Tag Archives: purpose

Check email delivery

Posted on December 28, 2011 by Brian

If customers are leaving you a message on your website then you want to know that the messages are getting safely to your in box. Particularly if you are using a plug-in to give you a nice contacts page. Checking … Continue reading →

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Understanding User Roles in WordPress

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Brian

Having lots of people to help can be a blessing and a curse. How do you give people access to your website to let them help and contribute, but keep the more sensitive or complex parts of your site out … Continue reading →

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Getting your design started

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Brian

Sometimes getting you new business venture off the ground can be a bit like the chicken and the egg. There are so many things that can’t be done until something else is done – where do you start? Do you … Continue reading →

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When to use Categories and Tags in WordPress

Posted on July 3, 2011 by Brian

A client recently asked me to explain Tags and Categories for WordPress. It is something that often comes up and the answer is ‘it depends’, as is the answer to many IT questions. It depends on your intention and what … Continue reading →

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Webmaster Tools for Bing and Google

Posted on June 27, 2011 by Brian

As a Webmaster (or someone who has a website managed for you) you should make sure you are getting as much value from your hard work as you can. Both Google and Bing offer free tools designed to help you … Continue reading →

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Window, Mac or Linux – how do I choose?

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Brian

What’s your computer of choice? How do you know you are getting the best computer for you? Looking at market share the most likely computer you are using now is a variety of Windows, or Mac or perhaps even Linux. … Continue reading →

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Plan to succeed, eat the frog first

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Brian

I attended a really good seminar today on Self Employment and as a throw away line the speaker asked us to change one thing in our day and ‘Eat the Frog First!’ “What on earth does that mean?”, I hear … Continue reading →

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How much do you love what you are doing?

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Brian

I saw a TED presentation today and one quote really struck me, Carol Coletta is quoted as saying, “I would pay someone to do what I do” I’ve often heard this from the negative perspective where you would pay to … Continue reading →

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What size business is the right size

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Brian

One of the things that I have been pondering recently is ‘what size does a business need to be in order to be successful?’ And what is success anyway? I have worked in a number of different sized organisations and … Continue reading →

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How to effectively brief your website designer

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Brian

When you are having a new website built or an existing website designed you need to be able to transfer your ideas, dream and desires (of the website variety) to another person – your website designer. Unfortunately until the perfection … Continue reading →

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