Working from home for the first time? Here is some timely advice from an industry that has been doing this for years. The circumstances surrounding the move of whole nations to home offices are appalling, surreal and catastrophic, and we are reminded of the disaster of Covid-19 at every moment of the day. But here […]
Read more...There is a misconception that once you have completed the designing and the actual building of your website that another box is ticked in the file of keeping your business on track. It is true that the look, the functionality and the actual launching of your site is an achievement worth celebrating. It’s done. Finished. But it is not over. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Read more...So, you have decided you need a new website design. You have done your research and picked a website developer (like us). Now it’s time to design it. No matter whether it is a brand-new website or a re-design, there are certain aspects that your graphic designer will want to discuss with you before the […]
Read more...hashtag: n. A word or phrase preceded by a hash sign (#), used on social media websites and applications, especially Twitter, to identify messages on a specific topic. Oxford English Dictionary In the world of social media, the hashtag is likely the most popular means of categorising content on social media. It makes your own […]
Read more...A guide to helping your visitors to read the important bits on your webpage. There’s no easy way to say this so I’m just going to come out with it…. Your visitors don’t even bother to read the text on your webpage…….they just about manage to scan it. They scan over all your carefully thought […]
Read more...Does your website do what it should across all devices? Does it read easy on the eye with clever navigation and the minimum of resizing, panning, and scrolling? Is it responsive? A responsive website has been designed and optimised so that it looks its best on all devices, including mobile screens. It looks different, […]
Read more...90% of all e-commerce business start-up’s fail! (Patel, 2016) Every week I meet or take calls from business owners who all have one thing in common. They have tried launching an E-commerce website and failed, most of them don’t know why? The top 3 reasons e-commerce businesses fail! 1. They haven’t developed a manageable strategy […]
Read more...If you are a wholesaler, manufacturers or distributor you have watched the growing global ecommerce trend with a mix of both fear and longing. The idea that you can reach end users for your product is attractive. However most realise that this puts a strain between you and your trade customers. Why should they buy […]
Read more...Ever heard of cyber squatting? In this month’s video installment, Dave McEvoy explores the lucrative world of cyber squatting, which can and has proved costly for many small business in Ireland. Cyber Squatting is the term given to the purchasing of a domain name with the sole purpose of reselling it to an individual or […]
Read more...The digital landscape of car dealerships has changed massively in the past ten years. Your car showroom is now online, laptops, phones and tablets are now the first port of call for the new & used car buyer. The online marketplace is becoming increasingly competitive as car dealers are constantly upping their game to stand […]
Read more...“Never Put Off Till Tomorrow What You Can Do The Day After Tomorrow Just As Well” Congratulations you have just gotten the keys to your new website! All you have left to do is add some pictures and content and we are good to go. Sound familiar? Unfortunately for many people this is where the […]
Read more...How many times have you found yourself getting irritated while trying to complete a process online? Booking flights, hotels, buying a product? Well if you struggle to complete a task on a website the good news is you are not to blame. Jakob Nielsen, arguably the first and definitely the leading expert on website […]
Read more...This is most common question anyone in the web design industry gets asked and if you know web designers you know it is not always a straightforward answer. Compare it to asking a car sales man how much a car costs. It all depends on what you want the car to do. To get an […]
Read more...The Trust Stack is fast becoming a common term for how people are interacting with companies and individuals online. The formal definition, according to Rachel Botsman, is as follows: A new trust framework is emerging in the collaborative economy, the ‘Trust Stack’. In the first layer of the Trust Stack, people have to trust that […]
Read more...In recent weeks we had the pleasure of launching a brand new website for the Tubbercurry Western Drama Festival. The group were thrilled that their new look website which has just gone live ahead of the upcoming All Ireland Drama Finals running from April 21st to 29th in St. Brigids Hall Theatre, Tubbercurry. This is […]
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