Posts Tagged ‘websites’
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…
Read MoreThe Digital Carrot and Stick
One of the comforting things about making the leap to the online space is how closely online behaviour resembles that in the ‘real world’. Once a business realises that the same message is being communicated regardless of the medium, and that online channels are just a new way of getting to the market, the move…
Read MoreManaging the Online Culture Clash
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…
Read MoreThree things to consider when developing your business online
So you’ve made the leap. Your business has an online presence. That wasn’t too bad, was it! But now you need to help the seeds you have planted to grow. What are the key things to consider? Planning, People and Pitch!
Read MoreDo digital businesses lack digital skills?
Why would a digital business need to build its digital skills? Seems like an odd question. But what are the digital skills that every business needs? Go On UK have defined them as: Communicating – emails, social media, customer record management; Searching – understanding Google and friends; Informing – building a clear, accessible, optimised website;…
Read MoreDo I own my website?
One of the commonest questions from small businesses venturing onto the internet for the first time is “Will I own my website?”. The answer’s complicated and depends on how you have set up your site and who’s built it – but the question is pretty complicated too. What do you mean by ‘own’ your site?…
Read MoreSEO: Trying to make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear?
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…
Read MoreGoogle latest: User experience and authority take centre stage
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…
Read MoreWord 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…
Read MoreTop SEO sins for small businesses to avoid
There are many articles on the web that give you good advice about Search Engine Optimisation – ensuring that your website has every chance of ranking well in search engine (mostly Google’s) results. Yet we still see small business websites that employ poor or even ‘black hat’ techniques in an attempt to rank above their competitors. So,…
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