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Features Explained
- Website Creator
- eShop
- Prospect Data List
- Emailshots
- Postal Mailshots
- Parcel Delivery
Website creator from ePages
Every business needs a professional web presence. The ePages website creator helps you set up your own business website in a matter of clicks. You don’t need any technical knowledge or design skills to create a site that looks great and is easy for visitors to use.
With ePages, you can access and modify your website anywhere in the world – all you need is a web browser and internet connection.
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Key features
Everything you need - ePages gives you all the tools you need to create your own business professional website – from designing it, to marketing it, even selling through it! All you need to do is customise your site and insert your own content (like images and text).
Easy set-up - if this is your first time setting up a website – don’t worry! Our interactive checklist guides you through the set-up process, so you won’t miss a thing.
Mobile optimised - reach new customers when they’re on the go. Our mobile friendly technology means your website is automatically optimised to be viewed from mobile phones – and it’s touch friendly too, to make it as easy as possible for people to find the info they need on your site.
100+ design templates - you don’t need to be a graphic designer to create a stylish looking website. Our wide selections of customisable templates allow you to design your site in minutes. The drag n drop’ editor simplifies website customisation for you!
Search Engine Optimisation - Get found! The innovative ‘SEO cockpit’ from ePages guides you through the steps you need to take to optimise your site for search engine visibility, page by page.
High Level Security - Your website is protected by a high level of data security, with Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption, so confidential information is protected at all times.
Free Support - Our ‘FAQ’s tackle most questions you may have and the ePages Forum is great for seeking advice. Our YouTube channel is also filled with videos to help you set-up and develop your website, and our Blog keeps you informed with the latest website tips and tricks!
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eShop from ePages
Did you know that businesses using an online sales channel grow 4 times faster than those who don’t? With ePages, you can build a successful ‘eCommerce’ channel today with our easy-to-use eShop.
Over 60,000 SMEs trust ePages to power their professional web presence, and it’s not hard to see why: you don’t need any programming skills to get started, you can access and modify your eShop from anywhere in the world, and we handle all the complex ‘backend’ technology for you.
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Key features
Everything You Need to run a successful online sales channel! Your eShop contains all the tools you need to setup, market and manage your online store. All you need to do is customise your site and insert your own content (like product images and text).
Easy Setup: if taking your business online seems like a big step, don’t worry. Our interactive checklist guides you through the set-up process, so you won’t miss a thing. The administration area of your eShop contains lots of online help too, so you won’t get stuck!
Great Designs - Your site, the way you want it. 100+ customisable templates allow you to create a stylish looking website in minutes. You don’t need any HTML skills either, thanks to out ‘drag n drop’ editor.
Mobile Optimised - Reach new customers when they’re on the go and generate additional profits through your ‘mobile commerce’ sales channel. Mobile friendly technology from ePages automatically optimises your eShop to be viewed from mobile phones –it’s touch friendly too, to make it as easy as possible for people buy your products.
Search Engine Optimisation - You don’t need to invest in expensive SEO consultancy fees to get your eShop found by customers. The innovative ‘SEO cockpit’ in your ePages shop guides you through the steps you need to take to optimise your site for search engine visibility, page by page!
Secure Payment Systems - make it easy and safe for customers to buy your products, thanks to the simple integrations to leading payment service providers such as Sage Pay, PayPal and WorldPay.
Marketing Tools - Get social to increase your revenue! Add social sharing buttons such as ‘Like’ and ‘Tweet’ to your product pages, and let your customers do your marketing for you. Publish blogs, issue coupons to loyal customers, add widgets (like video) to make your eShop more dynamic… the choice is yours.
Facebook Shops & Marketplaces - increase product visibility with marketplace integrations, like eBay and sell your products in the world’s largest social network with your own Facebook Shop!
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Prospect Data Lists from DBS Data
DBS Data have partnered with Royal Mail to offer an effective way of growing your business. It is essential to make a connection with new prospective customers and prospect data from DBS is a great way of contacting these. With access to accurate Business and Consumer data through our easy to use online tool, reaching targeted new prospects couldn’t be easier.
BusinessBase
Over 2.9 million actively tele-researched Companies House and site-based records, resulting in a high level of selectivity and a great source of new customers for those working in the B2B market.
LifeBase
An up-to-date consumer data pool of some 45,000,000 online purchasers & registrations, Directors at Home, Investors, Electoral Roll, Census and call centre records.
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Features and Benefits
Easy to use tool with helpful tip boxes to assist you with your data purchase.
New video showing how to use the online tool and create the correct selections.
Data downloaded in an easy to use format (excel and text).
Use your credits when you want, with usage rolling over if required.
Support when you need it - call the experts at DBS or email them to get help with your list building and usage.
Extensive business data - The DBS business database totals 2.9 million actively tele-researched Companies House and site based records resulting in a high level of selectivity. We will also include an email address with the record where we have one available.
