Creative insights
Are face to face meetings necessary?
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....
What is WooCommerce & Who Should Use It?
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...
The importance of knowing your Strengths and Weaknesses
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...
Why WordPress is great for SEO
According to W3techs, WordPress powers 60% of all the websites (with a known content management system) on the internet. A service doesn’t reach that kind of market share on usability and good...
Why have a blog?
What does a blog add to your website? Is it really necessary or just an optional addition? In this post, I am going to put forward some strong points for the addition...
It’s the bout of the year – Squibble fights to retain its title
It’s official – on the 11th October we’ll be defending our title as holders of the Creative and Digital Agency of the year and fighting to protect our position. In the orange...
What is SEO and do I need it?
‘Google it’ is the answer to every question these days. A few clicks and you have you answer. But not many of us search through the pages and pages of results we...
The Weirdest Trademarks in the World
Trademarks are a legal way to ensure other people can’t profit off of your original idea or phrase, though the rules for what can and cannot be trademarked are not exactly clear-cut...
What Are The 4 Types of Logos?
Logos can be exciting. For many new businesses, a logo is the first thing they think about – something about having an ident makes a business seem more real. On the other...
Why Is Packaging Design So Important?
Packaging is how a product presents itself. It’s also how it will stand out in a crowded marketplace. Whether on the supermarket shelves, in a promotional video or an online product shot,...
What Makes Good Packaging Design?
Good packaging design catches the eye – but also the imagination. Artwork, shape, material and size all make a big difference when it comes to packaging, and achieving harmony in your design...
What Makes A Bad Website Design?
Bad website design is confused web design – and we all know a muddled webpage when we see one. Our grandmothers might have told us that, if we’ve nothing nice to say,...
Why Graphic Design Is Important for Any Business
Graphic design is the art of appearances. Graphic designers craft how something looks so that it appeals to the target market, is appropriate to the function of an item, and projects the...
What Is The Purpose of Rebranding?
The purpose of rebranding can be easily expressed: to give the corporate image of a business – the public face a company uses to communicate with its customers – a facelift. Whatever the...
Why Is User Experience So Important?
Business owners and marketing managers alike hear a lot about ‘user experience’ when it comes to websites and other digital assets. It sounds important, and that isn’t hype: ‘UX’, as it’s sometimes...
The 3 Most Powerful KPIs To Help Your Business Grow
From conversations I’ve had with local business owners recently most have told me that they have had to revaluate their business goals and sales targets. For some COVID-19 has wiped their pipeline...
3 Ways To Build More Trust In a Digital World
In today’s market-place, trust is everything. As a nation though, according to the Express, almost one in five people don’t trust anyone at all! Yet the key to selling is trust. We...
3 New Years Resolutions You Should Consider
Don’t groan, I know New Years resolutions are overrated but we’re moving even further into uncharted waters. I think it’s safe to say that 2021 will be another huge year of change...
Are face to face meetings necessary?
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....
How to Choose the Best Ecommerce Platform For Your Business
Overwhelmed By All The Design Agencies?
How Much Should A Website Design Cost?
It can feel like the most important question of all when it comes to web design: how much will it cost? Price, of course, is critical to all business decisions. The truth,...
What Is The Purpose of Rebranding?
The purpose of rebranding can be easily expressed: to give the corporate image of a business – the public face a company uses to communicate with its customers – a facelift. Whatever the...
The 3 Most Powerful KPIs To Help Your Business Grow
From conversations I’ve had with local business owners recently most have told me that they have had to revaluate their business goals and sales targets. For some COVID-19 has wiped their pipeline...
Why Branding Matters
Understanding why branding matters can seem a lower-order priority. Running any kind of organisation, considering its logos or typefaces can feel like a distraction from the nuts and bolts of making it...
What Are The 5 Characteristics of A Logo?
Like most things of a certain type, logos share certain characteristics – or at least the good ones do. It might be true that all bad logos are bad in different ways;...
3 Ways To Build More Trust In a Digital World
In today’s market-place, trust is everything. As a nation though, according to the Express, almost one in five people don’t trust anyone at all! Yet the key to selling is trust. We...
Are face to face meetings necessary?
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....
Graphic Design: What’s It All About?
Graphic design isn’t magic, but it can be mysterious. It’s easy to think it’s mostly about logos and Hollywood posters – but actually graphic design is all around us. Anything that has...
What Are User Metrics?
User experience matters. It’s why we focus so squarely on achieving great UX design at Squibble. We’re evangelists for the approach. But one of the questions we get asked a lot –...
Why Is User Experience So Important?
Business owners and marketing managers alike hear a lot about ‘user experience’ when it comes to websites and other digital assets. It sounds important, and that isn’t hype: ‘UX’, as it’s sometimes...
3 Ways To Build More Trust In a Digital World
In today’s market-place, trust is everything. As a nation though, according to the Express, almost one in five people don’t trust anyone at all! Yet the key to selling is trust. We...
Does a new business need a website?
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...
What is WooCommerce & Who Should Use It?
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...
ReCX Meets Kim Leary from Squibble and Chair of Birmingham Tech Week
A huge thank you to Dan for asking me to join him on his podcast. Below is a breakdown of what we discussed, I hope you enjoy listening to my story and...
