Project archive: Business and Technology
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David Pattison
Website for David Pattison – wingman, chairman, mentor, investor and author of business book The Money Train, a guide explaining to young businesses the key things they need to know about investors.
Ben Wales
Website for Ben Wales, Masters level coach, facilitator and author specialising in leadership and high performance of growth companies between £5m and £100m turnover. Ben is the author of the forthcoming book Is This A Question?
Faber Factory
Faber Factory is a eBook conversion and distribution service created by Faber, which represents over 100 of the finest independent publishers in the world, helping them achieve strong sales results and sharing with them our unique digital publishing insights.
We created a new single-page site to summarise their service offering and clients, and reflect the results of a recent re-branding exercise.
The Monday Revolution
The Monday Revolution is about changing your personal approach to work and life. It’s about taking control of time and spending it on the things that matter. There is great satisfaction in getting things done. Who wants to spend long days in pointless meetings or writing reports that never serve any real purpose?
It’s also the debut business book by David Mansfield – and every chapter contains stories, anecdotes and uncomplicated real-world advice on how you can Revolutionise your working life. From Monday.
“Searching for a web building company fills most of us with dread. It’s a minefield. I was fortunate enough to have Simon and his team recommended to me and the whole process was painless, delivered on time and on budget.
Since the launch Simon has been on hand to deal with any improvements and issues without hesitation. There’s really no need to look elsewhere.”
David Mansfield, author of The Monday Revolution
Yale Representation
Yale Representation provides a managed sales representation service in the UK for a number of prestigious publishers. We created a new website for them, to replace their old Drupal-based site. It includes a bookshops section with dynamic map, and different ways to explore Yale Representation’s clients and their wonderful books.
“I’d wholeheartedly recommend Bookswarm. Simon is efficient, patient and communicative. He did everything he said he would and more and I’ve got nothing but good things to say about him and his colleagues. Perhaps most importantly, I didn’t get any sense that he was bored with the project and wanting to move on once the site was delivered but there was lots of tweaking to do. I don’t think I’ve ever experienced that sort of start to finish service with an IT-type project before – or any other sort of project, for that matter.”
Lisa Kemmer, Sales and Operations Manager, Yale Representation
The Marketing Alliance
The Marketing Alliance is a small marketing agency specialising in publishing, education and EdTech, founded and run by Julia Garvey.
“Before I commissioned Bookswarm to build my new website I was toying with doing it myself, after all I’m familiar with WordPress and I wanted something clean and simple.
If you are in the same position as this, then I urge you not to DIY. Simon and his team took my ideas and made them a reality quickly, efficiently and far better than I would have been able to. They enabled me to get on with my job while creating a site that is professional and of a very high standard. I also discovered that just because something looks simple, doesn’t mean it is easy to create – Bookswarm added a level of sophistication to the functionality that would not otherwise be available to me. I found the whole team efficient, friendly and approachable and I am delighted with the end result.”
Julia Garvey, founder, the marketing alliance
A Good Disruption
Campaign microsite for a book about redefining growth in the twenty-first century.
“Disruptive technology is one of the defining economic trends of our age with companies such as Airbnb, Uber and Apple dramatically transforming their industries. But what is the true impact of such disruption on the world’s economies, and does it have the potential to solve global problems such as low growth, inequality and environmental degradation? Why not seize this opportunity and make it a good disruption?”
Peter Fisk / Gamechangers
Peter Fisk is a global thought leader on growth, innovation and leadership. Peter is a keynote speaker, bestselling author and expert consultant. He is founder of the specialist consulting firm GeniusWorks, and Professor of Strategy, Innovation and Marketing at IE Business School.
We created two websites in one for Peter – a general site representing Peter as author, speaker and consultant, and a site for his latest book project, Gamechangers, published with Wiley.
We also created a number of videos in support of the new book.
Überpreneurs.com
Website for authors Peter Andrews and Fiona Wood and their book Überpreneurs, about the challenges facing mankind in the 21st century and 36 extraordinary individuals who are addressing and resolving all of these issues.
“Such good grace! Even though we Aussies were slaughtering the Poms on the cricket pitch, Simon responded to our queries at all hours of the day and night, building an absolutely brilliant website and delivering it ahead of our very tight deadline.”
Peter Andrews, author, Überpreneurs (Palgrave Macmillan), with Fiona Wood
Aimer Media
Aimer make apps and work with book publishers to be part of the response to the challenge of digital in publishing. They’ve found that existing forms of publication contain much more structure and “cleverness” than can be seen on the printed page and work with publishers to make great apps.
Bookswarm created a new, responsive website for Aimer to showcase their extensive portfolio, including integration with Apple’s App Store API to automatically pull through app icons, prices and more.
Publishing Connections
Brand development and website design for new global publishing consultancy founded by Alistair Burtenshaw.
“Simon is a pleasure to work with, creative, entrepreneurial and deeply knowledgeable about digital media in the books and publishing sector, Simon’s friendly manner, wise advice and holistic approach helped ensure that his business delivered great solutions for our online needs and made the entire project seamless from start to finish. I would highly recommend Bookswarm.”
Alistair Burtenshaw, Director, Publishing Connections