Comprehensive consumer data - LifeBase is a consumer data pool of over 45 million postal addresses from online purchasers & registrations, Insurance & Finance Enquirers, Directors at Home, Investors, Electoral Roll, Census and call centre records. Telephone & online surveys add detailed selectivity to LifeBase making data selection & targeting very precise.
Our compliance policies ensure that every record strictly complies with The DMA (The Direct Marketing Association) code of practice and The EU Electronic Communications Act giving you very accurate and fully complaint consumer postal data.
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Emailshots from NewZapp
NewZapp makes Email Marketing easy. Giving you the power to create, send and track stunning email campaigns in a matter of minutes. Our easy to use software is used by thousands of small business to help grow their customer base and increase revenue. 100% UK based, NewZapp can be accessed from any PC or Mac with an internet connection allowing you to send high quality emails via our whitelisted servers. This coupled with industry leading phone support makes NewZapp the UK’s leading email marketing software.
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Easy to use - NewZapp’s email editor combines all the familiarity of everyday editors such as Microsoft Word with the functionality of a HTML designer package. Without the need code knowledge or design skills thanks to its WYSIWYG easy to use interface.
UK Based - Your support team are based here in the UK, ready to help whenever you need it. You’ll be assigned your own Email Marketing Advisor who’ll be available to answer any questions you may have from using the software to general Email Marketing hints & tips.
Social Media Integration - Let your database increase the impact of your Email Marketing with one click social media integration. Add Facebook share and Tweet buttons to your campaign so readers can spread the word. Expanding the reach of your emails.
Real Time Reporting - Prepare to lose the afternoon watching your email in action with NewZapp's graphical reports. See in an instant who’s read, how many times and what they’ve clicked on. Choose from a variety of difference views from email hotspot to live graphs, gaining valuable insight into the minds of your subscribers.
Expand your Reach - Use NewZapp's online sign up code anywhere on your site to attract new potential customers. Signups are added directly into your NewZapp account and the forward to a friend feature offers new readers the opportunity to join your mailings.
Custom Built Template - Take advantage of Simple Ways to Grows bespoke template design. Our in-house design team will create your own fully bespoke design template to match your existing branding, maximising the impact of your email marketing campaigns.
High Delivery Rates - Being UK based means our servers have over 11 years of safe email delivery reputation with all the major ISP’s. To the end reader the email will look like it’s come from you, to their spam filters it will have come from a company they trust.
Free Support - Our You Tube channel is also filled with videos to help you set-up and develop your email campaigns.
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Postal Mailshots from Docmail
Docmail is an online solution which can save you time and money on your print and mail. Over 12000 businesses are now using docmail, where they securely upload their letter or postcard and address list, approve online then docmail does the rest, which includes printing, enclosing and mailing for less than the cost of a stamp. There is no minimum quantity and no contract to sign.
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No Minimum Volume - Docmail is not volume driven allowing you to send one letter or 000’s of letters. This gives you flexibility to target who you want when you want.
No Local Printing or Enclosing - With Docmail a member of your team no longer has to print letters, fold them and enclose them we do all of this for you allowing you and your team to concentrate on your business.
Connecting with Docmail - User can choose how they use Docmail, the service can be accessed through a secure account online and you can also use the Docmail print driver that will allow you to print direct from your PC whilst using word or PDF documents and for those who want to create an automated process for sending invoices, statements or daily communications you can use the Docmail API.
Time Savings - With Docmail a user can place an order for a mailing of 1000 envelopes in less than 4 minutes, this considerable time saving means your staff are not tied up filling envelopes and the weekly or monthly mailing requirements of your business are no longer a daunting prospect.
Cost savings - Docmail includes the cost of paper, envelopes and postage significantly reducing your need to order letterheads, envelopes and to purchase stamps of a franking machine.
Easy to use - Video showing how to use the online tool and create a mailshot.
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Parcel delivery from Parcelforce Worldwide
Parcelforce Worldwide provides a range of UK and International express delivery services, with online tracking and proof of delivery across the UK and to most major international destinations. Delivering to 27 million home and business addresses in the UK, they will deliver your parcels to a local Post Office® branch, or a Parcelforce Worldwide depot, should there be no one in to accept delivery of the parcel.
You can also choose from the following when you book online via www.parcelforce.com:
Book and pay online then choose:
- A collection from your home or business address for no extra charge
- Drop your parcel off at your local Parcelforce Worldwide depot
- Drop your parcel off at your local Post Office branch
As a Simple Ways to Grow customer you can also benefit from the following discounts:
Save up to 30% when you book a collection online
20% off UK and International services when you book a collection online for these services
30% off our UK expressAM service when you book a collection online
Save up to 40% when you book online and choose to drop your parcel off at a local depot
30% off UK and International services when you book online for these services
40% off expressAM service when you book online for this service and choose to take you parcel to your nearest depot
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