How to get your website found

How to get your website found

Most of us know that keywords are important.  Some of us know that search engine optimisation is how to improve our website’s visibility – but that’s expensive/time consuming/complicated, isn’t it? If you engage a specialist SEO company, yes, there is a cost and the...
When is a newsletter not a newsletter?

When is a newsletter not a newsletter?

Let’s get real here – none of us really want another boring newsletter cluttering up our inboxes.  Do you really need to know that we just had a team meeting or have a few exciting marketing projects in the pipeline?  No!  And I don’t want to know about your new team...
What’s on the menu?

What’s on the menu?

Over the years website navigation has changed.  In the early days the menu generally appeared on the left in a vertical column.  Then it migrated to be a horizontal strip under the main banner.  These days it’s frequently presented as a ‘hamburger’ (three little lines...
Create a following

Create a following

When you post your videos on YouTube, in an ideal world you want subscribers who will then get flagged when you post more content.  In today’s world where attention span is short this can be a real challenge. For a view of your content to count the viewer has to watch...
Does anyone actually read a newsletter?

Does anyone actually read a newsletter?

I’m asked this all the time by clients and people I meet networking.  There was a time when you could put a ‘Sign up to my newsletter’ form on your website and lots of people would sign up, but not anymore. That doesn’t mean they don’t read newsletters, it does mean...