From our humble beginnings in 2002, enotions has grown to become the go to website designer in Salisbury. For over two decades, businesses have trusted our expertise, innovation, and keen eye for design.
Setting the Digital Stage in Salisbury
When we set out in the early days of enotions, the internet was a novel space. Most users would patiently endure the familiar screech of a dial-up connection to access the digital world! As Salisbury’s pioneering web designers, we had a vision – to craft websites that not only looked good but performed impeccably.
Keeping Pace with Progress
As the years rolled on, so too did the evolution of internet technology. The advent of broadband changed the game, offering faster, more reliable connections. We were quick to realise the paradigm shift when mobile devices surged in popularity, altering the way users interacted with the digital landscape. To stay ahead, we transitioned from merely designing websites to crafting immersive experiences, ensuring seamless access across devices.
As enotions grown, our services matured and diversified. We expanded into film production, helping brands tell their stories in the most compelling way. We’ve also immersed ourselves in social media, ensuring our clients not only have a voice but one that resonates strongly amidst the chatter.
Standing Strong Today
Fast-forward to today, and you’ll find enotions in prime form, continuing to be Salisbury’s go-to for all things digital. More than just a web design agency, we’re a testament to endurance in the digital world, a chronicle of evolution, and most importantly, your trusted partner in carving out digital success.
Below is a brief potted history of the company, from its formation in 2002, through to the key events and highlights which have helped shape it and the personnel who have made it. Right up to now and the fine health and activity you can find it in today.
Twenty years of web sites, and counting!
enotions is founded!
enotions becomes a limited company
Having enjoyed huge growth in the first six months of business, enotions becomes a limited company after being founded as a sole trader business. Now listed as ‘enotions Limited’, two-person team, Rob and Linnie, look to make a real difference to local business, with web sites and online thinking, born from the years working at IBM-locations in London, Basingstoke and New York.
Big names and contracts
enotions becomes one of the main web agencies in the South Wiltshire area, providing websites and web hosting for the likes of Solstice Park, Salisbury Racecourse, Myddelton and Major and Salisbury Cathedral School. The success is down to a combination of creative and technical excellence, a friendly, down-to-earth can-do attitude and sensible pricing. These key characteristics are still key in enotions’ offering and approach today.
enotions turns one
With an enviable client list and full roster of work, enotions celebrates its first full year in business with their first employee. The team, now three in size, has greater capacity to develop web sites and more complicated bespoke coding requirements and functionality. enotions is growing, just like the opportunities available via the web are growing too.
enotions wins PJ Smoothies’ contract
Having grown their reputation locally, enotions are approached to bid for the web site of London-based smoothies company, PJ Smoothies. enotions successfully win the bid and redevelopment the PJ’s web site, with innovative animations and interactive elements. Winning this contract changes everything for the little web agency in Wiltshire, at least for the next six years.
A move to the heart of Salisbury
enotions is growing fast and needs a new base. It moves its registered offices to Crown Street Chambers, on Bridge Street in Salisbury. This means enotions is in the heart of the community it continues to first and foremost serve, but also has better access to the train station for the increasing number of trips to London!
The FMCG brand years
After PJ Smoothies was bought by Tropicana, enotions found themselves in the position of being the go to agency for the global juice brand. This included working on the brands of Naked Juices, Tropicana Go, Tropicana and other snack products. It was a hugely exciting and demanding time in the history of enotions, working with corporates, product owners and advertising agencies.
enotions wins Business of the Year
enotions’ reach continues to grow, with work expanding to the likes of the Cobra Beer and Haagan Dazs websites. Now working with both smaller local business and global FMCG brands, enotions is one of a major digital agencies in the UK. On the back of this, it is recognised at the local SpireFM business awards as being one of the Businesses of the Year.
enotions wins South Wilts business of the year
Following on from their success with the SpireFM awards, two years later enotions wins the eBusiness award for the ‘best business of the year’. This bookends an incredible first eight years of the enotions business and rightly recognises the qualities of the team and the work they’ve produced during this time.
Linnie stops designing but remains a director
After thirteen years, Linnie leaves the full time staff, but remains part time and a director at enotions. She trades in Photoshop and her mouse for a paint brush and canvases, begins what will turn out to be a hugely successful career as a portrait and still life artist.
enotions relaunches as ‘your thinking web partner’
Having not rebranded in many years, it is decided to rebrand enotions as ‘your thinking web partner’. All the years of experience, both from the 14 years at enotions and the 6 years at IBM, gives Rob something which many other digital professionals simply do not have. Shared and imparted to the rest of the team, this makes enotions an agency who don’t just act on client’s wishes, but who think first and then act.
From web to werewolves
Managing director Rob completes the ambition of a lifetime and becomes published author by Duckworth Overlook. Signing a three-book deal and writing under his middle name Tarn, Rob balances the running of enotions alongside the writing of two subsequent fantasy novels. Lots of late nights, early starts and coffee result in a bestseller.
Full digital support agency
enotions starts work with Yardley London and Woods of Windor as their full digital support agency, providing ongoing monthly support for their site, online shop, email marketing and social media.
‘If websites were haircuts’ campaign
Always looking to refresh and recharge, enotions launches its ‘If websites were haircuts’ campaigns as the latest marketing push. With a mass mailout campaign, and supported by a new web site and social media, the campaign generates a huge response within the business community, invigorating old accounts and driving new business to the agency. enotions prepares to approach its twentieth year with an energy and appetite as strong as ever.
The enotions team grows
On the back of the ‘haircuts’ campaign and renewed appetite for delivering the best for local business, enotions grows the team to meet demand, pulling in the talents of a social media guru, an online Pay-Per-Click specialist and videographer / photographer to provide true full-service marketing expertise.
enotions turns 20!
enotions, founded in April 2002, and then listed as a Limited company in September of the same year, turns 20! It’s been a wild, eventual ride, at times stressful and certainly demanding, but enotions has reached this milestone with most of its faculties, qualities and values in tact! If anything, we feel the business is stronger than ever, with an amazing team and clients.