Pixel8’s SEO Consultants in Manchester started working out on the UK Fitness Network website on 26^th. February 2010. By 28^th. May, search engine visitors had increased by 61% compared with the previous 12 weeks, which included the January rush of people searching online for exercise classes and gym memberships to fulfil their New Years resolutions.

Google visitors were up by 55% from 3,421 to 5,329 over the three month period, Yahoo! and Bing visitors increased by 255% and 40% respectively.

The initial SEO updates Pixel8 exercised on the website included pumping some iron into the website content, giving the News section a makeover, and doubling the SEO capabilities of the hundreds of not-for-profit leisure centres which are listed on the website.

Since the leisure centre updates were implemented, many of the leisure centre pages have realised a 100% increase in visitors, and Google visitors from the keyword phrase: leisure centres in London – has increased by 1,000%. The website is currently number one in Google UK for: exercise classes London.

David Hopkins, who administers the UK Fitness Network website on behalf of Proleisure said, “I was very impressed with how quickly Pixel8’s SEO team got up to speed on the project, and again by the speed at which the copywriting and web development updates were completed and put live. The increase in visitors to the website and the exposure for our leisure centre partners is fantastic.”

The UK Fitness Network is a charitable not-for-profit organisation owned by its partner members in London, Surrey, West Sussex, Oxon, Oxford, Buckinghamshire, Kent and Hertfordshire.

UKFN members can use hundreds of different gyms, fitness centres, swimming pools and take thousands of exercise classes using one membership card.

For complete details please visit the UK Fitness Network

The creative and graphic design teams at Pixel8 in Manchester continue to develop new brand identities and new logo designs for a wide variety of clients.

By visiting our logo design page you can see examples of our latest logo designs, including rebranding projects for Fusion Sports, Renray Healthcare and Michael Warwick Nicholls, and new brand identities and logos designed for Manchester Sport and Leisure Trust and the UK Fitness Network.

The Pixel8 graphic design, branding and marketing agency in Manchester has been selected to create new corporate branding and to design a new website for the UK Fitness Network.

Born from the London Fitness Network, this exciting new brand will bring together local authority leisure centres across the UK.  We are currently developing the new brand, new logo design and scoping the new website.

Blog update: Project now complete, see the complete range of branding and graphic designs here.

The Pixel8 brand development process has been in full swing in 2008, rebrands in May are well underway for companies including Vodat International and Boxfresh Organics.

As an agency that has design at the heart of everything that we do, brand exercises thrill us! Not only do we get to realise the entrepreneurial vision of business founders, we also get to create marketing collateral that best reflects the brand and indeed the company values.

Corporate rebranding projects starting in June include the UK Fitness Network and Leighmann’s, both very exciting projects.