What's in your toolbox?
There are many tools available to help your business grow, how many are you using?

Peter Dean, Debayne Web Design

Communicating With Customers...
So website design and development is all about making it easier to communicate with your customers. Building bridges between the internet and people. Sometimes this can be a little bit tricky and sometimes, quite costly, especially if you want something completely bespoke!

LJ Rolfe, Wildkat Limited | Your Local IT Expert

Web Design Trends of 2012
With web design forever evolving keeping up to date with current trends is key, these are just a few for starters....

Stephen Wild, Sync'd Design

Goals of Social Networking: Search/Direct (Social Media pt1)
Social Networking can be daunting. This article introduces the main goals of social networking and gives some insight as to the longer-term results that can be expected.

Paul Beard, Attain Design

Working in Web Design – Experience or Education?
Working in Web Design – Experience or Education?

Gary Ennis - NSDesign Ltd, NSDesign Ltd

Getting a Toehold on Social Networks
Attain Design are taking social media to the next level by offering free 30-minute consultancy sessions to anyone who shares their content; a series of articles designed to educate start-ups, SMEs and individuals around social networking.

Paul Beard, Attain Design

MySQL Vulnerability
MySQL Vulnerability

Heart Internet, RAAMweb

Increasing Competition & Failing Web ?
About to be published in the Hants Business News the article asks the question, what is a business to do with their web presence in these difficult times to get it working for them. The answer is OASIS.

Jeremy Robinson, Ape Red Media - Hampshire

Oh what a tangled web we weave
The internet is such a tangle of information that we can't praise search engines like Google enough for helping us navigate it. Unfortunately as so many users pass through these search engines, making sure your website appears when potential customers are searching for your products or services, has become a matter of sink or swim for many companies.

Fluid Studios Ltd, Fluid Studios Limited

A thing of beauty is a joy for ever
There is nothing more disastrous to corporate image than an ugly website. When it comes to your website first impressions really do count, especially being the first port-of-call in the modern day for finding out about any company.

Fluid Studios Ltd, Fluid Studios Limited

10 Ways to Attract More Visitors to Your Website
Once your website is done, how do you spread the word and get more visitors? Here is a list of ten strategies to help people find new traffic sources for their site and boost their business online, many are free.

Claire Kavanagh, WebMonkey Design

NEW: EU Cookie Law
EU Cookie Law and how this affects you if you have a website

Ed Tallents, 16 Interactive

How to choose a social media agency
You have the website....your search campaign is underway....what else can you do to reach out to new customers? Social media! If you can't do it yourself, then you need a social media agency.

Ciara, mmadigital

Working with a web developer – top tips for success
The secret to successful collaboration with a web developer for a startup or small business often lies in making sure you focus on a few key points: being able to draw on both technical and business skills, good communication channels, and a development specification which satisfies your business and budgetary needs.

Karl Doody , 27stars

I need a website but I don’t know where to start
Approaching a website designer can be a daunting task, especially if you’re not really sure what you want, or even what your options are! It is a really good idea to approach a website designer with an idea about what you’d like your website to achieve. Often a designer is happy to help you with this, and can give you ideas but ultimately you know your business best.

DoodleIT, DoodleIT North Wales

Responsive Web Design: Multi-Platform Magic
As mobile and cross-platform browsing gain increased market share organisations must consider how usable and accessible their websites are across devices. Responsive design is often regarded as the best solution to provide an optimum user experience no matter what device your visitors use to browse your site.

Cat Leaver, After Digital

Free is not always what it seems - 1
I have come across many "services" that offer free websites, free hosting or free domain names to small businesses. This short series of articles will hopefully allow new businesses to steer clear of some of them.

Graham Morecroft, BBG Design

eCommerce
eCommerce web site or Electronic commerce website is a website that has an online business facility with a payment solution (e.g. eBay and Amazon).

Winuxx Media, Winuxx Media

UK E-Commerce Regulations - Minimum Information Required
Did you know you have a duty to provide a minimum amount of Information to Customers? There are lots and lots of online shops that do not conform to these regulations, make sure your company isn't one of them!

Carnfield Web Design Ltd, Carnfield Web Design Ltd

Company information on Websites and in Emails
Since 2007 it's been a legal requirement to include company details in email and on websites, but do you?

Carnfield Web Design Ltd, Carnfield Web Design Ltd