Website Design by Arbtalk Media

As an arborist with over 20 years practical experience, as well as 13 years running Arbtalk and its associated websites, the next logical conclusion for me was to take up web design as a career following my retirement from climbing.

Using knowledge of trees learned over many years, writing content for tree surgery websites is second nature, and to date over 60 new sites have been developed for customers looking to improve their web presence, all under the Arbtalk Media banner.

Not Just Tree Sites

As time has gone on I have been looking to expand on the range of websites I build, slowly picking up clients outside of the tree care industry, mostly through word of mouth referrals.

Over the coming months I intend to track the progress of these sites and keep an inventory of them here at Arbtalk.

Mamiina Baby Store

This project was particularly close to my heart, not just because I have a newborn baby(now 8 months old), but also as the client happens to be my partner.

The idea for the site was born during the covid-19 pandemic, where my partner found herself unsure of her future due to the financial crisis. Her fears were founded, when she had to take forced redundancy from her job as an English teacher in a private school. Being quite crafty by nature(in more ways than one), She did a lot of research into baby teething products that she wanted to design and make, and the testing that each would have to undertake. A business plan was made and after much to and fro, a business name was decided on. Mamiina comes from the Italian word mamina(a sweet way to say mummy in Italian), with the extra 'i' thrown in to add a bit of unique branding. Her initial product ideas consisted of teething jewellery, including teething necklaces and teething bracelets. Next came a range of teething rings, all made from silicone beads which then had to be tested for safety in a UK lab, as well as chemically tested to ensure no harmful substances are present.

It didn't stop there though. Next on the list to be added were a line of baby muslins. We had hoped during a pandemic with so many people out of work, it would be easy to find a seamstress. Think again! Most were busy making face masks....and the few we managed to find did such a shocking job they were of no use. It turns out tree surgery isn't the only trade where its hard to find good staff! Finally we found a couple of seamstresses, who between them managed to make enough of our 100% cotton baby muslins for us to add to the range.

Overall its been quite a journey getting this far, but now the shop is live and orders are slowly starting to come through. With the help of some solid SEO strategy over the coming months and years we hope to build this into a viable business.

And of course from my point of view, running this ecommerce store is valuable practise for me as a web designer, which will allow me to offer an ecommerce solution to my customers on a wider scale in future.

Latest Tree Surgery Website

RoboFlail Services in North Scotland

An existing client approached me with a view to expanding on a new service. The purchase of a RoboFlail had proved valuable to the company who quickly noted the potential for the machine to provide full-time work alone. The decision was made to create a separate website with the sole purpose of promoting RoboFlail mulching and flailing services in North Scotland.

The brief was simple, Highland RoboFlail was to promote a single specialist flailing service to cover a large area of North Scotland, from Perth up to Thurso. A section was created on the site to cover areas worked, with a view to adding a brief description of work carried out in each location over time, such as this fire-break creation at Seafield Estate.

This will be an ongoing project that will be re-visited many times in the coming months, with new content added as and when it is available. Expect to see this in a number 1 Google position near you soon!

Watford Tree Surgery Specialists

T's Trees is a small independent tree surgery contractor based in Watford offering the full range of tree services, from tree pruning to hedges and shrubs. T's trees was an established company prior to teaming up with Arbtalk Media for their web services, and had been operating since 2014. Their existing site was dated and in general not performing as well as the client would have liked.

A design mockup was created and upon approval from client, was developed into a live site with a strong focus on generating more tree surgery work in Watford for the client. Further to the original design, the client is also proceeding with an ongoing SEO management plan in order to further incease their web presence.