Does a new business need a website?

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Is a website necessary for a business that is only just starting out? Before you begin to make sales and generate a large amount of business, is there any point in spending money on a website? Will anyone find your site? In this blog post, I hope to answer this question and explain why a … Read more

Are face to face meetings necessary?

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Emails, phone calls, letters, social media… today there are so many ways of getting in touch with people that we can sometimes forget how important it is to meet face to face. It can sometimes be hard to meet all your clients and contacts in person in the business world, is it still worth trying? … Read more

What is WooCommerce & Who Should Use It?

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Key discussion points: Where does WooCommerce sit in the ecommerce vendor market? What types of business does it suit & why? What are the pros and cons of the platform? Out the box, how good is the core performance? What do your developers like and dislike about Woo? Podcast Transcribe James Gurd [00:00:05] Hello and … Read more

You Should (Probably) Carry out a Brand Audit. Here’s How,

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Your branding – getting to grips with what works and what doesn’t is every bit as important as analysis in other areas of your business. But don’t mistake this for an airy-fairy process of colour, design and styles. We want to be clear – a successful brand audit absolutely relies on data. If you’re thinking … Read more

3 reasons you should stop posting on social media

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Social media is the beast that never sleeps. On average we spend nearly 2 hours per day scrolling. Surely it makes sense to utilise this readily available audience, right?! I disagree, I think that businesses need to go back to basics. When I first started out in business, I learnt to ‘talk less, listen more’. … Read more

Digitally Delivering our Discovery Session

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A big part of what we do, at the beginning of any web or branding project, is project discovery. We hold face to face session with key stakeholders to understand how the business operates and how they interact with customers. We do this to make sure we understand how the website should work and where … Read more

How To Convert Users Into Customers Online

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There’s a reason that the adjective “animated” is most often used in a positive sense: it suggests excitement and inspiration, energy and motion. To be animated is to attract attention, to have something extra or beyond the ordinary. It’s to stand out. Needless to say, businesses should be aiming to have all those qualities. You don’t need us to say that, in the online space, websites proliferate – and many fail to make their mark.

Site Speed Is Everything

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There are so many design agencies out there that it can be difficult to know where to start. From smaller to larger, all-service to web specialists, design agencies come in many shapes and sizes. Given how important a website is to a business, choosing the right one is critical. But how should organisations choose?

The importance of knowing your Strengths and Weaknesses

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SWOT Grow your business and dodge threats by writing a SWOT. What it is A SWOT Analysis helps you to discover your business’ strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. Strengths and weaknesses can be found internally, whereas opportunities and threats are external to your company. How its helpful Assessing your business’ strengths and weaknesses can help … Read more