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With the looming of the new GDPR rules everyone is talking about what will happen. This article isn't about GDPR (that would be way too boring) but what we talk about here will impact the security side of the new ...
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Just about every day at present I see posts and articles explaining how important it is to reach as many people as possible on Facebook and how that is getting more difficult/impossible for small business owners. While Facebook can be ...
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I've been tasked with writing an article for Mama Life Magazine's next issue, about Cyberbullying. It's not a topic I am an expert in and I have trawled the internet and discovered some disconcerting facts. There are lots of articles ...
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You can have thousands of visitors to your website each and every day but if they aren't buying what's the point? It's important to be able to convert those visitors into buyers by providing them with a pleasurable experience and ...
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Our guest blog this week is from the lovely Jane Hawkes. Jane is the owner and founder of Seashore No. 4 Ltd, an online, e-commerce store selling beautiful nautical themed goods. A business set up for her son who has ...
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Which do you choose?  Confusion was the state I was in when it became necessary for me to at long last learn how to sort out my own website and marketing.  I had moved quite a distance from Hereford to ...
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I'm asked lots of questions about websites as well as other Digital platforms, one of which has been 'How many visitors do I need to my website?'. The answer although relatively simple isn't a straight forward number. It varies from ...
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For those of you who don't know, I went out for coffee one day and came home with a dog. He is a lovely black Labrador called Charlie. He was not quite 5 months old when I got him and the ...
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Your website is an important part of your marketing strategy so it needs to be effective. Here are my top 7 simple tips to making sure your website is fit for purpose. 1. Content should be written for your customer ...
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I have worked with computers for most of my adult life, since the age of 24. It's a world I am familiar with, comfortable in and to some extent, happy as a pig in clover. Depending on your age you ...
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I just need to clear something up. There is a difference between having your Facebook Profile hacked and having it cloned! There has been a proliferation of cloning over recent months. It may be annoying but it does NOT mean ...
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You will probably have your own view on Email Marketing. You may think it's a complete waste of time and effort, it just ends up in the spam box. You want to try it but just don't know where to ...
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This is the presentation I gave at the PA Expo 2016. I thought I would share it with you. 9 years in corporate IT combined with 12 years owning a web design and development business gave me great foundations to ...
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As an ex web designer/developer of course I'm going to say you must have a website. But let's look at some practical reasons why this is true for most businesses. 1 Credibility In today's digital age people expect you to ...
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Most hack attempts on your website will be randon. However last week our website was subject to a targeted attack. We are very glad we have adequate security installed. Those attempts failed. iThemes enables us to ensure anyone trying to ...
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