"Helping businesses operate more effectively online"

23

Oct

2008

20 Digg users revealed
Written by David Towers   

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Have you ever wondered what the top Digg users avatars reveal about themselves?

We contacted a University lecture and prominent psychology blogger to analyse from a pyschological perspective what 20 digg avatars say about them. We also contacted a communications scholar to give insight into the avatars from a communication and reputation perspective.

 

06

Oct

2008

10 Epic Website Failures
Written by David Towers   

Epic website failures These outstanding web failures did not require a $700 billion government bail out but they did manage to burn a hole in someone's pocket!

These 10 Epic failures are oustanding...

 

18

Feb

2008

How to create a good business logo
Written by Alex Ashman   

mercedes logo Having had our logo designed for our website, we thought it would be useful to go through a couple of quick tips on how to effectively design your logo. This post looks at some popular logos, analyses why they are successful and provides some lessons we can learn from this.

 

13

Feb

2008

How we designed our logo
Written by David Towers   

Good Web Practices logo designWe have recently had our logo designed for Good Web Practices using a graphic designer. The importance given and investment made (both financial and time) to design a business logo is sometimes overlooked.

In this post we're going to look at some of the factors we considered when we had our logo designed. We'll also be talking about the key messages we wanted to communicate through our logo, how we went about sourcing the design and how we are using the logo now.

 

28

Jan

2008

Photo and image use for bed and breakfast accommodation
Written by Alex Ashman   

bed and breakfast With increasing competition between accommodation businesses on the internet, it is important to do everything you can to increase the likelihood of your website's visitors making a booking. Having ensured your website design and layout as well as your SEO are done well, a key selling point is the quality of the images and photographs you have.

I have picked out some of the best websites I have found that use pictures particularly well and some of the lessons that can be learned from them.

 

20

Jan

2008

5 tips how to write a good business blog
Written by Alex Ashman   
blogger logoThis post highlights 5 simple tips that you could follow to help you create a successful, reguarly read, visible blog for you business website. I stress the word hints, as each and every writer has their own style and is blogging for different purposes, but these snippets of advice should prove useful for all writers.
 


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