Choosing a domain name for your business
November 1st, 2012Buying a website address is probably one of the first things new business people think about when they start up. There are a few different approaches to choosing a domain… Your business name The most common option is choose your business name or something close to it. Like us, we chose www.twizzlebird.co.uk. If you [...]
Supporting Women in Business – help with blogging
October 9th, 2012Come and see us for free tips, feedback, and general help on blogging for your business, on our stand at the Supporting Women in Business event held by ThisLadyLoves, in Crewe, Cheshire THIS WEEK. We know how blogging can be fantastic for your business, and we can give you tips and reviews on blogging, and advice on [...]
Managing Your Business Online; Intellectual Property, Copyright & more…
September 26th, 2012This week we have a guest blogger Contact Law. Contact Law have kindly offered to provide our readers with some pointers on protecting your Intellectual Property, copyright and more online. So here’s handing over to them…. Protect your identity Intellectual property, or IP for short, is the term which describes the parts of your [...]
What an earth is browser testing? Find out here…
September 19th, 2012Browser testing is a crucial part to launching a robust and effective website. However we come across a lot of sites that clearly haven’t been browser tested. Here’s what needs to be done, and what we do. Visitors access your website via a browser; Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari etc etc. These all [...]
7 great reasons to blog for business
August 21st, 2012We know that blogging can boost your business, so here are 7 great reasons to get blogging…
Fonts you can use safely on your website
August 2nd, 2012Sometimes people feel they are very restricted in choosing which fonts they can use on their website, when actually very often there are ways of working around it to free you up. The font choice is really important to give your brand the right look and feel, to keep it consistent on and offline, make [...]
How your website can flex to suit your visitors
July 25th, 2012A website unlike a printed page is flexible not just in terms of content but in terms of layout and visitor experience. People are visiting your website in widely varying ways. Not only the type of device; desktop, laptop, tablet, smartphone etc but then on different web browsers (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome and more) and [...]
Effective websites in a social world; must-have #5
July 19th, 2012In the final of a series of five posts I’m sharing the fifth of our “5 must-haves for an effective website in a social world” the subject of my talk at this year’s Business North West. Social media sites have been a real catalyst for improving the design of user experience on websites, making [...]
Effective websites in a social world; must-have #4
July 13th, 2012In the fourth of a series of five posts I’m sharing the fourth of our “5 must-haves for an effective website in a social world” the subject of my talk at this year’s Business North West. The use of smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices is on the rapid increase. According to Ofcom statistics [...]
Effective websites in a social world; must-have #3
June 11th, 2012In the third of a series of five posts I’m sharing the third of Twizzlebird’s “5 must-haves for an effective website in a social world” the subject of my talk at this year’s Business North West. The growth of social media has caused a shift in the way people interact with brands. The conversation [...]
Effective websites in a social world; must-have #2
May 30th, 2012In the second of a series of five posts I’m sharing the second of Twizzlebird’s “5 must-haves for an effective website in a social world”, the subject of my talk at this year’s Business North West.
Effective websites in a social world; must-have #1
May 24th, 2012In the first of a series of five posts I’m sharing the first of “5 must-haves for an effective website in a social world”, the subject of my talk at this year’s Business North West – just in case you missed it, or need a little refresher. The time of a website acting as [...]