OUR STORY.

Timeline.

2005 James Image Management Limited began helping companies, organisations and charities control their image rights and develop their web presence.

2007 WEBSBYJAMES.COM formed as dedicated commercial web builder.

2021 James Image Management incorporates the webs by James brand to focus on image driven branding and affordable website development consultancy. To that end this website is designed to be a working example for our services.

Overview.

​Historically James Image Management (JIMLTD) has been involved with the protection and licensing of image rights. Because the internet has created a largely uncontrollable marketplace for unlicensed images it is only those with deep pockets that can look to protect and profit from the images they own.

Today we focus on the legitimate use of images in promotional materials especially the use of images on websites.  As far as possible we guarantee that any media used on your websites is legitimately sourced and available for commercial use.

From our work with images we met a number of small business owners who told us they felt a complete lack of control over their website, domain and emails. The problem seemed to be that once they involved a traditional web developer the technology took over and they became disconnected from an enormously important part of their business. Also they thought there was a lack of understanding for their business needs and that every change or update the website needed came at a cost. The message was that they just wanted a website that looked professional, was easy to update and didn’t cost the earth. 

It is from this feedback that we started to offer our consultancy services. Our proposal is to help our clients -

• Control their website by training them to build, maintain and update it 'in-house'.
• Control their domain by understanding where and how it is registered.
• Control their emails through direct purchasing and a personal control panel.

There are five very important points to make here.

1. Our target clients are small business owners with limited time and a modest budget who need help setting up a professional looking website.
2. No coding is needed for our basic websites*. We recommend a great drag-and-drop builder which means that our clients have the option to update their new website quickly, easily and for free. We offer a comprehensive training for a one-off fee and we will always be there to help. Clients also have the option of retaining our services or working with us on a pay-as-you-go basis. 
3. We use the term design in the context of colour, imagery, site structure and navigation.
4. Our optional live (ZOOM) training and 24/7 'Customer Training' videos cover everything our clients need to build, maintain, update and grow their website.
5. As a James Image Management client you have indirect access to a group of trusted consultants that can help you grow your business.

*The fact that bespoke coding is not required helps to keep overall costs down. BUT we have trusted partners who can build any website of any size or sophistication 'from the ground up'. In these instances we represent our clients interests by managing the contract to make sure they get what they are paying for.
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James 2021.

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Epilogue.

​For James the founder of JIM LTD the whole issue of image rights blew up in the 1990's.  One of the biggest law firms in the world objected to the use of an innocuous royalty free image.  A lot was learned over several transatlantic telephone calls, not least that negotiation is at the heart of every conflict. Fortunately the issue came to light early because James had initiated proceedings to get the proper clearances for commercial use of the image. As a result there was never any financial threat and at the end of the day both parties got what they wanted.