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MotoDesign is an arm of Vroom Media Limited, specialising in MotoGP and motorsport related online work. We’re passionate about MotoGP, other motorcycle championships and motorsport in general; and we have a wealth of experience in running global fansites, news sites, blogs and forums in this area.
There are few companies better qualified to bring the slickest design approach, most knowledgeable motorsport editorial skills and the broadest, most relevant online experience to developing your web presence and running your fansite.
MotoDesign is a trading name of Vroom Media Ltd. Registered in England & Wales No.7048326
All materials and designs copyright © Gareth Bouch / Vroom Media Ltd
All photography copyright © Michaela Genz, Gareth Bouch / Vroom Media Ltd
about-us
At Vroom Media we’re passionate about MotoGP and motorsport, and have a wealth of experience in running global fansites, news sites, blogs and forums.
It’s because of this that we can bring the slickest design skills, most knowledgeable editorial skills and broadest online experience to the site that you want built.
Not only can we design and build your website (and create or develop your online and offline branding into the bargain) we can also host it and run it for you, providing full content management for year round delivery to your fanbase.
We can also bring other things to the party: connectivity and convergence with other channels such as Facebook and Twitter, along with full search engine optimisation strategies and news and content distribution.
Add to that a fearsome set of Spanish and German language skills, and we think you’ll agree we have a powerful package for delivering your international or fully global fansite presence.
We provide four general levels of MotoGP / motorsport online package, although any is subject to negotiation and can be fully customised to suit you, and the commercial objectives of your management, team and sponsors.
Premium Fansite / Community Package
(recommended for Motogp category rider, or equivalent)
Extended Fansite / Community Package
(recommended for Moto2 category rider, or equivalent)
Standard Fansite / Community Package
(recommended for 125cc category rider, or equivalent)
Budget Fansite / Community Package
(recommended for Red Bull Rookies category rider, or equivalent)
packages
We provide four general levels of MotoGP / motorsport online package, although any is subject to negotiation and can be fully customised to suit you, and the commercial objectives of your management, team and sponsors. Please get in touch for further detail and pricing.
1 • Premium Fansite / Community Package
(recommended for Motogp category rider, or equivalent)
Fully content managed site build – Custom interface and rider branding.
Key pages: home, biography, fanclub*, news archive.
Content backfill – 2009 (2008 subject to agreement).
Extra pages: downloads – wallpapers, avatars, icons, screensavers.
E-Cards: Postcard server – up to 100 E-Cards.
Ongoing editorial content management + Relevant linking and affiliations.
Fan forum – phpBB3+ custom interface (or WP integration), ongoing forum moderation.
SEO – industry best practice: in build plus ongoing programme.
Built-in international translation functionality.
Ongoing webmaster service for maintenance, development, troubleshooting & backup.
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2 • Extended Fansite / Community Package
(recommended for Moto2 category rider, or equivalent)
Fully content managed site build – Custom interface and rider branding.
Key pages: home, biography, fanclub*, news archive.
Content backfill – 2009 (2008 subject to agreement).
Extra pages: downloads – wallpapers, avatars.
E-Cards: Postcard server – up to 50 E-Cards.
Ongoing editorial content management + Relevant linking and affiliations.
Fan forum – phpBB3+ custom interface (or WP integration), ongoing forum moderation.
SEO – industry best practice: in build plus ongoing programme.
Built-in international translation functionality.
Ongoing webmaster service for maintenance, development, troubleshooting & backup.
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3 • Standard Fansite / Community Package
(recommended for 125cc category rider, or equivalent)
Fully content managed site build – Custom interface and rider branding.
Key pages: home, biography, fanclub*, news archive.
Content backfill – 2009 (2008 subject to agreement).
Ongoing editorial content management + Relevant linking and affiliations.
Fan forum – phpBB3+ custom interface (or WP integration), ongoing forum moderation.
SEO – industry best practice: in build plus ongoing programme.
Built-in international translation functionality.
Ongoing webmaster service for maintenance, development, troubleshooting & backup.
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4 • Budget Fansite / Community Package
(recommended for Red Bull Rookies category rider, or equivalent)
Fully content managed site build – Custom interface and rider branding.
Key pages: home, biography, fanclub*, news archive.
Content backfill – 2009 (2008 subject to agreement).
Ongoing editorial content management + Relevant linking and affiliations.
SEO – industry best practice: in build plus ongoing programme.
Built-in international translation functionality.
Ongoing webmaster service for maintenance, development, troubleshooting & backup.
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( *If appropriate / fan contact otherwise )
portfolio
Websites, fansites, blogs and forums
This is our bread and butter; this is the stuff we love.
Here’s a selection of just some of our designs for websites and online work, from branded blog designs to large-scale, extensive content managed sites and worldwide fan forums.
Have a click on the thumbnails and take a look…
photography
Photography services
As well as building MotoGP websites and online fan communities, we also provide and publish content and can bring journalistic and photographic skills to any project. We have plenty of experience in copy writing, interviews, documentary and portrait photography – including action shots from races and tests – and have operated as DORNA accredited media at various events to supply content to global websites.
Click on the thumbnails to see some of our work…
more
Downloads, merchandise & other fan goodies
We don’t just do fansites… We do all the things that should come with them too.
