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ASP.NET+ADO
10+ Years


If you're reading this, the chances are, my profile picture caught your eye. You may or may not know that yellow is the most eye catching colour online and the most likely to make you click through. This is just one example of how psychology plays a bigger part in web development that we realise.
With over 10 years experience in a commercial, multinational environment I specialise in webdesign, web psychology, eCommerce development, Social Media applications and digital marketing.
I can advise you on how to edge ahead of your competitors and maximise your ROI with simple, effective techniques like this.
My development skills include PHP, MySQL, XHTML, CSS, HTML5, CSS3, Javascript, CMS (e.g. Wordpress, Expression Engine), eCommerce (Magento, OpenCart, Shopify, Prestashop, OSCommerce) and graphic design. I'm also comfortable project managing and leading a team to achieve their goals.
I also offer professional onsite consultancy services covering all areas of eCommerce and web marketing. Example services include improving your online store design, optimising product page conversion, maximising cross-selling opportunities, improving checkout workflow, increasing conversion rates, improving customer retention and reducing cart abandonment.
Other services include web design, web development, search engine optimization (SEO), Pay Per Click (PPC) advertising, Social Media Strategy, Social Media Management, web copy writing, print design and more.
For a full list of services or to discuss how I may be able to help you with your next project, please contact me and I will be happy to help.
Thank you.
Areas covered: Global
Company name: CreativeWales
Industry type: Information Technology
Employees at your company: 2-4
by Tim B on 30 Nov 2011
I can't thank Aled enough for his hard work and dedication over the past 3 days. He worked tirelessly to get the project done and would definitely use him again. Highly recommended!
by Ryan E on 25 Nov 2011
Aled and his team are a talented group of developers and designers. We have found Aled to be highly professional, proactive and responsive throughout the project. He has also been keen to offer solutions and reassurances as required. We are looking forward to working with Aled on more of an ongoing basis as the project develops further.
by Michael P on 22 Oct 2011
One of the best freelancers I have ever found on People Per Hour. Aled really knows his stuff and he is great to work with.
January 2010 - Present Day: The Book People
Working within a team of 6 multi-disciplined developers in Bangor, I aid the development of commerce web content sites, as well as creating and translating other design briefs into working websites. Work involves creating and maintaining style-sheets, image manipulation and more for both external customer facing commerce websites (Book People, Red House, Puffin Book Club and Puffin Post) and internal websites.
I am passionate about semantic Web Standards have good knowledge of cross-browser development and security and have a keen eye on the latest design trends, helping to improve the team and the performance, usability and profitability of the Book People brand.
August 2008 - January 2010: Manchester Business School Worldwide
Senior web developer responsible for co-ordinating, developing and implementing all web, e-marketing and social media strategies in order to promote the School as an innovative provider of high quality programmes.
March 2006 - August 2008: PeoplePlanner
Sales & Marketing Manager for eBusiness in the private healthcare sector. Responsible for creative production of marketing campaigns, copy writing, visual design, advertising concepts, web creatives and B2B sales.
November 2000 - March 2006: Accountis Plc
Sales & Marketing Officer for eBusiness in the financial market. Responsibilities included creative production of marketing materials, visual design, web creatives, B2B sales and dealing with technical support queries over the phone.
Development of new microsite promoting telecommunication services with client registration, email notification and secure access via username and password. Back end development included developing a secure administration control panel for JANET(UK) service desk allowing them to grant or deny users permission to access the microsite.
Reviews for this job by:Would thoroughly recommend Aled for web development projects. Our particular project was php / mysql based and not only did Aled meet the brief but also brought new ideas and alternative approaches to the table that saved overall development time and costs.