Small Business Advice, Tips and Tricks

Free workshop to be held on 17 and 18 July at the Parkside Building, Birmingham City University.  This is the first workshop for the newly established Trend Academy: the theme is colour. Understanding and using colour effectively a vital element of many market sectors. Whether it is developing your brand online, attracting customers to your …

TREND ACADEMY : Colour Workshop 17 / 18 July 2017 at Parkside Building, BCU Read More »

I’m using the excellent Bootstrap Tour on a web application.  Whilst not overly complex, I was mindful that some of those who would be using the application I was developing were not as internet savvy as others.  So the Bootstrap Tour seemed the ideal tool to use.  It allows me to give users the option to …

Bootstrap-Tour with “Not Now” option for user Read More »

Thousands of Facebook page administrators have been repeatedly presented with the following notice each time they try to verify their pages. Facebook claim that “Verified Pages appear higher in search results.” So it would seem an important thing for page administrators to do but the system of verification is broken. What do they mean by …

Facebook Page verification broken with no fix in sight Read More »

I had set up a custom post type on a recent project and added meta boxes to the post and post-new pages.  I then wanted to have the post meta to be editable through Quick Edit and Bulk Edit.  Knowing that someone, somewhere will have come up with a solution, I was pleased to find that Rachel …

Using Bulk Edit on WP custom post types with multiple select dropdowns Read More »

You might like to have targeted advertising More and more of us are starting realise what happens behind the scenes as we innocently use our internet connected devices. We leave little traces that are like gold dust to companies selling advertising space. I’m sure you’ve noticed and perhaps been annoyed by that advert that seems …

Stop the Prying Eyes Read More »

Look before you leap Choosing a domain name and therefore your business name could be the most important decision you make as a new business owner.  Getting it wrong can cost you more than money but prospects and customers too.  Reading this post could save you the hassle of re-branding your whole business further down the …

Choosing the best (domain) name for your business Read More »

If you really must build your own website, focus on the customer There are a number of good reasons why as a business owner you should seriously consider hiring a professional to create your website.  I won’t go into them here but instead highlight a customer focused approach that the professional will have and that you …

DIY Web: Keep the Customer in Focus Read More »