On Demand is looking for a Web designer to join our amazing creative team.

Job description:
You will be required to design and develop websites, maintain existing websites, optimise websites and manage client’s social media and networking. SEO skills are advantageous.

Job level:

Junior-mid level
Remuneration:

Depending on experience

Requirements:

• HTML
• Dreamweaver
• CSS style sheets
• PHP knowledge
• Fluent in WordPress styling
• Joomla
• Virtuemart an advantage
• SEO Knowledge
• Good understanding of the major social media’s like Facebook, Twitter, Google +, Linked In

Personal Skills/Attibutes:

• Good communication skills
• Great time management skills
• Attention to detail
• Ability to work on various clients at once
• Ability to thrive under pressure
• Team player

Send CV and online portfolio to lilly@ondemand.co.za
No CVs will be accepted without a portfolio.
Either online link or PDF no larger than 3MB to include reference to work done and currently live.

If you do not receive a response from us within 7 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.

You are one of our celebrations during this Holiday Season

During this holiday season, important family time and time of reflection, let us be ever mindful of the needs of others less fortunate than ourselves.

This year On Demand will be collecting and donating non-perishable food, toys, books, clothes, shoes etc to The Biggest Little Soup Kitchen in Africa. Where they tend to the most basic need of all: The need for food. They also stimulate minds, nourish spirits, and attempt to address root causes of poverty in their community. Serving the community of Khayelitsha, Cape Town, since 2004.

We urge you to JOIN us in giving to others this Festive Season, if you have anything to donate, please contact Lilly via email or call me on 079 560 4725.

As this exciting and eventful year draws to its conclusion, my team and I would like to thank you for your past support and interest in our creative studio.

We wish you a happy and safe holiday season and may 2012 be all that you wish for…fun-filled, healthy and prosperous!

Classy Stachey

Movember is the month formerly known as November, where men and women across the globe join together to raise awareness and funds for men’s health issues – specifically cancers that affect men.

Throughout Movember, guys (or Mo Bros) grow and flow their mo while raising awareness and funds to support the fight against prostate cancer. Mo Sistas (the women who support their men) are a vital part of the Movember movement, and are critical to the success of each campaign. Mo Sistas share equal responsibility with Mo Bros in spreading awareness of men’s health issues by generating conversation about Movember.

On Demand’s Mo Sistas supports Movember…you too can make a difference…click here

Avoid the year end madness…do your shopping now!

25% off* all promotional gifts in October

Another sure-fire way to reduce the year-end stress is to avoid the last minute rush. Beating the rush, and shopping for gifts (corporate gifts, staff gifts, gifts for clients and suppliers etc) during October is full of all kinds of pros.

Here are a few good reasons to shop now:

1. Better gifts. If you start shopping early, you do not end up giving gifts out of necessity to find something, instead you give gifts that are actually great to receive.
2. Money. One of the hard things about year-end shopping is finding a way to come up with enough money to buy all the gifts you want to give. Order now with On Demand and receive 25% off*!
3. Stock availability. It is annoying and frustrating to find the perfect gift…but…not enough stock…plan ahead and get exactly what you want.

On Demand is offering our clients 25% OFF* all promotional items for the month of October.

Visit our online catalogue here, and place your order via email.

Why not get it done early? Beat the rush, eliminate much of the stress, and free up some time, have fun at your work party instead of worrying about promotional gifts or what gift to get your boss, staff, clients, suppliers etc.

*All orders must be placed in October with a 50% deposit to secure your order.

GO BOKKE!

On Demand supports you!

Go Bokke…from your most CREATIVE supporters at On Demand Graphic Design and Web Studio!

David Hanlon for Mr Fitness 2011

David Hanlon for Mr Fitness 2011

Proudly sponsored by On Demand

David Hanlon is a personal trainer that perfects the simple basic movements that are drastically ignored in modern weight training along with individual body/character type assessment for specific goal settings in any type of environment!

David Hanlon is participating in Mr & Ms Fitness 2011, which will be will be held on Saturday 17th of September 2011 at the GrandWest Grand Arena in Cape Town from 18h00. The pre-judging will take place on Friday, 16 September from 12pm till 10pm.

The judges will be selecting winners to be entered into the International Fitness event in Las Vegas on the weekend of the 20th of November 2011.

