Website developer Six Ticks proves its worth with Optimised, bespoke Website for luxury Shrewsbury hotel – delivering clickable and Measurable Results

Six Ticks received a brief for a new website for Hawkstone Park, nestled in the heart of the Shropshire countryside. This stunning venue, set in 400 acres of English Heritage Grade I listed landscapes, is a modern and stylish hotel ideal for golf, family breaks, conferences, weddings and social events.

Part of Interesting Hotels Group, Hawkstone Park wanted to update their digital presence and build greater online traction with a new site to showcase their amazing venue, which also includes the famous tourist attraction - The Follies. The site needed to capture the essence of Shropshire whilst showcasing the venue as a great choice for events, conferences, weddings and other celebrations.

Six Ticks Took the Website Brief and Got to Work

Working closely with Hawkstone, Six Ticks’ Operations Director, Stephanie Henson, mapped out their core business and visitor profile and using this information, worked with the team at Hawkstone and Interesting Hotels Group to establish the web site navigation and content needs.

Key Requirements of Hawkstone Parks New Website

• Online Booking System
• Strong SEO Optimised Content
• User Friendly Navigation
• Strong Imagery
• Attract More Visitors & Build Brand Awareness
• Showcase the Hotel Facilities

SEO: What Does it Stand for Anyway?

Seriously Exciting Opportunity!!  Well! Actually, yes, it is - but that’s not what it stands for!

SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) makes it easier for Search Engines like Google, Bing, and Yahoo to “read” your website. If they like your site more, your site appears higher in the search results! If it appears higher in the results, more people will see your pages, without the need for you to spend a lot of money paying for it to appear at the top of the search results.

Should My Business Consider SEO?

The answer is yes!

SEO involves making sure a web site is accessible, technically sound, uses words that people type into the search engines, and provides an excellent User Experience, with useful and high quality, well crafted, knowledgeable content.

Search Engine Optimisation is vital for your business – regardless of its size, turnover, product or service. Investing in a well thought out, effectively written and correctly designed site is imperative.

It is all about the Click, and if the site is not well ranked, it will not appear in the top search results and your Click rate will be low. That’s why good web design infrastructure is vital, as well as ensuring the site has rich content.

Why is SEO Important?

SEO largely means optimising a website and content to improve the accessibility, relevance and experience for users.

Search Engines (E.g. Google) place their emphasis on leveraging sites that demonstrate their expertise, authority and trust.

Are You Worried About Your Website’s Performance?

• Does our site generate enough leads or sales?
• Why do our competitors get more business than us?
• Are enough people finding our site on Google?
• How is our main competitor getting more traffic than us without spending money on ads?

How Six Ticks Helped

Six Ticks delivered a great site for Hawkstone Park that increased leads and sales without the use of ads! Working with the client the site had a clear navigation structure making it user-friendly, with online booking, showcasing the hotels facilities and ensuring all visitors and web visitors are prompted before leaving the site.

Ongoing CMS support and an easy to manage CMS (Contact Management System) enables Users to make amendments to their copy and add/delete pages in the Six Ticks easy to use system.

Good web design doesn’t need to cost the Earth... and you don’t need to be dazzled by jargon and techy terms!

Six Ticks of Success

Improved bounce rate

Increased new visitors to the site

Reviewed the navigation and improved the overall User experience

Great content and website design means visitors spend more time on pages

Online booking system implemented

Bespoke content and design