The Blog
How to optimise your website
If you're investing your time and money into building a website for your business, you might have thought about SEO but not be really sure what it is or how to optimise your website. There is a lot to think about from keywords, rankings to indexing pages and setting...
Website Hosting – Advice for startups
When you start your own business, one of the first milestones is choosing a name. It feels like a defining moment - your business’s official “baptism” into the world. Naturally, you rush off to secure the domain before someone else does. But in the excitement, it’s...
Websites for startups – the comprehensive guide
These are some of the common things we see when building websites for startups. There is a lot to understand when you start thinking about building an online presence and we'd like to help you. This series of 'websites for startups' blogs are designed to take you...
How to build your own website
If you’ve been thinking about how to build your own website but you’re not quite sure how to go about it, then you should probably read this blog. I’m going to outline some of the key things you need to think about so that you don’t experience any of these common...
Marketing on a shoestring: 3 ways to make your budget go further
One of the things I became really good at during my time in industry, was managing marketing on a shoestring budget. Don't get me wrong, we did have a budget, but we directed a lot of it towards exhibitions and events which meant I had to get creative with what I had...
How to choose a digital marketing specialist
As a business trying to grow its online presence, having the right marketing support is essential. Whether you have in-house marketing support, outsource your marketing to freelancers, or pick a digital agency, it’s important to select the right digital marketing...
How to use LinkedIn
As a business owner or sales person, social media is just a place you’ve got to be these days isn’t it? It’s the modern day ‘word-of-mouth’ marketing or networking online, however you want to think about it, social media marketing has got to have a place in your...
Wix or WordPress for Web Design
As a start up business, there are few things more important to master than your website, but where should you begin? With so many content management systems available, various price points, various levels of complexity, it is a bit of a minefield, which is why this...
What you need to know about marketing – The A-to-Z guide
Scattered throughout my blog you will find lots of useful articles relating to what you need to know about marketing your business. In THIS blog, I have decided to provide easy access and a logical way to read them! Follow the hyperlinks to success! With a marketing...
Marketing Planning Framework – A Comprehensive Guide
Why you need a marketing plan Starting your business, whatever that may be, usually lands you in a whole world of pain about some area of business that you have no idea about. Whether it's finance, sales, HR or marketing, you have a lot to learn. Marketing is such a...
How to use LinkedIn to build your brand
Social media should be an integral part of your marketing plan and so it is important to learn how to use LinkedIn to build your brand. In this blog we will discuss what LinkedIn is and how to leverage the key features of the platform to grow and engage your target...
How to choose a photographer for your marketing project
When you're working on marketing projects, graphics, imagery and illustrations can make a huge difference. You need to know how to choose a photographer, what to look for and how to evaluate your choices. Stop relying on stock imagery killer imagery can take your...