Archive of 2010 February

26Feb2010
Author
DSM Design
Category
Web Design

Why your website is NOT finished

Redesigning or building a new website is an exciting prospect and one which many clients often become enthused to do. You've done the hard work, it's all signed off and ready to go, your site is preparing to say hello to world wide web. Just upload and job done yeah? No! A website is never complete, it is never a finished product it is always an evolving and thriving, organic, living process that requires regular maintenance, tweaking and adjustments to encapsulate its "state of perfection", or

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25Feb2010
Author
DSM Design
Category
Social media, Web and Tech

Facebook named ‘top invention of the last decade’

More than 1,000 British people were asked to name their favourite three inventions of the Noughties, and almost three-quarters (73%) included the social networking website among their choices. The iPhone was the second most popular (62%), closely followed by networking website Twitter (58%). Some of those questioned (8%) said jeggings - a cross between jeans and leggings - were among their favourite inventions and a small number (2%) even voted for X Factor's twins John and Edward.

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24Feb2010
Author
DSM Design
Category
Search Engine Optimisation

Organic SEO Vs Adwords

If you have a website, and I'd imagine you do if you are reading this article, you will most likely already realise the benefits of online marketing and what it means with regards to generating revenue from your website. Managing your online messages and search engine signals has become one of the most basic and most important methods of driving your business forward in the 21st century. No serious player these days operates without some form of online advertising. The general objective

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23Feb2010
Author
DSM Design
Category
Search Engine Optimisation
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Keyword research and the writers block

Have you ever found yourself wanting to write but totally lost as to what to write about? It’s all too easy to create a promotion or write a short article that describes what you do, but what about the real nitty gritty stuff that readers can actually use and digest? This is the writer’s block and a common problem even for the most influential bloggers and writers. The best solution is keyword research. Through researching keywords you can quickly and easily source inspiration or stumble

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17Feb2010
Author
DSM Design
Category
Online Marketing

Best practice online marketing

If you're in business then you're in competition with a huge diversity of other businesses that are threatened by your presence and will do anything to knock you down wherever they can. Unfortunately some businesses can employ some rather untactful strategies to force you down, harm your brand and stab you in the back. This is not good for business or competitiveness and quite often your customers will be able see what's going on from a third party perspective which can ultimately damage both br

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16Feb2010
Author
DSM Design
Category
Online Marketing

How to start up a new web business and survive

The hardest part of managing any business is the start up, getting the ball rolling or whatever you want to call it. Whether you are looking to create a new SEO, web design or hosting business there are various strategies you can adopt based upon other experiences or you can employ some clever tactics based on your own knowledge. Either way it’s pure fact that at first, maybe even the first few years, it will require a lot of work....hard work!!!!! Getting the ball rolling So, you've got

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