Why your website should be mobile-friendly

by Colman Carpenter | Jun 25, 2012 | News, Websites

The case for mobile-friendly Until recently I haven’t been strongly recommending that customers make their websites mobile friendly. Then something happened to dramatically change my view. Something I wasn’t sure would ever happen. What was this...

How a Traditional Business is Succeeding Online

by Colman Carpenter | Jun 7, 2012 | News, Strategy, Websites

Shopping for Violins As I mentioned in last week’s blog, I had originally intended to write about shopping for my daughter’s new violin. Perhaps a strange subject for a website mainly focussed on wordpress websites and social media, but bear with me. My...

EU Cookie Law: Implied Consent

by Colman Carpenter | May 28, 2012 | Marketing, News, Websites

EU Cookie Law about face Believe it or not, the ICO have done virtually a complete about face on the EU Cookie Law! The change seems fairly slight at first glance. In a new document providing guidance on the now-enforceable law, the ICO state that it is valid to...

When Email Marketing goes wrong

by Colman Carpenter | May 24, 2012 | Email, Marketing

I was all set with a topic for this week’s blog. I was going to talk about my daughter’s search for a new violin, and how that resonates with aspects of business. Then…..all hell broke loose! The story concerns marketing emails, but before I begin,...

Facebook is a Ponzi Scheme?

by Colman Carpenter | May 18, 2012 | Social Networks

It can’t have escaped your notice that Facebook are in the middle of an Initial Public Offering (IPO) of shares which will raise a very large amount of money. Indeed, just as I sat down to write this blog, the news came through that the shares will be valued at...