What’s in a website plan and what to include
This article outlines what’s in a website plan & some tips about what to include in a website plan which helps your or the web designer create your website
How to Build a WordPress Website
I recently ran a free online training for the VACT Community on how to build a WordPress website for under £20. I shared the 8 steps you need to build a website and a heap of strategies that I use when building websites for myself and clients. This is a long post so...
Why Do I Need a Website?
The question of ‘why do I need a website’ came up this week when I was at the Business Design Centre for the ‘Make it British’ Event. This annual event gathers everyone involved in the making of clothes and homewares, from yarn and cloth manufacturers,...
Wix v/s WordPress
You might have seen adverts for Wix Website Building and wondered what’s the difference between Wix and WordPress. They both allow you to build a website without knowing any coding. But which is better? It’s a bit like deciding which rabbit hole to go down...
What I’m doing about GDPR
As GDPR deadline looms closer (May 25th) there’s been ever increasing advice and alarming stories of what needs to be done. I too have been keeping a keen eye on what’s required as being in the industry of digital marketing I feel it’s my job to make sure me and my...
How to promote your new business without a website
Starting with nothing My previous post said you shouldn’t commission a website build or bother building one yourself if you’re on a tight budget and/or haven’t sold a single product or service yet. I often see new business owners get hung up that...
From Riches to Arrears
In my last post I shared with you why I quit my dress design business to help my dad full-time with his deal with the Americans to help them build faster jet planes for the US Army. If you missed it you can read it here. They had paid him a huge sum of money for his...
Why I Quit Designing Ballroom Dance & Wedding Dresses
Last time… I told you about my early childhood and how I was creative and resourceful. You can read that post here. Making clothes for my dolls led me to making my own clothes, led me to making ballroom dance dresses for my mum. Next I found myself making...
From Ballroom Dance Dress to Web Designer
Creative and Resourceful I haven’t always been a web designer. But I have always been creative and resourceful. When I was little I would create comics for my friends to read and I made clothes for my dolls from scraps of material from my mum’s sewing...
Is it ok to add networking contacts to my newsletter list
This year I’ve made it my mission to get out more and meet people face to face. If you’ve been following me a while, then you’ll know I moved to Egham a little over a year ago. I’ve moved from Watford, Hertfordshire (north of the airport) to...
Why sidebars don’t work on homepages anymore
Here’s an article on why side bars don’t work on a homepage anymore. Smart phones and tablets have changed the way we consume stuff on the internet and this has had a surprising knock on effect how websites are designed today. Sides Bars on Home Page Up to...