SeaDog IT

Engage with your visitors

The council works proactively with local businesses so we suggested building in an online directory where companies, hotels and eateries could upload contact details and advertise for free.

Each year the council publishes a comprehensive visitor guide for the region – traditionally distributed as a paper copy. By creating a dedicated account for the council through a well established online library service, we provided the opportunity for them to create a digital version that we embedded on the website to reach an even wider audience.

We also encouraged them to “get social” and integrated a new Facebook Page and Twitter feed into the site so that any news posts automatically push out to followers – and visitors can “subscribe” the site’s news posts.

In addition, as with all our sites, we build in easy to see Google Analytics so that when the Clerk signs in he / she can get a snapshot of traffic volume – and where people are going to on the site.

Time saving tools

Sometimes, it’s the obvious stuff that helps busy councils streamline workflow. As part of any project we think proactively about features that would work on-line to help minimise unnecessary paperwork.

It’s the SeaDog way to signpost these opportunities before, during – and after development of the site.

Tintagel PC regularly needed to process car permit applications and volunteer sign up forms for their Visitor Centre – so we customised forms to allow folks to do this from the website instead.

One of our key objectives in any project like this is to outline and incorporate online solutions to help busy Parish Clerks streamline their workflow.

And we’ll train up your staff so they are entirely comfortable in keeping the website update with the news, meeting minutes and other key information that the local community likes to access online.