4Shades Limited

About the Business

4Shades is an innovative digital advertising agency and consultancy, incorporated in England and Wales, UK (no. 9317189), and established to address the communication needs of progressive global marketers - mainly throughout UK, Europe, MENA, USA/Canada, and CIS regions.

We specialise in producing original, modern web solutions and creative material for clients via website design and development (responsive desktop, mobile, and tablet), application development, social media platform development, advertising, marketing, promotion and optimisation, printing, signage and packaging, promotions & exhibitions, TV & radio production, photography, and illustration - plus a host of embedded services.

You will find us very easy-going and approachable. Whether a business, charity, organisation, agency, or an individual with big dreams, why not drop us a line today? You might be genuinely surprised to discover that our services can be leveraged without the usual agency price tag.

Business Products

Responsive website development

With information as king it is vital to choose and develop the most appropriate medium upon which to deliver the right message in a language which identifies with its intended audience, especially when that message is so immediately accessible. It is therefore essential to also consider foreign language audiences when considering website development.

4Shades Digital develops custom, responsive solutions.

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Websites by 4Shades Limited

A small selection of websites we have developed for local and international clients.

Bespoke Social Media Platforms & Portals by 4Shades Digital

4Shades develops bespoke social media platforms and large content delivery sites, specifically tailored to your vision and replete with a wealth of advanced features and functionality using a highly-customised version of 4mulate. Some of the features prevalent in the social media and information delivery platforms we develop are:

Social Log-in (e.g. FB, LinkedIn, Google).
Photo & Video Walls.
Create/manage adv. user profiles/avatars.
Create/manage adv. business pages/avatars.
Link shares, videos, maps, docs via Walls.
Post, Like, Comment for Wall Posts.
Private or Group Messaging.
Full Content Management.
Full Security Management.
Privacy Features & Management.
Event Management.
Event Challenges Management.
Adv. Player and Business Search.
User and Business Follows.
Advanced outbound sharing.
Payment gateways for subscriptions.
Advanced User Enrolment Features.
Advanced Localisation.
Legal Document Management (IDs).
Age and other restrictive controls.
Automated Notifications System.
Automatic System Monitoring.
Fully responsive front/back-end.
Full SEO, SEM & SMM compliance.

Bespoke, responsive, real estate platforms

4Shades has developes platforms which specifically cater for the demanding content requirements of real estate agents. Their unique interfaces radically simplifies and expedites the process of managing, displaying, and promoting properties globally. They host a range of features which include (but are not limited to):

Filterable property lists with inline editing.
Vendor Management.
Advanced photo management.
Advanced video management.
Google Maps Integration.
Property Features Tag Management.
Public Property Comments.
Price history.
Private notes.
Multilingual.
Communal Features Tag Management.
Real Estate Project Management.
Full, descriptive text editors.
Property duplicator tool.
Top Properties Management.
Special Offers Management.
Advanced search functionality.
Infiniti Scrolling (optional).
Advanced User Privileges.
Virtual Private Servers (optional).

Creative and Graphic Design

In addition to our range of digital services, we are also a fully-fledged advertising agency. Part of this service repertoire is to provide a range of design services intended for other mainstream uses. 4Shades employs seasoned graphic designers and illustrators who are capable of conceptualising and designing almost anything that can be printed.

Here is a small list of material we are regularly asked to design and print:

Leaflets.
Brochures.
Product Catalogues.
Corporate Presentations & Reports.
Desktop or Wall-mounted Calendars.
Posters.
Pull-up & Free-Standing Banners.
Large-scale prints.
Apparel.
Vehicle Livery.
Exhibition Stands.
Stationery.

4Shades enjoys the challenges when asked to get creative, but the largest challenge is determining just how far we should push boundaries. Such is the power of creativity. When working with clients who allow us to tap into our collective resources (and break some rules along the way), our best creations emerge.

Over the years we've been commissioned to conceptualise and design for a plethora of genres, and (for the most part) we've been given quite a wide creative berth. Nevertheless, there are always constants to take into consideration: our customer's usual approach, the organisation's brand and history, conformity to CI specs, the target audiences and markets, the medium - and so forth. These all dictate how best we attack the creative, how to sketch up prospective designs, and how we ultimately tinker and modify those incarnations until we achieve that all-important end result and release it to the masses.

Having worked on so many topics for so many mediums (and within a multitude of markets), you could say that 4Shades is quite used to thriving on those challenges. We have a phenomenally-gifted creative team who are only too happy to bring your ideas to life.