Online solutions

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Web development

Web development is a broad term that incorporates all areas of developing a web site for the World Wide Web. This can include graphic web design, actual coding of pages, backend programming, and web server configuration...Read More

Website hosting

Our hosting solution – Our Data Centre is situated in Johannesburg. Access to the facility is restricted and strictly regulated by biometric access and 24/7 security guards. In addition, closed circuit cameras continuously monitor all crucial areas...Read More

Internet marketing

Google Adwords: So what is Google Adwords and why should I consider using it?
Google has developed a system to assist you in marketing your products or services in the Google Search Engine, and its affiliate sites, via the use of a placed text ad that appears when people search for phrases related to your offering, this appears as a "sponsored link"...Read More

Social media

Social media has many benefits, but the greatest benefit is low cost. In a fragile economy where everybody is stretching, social media allows you to be more creative with your marketing budget.
Quality content is becoming more important than ever before for publishers and marketers alike...Read More

Website portfolio

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Value-added services

The methods being used to reach out to and interact with customers are rapidly changing and so the marketing world. New media channels such as Twitter and Facebook are grabbing the marketing world by storm, even though traditional print media are still dominant. Interactive marketing opportunities beyond websites, including blogs, vlogs (video blogs), forums, e-mail campaigns, social networking, communities, podcasts, mobile marketing, and even virtual reality must be investigated as part of the marketing mix.....Read More

Design solutions

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Graphic design

Definition: The practice or profession of designing print or electronic forms of visual information, as for an advertisement, publication, website or any other vehicle... Click Here

Advertising

Definition: The activity of attracting public attention to a product or business, as by paid announcements in the print, broadcast, or electronic media and the business of designing and writing advertisements...Click Here

Communications

Definition: The effective use of systems, media and words to convey ideas or information to the correct target market... Click Here

Public relations

Definition: Public relations is the art and science of managing communication between an organization and its key public constituents to build, manage, and sustain its positive image. It is also about building relationships... Click Here

Brand development

Definition: Brand development is a systematic and iterative process for building and strengthening brands... Click Here

Signage & display

Definition: Signage is any kind of visual graphics created to display information to a particular audience. This is typically manifested in the form of finding information in places such as streets or inside/outside of buildings. Display: Merchandise arranged to catch the eye and attract attention, in order to promote sales. Displays are differentiated by their placement and type... Click Here

About us

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Articles

So you’re revamping your website. It can be a daunting task and difficult to know where to start ...Read More

About Us

As a professional through-the-line graphic design, advertising, communications and web development agency founded in 1989, Catgraphics offers a full and comprehensive range of services, with the ability to tailor its services to suit the specific communications, advertising, design or web needs of all clients both large and small...Read More

Our culture

Vision
To create a 'place' where unlimited creative resources can be cross-pollinated in order to broaden our clients' perceptions as to what they have to offer in productive, sustainable and cost-effective ways...Read More

Our experience

Our exceptional mix of talents, skills and experience, provides an unusually wide range of professional services. We will handle part of the job or all of it – from concept, strategy and budgets to the finished end product...Read More

Our operational practices & Policies

Personal Supervision
As far as possible, the Managing Director of Catgraphics oversee every project. Senior key personnel will be appointed (full or part time) to handle specific elements of a project, depending on the need...Read More
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Equal opportunities
Although Catgraphics is an SMMe, we create an environment of sustainable diversity and offer opportunities for advancement. We recognise that employees of all racial groups have a right to equal opportunity, and our Policy applies whenever we are recruiting, promoting, assessing performance, disciplining, or offering training or other opportunities for advancement...Read More

Our services

Print solutions

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Print solutions

Definition: The act, art, or practice of impressing letters, characters, or figures on paper, cloth, or other material; the business of a printer, including typesetting and presswork, with their adjuncts; typography; also, the act of producing photographic print... Click Here

Litho and digital printing

The quality of digital printing is as good as litho print. The differences in the two types are basically defined by the following... Click Here

Large format printing

The digital large format and flatbed printing is one of the fastest growing markets as new printers, inks and media continuously appear in the market. Thanks to these new technologies, the creativity of advertisers is almost unlimited and new applications arise regularly. 'Corporate identity' and 'color-true' play a fundamental role in large format printing in visual communication as a whole... Click Here

Silkscreen printing

Screen-printing is a printing technique that uses a woven mesh to support an ink-blocking stencil... Click Here

Packaging

Package design and development are often thought of as an integral part of the new product development process. Alternatively, development of a package (or component) can be a separate process, but must be linked closely with the product to be packaged... Click Here

Green printing

Printing and related industries constitute one of the major sources of environmental pollution due to heavy energy and resource (materials) use. Therefore, there is a need to adopt resourceful thinking, so we all can contribute to environmental protection by adhering to greener, eco-friendly, and sustainable practices... Click Here

Media solutions

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Our accreditation

Accreditation with CoreXalance: The CoreXalance Accreditation is an endorsement that the Advertising Practitioner has been vetted, supplied adequate security to Media Credit Co-ordinators (MCC); of which CoreXalance is a sole agent, and is monitored monthly and annually to ensure sustainability. Being accredited means the company has the ability to get the ads of their clients into the desired medium because they are in good standing with their suppliers.... Click Here

Media

Definition: The public means for distribution of an advertising message. The most common media include newspapers, magazines, radio, television, direct mail and computer bulletin boards. Other media vehicles are billboards, electronic banners, washroom posters, street pole advertising, etc... Click Here

Community media

South Africa is a nation of diversity, with over 50-million people and a wide variety of cultures, languages and religious beliefs... Click Here

Electronic media

Definition: Electronic Media is information or data that is created, distributed and accessed using a form of electronics, electromechanical energy or any equipment used in electronic communications. On a day-to-day basis our access to Electronic Media is our television, radio, computer, cell phones and other devices transporting information to and from us by means of electronic involvement... Click Here

Outdoor media

Definition: Essentially any type of advertising that reaches the consumer while he or she is outside the home is considered to be outdoor advertising, unlike broadcast, print, and Internet advertising. It is focused on marketing to consumers when they are "on the go" in public places, in transit, waiting (such as in a medical office), and/or in specific commercial locations (such as in a retail venue). Outdoor advertising formats fall into four main categories: billboards, street furniture, transit, and alternative... Click Here

Cinema advertising

Used as part of an integrated marketing campaign, where print, radio, television and other mediums are used in conjunction with each other, cinema can double or triple the impact of a campaign. Cinema provides a 360-degree marketing environment that is uncluttered and finds the consumer in a relaxed and receptive frame of mind, perfect to get your message across... Click Here

Our hosting solution

User Control Panel
High Speed Network
24/7 Support
99.9% network uptime guarantee
UPS Power Management
Back-ups
Anti-virus & spam-filtering programs
Add-on and Parked Domains and Sub-domains
FTP Access
Detailed Site Statistics
Advanced Spam and Virus Protection
Error log

Email functions include:

Email Account Manager
Webmail
Auto Responders
Email Filters
Email Domain Forwarding

Our servers are extensively tested against security exploits with all unnecessary services disabled. All security patches are up-to-date, and servers are audited regularly for attempted break-ins.

We are often asked to explain the difference between Internet service providers, hosting, e-mail, domains, etc. To help those who are not familiar with this sometimes-confusing subject we have attempted to explain the various terms in non-technical terms: