The gardens at “Quinta do Palheiro” are famous not only for the variety of plants that grow there but for the beauty of their setting in the hills to the east of Funchal, the capital of Madeira.

The Palheiro Gardens are open throughout the year and welcome visitors.
One of the most beautiful gardens in Madeira Island, today they form part of the Palheiro Estate which includes a Hotel, Golf course, the Palheiro Village and Florialis orchid nurseries.

The Palheiro Estate is located just 15 minutes from Funchal, capital city of Madeira Island, and about 20 minutes’ drive from the airport.

The website has been developed by the full service digital marketing, development and web design agency ’Navega Bem – Web Design‘.

Chris Szabo, MD and Creative Director explained “This particular website is about the beautiful gardens and as such we developed the site with a focus on making it a feast for the eyes. Text information has been kept to a minimum to allow visitors to enjoy the very essence of the gardens themselves. The site has been crafted around the Joomla CMS framework.”

Visit the new Palheiro Gardens website here.

Welsh, Gomes & Aguiar, S.A. have been marketing automobiles for 40 years on the island of Madeira.
They are the dealers for the quality brands names Opel, Volkswagen, Audi, Skoda, Alfa Romeo and Lancia.

Their brand (ok usados) represents quality customer service available through highly skilled staff and loyalty to their customer base.

The new web portal ‘ok usados‘ now offers an excellent opportunity to motorists looking for quality and guaranteed used vehicles on Madeira island. The site displays all the latest offers and allows for easy search facilities to find the model and price that is required.

The portal has been developed by the full service digital marketing, development and web design agency ’Navega Bem – Web Design‘.
Chris Szabo, MD and Creative Director explained “We were commissioned to provide an attractive  used car portal that would be easy to navigate and prove very search engine friendly. Our choice of CMS platform for this particular project was Joomla.”

To learn more about used car and truck availability on Madeira island visit ok usados.

French company Espuña have been on the market for over 40 years and have become experts in security and protection, manufacturing protective equipment for both professionals and DIY individuals.

Espuña comes with a comprehensive approach to its business sector, with comprehensive research & development coupled with efficient manufacturing and distribution.

Their services include:

- Study of work area and requirements
- Analysis of existing infrastructure and recommendations
- Assistance in setting up your PPE with your teams
- Training your team
- Adaptation focused on particular people with a disability
- Support for the development of new projects and prototyping

A pioneer in the field of standardization and normalization, the company is now ISO 9001-2008 certified

Their new web presence has been developed by Joomla CMS professionals ‘Navega Bem – Web Design‘; a full service digital marketing, development and web design agency based on Madeira island, Portugal.

Visit the new Espuña website here.

Located in Namibia in the residential area of Ludwigsdorf, Villa Moringa is a mere 10 Min. from Windhoek‘s CBD.

Villa Moringa is a modern, elegant , up-market Guesthouse consisting of 6 luxurious en-suite double rooms, 1 Executive family / business room, 1 Family area and 3 VIP rooms.

Villa Moringa have launched their new website which is the perfect base to plan your vacation and holidays in Namibia.

The guesthouse  restaurant serves a delicious breakfast from freshly baked croissants and cake to a variety of cereals, coffee, tea’s, cheeses, cold meats, yoghurts, fruit juices, fresh fruits as well as bacon and eggs and many other delicious creations of their chef Rauna.

The website has been developed by the full service digital marketing, development and web design agency Navega Bem – Web Design and is programmed around the the Joomla CMS framework.

Enjoy a First Class Service at Villa Moringa! Visit the new Villa Moringa website here. 

In this challenging economy we all need a sustainable source of new clients.
Having an impressive professional web site is a winning solution that delivers big pay offs from a small investment.
Having a professional website makes all the difference because your website is the ‘very first thing’ most of your clients will ever see about you.
A professional website creates a credible relationship with your customers and communicates a competent approach! You really can get a lot more business for a lot less money!

Why would you choose us to develop your next website?
‘Navega Bem – Web Design‘ is a full service digital marketing, development and web design agency.
It’s no coincidence that we are chosen to develop websites by companies from Dubai to New York to California to Hong Kong to London to Lisbon to Naples to Hamburg to… need we say more?

Today Navega Bem is at the heart of many successful web strategies.

• We provide a Professional CMS web site that you can manage yourself. You need have no programming or HTML experience. Editing can be done with any normal web browser from anywhere in the world – or with your iPhone.
• A web site that is optimized for the search engines (start getting visitors from day 1)
• There are no monthly fees – no license fees – no maintenance fees – you are not tied to us in any way. You simply login to your own website to control your own content. You have complete independence and total control! If you should require any support, we are there for you.
• We’ll set up FREE Social Media accounts for you so that you can actively participate in key social networking sites such as LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook. These networking sites will bring you a lot more traffic and help you attain better results in the search engine listings. Oh… and they are really easy to use!
• We can also show you how to run a successful Google AdWords campaign. No matter what your budget, you can display your ads on Google and their advertising network. You pay only if people click your ads.

Visit our Navega Bem website and see for yourself that you really can achieve success in 2012.

Ask the average Company Director if his website can be found in Google and he will say ‘yes’. He will probably even do a search for his company name to prove it to you.

But instead of searching for a company name, try searching for that company’s services or products. For example if a company designs websites in Madeira, do a search for ‘web design Madeira‘ or ‘web design Portugal‘.

Most of the time you won’t find any listings for a company on the first 4 or 5 pages. Why? Simply because the website has not been optimized for the search engines.

