The time’s right to start your online business
The Retail Sales Figures for March have been published by the Office for National Statistics, showing a tiny rise in sales over the past year. Some industries were up (mainly non-food) and some down –...
View ArticleHow a spell checker can boost your web profits
It must be summer because the stories about how moronic our offspring are and how much better things were in the age of steam are surfacing. Indeed spelling mistakes could apparently cost companies...
View ArticleWhat businesses can learn from the TouchPad fiasco
I wonder what Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard would have made of the TouchPad fiasco? One of the fundamental tenets of successful business is to start with a good product – the problem with HP’s defunct...
View ArticleFive ways to boost online profits – courtesy of Amazon and friends
No feedback is more valuable than customer feedback, but mystery shopping comes a close second. Whilst “spot the stooge” was a popular game amongst store staff when I worked for Dixons (rendering the...
View ArticleGoogle’s new AdWords algorithm
The peak shopping period is upon us and, for most online shops, the effectiveness of their Google AdWords campaigns can make the difference between a fruitful festive season and a bleak new year. It’s...
View ArticleWebsite owners can’t afford to ignore mobile
Making a success of an online business is often about noticing trends and acting on them early. Interactive Media in Retail Group (IMRG) has just released figures that show the startling growth of...
View ArticleWhy I’m deleting Adobe from my PC
Rather than buy a new laptop, I recently decided to recondition a four-year-old Acer to see whether it was up to the relatively light duties intended of it. This laptop had been my workhorse during a...
View ArticleAdobe Shadow: a free way to test mobile sites
Quite apart from the technical challenges of developing mobile websites, the sheer hassle of having to refresh one or more mobile devices every time you make a change is enough to drive designers to...
View ArticleThe Cookie law: clarity at last (but not from the ICO)
When Regulation 6 of the UK Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 - “the Cookie law” to most of us – became part of UK law in May last year, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)...
View ArticleHow EKMPowershop leaks personal data
Online service providers have a duty of trust to protect the data we give them – but it appears that some take this more seriously than others. EKMPowershop.com is a long established, UK-based provider...
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