Maidenhead.net - Get involved

Maidenhead.net offers local businesses a chance to get on the world wide web. If you have a business, company, organisation or service you will almost certainly benefit from exposure to the millions of potential customers who use the web. You might like to read this section to see what we offer.

Leading site

Maidenhead.net is the leading regional site in the area, if you don't believe us, take a look at some visitor comments or type Maidenhead into every popular search engine - you are bound to see us in the first few entries. We are also one of the first sites to appear after a search for Maidenhead at Yahoo, the internet's biggest and best directory.

We are the only site in Berkshire to offer a comprehensive eating & drinking guide, photographic tour, business directory and maps as well as accommodation details, a local history area and a section of local community links. We have also been linked-to from the prestigious BBC News site and we have been mentioned on local radio and in the local press. Some large locally based international companies link to us from their internet and intranet sites, including Nortel Networks.

Why bother at all?

You don't have to bother to get on the net, it's true of course. But sooner or later your competitors will bother. And then you'll get left behind. Take it from the top....speaking in September 1999 the Prime Minister Tony Blair warned businesses: "If you don't see the Internet as an opportunity, it will be a threat...In two or three years' time, the Internet will be as commonplace in the office as the telephone."

It really does work

Putting your business on the web works. And we have proof. A choir site we created generated phone enquiries even before it went live. A bed and breakfast site we produced generated its first customer just 10 days after being created. You could have equivalent results for your business.

Just like to say the site has been an overwhelming success for me. I've had a lot of enquiries from it and converted quite a lot into real jobs.

...So said a maidenhead.net customer in March 2001.

Visitors

According to the BBC, about 11,000 people are joining the internet in the UK every day. Maidenhead.net brings in visitors. You can make those visitors your customers.

Maidenhead.net is a popular site for locals and visitors. In January 2003, maidenhead.net was visited by an average of 746 visitors per day - that's around 23,000 visitors per month. Note these are unique visitors, not just "hits" as some other sites state (if the same person looks at a page twice in ten minutes, this is two hits but it only one unique visitor).

Options

Maidenhead.net offers a range of services. Follow the links for full descriptions of these options and example sites.

• MN-web1 - a basic package to get your business on the internet, your site created and "hosted" (stored) at maidenhead.net
• MN-web2 - a medium sized site, again created and hosted at maidenhead.net
• MN-web3 - a large site, again created and hosted at maidenhead.net
• MN-link - a context-sensitive link to drive potential customers to your existing site
• MN-sponsor - sponsor our most popular areas giving your organisation exposure to thousands of visitors with a large banner
• MN-domain - your web site designed with your own "domain" (a domain is a special web site address; www.[your-company].co.uk for example)
• Free entry for most local businesses in our Business directory. Low cost enhanced link gives more text in a larger font and allows links to your existing site and email address.

What you need, and what we need

You need no special equipment to be a part of maidenhead.net - not even a computer - for most options we simply need copies of your current advertising material (or just your logo), some photographs maybe, anything that you think would be attractive to viewers and also a good understanding of your business objectives. The designers of maidenhead.net have been writing for the web since 1996, so we have a good understanding of what works well.

Pricing

For pricing information on all the options above, please either:

• send a blank email to pricing@maidenhead.net - our system will reply automatically with pricing details (you will receive one reply only - you will not be added to a mailing list)
• call ClockTowerWeb Ltd (we run the maidenhead.net site) on 01628 681596 (international +44 1628 681596)
• send us a fax on 08709 160285 (international +44 8709 160285)
• ask us to call you
• email webmaster@maidenhead.net or
• fill in the feedback form and request pricing details.

Payment

For the MN-web options, once ordered, we will require a small deposit - that shows us you're serious. Then we'll do all the work - that shows you we're serious! Only when you are happy with the site do you pay the remainder. Once created, because you have your own unique address (or so called "URL"), your site can be easily added-to and expanded should you require more functionality.

Questions? What's next?

If you have any questions or would like to order, you can

• call us on 01628 681596 (international +44 1628 681596)
• send us a fax on 08701 681228 (international +44 8701 681228)
• ask us to call you
• email webmaster@maidenhead.net or
• fill in the feedback form.

We are very friendly and approachable, just ask any of our customers.

Don't forget that if the packages detailed here don't suit your needs, we will be happy to quote for other projects.

Thanks for your interest in maidenhead.net.

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By the way, the people who run maidenhead.net are ClockTowerWeb Ltd, a local internet development company. You can visit their web site.