New Year, New You Online

As the Christmas decorations are packed away, the world seems a duller place. Have a look at your online profile in the cold light of January. Does it tell the world how good your business really is? Have things changed since you set up your online strategy? Is it time to spruce up and spring…

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Managing the Online Culture Clash

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There is a real clash of cultures in our society, as Digital Skills become ever more vital for day to day living and business growth.  The younger generation, raised with computers, have an intuitive grasp of rapidly-changing online tools. The older generation, who have watched the extraordinary rise of the internet over the past 20…

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Don’t slip up! Managing risk on the SE/CE Curve

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Managing risk is at the heart of a successful business as it grows. But what are the risks posed by the online space? They all depend on where you sit on the SE/CE Curve – the balance between Social Engagement and Corporate Experience. We see businesses at every point of their online development, from confident…

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SEO: Trying to make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear?

Making a silk purse

Remember all those lovely metaphors our parents trotted out when we were kids? “A bad workman blames his tools”; “It’s an ill wind that blows no good”; “If you don’t want the whelks don’t much them about” (or was that just my family?); and “Look at that! Mutton dressed as lamb!”.  Of them all, the…

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Google latest: User experience and authority take centre stage

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It’s Google update time again!  With Penguin 2.0 around the corner, Matt Cutts, head of Google’s Webspam team, has released the latest pointers for website developers and owners on what to expect in Search Engine Optimisation over the next few months (you can see the original video on Matt Cutts’ blog).  This morning he also…

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Account-Ants Business Support Day 11 May

Galia Digital is delighted to be involved in the Account-Ants Business Support Day on 11th May at Hall Garth Hotel. Come along early – Galia Digital will be presenting at 10.30, giving some hint and tips for getting to grips with your Digital Footprint.

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Word of Mouth in the 21st Century

“I get all my business by word of mouth” says our builder.  That’s great – but what does ‘Word of Mouth’ mean these days?  In 2004, Kate Fox wrote “The mobile phone has… become the modern equivalent of the garden fence or the village green” (1).  Nine years on, the internet is where we do…

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