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How to Set Up and Grow a Website on a Limited Budget
Many of my clients are small businesses, micro businesses and sole traders. One of the characteristics of such businesses, especially at start-up...
Brochure Websites vs Lead Generation Sites
In a recent post, I introduced the concept of Lead Generation Websites as opposed to Brochure Sites. In this post I'm going to explore this concept...
What’s the Purpose of Your Website?
So you've decided that you want a website? What's the first thing you're going to do? Look at the websites of similar companies to yours and get an...
How to Set Up an “Undo Send” Facility in Outlook
You've just written your email, pressed the "Send" button, and then you realize, with horror, that you shouldn't have done. Perhaps you...
Search Engine Optimized vs User Optimized Websites
One of the things I’m frequently asked by clients when developing websites is to optimize the pages for search engine ranking. Unfortunately, whilst...
How to Write a Blog
I’ve written in this blog, many times, espousing the benefits of blogging. But I find that whilst many people are open to the idea, when it comes to...
Why you shouldn’t put all your effort into social media
I thought I would post my views on the relationship between search engines, specifically Google, and social media platforms, such Facebook and...
Why Your Website Should Be Responsive Now
Urgent, for all businesses that currently have websites. "Starting April 21, we [Google] will be expanding our use of mobile-friendliness as a...
Why You Shouldn’t Send Out of Office Replies
I run email services for my website clients. Despite my recommendations against setting Out of Office Replies on email accounts, some still do so....
Email Lists – The Lifeblood of Online Businesses
Why do you have a website? Is it just to look good? Is it just to make you feel good? Or perhaps you've never given that question much thought? ...
How Much Does a Website Cost?
In my opinion, most small business’ websites don’t work, or at least, don’t work anything like the business owner was led to believe by the web...
Ten Essential Computer Tips to Save You Time and Money
Does IT drive you crazy? Do find yourself wanting throw your laptop out of the window? I certainly do from time to time but, unfortunately, we have...