On Demand Graphic Design and Web Studio is PROUDLY SPONSORING David Hanlon…we believe that YOUR DREAMS ARE NEVER BE TOO BIG OR TOO SMALL TO ACHIEVE!

On behalf on the team at On Demand, David we wish you the best of luck…win that title and lets take it to Vegas!

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If you can dream it, On Demand can BBM it!

Mandela Day: FREE Website

FREE website for a local business or charity of your choice!

In honour of Mandela Day, On Demand Graphic Design and Web Studio and our partner, Web SEO Services would like to offer a local business/charity of your choice a three page website for FREE.

This is our way of helping those in need. Every business/chairty needs a website.

A website is an online identity of a company or of an individual. The task associated with the website is to represent a company, sell company’s name, attract more visitors, generate more business leads, promote more sale of company’s products and services and ultimately, help to gain more return on investment.

Simply comment below why your business/charity deserves this website!

We are inspired to take action to help change the world for the better!

For more information email: lilly@ondemand.co.za

Flyers are the best way to announce specials, promotions or grand openings because they are target driven and they get a message across effectively. Flyers can be dropped in post boxes, inserted into magazines and newspapers, or they can be handed out at traffic intersections.

On Demand understands the importance of getting your brand out there and we are offering a fabulous flyer special*.

Full colour DL flyers printed one side on 135gsm gloss for:

GET 2000 flyers for ONLY R2000 OR GET 5000 flyers for ONLY R3000.

E-mail: info@ondemand.co.za or call 021 554 1986 to place your order.

On Demand Graphic Design and Web Studio NOW OFFERS SO MUCH MORE!

Not only can On Demand Graphic Design and Web Studio create the face of your company and brand, we now can develop it and stretch it over the market to reach your target audience, raise your google ranking, come alive on mobile devices, be on the social network platform and expose your brands personality through a blog.

While we specialise in graphic design and web, we now offer many more services that go beyond the scope of everyday marketing. We boldly take on tasks to ensure your company and brand is where it should be, creating awareness and successful results in business.

Graphic design is a powerful tool for business, graphic design is really not an expense. It is an investment – not only in looking good, but in the success of your business. Your image is the only thing potential buyers can connect with. Make sure the impression you are making is the right one.

The internet is one of the most cost effective ways to trade nationally and internationally. A website will broaden your base of customers, members, distributors or suppliers. You can generate more and more clients for your business without doing additional marketing.

Search Engine Optimisation in general, can serve a number of different purposes. SEO offers you the opportunity of reaching your target audience by making your company, your products and services visible to those people that are searching for you but don’t yet know your name.

A Mobi Site is a website designed or customised for varying mobile devices. It’s typically a smaller version of your existing website with a more simplistic design. Most people are constantly on the move and have become more reliant on mobile phones for browsing the internet.

Blogs are mainstream these days, and they have quickly become a very affordable marketing tool for businesses. Aside from monetising your blog with advertisements, there are a number of ways a blog can increase income, generate interest and create more opportunities.

Social Media Marketing which is also known as Social Networking, is the method of social media platforms, and online communities for marketing, public relations, and customer service. Some of the more common social media marketing tools include Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.

CLICK HERE to read more about our fabulous service offerings.

Contact us today to learn more…we can work out a customised package to suit your business’ needs and budget.

E-mail: lilly@ondemand.co.za or call: 083 415 7777

www.webandgraphicdesignstudio.com

If you can DREAM it…ON DEMAND can DO IT!

What is a mobi site?

A mobi site is a website designed or customised for varying mobile devices, such as cellphones, iPads, PDAs and similar products. It’s typically a smaller version of your existing website with a more simplistic design. The important thing is to identify the key actions you want your customers to take when accessing your mobi site. Most people are constantly on the move and have become more reliant on using search engines such as Google to carry out numerous tasks.

About mobi sites:

An increasing number of businesses have designed mobile-specific versions of their websites as a means of capturing the smartphone consumer segment. One-third of the population now has mobile online access, the number of mobile web users increasing each year. Mobile gives users fast and convenient information wherever they are.

Good mobi sites cater to the user and are kept simple in functionality and design. Mobi sites that work well for users make sense in the mobile context and have balanced technology to receive the content required. Content is limited, yet is based on reader priority.

As more mobile users access the internet, it is important that businesses understand the uniqueness of mobile web. Mobi sites should be created for the user, in content, functionality and design. With the need for information on demand, can you afford to create a bad mobi site and be left behind?

