A new (to me at least) photo resource popped up just recently… Unsplash http://unsplash.com/ – 10 new high resolution, creative commons photos every 10 days; free to use commercially. You might find it easier to browse through the archive. Thanks to Alison Thompson for sharing this one. Also – Getty Images – Embed Tool (Non Commercial Use only) Getty have released 35 million images for use through their Embed tool…
Read in fullThis post is Step 2 of my series of blog posts, ‘Running a successful website in the real world’. Click here for more information. The purpose of this post is to gain some idea of what your website is achieving for you at the moment, and working out what success looks like – it simply means that you’ve then got some measure of how the time you are investing in…
Read in fullI recently read an article on Copyblogger that resonated rather. Count up the number of times you’ve been told that social media is really important for your business. You must be on Facebook, you must be on Twitter, etc etc. It’s all pretty overwhelming for a new business owner. But for some, it’s a quick and easy alternative to an expensive website. It’s a good way of marketing direct to…
Read in fullI recently blogged about anti-spam solutions, and mentioned that I was testing the Anti-spam plugin on my website, in place of Akismet. Just a very quick update – so far, so good! I’ve not received any spam comments through, and aside from the possibility of any false positives (genuine comments getting blocked – my test comment came through fine), it looks like this might be a viable alternative. Next step:…
Read in fullBack in October 2012, one of my clients, Linda Jeffreys from Orchard House Interiors, emailed me: “I need to talk to you about optimising my exposure on the search engines I think. Perhaps we could book a ‘phone call if you could suggest a time please.” I’d originally built Linda’s website back in 2011; it had been working well for her, but she wanted to improve rankings – without throwing…
Read in fullThe answer to this question will determine what you in turn, will need to do for it. As there is no such thing as a free lunch; likewise there is no such a thing as a free business-generating website. The amount of value you anticipate getting out of your website will help you decide how much time and/or money to put into it. This post is Step 1 of my…
Read in fullI can divide my clients broadly into two main groups: those who generate business via their website and those who don’t. What makes the difference? How do you move from ‘website-inertia’ to a position where you have a professional, up-to-date and business generating or business supporting website? Note This isn’t one of those blog posts that is going to present a quick-fix solution which guarantees unbelievable increases in enquiries…
Read in fullSpam comments almost invariably go hand in hand with a blog. I could talk for ages about how sad it is that individuals and groups of individuals are using their time in such a way. But we’re here to get a job done, and so this blog post is about solving the problem: Preventing spam comments even reaching you For any spam comments that do get through – how to…
Read in fullAlmost the end of 2013! A big thank you for all your support this year, it really is appreciated. I hope you have a lovely Christmas and my very best wishes for 2014. Sarah p.s. Hexagon will be closed over Christmas. I will be back in the office on Monday 6th January 2014. p.p.s. you might just have noticed… my new website is finally live, I hope you like it. …
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