Posts Tagged ‘Blogging’

26th July 2009
Comments (3)

You Know When People Value What You’re Doing When…

…they start ripping off your ideas, designs, code or content.

I’ve been involved in the creative industry in some form or other for the last 10 years.
Whether it’s running my own web design agency, working with freelance graphic designers, illustrators, copy writers, web coders and photographers or perhaps advising on the strategic direction a business should [...]

10th July 2009
Comments (2)

Please DoFollow Along: There’s a Good Chap!

I’ve taken the risky step of installing the “DoFollow” WordPress Plugin onto this Blog as a means of encouraging more people to leave comments on my Blog Posts.
Now before I go any further it’s worth pointing out that I will be talking techie to some degree in this article but I ask you to please [...]

17th June 2009
Comments (2)

10 Dead Cert Blog Headline Techniques That Work

I like to read a number of Blogs on a regular basis. Usually these are Blogs that are related to the industry I work in and are a great source of information and knowledge.
I collate the feed from each of the Blogs I susbscribe to, together in a feed aggregator which for me is Google [...]

27th March 2009
Comments (None)

Do I need Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)?

Today’s post is from guest blogger Suraj Sodha who runs the small business directory CityLocal Brent in the UK. In this article he gives us an insight into the techniques associated with Search Engine Optimisation in the context of the small business owner.
Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) is one of the biggest ‘grey areas’ in online [...]

24th March 2009
Comments (None)

Too Many Tweets

Well there I was, tweeting merrily away earlier today on the micro-blogging phenomenon that is Twitter; when all of a sudden I’m cut off in my prime with a “Too Many Tweets” message. Oo-er!
This is yet another sign of Twitter’s continued growing pain troubles with intermittent outages of its server being experienced by myself and [...]

17th March 2009
Comments (None)

Bloggy-woggy-doo-dah!

“You’re writing a what?!”
“Why are you doing that then?!”
Just two of the responses I got from less ‘marketing literate’ business people when I told them I was a blogger!
“Oh, I haven’t got time for all that” was another comment, and “no-one would find my business that interesting” was yet another. These were comments gained [...]

11th March 2009
Comments (None)

A Blog is for Life, Not Just for Christmas

A blog on any website can be a great asset in helping a business generate traffic to its website, building site loyalty and communicating with customers. But how do you go about getting one off the ground?

One of the requests we often get from our clients is “Can we have a blog on our website?”. [...]

7th March 2009
Comments (None)

My Life in 140 Characters or Less

Regular readers of this blog and those that know me, will be aware that a couple of months ago I entered the marginal world of micro-blogging in the form of Twitter.
For those of you that aren’t in the know; where have you been? Twitter is a form of communication which allows you to post short [...]

19th February 2009
Comments (None)

Spyware and Malware – What REALLY is the threat?

In response to my request for ‘Guest Bloggers’ early this week, I’m pleased to announce this blog’s first guest blogger post from Simon Rochester of the IT consultancy Rochester & Associates who has written a useful article on the woes of Spyware and Malware that will be of benefit to any business owner.
Simon writes…
In the [...]

17th February 2009
Comments (None)

Guest Blogging and an Invitation to Blog

I love writing posts for this blog, but as any blogger will tell you: generating new, original and readable posts on a regular basis that people actually look at is hard work!

So I need some assistance and am turning to my fellow blog readers, businesses associates and networkers for help.
Whether you maintain your own [...]