How to run an online business

Pinterest has one of the top marketing buzzwords of 2012, as its explosive growth (even though it’s still in invite-only status) has left business owners the world over scrambling to get a good idea of how to utilise it to promote their own business and products.  Read More >>>

For a range of reasons, such as lack of awareness, skills or confidence, small business owners are less likely to set up a website, create a social media profile or trade with customers online than larger firms: Read More >>>

Following on from our post back in November we have had a number of requests from potential client asking where do they start when it comes to planning their website. So, in order to get you started we thought we'd make our online business survey available to all. Read More >>>

News that Adobe has ended support of its widespread Mobile Flash technology, which allows the viewing of around a quarter of small business websites from mobile and tablet devices in the UK, could cost SMEs a total of £500 million as their websites become obsolete to a significant percentage of web users.With approximately 25 per cent of small business websites using at least some elements of Flash in their website it is estimated that t could cost an average of £1,000 per site to upgrade. So if even half of the UK’s 4.5 million SMEs have a website, that’s a potential cost to the SME community of over £500 million. Read More >>>

Search engine optimisation has become a key component in business marketing today. If you want your website to help improve your business, it will be important to make sure the articles you write are good enough to be published anywhere online. You will also want your website to be ranked as high as possible by search engines, and in order to do so, you will need to create quality articles for many other websites. Read More >>>

Just a few months ago, Google kicked brands, businesses, bands, and other non-personal profiles off of Google+, it's social media network, with a message that they’d be welcome back soon with something specifically created for them. That day has come and it's time to exploit the networking and business opportunities on this latest addition to the social media landscape. Read More >>>

Starting a business online is certainly an exciting, risky and potentially lucrative thing to do. If you do it right, and work hard at it you can make a great living for yourself and potentially free yourself from the monotony of the 9-5 lifestyle. Unfortunately, a large majority of people who decide to start selling stuff online never reach this goal. An e-commerce business can fail for a multitude of reasons, but here are 5 common mistakes to avoid. Read More >>>

The Internet is here to stay, no doubt about it. Yet there are still many small businesses haven’t taken the plunge and moved online. Some may not feel they need yet, or cannot perceive the benefits it would bring their business. Others may be scared because the territory is unfamiliar to them. Whatever the case may be, below are some simple steps you can take to move your brick-and-mortar business online—something you must do if you want to be able to compete in the long run. Your customers are online. Your competitors are online. Don’t get left behind.   Read More >>>

Over the last few years 'Cyber Monday' has become a welcome date in the calendars of American online retailers, it has been synonymous with increased sales ahead of Christmas and post-Thanksgiving. As it quickly approaches (Monday 28th November), it is essential that retailers ensure they are sufficiently promoting deals and products before the event hits or they could risk missing a large chunk of pre-Christmas sales Read More >>>

You website looks good, loads quickly, has compelling content but still isn't converting - time to look at the 'calls to action' Read More >>>