The Escape

Web Services
A good website is a very powerful marketing tool. We build websites that not only look great, but are great under the bonnet, working to the highest web standards, and interacting with the web (and search engines) to attract and deliver you traffic.

But it doesn't stop there - our websites get results, whether it's traffic, subscribers, sales leads or direct sales.

- Web design and build: Our websites are designed to deliver your business results with user-friendly designs and clear call-to-actions to create an engaging experience. Built to strict and compliant standards with a flexible and future-proof structure that can develop with your business.

- Content management systems: Easy to use CMS systems giving you control over your website. Our systems take away the complicated stuff, building optimised and structured websites that are search engine friendly.

- E-commerce solutions: Sell online with a comprehensive shop system. Product and order management, flexible cross-selling opportunities and customer-focussed incentives and offers help you to create loyalty and a sustainable online business.

- Online applications and databases: Integration with your existing databases or complete web applications to manage your business data on the web.

Creative Services
Looking good is one thing but a defined creative strategy can deliver you a strong brand, and campaigns that deliver results. Really engaging your clients along the way - including the ones you haven't met yet.

We help you to understand who you are and how you are perceived as a business; then develop a marketing proposition and appropriate tools to deliver that message effectively.

- Consultancy: we create and develop brands and design strategies that maximise your message; both to existing clients, potential clients, and other stakeholders.

- Marketing collateral: eye-catching direct mail and communication pieces that get you noticed, enhance your brand and get measurable results.

Online Marketing Services
At The Escape, we study the way people interact on the web and look at ways in which your business can connect with customers, prospects and industry commentators online.

We create appropriate content, optimised for search engines, to get your business noticed, and advise on ways to distribute your message organically through social networking, and assertively through online advertising and affiliate marketing.

- Website content and copywriting: Appropriate content and articles on your website, copy written for search engine optimisation, can attract relevant search traffic and raise the profile of your website.

- Search engine marketing: More than just search engine optimisation, SEM is about establishing goal driven opportunities for your business and attracting traffic by promotion and interaction.

- Social media marketing: Enabling your business to interact with your audience and industry, in a social way, can establish credibility, authority and increased awareness of your brand.

- Pay-per-click advertising: We create effective pay-per-click (PPC) and pay-per-action (PPA) campaigns to maximise your budget, increasing relevant traffic through research and optimisation.

- E-mail marketing: We don't buy lists and hit people, we build lists through permission, to create more effective and sustainable relationships with your clients and prospects.

"We selected The Escape for their expertise in housing and work with social landlords. It was a refreshing approach by The Escape who first audited our target market and integrated the findings into the brochure. They worked creatively and professionally on the brochure, meeting deadlines and giving valuable advice. The final brochure was exactly the right look and feel and has been well received. We look forward to continuing to work with The Escape on future projects."

Fiona Chapman, Marketing Executive, CORGI

"It was good to work with a local company that shared the same values. The Escape were willing to go the extra mile to make sure the magazine was right, always working in partnership and with good humour to deliver a publication we're all proud of."

Natalie Sweet, Corporate Comms Manager, Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council