The British are a great race of snobs. There's always someone looking down on someone else whether its because of where they live, what car they drive, which supermarket they shop at or what they do for a living: as a consequence you can bet that we Brits will pigeon-hole you and will form an opinion about you based upon your social and economic status without a by-your-leave which in turn will affect how we treat you as a person. Now I'm sufficiently travelled to have seen that most societies display similar kinds of behaviour towards each other; the French for instance, have a ...
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I’ve just turned down the biggest contract of the year so far for my business. The client wanted to give us the work and we were excited at pitching for it. However despite travelling up and down the country several times whilst negotiating the deal and having beaten off the competition, I decided to walk away at the eleventh hour before pen was put to paper. Why would I do this in the current economic climate? Surely I must be one wave short of a shipwreck? You may think so; however being in business for nigh on 8 years now has taught me many ...
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A blog on any website can be a great asset in helping a business generate traffic to its website, building site loyalty and communicating with customers. But how do you go about getting one off the ground? One of the requests we often get from our clients is "Can we have a blog on our website?". The answer to this question is always "yes" but hang on a mo if this is you! Let's take a step back here and think about why you want one. A couple of years ago the question was always "Can we have a message board?" as these were ...
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Before you read further you should note that this post is a ‘rant’ about an issue that we’ve experienced in our business. I want to get it off my chest so read this post as you find it, nothing more and nothing less. Consider yourself warned. Here goes… Some months ago we got an enquiry from a new start-up who was keen to launch a website that would be ‘pivotal to the success’ of her business. Fine by us: our forte is working with companies who can see the business benefits of the web, but like this lady, are not necessarily clued up on ...
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I love writing posts for this blog, but as any blogger will tell you: generating new, original and readable posts on a regular basis that people actually look at is hard work! So I need some assistance and am turning to my fellow blog readers, businesses associates and networkers for help. Whether you maintain your own blog or not (and why wouldn't you ?) - if you're involved in a business that delivers a specific product or service that helps people out by addressing a specific need; then it's likley you boast specific knowledge of a particular subject or may have a skill that ...
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