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How To Make Your Marketing Writing Persuasive

If you want to make your marketing more persuasive then watch the video below...

What is a Digital Marketing Strategy

Put simply it brings together all the digital collateral that your company currently owns (or could own) ...

8 Content Entry: Your Website Content Hero

The time to start writing the content for your website is the moment it is commissioned and having a ...

2 Specification: How to Create a Well Structured Website

The first step in building your website is the specification process. This is the part of the ...

Proteus - Content Management System

We’d like to give you a quick insight into our innovative content management system, Proteus.

1 Getting Started: First Steps in Building Your Website

In the next 10 articles we're going to take you through the step-by-step process of building your ...

The Unknowns of Software Development

"There are known knowns. There are things we know that we know. There are known ...

3 Specification: What is a Wireframe?

The purpose of a wireframe is to give you something akin to the architectural drawings of your website...

7 Testing: How to Test a New Website

In theory, testing should be extensive, thorough and iterative. However, the reality can be far from...

Google vs Yahoo! A Lesson in Web Design

These days everything is about choice...

Two Unbelievable Internet Disasters

Let’s roll the clock back to 2001 and the year of Enron’s collapse, Harry Potter’s film...

5 Design: What You Need to Know About Designing Your Website

You’ve done the wireframe and now you’re about to get stuck in to the design with your ...

How Long Does it Take to Build a Website?

A frequently asked question is "how long will it take to build our website”.  It’s ...

10 Going Live: Launching Your Website

With all the testing complete you’re now into the final phase of your project, getting it live on ...

4 Specification: Structuring Your Wireframe

Here's how to structure your wireframe using the concept of templates.

Two More Unbelievable Internet Disasters

Here are two more extraordinary Internet disasters involving mind crushingly large sums of money ...

How Are Websites Programmed: From Design to Working Website

Ever wondered what programmers actually do to turn a design into a functioning website? In this article ...

9 Content Entry: Getting Content onto Your Website

Along with figuring out how to use your new website you’ve also got to make the content you’...

Are Websites Lifespans Limited By Their Code?

How sustainable is today's is current web design coding and does it really matter?

5 Quick Wins for Your Website

Here are five ideas to keep your website rolling in the customers!  (We’ve picked these as ...

Influencing Your Visitor to Increase Website Conversions

Our Web Design Director, Jed Wylie was invited back onto Stafford FM's Let's Do Business for ...

33 Ways to Improve Your Website

Most of us wish life were simple (or at least simpler). Anyone who’s grappled with their tax return...

Managing Image Sizes on Responsive Websites

Modern screen resolutions vary from CGA (320x200) to 4k (4096x2160). Your website could potentially ...

5 Ways to Improve Ecommerce Websites

Here are some interesting eCommerce statistics: The average UK consumer spends £1,174 online (...

6 Web Development: A Behind the Scenes Look

Ever wondered what developers do to turn designs into a functioning website? We raise the curtain on the ...

Daily Express Interviews Web Designers digitalROAR

The Daily Express's Laura Jackson recently interviewed our MD, Jed Wylie for their "Crash Course...

Why Testing & Failing Improves Your Website

Every day we fail and we should do more of it. In fact we're going to argue that having a website ...

Increasing the Lifespan of Your Website

Listen to the full Stafford FM interview on how to increase your website's lifespan.

Mobilegeddon – A Survival Guide

Google has unleashed Mobilegeddon.

Top Reasons to Redesign Your Website

We take a look at the top factors which trigger a website redesign and question a few basic assumptions...

Choosing the Right SEO Keywords

About to choose keywords for your SEO project? Read our astonishing results:

Improving Web Design Project Communication

Successful web design projects rely on a consistent collaboration between us web designer and our&...

The Dangers of Google Translate

You may want your website to pitch to an International audience and so it would seem natural to have...

Your Website is Your Best Salesperson

Imagine a salesperson who sells 24 hours 7 days a week. They do this 365 days a year and have a reach of ...

The Pillars of Digital Marketing

A marketing expert called Jay Abrahams suggested that successful businesses are structured like the ...

dR & South Staffs District Council

This Press Release was circulated to 42,000 households across Staffordshire.  (Photo: ...

How Failure Can Improve Your Website

We're back on the radio again, this time discussing how failure is key to building a successful ...

A Simple Marketing Plan for New Websites

So there it is: Your brand new website is finally planted in cyberspace and ready to grow into ...

Web Design & The 80:20 Rule

Can you get more customers from your website if you put in less work? Yes, you can courtesy of the ...