Here’s a small selection of some of the downloads, goodies and other things we’ve designed as part of our motorsport websites and communities: desktop wallpapers, icons, avatars, signatures, iPod applications, merchandise designs, calendars, “Top Trumps” style games and much more.
Explore some of the designs by clicking on the thumbnails…
services
We can design and build your site from scratch, including domain hosting, database work, email, and full content management systems, ongoing support and SEO.
We don’t only design websites – we can also handle merchandise designs (with an online outlet if you want), fan downloads and other online and offline brand design work.
We can also provide full and professional photographic services with a highly skilled and experienced photographer, top equipment and digital production facilities.
We understand the web, we understand the sport, and most of all we understand fans. If you want to use that knowhow to make the most of your online presence, then let’s talk.
credentials
Gareth Bouch, Creative Director
Gareth has been a senior creative and design heavyweight in the UK’s new media sector for over a decade, having specialised in large-scale web builds, digital television services and high profile multi-platform branding for various clients.
A hands-on graphic designer with skills that reach from web and digital television design and usability, to brand creation and development, rebranding, advertising, print and typographics – Gareth is also a former F1 journalist and columnist, writer and reviewer, with a wide knowledge of the world of motorsports and of fans, fansites and web communities.
He managed the AntDavidson.com Anthony Davidson fansite for several years and between 2002 and 2007 built, developed and ran the largest Kimi Raikkonen community and network of sites in the world. He subsequently launched the extensive “BatiFans” network of Alvaro Bautista sites and forum, as well as specialist fansites for other MotoGP riders and teams. These are all based on his understanding of the behaviour of fans online and the crucial importance of professional ground-up builds, good design, industry best-practice usability and accessibility, authoritative, dynamic and “sticky” content, and intensive user management and moderation.
As well as all the best creative practices, motorsport and fan expertise, Gareth is an acknowledged expert in search engine optimisation (SEO) and other specialist practices in maximising the impact of web builds in the marketplace. He does not believe in website builds ending with a launch, but in the necessity of an ongoing development, promotional and SEO strategy.
An enthusiastic supporter of “smart” content delivery, he also created the concept of ‘podBooks’ specifically to work on the notes section of the original iPod, and the most sophisticated iCal application ever written. These were both based on F1 and motorsport subject matter, and were officially distributed by Apple.
• Registered Apple Developer
• Registered Apple iPhone Developer
• Registered Facebook Developer
• Member, IxDA – Interaction Design Association
• Member, MPG – Motorsports Professionals Group
• Member, Motorsport Business Forum
• Member, Web Standards Group
• Member, Web Producers Organization
• Member, International Webmasters Association
• Member, Web Design And Developers Association
• Member, DTG – Digital TV Group
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Michaela Genz, Associate
Originally a graduate in Modern Languages Spanish and German, Michaela decided to pursue her interest in the media industry by successfully completing an HND in Media Production which helped her to acquire and deepen her skills in various fields such as camera operation, production and editorial work, writing radio pieces and post production.
Beyond this, Michaela also brings to Vroom Media a wealth of commercial and business experience as well as extensive linguistic skills; particularly in the areas of Spanish and German. Matched with her journalistic and copy writing skills, these can be immensely powerful in the development of a truly international fan presence.
She has authored and published many interviews, reports and articles from the circuit and from the paddock, as well as being a key contributor to many of our existing websites.
Michaela is also at the heart of delivering Vroom Media’s photographic services.
Always a keen photographer, it seemed only natural to combine her love for capturing the world in frames and her passion for the world of motorcycle racing. She has covered both race and testing events as DORNA-accredited media, with her photos from trackside and paddock being published online around the globe.
• Member, Motorsport Business Forum
• Member, MPG – Motorsports Professionals Group
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Simona Vogel, Associate
Located in Leipzig, Simona extends the base of Vroom Media to Germany. A graduate in journalism and geography, Simona has been refining her media skills for over a decade now, gaining extensive experience in almost all media formats. In recent years she’s been working as an editor and researcher for newspapers, magazines, websites, radio, film and television.
Beyond the editorial work she also has a keen interest in the media’s technical aspects, acquiring vast knowledge of film and television production processes after working as a camera operator, director, news anchor and reporter, film editor and production assistant, to name just a few.
Being fluent in German and English, Simona has no troubles conducting interviews and writing articles in either language. Thanks to a lifelong fascination with two-wheeled motorsport and frequent visits to the MotoGP paddock, she’s got a deep understanding for the essentials of the sport and is no stranger to reporting live and to the point from the race track.
Simona has authored, translated and published many motorsport-related reports and interviews and is a main editor for many of our websites.
links
A selection of our MotoGP & motorsports work…
Scott Redding Official Website
Our broader web, digital TV, iPhone app, and branding portfolio…
Vroom-Vroom
contact
VROOM MEDIA is based in London, UK and can be contacted for discussion
of any project by emailing info@vroommedia.biz
If you use the LinkedIn.com Professionals Network, you can view Gareth’s career and skills profile in-depth here… whilst Michaela’s profile is here…
Alternatively, if you use Facebook then you may want to know that VROOM MEDIA also has an official Facebook page you can join and post on.
Or, of course, you can simply drop us a line using the contact form below…
