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Black Friday marketing tips for your business

Posted by Suzannah Hale on Nov 20, 2017 1:58:50 PM

Black-Friday

You may think that Black Friday and Cyber Monday is an American tradition, so you shouldn’t spend your valuable time participating. This is far from the truth. Black Friday is the biggest shopping day of the year, with customers last year spending £5.8 billion over the four day Black Friday - Cyber Monday weekend. This was a 15% increase in spending in 2016 over the previous year!

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Different types of landing page

Posted by Suzannah Hale on Nov 10, 2017 11:56:28 AM

Not all landing pages are the same; in design or intent. This info graphic walks you through 5 different types of landing page.

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Capitalise on content

Posted by Suzannah Hale on Nov 9, 2017 10:26:26 AM

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So you’ve decided to start producing content to build your brand awareness and increase your SEO. It’s a tactical decision and if done correctly, can reap many rewards. It is becoming increasingly important that small businesses produce content, whether that be blogs, eBooks, checklists or videos, among other marketing techniques, in order to stay competitive.

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Lead Generation - checklist. Generate sales in your business

Posted by Suzannah Hale on Oct 30, 2017 10:37:14 AM

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Generating new leads is the most important task when starting or growing a business. Unfortunately, it is getting harder to gather leads using traditional marketing methods such as trade shows and adverts in magazines.

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Why now is the best time to build a new website.

Posted by Suzannah Hale on Oct 30, 2017 10:09:46 AM

If you’ve been considering a new website for your company, now is the ideal time to get the ball rolling. With Chrome’s update activating in October 2017 (Chrome 62), marking websites with data entry fields ‘not secure’, your old website could be at risk.

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8 SEO trends that can’t be ignored in the last quarter of 2017

Posted by Suzannah Hale on Oct 12, 2017 10:23:20 AM

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In 2017, Mobile and tablet usage now represents 51.3% of online search and is more common than desktop, which only represents 48.7% (StatCounter) and mobile is still on the rise.

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Search Engine Optimisation or Search Engine Marketing - what’s the difference?

Posted by Suzannah Hale on Oct 2, 2017 12:59:39 PM

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Fact: 93 per cent of online experiences start with search engines.

The difference between SEO and SEM is that Search Engine Optimisation helps you rank higher in the organic searches on the likes of Google and Bing. Whereas Search Engine Marketing is a paid method of appearing at the top of searches for certain keywords. Both methods have their strengths, and could vastly improve traffic to your website.

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Make your website stand out

Posted by Suzannah Hale on Sep 29, 2017 11:14:45 AM

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Chrome 62 update - is your website secure?

Posted by Suzannah Hale on Sep 26, 2017 5:27:14 PM

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4 ways to generate new content

Posted by Suzannah Hale on Sep 22, 2017 12:06:43 PM

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