The articles in our Knowledge Centre aim to help you decide on the best digital marketing mix for your business. From Website Design to Pay-Per-Click, Social Media to Video Marketing, our team of independent digital marketing experts share their latest advice, tips and know-how via their regularly updated blogs.
For a small business, making good ads isn’t about hiring Cindy Crawford and buying a Times Square billboard. We have to be – dare I say it – better than that. Our ads will be in trade magazines, directories and social media feeds. We have to keep it simple and effective to maximise our modest […]
Chances are your small business may have been adversely affected whilst the country has been in lockdown. Especially those who own face-to-face businesses such as plumbers, hairdressers, and electricians. Before COVID-19, most of your time may have been spent with your customers and it’s likely your marketing was done this way too. Now lockdown is […]
Google is adding ‘Page Experience’ to its algorithm as a ranking factor next year (2021). Ranking factors are the criteria that search engines use when deciding where to rank your website in its search results. So this update will affect how pages on your website will rank on Google. While this may seem a while […]
Scarcity bias. It’s what makes us go crazy at Christmas trying to find the last L.O.L. Surprise doll left in the country for our child. It’s what makes those ‘Only three left in stock!’ banners work. For a small business, having production limitations due to cash or staff numbers can be a big problem. You […]
In our marketing trends post of 2020, we briefly touched upon inclusive marketing; that is, creating a platform that is accessible for all. While included in the marketing trends article, we should highlight that making your marketing inclusive and accessible isn’t a one-off or short term task. It’s something to review frequently as technologies and […]
Keeping an eye on what your competitors are up to is part of any good business strategy – and it’s the same with their keywords. Finding out what keywords a competitor is using (or not using) can help give you an edge in your SEO. Why research competitor keywords? Keyword research is a fundamental part […]
The lockdown caused by COVID-19 has brought about a significant shift in the way companies are utilising their workforce and for many, the possibility of working from home may become more permanent as things ease. Making greater use of IT is smart thinking. The forced lockdown will have resulted in two different scenarios, with both […]
With the country coming out of COVID-19 lockdown, now is the time to implement whatever office changes we’ve been mulling over – time to make our workplaces work for us. A sustainable workplace has maybe seemed a bit too much effort previously. You try to sort the recycling and you worry over how many plastic […]
You are probably already aware of how incredibly vital having an online presence is, even for the most traditional businesses. Your website is your shop window, where your customers can find you, but you do need to do a bit of work to drive potential new customers to it. SEO and PPC – working in […]
There’s a theory about how humans hunt information, developed by smart people from Palo Alto Research Center way back in the 90s. It’s called information foraging and it’s about how we’re all just monkeys wearing clothes. This calculation can be applied to both animals and humans: Rate of gain = information value / cost associated […]