If you are an artist and want to display and sell your art online, it’s widely accepted that a website is the place to start. Having a website not only adds credibility and elevates you above being seen as a hobbyist, but also provides a number of ways for you to get noticed and sell your art. […]
Lots of startups fail. The figures are bad. The reasons are many. Interestingly, you can often spot the potential failures a mile off too, often before they even get going. But why do so many startup businesses fail? Back in the day, the narrative was often shrouded in business talk and jargon. However, the reason […]
Last year SiteGround’s new Client Area and Site Tools were launched. New customers started using these interfaces in August 2019 and existing clients are currently being migrated. Having spent years getting used to cPanel I was a little nervous about the change. I didn’t need to be. It is excellent. Today we’re going to have […]
Does your business actually do what you say it does? Many businesses are failing because they are not delivering on their strap-line or stated USP. Marketing materials, strap-lines and sales pitches are often used to get people through the door, only to then flog them a watered down version of the goods or services. For […]
If you want to know how to add a Twitter feed to a WordPress site using Themify, you’ll be pleased to hear that it’s pretty straightforward (Note, I’m referring to WordPress.org sites here, not WordPress.com). If you are familiar with interfaces, WordPress and using themes/builders, then you should have no problem. There are a number […]
It’s hard to believe that some ecommerce businesses still don’t use autoresponders to automatically reply to customers. There are a whole host of uses for autoresponders. For ecommerce, they should be used to confirm certain actions such as a sale, despatch, delivery and refund; along with acknowledging things like returns, customer support enquiries, etc. Recently, […]
Don’t add a “sign up to our newsletter” pop-up on your homepage. I’m referring to a pop-up which appears the second someone lands on your site. It’s annoying and it’s unlikely users will sign up to a newsletter before they’ve actually viewed your site and browsed your products/services. Lately, I’ve noticed lots of ecommerce sites […]