ever changing company requirements.
We look forward to continuing our working partnership with Xanthos.”
- SDI Group UK
Client name: Business Travel
Industry: Travel
Website: Business Travel
“We have dealt with Xanthos for a number of years and always found their support of great benefit. We recently needed urgent assistance from Xanthos and the response from Olga Travlos and her team at Xanthos meant that our issue was resolved within an hour. The relationship between our two companies has developed over the years and we have come to rely on their IT support to further develop our business.”
- Business Travel
Client Name: Bargain Plumbing Shop
Industry: E-commerce store selling bathroom products
Website: www.bargainplumbingshop.co.uk
"From the initial visit from Olga Travlos it was clear that Xanthos are a company that listen to their clients. We have now exactly what we were hoping for in our website. In its first year it has achieved the results that we were looking for and has helped compete on a greater level with the other sites especially with great Google rankings.
We have also had great support from the team at Xanthos who have speedily dealt with any technical hitches along the way.
Many thanks."
- Dean Fordham, Director KJ Webb Heating and Plumbing
Client Name: ISC Medical
Industry: Interview skills consulting for the medical profession
Website: Medical Interviews
"Olga Travlos is a very proficient adviser who has delivered great results and substantial added value for our business over the past year.
Her SEO work has resulted in propulsing our website to the top of the Google rankings for the keywords that mattered to us and the customer services that she provided during the setup of our e-commerce site has been truly outstanding.
Her proactive stance in identifying our business needs and in finding practical solutions to our stringent requirements has made all the difference and, as a result, we are looking forward to entrusting Olga with further development work over the forthcoming months."
- Olivier Picard, Managing Director
Client Name: Probably a Pub Company
Industry: Group of Pubs in the East Midlands
Website: www.probablythebestpubsintheworld.com
"Having been personally recommended to Olga Travlos of Xanthos some 3 years ago, I can confidently write this testimonial.
Xanthos's professional approach to promoting our business through the Internet has resulted in a successful and effective advertising and marketing tool.
Olga Travlos's skill in precisely analysing and interpreting the needs of our business during our initial meeting and ability to effectively communicate computer jargon into understandable language has certainly contributed to the success of our finalised site.
As we now continue with phase two of our site development we are in no doubt that the professionalism and high standard to which Olga aims will again be achieved efficiently to the benefit of our business."
- Michael Staniforth, Director
Client Name: C4 Carbides
Industry: Tungsten carbide grit edged saw blades
Website: www.c4carbides.com
"I would like to thank you and your support team at Xanthos for the excellent service that you have provided to C4. We are extremely pleased with the manner in which this project has been completed and the ongoing support services that you have on offer to us are extremely valuable.
The website has been positively received by our customers and I am sure that it will prove to be a very powerful tool in helping us grow our business.
Thank you once again."
-Kevin Ball, Finance and Operations Director
Client Name: Brookfield Recruitment
Industry: Recruitment
Website: www.brookfieldrecruitment.co.uk
"Xanthos have come to our aid in time of crisis on a couple of occasions now. Through the speed of their own actions and spurring others on at the same rate, they have minimised our own down time and therefore losses. They are a trusted business partner and their service adds value to this company."
-Paul Moreton, Managing Director
