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Here’s a spot far from the madding crowd where you can gather your thoughts and take a look at some of our ideas.

Relax with your beverage of choice and pick up some creative inspiration for your business website.

How to strike the right time/money balance like a boss

By Edward Solomon | 12 July 2018
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In an age in which there seem to be so many advertisements for website platforms flying around – that supposedly let you put together the perfect website in under an hour – you may understandably be wondering where the catch is. Which is the right platform for you? Wix, Weebly, Squarespace, WordPress.com or self-hosted WordPress? […]

The top 5 things to get right on your SMB website

By Lisa Penn | 26 June 2018
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Thank you for joining me to find out what it takes to build a successful website in a world of 1.5 billion of them. Limiting it to five has been a challenge and you may not agree with the five I have chosen, but they’re my 5 and I’m sticking to them! With each rip, […]

How to build your brand identity through web design

By Kayleigh Alexandra | 20 June 2018
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Brand identity isn’t just about a catchy slogan or a marquee product. It’s about marking everything about your business in a way that makes it as easy as possible for people to tell when they’re dealing with you. That’s what makes you memorable in the long run. And while there are many ways to work […]

Does your website comply with the new GDPR rules?

By Edward Solomon | 25 May 2018
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The chances are that you have been seeing a lot of mentions of the General Data Protection Regulation – or GDPR – in your email inbox and on news sites in recent weeks and months. It was adopted by the European Parliament and Council in April 2016 as a means of better protecting European citizens’ […]

5 essential elements in the best landing pages

By Edward Solomon | 17 May 2018
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Wherever someone first lands on your site, you’ve got a big job to convert them from a mere visitor into a paying customer. Captivating landing pages will undoubtedly help with that, but which elements are most likely to deliver the greatest results for your site? Here’s my top five recommendations for a landing page that […]

3 reasons not to self-manage your WordPress website

By Edward Solomon | 19 April 2018
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You might have thought a major benefit of having a self-hosted WordPress website is being able to manage much of it yourself. WordPress is certainly a great platform for carrying out your own updates to your site, without the need to contact an external professional for even the smallest alterations. However, it does also help […]

Why are Calls to Action really that important anyway?

By Edward Solomon | 12 April 2018
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The whole point of your website is to enable your business to accomplish its sales and revenue goals. It’s vital to ensure that visitors to your site actually do want you want them to do, which can be achieved much more easily when you make intelligent use of Calls to Action (CTAs). What is a […]

5 signs your business website really needs a redesign

By Audrey Robinson | 5 April 2018
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You might take the view that if something isn’t broken, you shouldn’t fix it. Unfortunately, websites don’t work that way. It may load and it may work, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that your website is great. Your website needs to change and grow with your business. If a lot has been happening in other […]

Are you making these mistakes with your website design?

By Edward Solomon | 8 March 2018
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You’d have thought that these days, pretty much anyone could spot a bad website – and they can, if the things that make that website bad are obvious. You know the things we’re talking about: the dated animations, the wacky fonts and the cluttered layouts, among so many other blatant blunders. However, the very fact […]

Top tips for showcasing your expertise online

By Matthew McGregor | 22 February 2018
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Up until fairly recently, an individual would have landed a junior position at a decent company or government organisation, and most likely would have tried to work their way up their employer’s chain of hierarchy. Are you familiar with the phrase ‘corporate ladder’? Well, that is basically non-existent these days. Millennials (people born post-1980) are […]