Business is booming online according to Barclays Online Business Outlook 2013. Isn’t it refreshing to see the words UK, business and booming all in one sentence? The report found that online businesses are growing at a rate 57 times faster than the UK economy. That’s amazing news. Of course, there’s a downside. Despite a rise […]
Sunday Catch Up – You Spend How Long Online?! Edition
We Brits spent 323 million hours watching online video in February. Hitwise also revealed this week that we spent 37 BILLION hours online in 2012 (not including mobile views). I have an unhealthy fascination with stats, I blame my science background… What are we doing with our time online and how can we as marketers […]
Local Business Video Marketing Myth Busting
We Brits are continuing our love affair with video. With 323 million hours watching online videos in February 2013, I’m surprised our eyes aren’t square! When I discuss creating videos and video marketing with local businesses, I often get the same replies… Video marketing is too expensive My business doesn’t lend itself well to video […]
Not Everyone Will Like You (and it Doesn’t Matter Anyway) [Infographic]
The 30 Day Facebook Fanpage Challenge started on Monday in a flurry of activity and mad clicks. One of the tasks within the Facebook group is to add your Facebook page to a document – basically so we can get to know other pages of interest to us and follow along. It was a great […]
Sunday Catch Up – Wonderful WordPress Edition
As the howls of “botnet” and the news of bots targeting WordPress and other PHP based sites echo around the web, I thought a round-up of positive WordPress posts was in order… Just in case you missed the security warnings – here it is again with how to change your admin username. Move To […]
Facebook FanPage Challenge – We’re Ready, Are You?
One of the questions I’m often asked is, “How do I make my Facebook Page work for my business?” It’s not a question that can be answered in a few sentences and if you meet me for coffee you’ll see me talking with my hands a lot and scribbling in the notebook of all things […]
Is Your WordPress Secure From Attack?
WordPress installations worldwide are currently under a brute force attack. These attacks are targeting the most common username and password combinations. ContentsIs your WordPress Secure?What do you need to do now?What else can you do to secure your WordPress site?What can you do if your WordPress site has already been compromised? Is your WordPress Secure? […]