SEO Tips for Small Businesses
Search Engine Optimisation is one of the fundamentals of any digital strategy but SEO specialists can be expensive so, as a web consultancy, we’re regularly asked what small business owners can do for themselves. We put together the following short list of SEO essentials; some the basics that professional SEO specialists look for in a site […]
The Digital Week
A quick round-up of stuff we liked on the interweb this week, including M&S, Glassholes, Being interesting, virtual changing rooms, and lots of data… but first: We’re giving a talk at Bedford College! It’s on 26th Feb, about the Connected Consumer & Responsive Web Design. Come and join us. It’s free. Design for the Connected […]
The Digital Week
If you look at one thing this week WTF Is My Twitter Bio (NSFW) Crafting an interesting, relevant Twitter bio has never been easy. They can enviable, insightful or a source of cringeworthy hilarity (and not always intentionally), and this Random Twitter Bio Generator takes its inspiration from that. Not for the easily offended, it generates […]
Creative Domains
Having a memorable domain name is one of the recommended requirements of a decent website but you might have noticed that almost every domain name you can think of has already been taken. The problem is that there was a finite number of .com’s .co.uk’s etc. which is why ICANN decided to release a […]
The Digital Week
Here’s a quick round-up of what’s been keeping us interested in the Narrative (previously THBOOM!) studio, this week: The Shock of the New. Sometimes we can put too much emphasis something new and misinterpret its popularity amongst the digerati as a sign of its nascent influence, so this article is a good reminder to check the numbers […]
Come With Me If You Want To Live
Yeah, yeah, yeah. A lot of people are talking about Google’s sale of Motorola to Lenovo but that’s not what’s interesting. The sell-off is really just Google having a clear-out and the word-on-the-street is that they were going to put Motorola on eBay if Lenovo said no. The far more significant story slipped through without […]
The Digital Week
A quick round-up of what we liked on the web this week, ending 24th July. Conference Call If you’ve ever had to endure conference calls, this video that’s been doing the rounds this week will bring a smile to your face. A classic example of what’s wrong with retail. A bit of a single issue […]
Free Font for Climate Groups
We consult for a number of cleantech businesses, providing digital strategy, branding & development and, while this particular idea doesn’t apply to us, we really loved the concept behind it. Matthew Anderson is a typographer at 350.org, a grassroots climate advocacy group and knows that fonts can cost a lot of money, and when small […]
The Digital Week
A highly subjective selection of things we found, were sent and generally liked on the web this week, ending 17th January 2014. Nest Eggs This week’s big news has been Google’s purchase of Nest for 3.2 Billion USD. It’s not often that so much money changes hands so it seems everyine has an opinion on […]
Android & Apple In Your Car
First came Microsoft with Windows Embedded Automotive… but it never really got started (see what I did there?). Then, last summer, Apple announced iOS in the Car and this week at CES, Google have announced deals to bring their Android operating system to the car dashboard with the ‘Open Automotive Alliance’. But what does that mean for the […]