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March’s 2024 Highlights

As 2024 draws to a close, we've taken a look back at some of our favourite projects, events and team milestones from the past year.

How to Launch a Product Range: 5 E-commerce Tips for Interior Designers

The business of interior design continues to grow. To capitalise on this success, many studios are now launching their own product ranges to complement their services.

10 Best Interior Designer Websites for Inspiration

If you’re an interior design business, how your website looks and feels is paramount. We review ten of the best interior design websites around – how they look and why they work.

5 Important Reasons to Clean Customer Data

Poor quality data can lead to inaccurate decision-making, increased costs, and lost revenue. In this article, we will explore five important reasons why it is essential to clean your customer data.

Building great websites is Elementor …y

We’re an Elementor agency, which means we can deliver better websites for our customers, faster and more affordably than ever before.

The Power of Effective Colour in Branding

In this post, we will explore the power of colour in branding and provide tips for choosing the right colour palette for your business.

Blanding: be bold or be forgotten – the dangers of bland branding

More and more brands are trending towards a certain look, feel, and attitude – a blandness that makes all logos look the same. This is counterintuitive when it comes to making an impact and leaving a lasting impression on potential customers.

Brand Archetypes

Build valuable relationships with your customers with the use of human psychology.

9 Tips For My Younger Self On Running a Design Agency Successfully

Being a good designer doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll be good at running a design agency. Here, I look at how designers can improve their business skills.

A custom font for my son, by my son, for everyone

Converting my son's doodles into a working font for everyone to use.

10 Email Marketing Tips to improve your Campaigns

Email marketing isn’t showing any signs of going away. For large and small businesses alike it remains one of the most valuable tools at a marketer’s disposal.

Iterative Design Explained

Iterative design can save you money and help you create better products and services. I take a look at how and why you should adopt an iterative design process.

What are user personas and why are they important?

Creating personas is a great way to rapidly identify user needs. We explore how this drives the design of successful products and services.

The Root of Successful Agency Partnerships

Collaboration is an important part of our ethos at March. We work closely with our clients to gain a better understanding of their business.

Website Redesign Benefits

Is your website looking a bit old-fashioned? Has it become a bit slow and cumbersome of late? Do you yearn to integrate that new shopping cart functionality that will boost sales?

10 Popular Alternatives to Google Analytics

Google Analytics is probably the most popular website tracking tool on the planet. But what if you are looking for an alternative to Analytics for your website tracking needs?

Slab vs Script: Understanding Font Types pt2

We look at the characteristics and differences between slab vs script fonts, plus how you can implement them in your work.

Serif vs Sans: Understanding Font types

Understanding typography and font types is an important skill for any designer.

CMYK vs Pantone – Which colour space should I use and what is the difference?

We review these popular print processes and the pros and cons of CMYK vs Pantone.

HTTPS and SSL Explained

With web browsers showing warning messages for insecure sites, we thought it was time to explain what HTTPS is and why it's important.

How important is product photography?

Product photography is important. Getting it right can improve your sales and brand perception in more ways than you may realise.

E-commerce Solutions – Our Shopify Review

If you’re looking for a reliable, scalable, secure and easy to manage e-commerce platform, then take a look at Shopify. Here’s why it’s our #1 choice.

Inspiration from Designer Maker User at The Design Museum

Co-Founders Adam Maidment and Peter Burch take in the new Design Museum in West London.

6 Website Heat Mapping and Recording Tools You Should Definitely Try

You've got your chosen analytics tracking set up and it’s recording stats-a-plenty, but how do you see how users actually interact with your site?