Now let’s face it – it doesn’t matter how much you paid for your website or how attractive it is. If it can’t rapidly be found in the search engines then it is losing money for you every single day. Now that’s a very expensive and useless website!

How does Search Engine Optimization work?

‘Search engine optimization’ refers to the process of fine tuning a web site to achieve a high search engine ranking for specific keywords or phrases. The sort of phrases that your clients will try to find you with in Google. To achieve high search engine rankings, certain features of a web site must be optimized to make the site what we call ‘search engine friendly’.

If you clicked on the ‘web design’ links above you will have seen that our website ‘Navega Bem – Web Design’ is listed right at the top of page 1 of Google. We took the trouble to optimize our website and that is exactly what we do for all the websites we create for our clients.

To learn more about competitive web sites that work visit us at  Navega Bem – The Web Design Professionals.

The Avicasilver online jewelry store is run by the private company “Prataacqua Unip. Lda.” The company was started in November 2009, as a family  business.

The goal of Avicasilver is to develop long lasting relationships with their customers by offering competitively priced quality products backed up by excellent customer service.

Their mission is to provide stunning and fashionable designs that are as unique as you are! They stock a wide range of eye catching pieces from sterling silver, to precious colored stones, pearls, crystals and zirconium – the extensive Avicasilver range has something for everyone!

Avicasilver believes their jewelry can transform your whole outfit into a classic and elegant one suitable for any occasion. It can also be an ideal gift for special occasions such as birthdays, anniversary, Valentines Day,  Mother Day and Christmas. All of their jewelry includes a gift box and a gift paper bag.

Avicacsilver stocks all the latest styles in necklaces, bracelets, rings and earrings.

Their fashion jewelry is made from the finest Italian leather decorated with Swarovski  crystals.

The site has been developed by Navega Bem – Web Design. Their experience in the area of CMS websites that can be managed without programming experience has turned them into one of the most sought after web development companies in Europe. Find out more out Navega Bem here.

Visit the new Avicasilver Fashion Jewelry web store here.

Google+ Pages has finally brought its social media network to the world of business. Now companies which have created a Google+ account can post articles about themselves and their products or services.

So how does this benefit companies?

In a similar manner to Facebook, followers of a Google+ Page can comment on or share the company’s posts, creating running conversation threads. Additionally, Businesses can even set up customized hangouts where they can chat directly with their potential and current clients.

Using the Google+ Direct Connect, you can insert a “+” before your search term and go directly to a business’s ‘Google+’ page. For example, if you type “+NavegaBem” into a ‘Google+’ search box, Google will direct you straight to Navega Bem’s Plus page.

And this is certainly where Google is going have dominance over Facebook. With such a wide array of tools like Google search, Gmail , Google Maps,  Chrome and Android –  Google really offers a myriad tools that are intrinsic to many of our online lives – and all of these of course can be connected to Google+.

As Google+ now evolves, it will have the resources to promote its entire social network as well as the branded pages within it, in special ways that both Facebook and Twitter can’t.

Imagine what a huge impact this will have on search engine results in the future!

To help companies get started, Google has created an online guide to show them how to create a page, promote it, as well as measure its effectiveness.

Join us on our Google+ page : +NavegaBem

The Art Project Open Doors (Projecto artE de pORtas abErtas) in the Santa Maria street of Funchal, Madeira island, has been launched to open the gates of the city of Funchal to Art and Culture.

There are not “virtual doors” but real, old and forgotten doors of houses, shops and spaces that were abandoned and had deteriorated. Now they are gaining new life to sensitize the people visiting these spaces with a vibrant introduction to Madeira’s art and culture. The current interventions (an interaction with a previously existing artwork, audience, or venue/space)  cover all of the audiovisual arts; Painting, Sculpture, Photography, Video Art and Music.

However, it is an intervention that aims to not be associated with acts of vandalism or a break with the everyday life of the city. Although every artist has created something innovative, a “break” from the norm – this is part of a “call to attention” carrying out a work of art for the public to view. This project aims to be the seed of continued future artistic performances on different elements of the deteriorated parts of the old city of Funchal.

Also, a future “School of the Arts” shall be located in one of these abandoned buildings that will be lovingly restored and function as a learning centre where there will be workshops on all the artistic disciplines: painting, sculpture, theater, music, photography, sculpture …

The Project (Projecto artE de pORtas abErtas) has been designed by Jose Maria Montero Zyberchema and was presented on August 20, 2010 at Pecha Kucha.
The project also received a friendly “push” from João Carlos Abreu, who is a formidable driving force of projects to revitalize the Old Town (Zona Velha) of Funchal.

The first intervention was made by Martin Mendes on August 20, 2010 at Rua da Carreira, No. 207.

Today, many doors have been wonderfully brought back to life and the new portal which was recently launched now features many of the works of art and the artists involved in this rejuvenating project.

The Web Portal was developed by Navega Bem – Web Design, a full service digital marketing, development and web design agency based on Madeira island.

The project has also been sponsored by the Funchal City Council (Câmara Municipal de Funchal) which provided all the paints for the participating artists and Acontece Madeira, a non-profit portal dedicated to presenting all public events on the Madeira islands.

Visit the new website here www.arteportasabertas.com

The Madeira island events portal ‘Acontece Madeira‘ is to be featured on RTP Madeira on Friday the 4th of November.

‘Casa das Artes’ is a weekly programme that covers the latest cultural news. Lisete Gonçalves, the founder of ‘Acontece Madeira’ and Project Director of Navega Bem – Web Design will be answering questions and explaining the concept, motivation and passion involved in the development and running of the highly popular events portal.

Don’t miss the next edition of Casa das Artes – www.rtp.pt/programas-rtp/