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Rant: Manipulative Website Email Popovers Look Like Backhanded Ransom Notes 🖕

Published: January 10, 2017; Updated: September 10, 2023 Filed Under: Marketing, Web Development

Okay, so we’re all sick of full screen pop up dominators on websites begging for email subscribers. Right? Let’s rant…

Warning: Dubious Web Industry “Regulator” Selling Questionable Business Leads 🥸

Published: November 15, 2016; Updated: September 1, 2023 Filed Under: Legal, Marketing, Scams, Web Development

Dishonest businessman with fingers crossed behin back

Hold on to your lunch money. There’s a UK internet business lead generator outfit operating under false pretenses and making misleading claims…

Return of The Apprentice: Lord Sugar Still Milking BBC & Flogging SEO

Published: October 4, 2016; Updated: September 12, 2017 Filed Under: Miscellaneous

Alan Sugar

Popular BBC business soap opera The Apprentice returns as series 12 and Alan Sugar treat us to more tedious TV. It’s Big Brother in pinstripe and enough is enough…

Vote “Remain” in the EU: Britain is a Steadying Hand on Digital Law Madness

Published: June 8, 2016; Updated: February 18, 2020 Filed Under: Internet, Legal, Web Development

EU digital law gavel and laptop

Vote “Remain”. Britain is a parental chaperone on EU digital policy, is negotiating better terms and has MEPs to represent our interests. We can do more from the inside…

10 Website Trust Signals You Can’t Afford to Ignore

Published: April 12, 2016; Updated: March 4, 2020 Filed Under: Design, Marketing, Web Development

Website Trust Signals

Does your small business website seem honest and trustworthy to customers? Use these psychological triggers to increase conversions and build a good reputation…

Pssst! 16 Sneaky Snooping Tools for Spying on Competitors

Published: January 12, 2016; Updated: February 18, 2020 Filed Under: Internet, Software

Jesse and Mike in Breaking Bad Stakeout

Take advantage of these free online tools and dig up data on on business competitors. Set up a digital stakeout and discover what your rivals are doing online…

Overwhelmed by Web Design? Use This 10 Step Project Checklist and Stay in Control

Published: November 10, 2015; Updated: February 18, 2020 Filed Under: Design, Web Development

Website Design & Development Checklist

Are you a web design client or consultant? Do you need to track project progress? This website checklist is a coherent action plan for setting priorities and better managing your time…

What I Learned as a Google Search Engine “Rater” 🔍

Published: July 26, 2015; Updated: October 12, 2023 Filed Under: Internet, Miscellaneous

My Experience as a Search Engine Quality Rater-Blog-Post

In 2008 I worked for an Irish technology company contracted by Google to perform search engine testing. Did I learn anything important about SEO?

Plan Your Website On Page SEO: Free Excel Template 🚧

Published: June 30, 2015; Updated: September 8, 2023 Filed Under: Featured, Video, Web Development

Website Architecture, Planning & Development Spreadsheet

The next time you build, develop or SEO a website, consider using this handy free Excel spreadsheet document designed to help organise on page data…

Say What? How Your Website Colours Communicate

Published: March 17, 2015; Updated: April 6, 2018 Filed Under: Design, Internet

How Your Website Colours Communicate

Website design colour schemes must be analysed carefully. The colour palette you choose affects communication, user experience and purchase decisions…

Make Money as an Internet Day Trader? Think Again…

Published: October 6, 2014; Updated: August 23, 2021 Filed Under: Miscellaneous

Internet Online Day Trading

Can you earn money online as a day trader in the financial markets? I watched the BBC series “Million Dollar Traders” and have noted my thoughts…

Leverage Seasonal Sales Trends

Published: September 16, 2014; Updated: October 22, 2016 Filed Under: Marketing, Sales

Seasonal trends

How the peaks and dips of seasonal sales trends offer a window of opportunity for pushing sales…

Future Privacy Regulations: How Will These Affect Telemarketers?

Published: July 29, 2014; Updated: March 23, 2015 Filed Under: Legal, Marketing, Operations

Marketing Telephone Headset

Over the years the telemarketing industry has gotten away lightly in terms of regulations. This is changing as the EU rolls out greater data protection laws…

How to Beat Anti-Social Media Marketing 🤜🏼

Published: May 20, 2014; Updated: September 23, 2023 Filed Under: Internet, Marketing, Social

Anti-Social Media Marketing

When you begin your social media marketing activity, look objectively at your business messages and think what exactly you are bringing to the table…

Twitter Mood Predicts Market Trends?

Published: January 21, 2014; Updated: March 23, 2015 Filed Under: Internet, Marketing, Social

As a small business you may be interested in a piece of research suggesting that Twitter can foresee the general mood of financial markets…

Should You Expand Your Small Business Abroad?

Published: September 24, 2013; Updated: October 26, 2016 Filed Under: Internet, Operations

World Map

Some thoughts on the idea of expanding your small business into foreign markets. The internet makes this easy but there are hundreds of details to consider…

Is Business Reality TV Responsible for Business Failure?

Published: May 5, 2013; Updated: May 13, 2015 Filed Under: Miscellaneous

Alan Sugar On TV Set

Reality business TV seems preoccupied with wacky characters, ego, ratings and entertainment. Is there anything useful to be learned from business on television?

Are People Serious About Starting Businesses?

Published: September 18, 2012; Updated: March 20, 2016 Filed Under: Miscellaneous

Emotional Rollercoater

According to the StartUp Britain website, 2012 had the most business start ups in the UK. But what about the wind-downs and unsuccessful ventures?

Be Your Own Boss – Another BBC Business Candidate

Published: September 16, 2012; Updated: March 6, 2015 Filed Under: Miscellaneous

Be Your Own Boss

Is there a business reality show where “real” is the operative word? A country struggling with a debt crisis needs small business start ups but apparently it is happening against a backdrop of life-changing “jeopardy” and the sounds of dubstep. “Be Your Own Boss”, the new contender of televised entrepreneurship, squeezes in between Junior and […]

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