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4 reasons to have a blog on your website

February 11, 2014
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Web design

If your business website doesn’t have a blog, you’re missing out! And here’s why. Search Engine Optimisation Having a blog on your website is one of the most effective tools you can use to drive traffic to your site and make your website appear higher in Google. Every time you write a new post which includes some relevant keywords, you...

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Social media and crime

October 3, 2013
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Facebook

In our reading this week we came across an interesting infographic which explained a few startling connections between social media and crime. Some of the interesting statistics included: 66 percent of active Facebook users do not know about privacy settings 47 percent of teens have a public facebook profile viewable by anyone 78 percent of burglars have admitted they use...

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Top 10 time-saving tech tips

September 19, 2013
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Online Marketing

This week we got lost in YouTube, as we all often tend to do, and found ourselves watching a TED Talk which explained 10 tech-related tips to save yourself time. We already knew a few of these tips, but there were some that we didn’t, so we thought we’d share them on our blog. Without further ado, here are 10...

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10 reasons to have a mobile-friendly website

September 3, 2013
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Web design

These days people are using mobile devices to access the internet more often than ever before, and the trend shows no signs of changing or slowing down. In fact, Google has said that by the end of 2014 they expect people to be accessing the internet via their mobile device more than anything else, including PCs. This has big implications for...

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10 tips for writing better Facebook status updates

August 26, 2013
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Facebook

One of the key aspects of running a Facebook page is consistent posting, but if you manage a page for a business, organisation or cause, you probably know how hard it can be to think of engaging and relevant updates – especially when you’re trying to post something every day. We recently found a great infographic explaining how to write...

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Simple SEO techniques to increase your site’s rankings

August 16, 2013
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Search Engine Optimisation

People often ask us why Google is displaying their site on page 15, and not on page 1. There’s never a simple answer to this question because Google’s complicated algorithm, which decides how sites rank, takes into account more than 200 factors based not only on your site, but your competitor’s too. But while the answer may be complicated, the...

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Why have a website?

May 16, 2013
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Online Marketing

Welcome to the very first post on our blog… and what better subject to talk about in an inaugural post than the very things we work with every day: websites. According to a recent study of small to medium New Zealand businesses, only half had websites. While it’s true that not every business needs a website, here are 5 great...