Posts Tagged ‘business’

Website design – a black art?

Monday, July 4th, 2011

I recently helped a friend out, who is setting up a new venture with a couple of colleagues, all of whom have an entrepreneurial streak  in them.  They are young, enthusiastic and determined to make a success of their  new business and asked a designer to create a new website for them.  They thought that it would start working for them straight away, so you can image their disappointment when they didn’t instantly show up on Google.  So what went wrong, were they dabbling in a black art, or should their designer looked after them better?

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How to make £25million on the web by aiming for the gaps

Tuesday, June 21st, 2011

An unemployed programmer Iain Dodsworth recently sold his social media engagement tool TweetDeck  to Twitter for £25 million. In a recent interview on Radio 5 he said that he initially created TweetDeck for himself; so how did this tool come to be worth so much and how could you get lucky like him? (more…)

How to find information on the web easier – 3 top tips for search

Wednesday, May 11th, 2011

It has always fascinated me how some people can find information on the internet far quicker than others.  Working in a technical team highlights how some people are plugged into searching the internet far better than others but this is even more exaggerated when amongst friends and family.  So how do you find information on the web easier?

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UPDATE – Cookie law – Have you got permission to open the cookie jar?

Tuesday, May 10th, 2011

The announcement from the EU that by law website owners will need to get explicit permission from their visitors to add a cookie to their computer has prompted fears of stifled innovation amongst web businesses and hassle from users. It even may send some businesses into a panic and pay for work they don’t need.  Here is some practical advice on how to prepare.

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A useful reminder for this weekend!

Friday, March 25th, 2011

Remember the clocks go forward!

Spring Forward – Fall Back.

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The future’s bright, the future’s mobile

Thursday, February 24th, 2011

Like it or not smart-phones are the way forward. Recently published statistics, show that in the last quarter of 2010 that more smart-phones (such as iPhones, Blackberrys and other touch screen devices) were sold than PC’s.  By 2014 it is estimated that over 85% of all phones will be smart-phones.  People are getting mobile and are constantly connected to the web and businesses need to learn how to adapt to this mobile marketplace.

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