If your website was getting its GCSEs today, how would it have done? Mark each subject below and let us know in the comments: 📝 English Language: Does it use appropriate language for the audience you’re targeting. Is it based on fact or fiction and does it answer the questions people ask? 🎨 Art & […]
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Client Spotlight: The Atrium Wellness Collective
This month Richard sat down with Claire from The Atrium Wellness Collective to discuss her new venture. Having worked with Claire previously, we were delighted to be asked to develop, host and manage the website for The Atrium, alongside their brand designer who created a stunning design. We talk about the difficulties of writing content […]
Client Spotlight: Parallel Project Training
This month I sat down with Paul Naybour from Parallel Project Training to talk about their rebrand and development of a new website. I have worked alongside Parallel for a couple of years, supporting their WordPress site and creating a bespoke portal that uses the Arlo Training Management Software API to deliver additional functionality that […]
Lessons Learnt from Euro 2024
This is one of those unashamedly unapologetic analogy blogs where I try and use a topic of the moment and tell you how it relates to your website! I know the final hasn’t happened yet and this could look very silly come Sunday night, so bookmark it, but I’ve been boring people all Euros by […]
Client Spotlight: Mooremack
This month we invited Jody Moore from Mooremack Ltd to be our spotlight guest to talk about the recent website launch we carried out for them. Having not had any website we were tasked with creating a professional design that could match the high standards that Jody and his team works too and you can […]
Client Spotlight: EggDesign
This month I managed to persuade John Sheahan from EggDesign, in Ireland, to join me for a discussion on collaboration. John and I are both in the web design and development industry and we’ve been able to work alongside each other on a number of projects, over the years. I’m a firm believer that collaboration […]
How Long Have I Got?
There’s some debate on this but it’s believed a visitor to your website will take less than 10 seconds to make a decision on whether to stay or go. ⏳ 10 seconds to tell us what you offer ⏳ 10 seconds to tell us what you sell ⏳ 10 seconds to engage with your visitor […]
Do I Need a Website?
The fundamental purpose of a website is to showcase your brand to the online world and become your digital front door. In a society dominated by screens, not having a website can hinder your brand presence, no matter the size of your business. “Can a Facebook page alone suffice as my online presence?” The answer, […]
Client Spotlight: Come To My Party
This month we’ve gone back to where it all began, with our first hosting client Kerry Jay! We have been hosting a number of websites and emails for Kerry, for about 15 years, with Kerry designing and developing all the sites herself. There are many advantages for a business taking the DIY development route and […]
Numbers vs Data
😬83% drop in website impressions 🍾why are we celebrating this win! This is a story about the difference between numbers and data. Numbers are just that, there’s no context. It’s like looking at full time results, they don’t tell you what the match was like. When you combine the numbers with some context, you get […]