Why your business needs a mobi site?

One of the fastest growing activities people are doing on the mobile web today is search. Mobile search growth is soaring. Google’s mobile traffic has quintupled since 2007, that growth will continue as smart phone penetration rises around the world.

Topping among all other choices of mobile marketing is creating your very own website for internet surfers to view, having your product advertised to millions of people surfing the internet will be an advantage for your business, but having a website that could actually be accessed in personal computers and in mobile phones is a double success.

Mobile phones has variety of uses today and it remains to be the target of many advertisers as it is the most effective tool to aid them in product promotion. Mobi sites becomes a handy marketing strategy that reaches possible clients worldwide. Having a mobi site in addition to your website will create a phenomenal increase in prospective clients.

DID YOU KNOW:

• 20% of all searches on Google are via mobile.
• The mobile penetration rate in South Africa is 84%
• South Africa, Nigeria, Morocco, Egypt, Algeria and Kenya constitute the key mobile markets in Africa in terms of potential growth.

Get your mobi site now…

On Demand understands the power of mobile marketing and its ability to guarantee that communications are seen and heard by target audiences. On Demand can create a mobi site that will allow you to connect with your target audience at the right time and in the right place.

For more information contact: Lilly Jardim: lilly@ondemand.co.za or 083 415 7777

www.webandgraphicdesignstudio.com

Hi…my name Lilly Jardim and I am the new owner of On Demand Graphic Design and Web Studio.

As Roman philospher, Seneca said: Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end…however this doesn’t mean any end to the successful, creative solutions with attentive customer service On Demand always provides.

Born In Witbank – South Africa, Lilia earned her Graphic Design Diploma in Pretoria following her internship at Ogilvy & Mather in 2003.

Achievements include: 4th position in Lucozade Campaign (2003), Top Student Award (2001 – 2003), Finalist ‘Think A Head’ Awards (2004).

Lilia worked at Relevancia Publicidade in Portugal to gain international experience prior to returning to Pretoria, South Africa in 2004 to work for Abantu Phambili where she was promoted to Senior Graphic Designer. In 2008, it was time for Lilia to spread her wings to South Africa’s Creative City…Cape Town.

Lilia is inspired by the works of Pop Art’s Andy Warhol, Ogilvy’s Sergio Lacueva and David Airey (Logo Design Love).

It is her philosophy to provide successful, creative solutions with attentive customer service. On Demand takes any job from brief to production.

Lilia’s experience includes conceptualisation, layout, design and reproduction of:
Logo Design | Corporate Identity | Publications | Layouts | Invitations | Brochures | Advertising | Packaging | Posters | T-shirts | Presentations | Menus | DVD/CD Labels | Web Sites | Search Engine Optimisation and Covers etc.

Lilia is fluent on both Macintosh and Windows Software environments and her software skills include:
Adobe Photoshop | Adobe InDesign | Macromedia Freehand | Quark Express | Adobe Acrobat | CorelDraw | Microsoft Packages

Lilia is based in the beautiful city of Cape Town, South Africa and has clients from around the world including:  Australia, Brazil, Portugal, UAE, UK,  Zambia and South Africa.

Lilia strongly believes that quality cannot be compromised and this will be portrayed in On Demand’s work…

Please let me know if you would like to setup a meeting in order for me to introduce myself.

Contact me on: lilly@ondemand.co.za or 083 415 7777

If you can dream it :: On Demand can DESIGN it

Our graphic design style is commercial and marketable in a market that is confused and scrambling for on line presence and traditional marketing methods we try and find harmony between the two worlds so as not to loose touch with “WOM” word of mouth marketing which still is a fantastic weapon in this small village of ours “Cape Town” I have placed a wonderful example of our work here and I want to stress that touch and feel and sight are great human senses that cannot be satisfied on line.

brochure design

Adwords Packages

Google Adwords Pay-Per-Click (PPC) Campaign is an advertising portal for generating visitors to a website on a pay-per-click basis. A Google Adwords advertising campaign is a best way to straight away drive the qualified traffic to a particular site.

In addition to it, Google Adwords PPC campaign is an excellent option to generate instantaneous targeted traffic to the site. AdWords lets you get full control of your bids and daily budget. And more, you only pay when your ads are clicked. Well-thought AdWords account and campaign setup is vital in getting maximum advertising return on investment or ROI.

