February is often known as the month of love with Valentine’s day but with the current icy blast sweeping across the country businesses are struggling to feel the warmth not only in the temperature but also in the economy. Apart from wrapping up warm, as a business what else can you do to keep the sales pipelines from freezing up!
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Some helpful tips to unfreeze your business pipeline in February
Friday, February 10th, 2012Challenging your clients is good for them
Friday, November 18th, 2011In any project we undertake, whether it be a content managed website or a complex business system we like to challenge our clients as to what they want versus what they actually need. But does this approach actually benefit them? We certainly thinks it does.
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Should software companies charge for maintenance agreements?
Monday, October 10th, 2011I was listening to the Radio 4 – The Bottom Line – again, recently ( I’m getting quite into R4 – must be an age thing)! The Chief Executive of Sage was on saying that they could almost give the software away as they make their money through the service agreements; is this right?
Invest in the un-sexy back-end systems
Friday, September 30th, 2011I was listening to Brent Hoberman from lastminute.com fame on Radio 4 the other day when he gave some very good advice. He advised businesses not to forget to invest in the “un-sexy” back-end systems. I wouldn’t couch it in the same terms but his advice is very good.
Staring in the face of adversity – some tips for surviving the recession
Thursday, September 22nd, 2011If you listen to the media at the moment, we are heading for economic collapse that could potentially see the end of the euro and a number of countries – including Greece, Italy and Portugal – go bankrupt! On the other hand, if you are trying to find a 5* hotel for a weekend break in Devon or Cornwall, you’ll struggle to find a vacancy (even at the really expensive hotels in Salcombe, Padstow, Looe and alike). So what is going on and why are the media been so down beat?
Designing for your target audience
Tuesday, September 20th, 2011Playing around on the new company iPad 2 recently, I have been surprised at the amount of websites that still use Adobe Flash. I don’t mean the odd use of Flash, but entire sites built using it, preventing me from using them. Madness you say!
What is function led design?
Thursday, August 25th, 2011I was watching a You Tube video recently that was promoting the benefits of function led design. This reminded me of where I first came across the approach that we use at Ayrmer Software to successfully drive forward both our web and software projects.
Your clients should be your best advocates
Thursday, July 7th, 2011Your clients should be your best advocates and in turn refer you to businesses they come in touch with. It is one of the easiest ways of reaching new clients and the foundation of business networking. So, why aren’t they referring you?
E-Commerce checking out! Getting it right.
Wednesday, July 6th, 2011With the country in recession and big name high street stores closing up shop (no pun intended) there is one route to market that is booming. E-commerce is still seeing growth as shoppers move online to grab the bargains. It is not a license to print money and if you don’t get it right you could actually lose customers.
