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Answered: the excuses for not having a website

By Edward Solomon | 1 September 2016
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Sifting through my Feedly last week, I stumbled across an interesting infographic on Six Revisions by Patrick Antinozzi entitled The Excuses for Not Having a Website. I thought about each one of the excuses presented by small businesses and the answers suggested, which are all skewed towards the United States (even though the author is based […]

10 shocking mistakes killing your SEO

By Edward Solomon | 28 July 2016
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Page performance pays. Big time. In fact, the results you get from a high-converting website are so critical that businesses and organisations, large and small, are willing to bring in outside help to ensure that their websites exceed user standards. Sadly none of that will promise you a page that performs if you don’t address the 10 biggest SEO […]

Do you really need a Terms & Conditions page?

By Edward Solomon | 14 July 2016
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Imagine you’re midway through building a website for your business. The developer contacts you for your Terms and Conditions page content. You’ve spent weeks perfecting all the messaging, the About page, and all the other content. The Ts & Cs haven’t even crossed your mind. I mean, after all, isn’t that just legal mumbo jumbo people stick in […]

The sooner you know about working with a designer the better

By Lisa Penn | 30 June 2016
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Working with a web designer is a tricky business – it’s not a regular part of most people’s daily worlds! We do it all the time and thought we would share our top 10 tips for successful client projects (and equally successful relationships). 1. Designers don’t like deadlines Nobody does… but designers especially hate really […]

How you can get traffic, leads and sales almost instantly

By Mike Killen | 9 June 2016
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A website without a funnel is like a car without an engine Traffic, leads, sales and customers are all we want from a website, right? Well, much like our metaphorical car, no matter how well designed, how shiny and how large it is, we’re not going to gain any traction or momentum without an engine. […]

The quickest and easiest way to share your content

By Edward Solomon | 26 May 2016
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The key to sharing your content is learning about syndication. Put simply, content syndication pushes your blog posts, audio or video podcasts out to third-party sites, either in full, or as a snippet, link, or thumbnail. The idea behind syndication is to get people to read your articles, listen to or view your podcasts, then interact by commenting or […]

Why you shouldn’t design by committee

By Edward Solomon | 12 May 2016
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Ask web designers – any designers come to that – about design by committee and you’ll receive universally intolerant and contemptuous responses. There are all sorts of reasons why trying to take too active a role in dictating the design will turn a design creative against you, especially if multiple people have a hand in it. […]

Your SEO company doesn’t want you to read this post

By Edward Solomon | 14 April 2016
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Let’s be honest: Search Engine Optimisation isn’t magic. Understanding what SEO is helps to save you time and money and approach it from a position of knowledge. In this article, I’m going to help take the mystique out of SEO by explaining the basics. What is SEO? Put simply, Search Engine Optimisation is a process that aims to […]

How to get a professional website built for under £500

By Edward Solomon | 4 April 2016
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If you’re low on funds and high on ambition, Sitemaker may be just the thing you’re looking for. For startups, solopreneurs, and anyone with the drive and ambition to get up and running with a web presence but lacking a big budget, Sitemaker provides a professionally built, fixed price, affordable website from just £450. All you need to […]

Why is your website hurting your business?

By Edward Solomon | 31 March 2016
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There’s no question about it: everyone using your website will expect it to perform quickly, including smartphone visitors. Performance is now a key criterion in search engine rankings, with preference being given to user-friendly pages that load quickly and aren’t overloaded by graphics and video. It’s literally a race to the top of the search rankings. And if […]