Please note that monthly package fees exclude the clicks fee that Google will charge for the traffic sent to your website. It is important to note that click costs vary between different industries. Therefore we will give you approximate as to what you will be paying per click or per person going to your website. (See Adwords Examples below for R1500 per month and R2500 per month campaigns)

As can be seen below from different industries the click costs vary as well as the impressions. This is why it is critical to do keyword research and to optimise your ads correctly to get the best results at the lowest cost.

Budget 1 – R1500p/m – R1.23 per click – Add appeared 22,488 times

Budget 2 – R2500p/m – R2.52 per click – Add appeared 58, 774 times

SETUP FEE

MONTHLY FEE

Please note all our prices exclude vat. We are strictly COD and require 50% deposit on confirmation of your order. Please note this quotation is valid for 30 days.

Kind Regards: Nicole Romanovsky

On Demand specializes in T-shirt printing. We design bespoke designs and carry the design through and print on our great quality T-shirts. We supply a fitted T-shirt and a standard T-shirt. We can apply your design or the design we make up for you on the T-shirt supplied on the back and front and even the sleeves. We quote according to how many colours you print so please indicate how many colours you would like to print on the T-shirt. The T-shirt’s come in different colours. Please email me if you require any further information to nicci@ondemand.co.za

custom designed fitted T-shirts made to order

Please take a look at the article i wrote on brand communication it has helpful tips on how to build your brand in an economical and intelligent way.

different methods of communicating your brand

On DEmand are branding and graphic design gurus

I really hope you enjoyed my article. if you would like any further information on communicating your brand please let me know it would be great to chat about it. until later have a great day!

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A client brief that has been thoroughly prepared is very important if you want a successful design at the end. You need all the necessary and relevant information from the client as well as a feel and insight into the client’s brand and needs.

As a designer your job will be much easier if client brief has been properly prepared as it gives you all the knowledge of what the client wants and you have multiple ideas to work with. If you don’t have a clear understanding of what the client wants you end up designed the wrong look and feel and the client ends up spending more money and the job often goes over budget. Naturally this makes both parties unhappy.

For each specific design you will need a specific brief. If you are designing a magazine advert there is some general information you will need from the publication in which your advert is going to be. You will need for example the size, the type area, the bleed required etc. Then only can you start your design. You need them to know about your client’s need and what they ideally want to achieve with this type of advertising. Below are a few questions to ask as a guideline to get a better idea of what your client is expecting to get out of the consultation.

1. What is a good title for the design?
2. What is the nature of your client’s business. ie what message would they like to carry across / what goals do they have?
3. What is your target market?
- what is their age, gender, income and occupation
4. Does your client have any competitors?
5. What is unique about your business or product?
6. What is your time frame in which you have to finish this brief?
7. It’s quite helpful to have past material used for marketing purposes.

OnDemand Graphic Design and Web Studio was briefed by CrocoAfrique to design a beautiful magazine advert which appears in a Zithini magazine – all about what is happening at the Victoria Falls.
OnDemand Graphic Design and Web Studio received a thoroughly prepared brief which made the job at hand much easier and we kept withing the budget as well as time allocated.

Brand Design

Don’t be fooled into thinking that the most popular brands that we see everyday do not constantly undergo a rigorous process of evaluation and analysis. Millions are spent each year to fine tune the corporate brand from logo design to package design. A truly effective brand design program will incorporate the art of design with the tools that are available to today’s marketers.

Brand design is the critical process of establishing a company’s image in the marketplace and is taken very seriously. When brand design is done effectively it gives a company the opportunity to set itself apart from its competitors. Regardless of whether a company provides merchandise or services, it is brand design that is responsible for cementing customer loyalty, reinforcing price points, and communicating the overall message and vision of the company.

What does a true brand design programme consist of?

A true brand design programme consists of much more than the design of the logo even though the logo is certainly the most recognisable part of a corporate identity. True brand design incorporates much more – everything you see from television and print advertising to marketing and website design should be created with the overall brand design in mind. Every one of these items give you the opportunity to further establish the objectives of the brand.

Evaluation of the brand continues using techniques that are available to marketers. Sales are monitored to see how modifications to the brand impact the bottom line.

Here is a great example of branding design done by OnDemand Graphic Design and Web Studio.