Choosing a Web Design Company
Fifteen years ago, finding someone to build you a website was the easy part – mainly because there were only a handful of people that actually could. Google was just getting started as a privately held company, and for the few people that did turn to the search engine to find services, the results were scarce.

Erin Everhart, Tazamo Web Design & Social Media

Information Architecture - User Centred Design Process
Recently at a focus knowledge share I talked to the team about Information Architecture and its role within the user centred design process. I also talked through best practice methods and techniques that could be used within a digital project. I like to think of Information Architecture or IA as the art of organising websites or software to support usability. IA can be used outside of digital projects but this is what I focused upon.

Steve Fenn, This is Focus Limited

Whats to come in 2013 - Design Predictions
As a web designer, I owe my career to the internet and it's popularity but if I don't keep up with the ever growing market it holds then there could be trouble. It's down to me to ensure I stay ahead of the game by continually updating and streamlining my work to keep it relevant. To do this I have to consider how web design might change. What may be popular in the future? which novelties are fading out?

Jordana Jeffery, This is Focus Limited

Content Strategy For Charity Websites
Sometimes part of the 'Information Architecture' planning stage of a website project, Content Strategy is a fundamental part of the success of your site. Most charities know exactly what they want to say and what their message is, but don't know how to say it - effectively - on the web. Good web content is powerful, short; easy to scan over and navigate through. You don't lose your audience in those first few critical seconds with over-long and hard to read content.

Annette Ryske, This is Focus Limited

Why you should mobile optimise your business
It surprises me how many businesses don’t appreciate the importance of mobile marketing. Specifically, getting your business in front of the growing number of people using smart phones as part of their daily lives is now equally important as having a sign on your front door.

David McGillivray, Navertech

Making the most of Social Media.
An overview of Social Media and the main websites.

Matt Riley, WebCreationUK

How To Make Your CMS Website Happy
My Top Ten Tips For Keeping Your Content Management System based website looking good and performing well both on the screen and in search engine results.

Jamie - The IOW Geek, IOW Geek

Why .com domains are not always good for UK businesses.
The .com domain seems to be on everyone’s hot-list nowadays. People look at it as the father of all domains and should be bought before anything else. I tend to notice that people buy this extension because they think it’s easy for their customers to remember. But what about people who don’t know who you are. This article is to convince you otherwise if you are a UK business that building your website on a .com domain may not be as beneficial as you think.

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Who owns your domain?
Starting a new web project is easy for seasoned web designers, but for customers just starting, it can be a very daunting if you have no idea what is what.

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Use a WordPress Blog To Enhance Traffic To Your Website
WordPress blog can be installed easily in any website and it can be used to drive traffic by writing useful posts that contain relevant information and relevant business key phrases. As we use a blog in our websites to update our prospective and existing customers about our products and services, we can also use it strategically to enhance traffic to our websites.

Rob Stanway, R1 Creative

Search Engine Marketing: Is It For Your Business?
The marketing strategy of any business has a lot to do with its success or failure. The best products can nosedive and the lesser products can scale great heights just because of a great marketing strategy. On the web, there are lots of people doing business through selling a host of products.

Mathew O'Connor, R1 Creative

Things to Consider When Looking For a Web Design Company
Websites are the calling cards of every online venture that you should be proud of! It should provide relevant information along with pleasant viewing to all its users, achieved through quality web development and designing services. With advancements in the field of internet marketing and web technologies, now the market is over-flooded with avowedly best web design company.

Mathew O'Connor, R1 Creative

Will My Site Work On Mobiles & Tablets
With around 40% of local searches being made from mobile devices (in 2012), it is absolutely critical that your website offers users a good experience from whatever device they are on.

David Hamer, MakeUsAWebsite Limited

Choosing the right Social Media platform for your business
Marketing and advertising have changed dramatically in recent years and nothing has affected this more than the advent of social media platforms because they have completely changed the way we communicate with our audience. No longer viewed as a passing trend, having a social media presence is now an essential part of marketing for any business looking to secure a place in the digital market.

JM Littman - Webheads , WebHeads WDC Agency

Setting up Apple Mail IMAP account
How to setup your Apple Mail using your IMAP email credentials

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Setting up Microsoft Outlook
Adding your new business email account Outlook 2003 & 2007

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Google Analytics
Google Analytics not only lets you measure sales and conversions, but also gives you fresh insights into how visitors use your site, how they arrived on your site, and how you can keep them coming back.

IC Web Design , IC Web Design

3 Steps to Owning a Website
There are a number of steps involved in setting up a website, each with its own subset of steps and passes that you can go through but fundamentally it comes down to three simple steps

Michael Mason, What No Website

Getting the most of out Google's Tools
An overview of how using Google's tools can help your website maintenance and ranking.

Matt Riley, WebCreationUK

Why We Think EVERY Business Should Have A Website
A quick article explaining why we think it is imperative that every business has a website.

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