Pro Installer December 2015 - Issue 33 | Page 30

30 DECEMBER 2015 PRO INSTALLER PRO NEWS www.proinstaller.co.uk Keeping it clear and simple Lancashire Trade Frames has just launched a brand new website. Fully enabled for mobile and tablet, the site is simple to navigate and gets straight to the point with an invitation to talk. Keeping a strong brand identity is important for any business, and LTF has kept its distinctive colour scheme throughout the site. Insight Data expands Insight Data, the award winning supplier of marketing data, has expanded its in-house marketing team following increased demand for its lead generation service. The move sees the company’s email marketing department increase capacity to 10 million emails a year while introducing new marketing automation technology, whereby potential customers can be targeted with a series of highly personalised emails depending on individual responses. The technology enables suppliers to target potential customers in the window industry, construction, building contractors and architects using the Insight database. James Holding joins Insight with a degree in graphic design and is responsible for the layout of client email campaigns, ensuring they look great and adhere to best practice email standards. Kirstie Wood joins the customer service team, assisting clients with their campaigns to ensure maximum results. Both James and Kirstie will work alongside the existing technology team. Commercial Director Helen Costeloe-Hughes comments: “Email marketing continues to grow as a marketing weapon. With most people now having email on their mobile phone, it means we can connect with decision makers directly, bypassing the usual gate-keepers. And with the quality of our data clients are getting much better results, up to 400% more response than other email providers.” For more information on email marketing call Insight Data on 01934 808293 or visit www. insightdata.co.uk A key feature is the detail about the Solid Sense range of products. The site offers a message that is consistent with the company’s suite of consumer-focused literature. The Solid Sense brochure, which can be tailored to installer or builders own brand, has the same common sense, plain-speaking approach as the website. The site includes detail about LTF’s three main profile systems: Kömmerling, Spectus and Smart’s aluminium. Visitors can see a breakdown of the main features and benefits of each system without having to leave the site. To keep customers fully up-to-date the site includes a news page and the businesses informative and entertaining Twitter feed. Mark Rowland, LTF’s Managing Director commented: “It’s always good to be able to put a face to the name. Everyone’s welcome to drop in, but we believe our new website, with its robust, simple structure and clear information will make life easier for anyone interacting with us online.” For more information about Lancashire Trade Frames contact John Anthony (john@ lancstrade.co.uk) or visit www. lancashirepvcutradeframes.co.uk Change of Career for Synseal Sales Director After 21 years persuading the fenestration world that Synseal products are the best that money can buy, Tim Armitage the Sales Director has decided that the new WarmCore folding sliding door system represents such an irresistible opportunity that Tim is leaving Synseal to become a WarmCore fabricator. “Having now spent most of my working life for the last 28 years in the fenestration industry, considering leaving the Synseal family after 21 years was never going to be easy,” says Tim, “but wanting to do something different other than corporate life has always been in the back of my ‘It has been great working with Tim since our management buyout’ mind and WarmCore has given me that hunger and opportunity back to do something myself that I thought I had lost along the way.” “Changing direction now whilst also being able to work with my adopted Synseal family again, albeit this time as a customer, will let me have the best of both worlds, something I will greatly enjoy moving forward.” David Leng, Synseal CEO says: “It has been great working with Tim since our management buyout and his detailed commercial and technical knowledge will be missed by myself and Synseal. His contribution to the initial development of Synseal, the huge growth in market share of the Global roof and the doubling in size of the business since the MBO has been enormous and we are pleased to have him still on the team as a customer if not a colleague.” www.synseal.com