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Blog sneeze: The lists

Posted by: Matthew
Date posted: 29/12/2009
Blog sneeze: The lists

Earlier in the year we ran a short series of ‘blog sneezes’ summarising our interviews, the online marketing posts, and posts covering web design. In this post we are going to look back at our ‘list’ blog posts where we shared our favourite links and resources covering a variety of topics.

Sell, sell, sell

Posted by: Matthew
Date posted: 29/12/2009
Sell, sell, sell

Over the years, it has become easier and easier for people to create their own websites. Various tools, services and software packages have made it perfectly feasible for any business owner to create their own website within the space of a few hours. One thing that has recently become more popular is reseller hosting. In its simplest form, reseller hosting allows you to run your own web hosting company.

Creating a website with zero design or coding skills

Posted by: Matthew
Date posted: 23/12/2009
Creating a website with zero design or coding skills

Creating an all singing all dancing website from scratch all by yourself is a big task, especially with all the different skills required (e.g. CSS/ HTML, PhotoShop, PHP, MySQL, JavaScript etc). Even though I work in the web hosting industry I have practically no knowledge of server side scripting (PHP, Perl, Ruby etc)…

Only 2 days left to win a prize on our advent calendar

Posted by: Matthew
Date posted: 22/12/2009
Only 2 days left to win a prize on our advent calendar

Christmas is only a couple of days away, and now you have done all your Christmas shopping (have you?) you can sit back, relax and have open today’s door on our advent calendar to win Amazon vouchers, iTunes vouchers, Serif Software vouchers, free domain names, free web hosting, £1 reseller hosting and more!

Moving your visitors along the loyalty chain: From prospect to advocate

Posted by: Matthew
Date posted: 18/12/2009
Moving your visitors along the loyalty chain: From prospect to advocate

There are plenty of articles online about why you should work towards turning your customers in to brand advocates and using customer service to achieve this but practical advice you can apply to actually do this is like finding pixie dust. This post will look at the different steps, from prospect to advocate, and what you can do…

Why your website will be dead in a month

Posted by: Matthew
Date posted: 16/12/2009
Why your website will be dead in a month

Recent findings published by SEOmoz have shown clear statistical data for what most webmasters already know or have a feeling for, most websites have a lifespan of months.

To quote directly from their post, “After just a single month, a full 25% of the URLs are what we call “unverifiable”…

Where in the world is your web host?

Posted by: Matthew
Date posted: 16/12/2009
Where in the world is your web host?

When it comes to website hosting, there are plenty of companies out there who will readily take your money. They may promise the earth but the chances are that the service will not be as promised and you’ll probably end up paying through the nose for it. With a companies website being such a vital part of a business, the company that provides your website hosting is vital.

Best Free Font Resources

Posted by: Ben
Date posted: 14/12/2009
Best Free Font Resources

Below you will find a list of the best free font resources that you can use to add a touch of creativity to your web pages. Search Free Font’s has an impressive archive of over 13,000 fonts! The sections are well categorised, with the added option to browse by letter. With every font style you have the ability to type your own text to generate a preview of how it renders, which is a nice way to test before you download. There is also the option to rate and review

Website Colour Scheme Inspiration & Tools

Posted by: Ben
Date posted: 11/12/2009
Website Colour Scheme Inspiration & Tools

Kuler has been the preferred choice of many web designers (including myself) for creating the perfect colour scheme for quite some time now. Kuler contains thousands of user generated colour palettes, which you can use straight away or modify to your needs.

Make your website a success by applying the market concept

Posted by: Matthew
Date posted: 10/12/2009
Make your website a success by applying the market concept

Some people listen to music, others watch films and some make websites for fun. I read marketing books. Sad but true, and although publishers are catching up with the boom in online marketing the market is still waiting for the definitive book to be written.

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