Sharing insights on industry topics from all areas of digital

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Marketing

Digital Horizons – digital trends set to redefine business strategies in 2025

Charlotte Weeks, Content Team Lead
Charlotte Weeks
20.02.2025
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Technical

5 business benefits of Microsoft 365: an operational game-changer for modern organisations

Charlotte Weeks, Content Team Lead
Charlotte Weeks
30.01.2025
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Video Production

The many faces of video production

Charlotte Weeks, Content Team Lead
Charlotte Weeks
26.11.2024
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The Bluesky App on mobile. 
Marketing

Will Bluesky replace Twitter / X?

Daniel Jackson, Digital Marketing Executive
Daniel Jackson
21.11.2024
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Marketing

The ultimate guide to Google Ads WhatsApp extension

Simon Stone, PR Expert
Simon Stone
29.10.2024
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Development

The ultimate guide to single-page applications

Charlotte Weeks, Content Team Lead
Charlotte Weeks
18.10.2024
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Marketing

The ultimate guide to generative search

Charlotte Weeks, Content Team Lead
Charlotte Weeks
12.09.2024
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Design

World Photography Day - The importance of good imagery for business

Simon Stone, PR Expert
Simon Stone
14.08.2024
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Development

What is digital transformation?

Charlotte Weeks, Content Team Lead
Charlotte Weeks
12.07.2024
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Design

Is offline marketing dead? The benefits of print advertising in 2024

Becky Allenby, Web Designer
Becky Allenby
01.05.2024
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Development

Exploring artificial intelligence & machine learning

Gretchen Stoll, Accounts Manager
Gretchen Stoll
21.02.2024
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Development

Integrating AI with your business – A discussion about responsible & ethical use

Charlotte Weeks, Content Team Lead
Charlotte Weeks
27.10.2023
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Marketing

Understanding Threads: A guide for social media marketers

Charlotte Weeks, Content Team Lead
Charlotte Weeks
07.07.2023
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Design

Top 8 most common web design mistakes (& how to fix them)

Becky Allenby, Web Designer
Becky Allenby
30.06.2023
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Marketing

Optimising Amazon listings for higher rankings – 2023 guide

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Matt Davey
05.04.2023
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Marketing

What is the metaverse?

Gretchen Stoll, Accounts Manager
Gretchen Stoll
01.03.2023
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Development

How accessible is your website?

Sammy-Jo, Senior Marketing Manager
Sammy-Jo Wilsher
20.02.2023
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Technical

5 myths in the IT industry

Gretchen Stoll, Accounts Manager
Gretchen Stoll
04.01.2023
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Marketing

What are IP look up tools?

Sammy-Jo, Senior Marketing Manager
Sammy-Jo Wilsher
07.12.2022
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Marketing

Now’s the time to upgrade to Google Analytics 4

Sammy-Jo, Senior Marketing Manager
Sammy-Jo Wilsher
29.04.2022
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Design

The top five benefits of getting a bespoke website designed & built by a web-specialist agency

Sammy-Jo, Senior Marketing Manager
Sammy-Jo Wilsher
15.02.2022
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Marketing

How to conduct keyword research for your PPC campaign

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Wiktoria Niedbala
11.01.2022
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Technical

What cyber security types are there?

Michael Raisbeck, Cyber Security Manager
Michael Raisbeck
09.12.2021
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Marketing

How to optimise your Google Business Profile for local search 2021

Hayley Clasby, SEO Manager
Hayley Clasby
24.11.2021
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Marketing

Black Friday top e-commerce tips

Sammy-Jo, Senior Marketing Manager
Sammy-Jo Wilsher
17.11.2021
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Design

User experience (UX) - The basics & 7 principles

Charlotte Weeks, Content Team Lead
Charlotte Weeks
13.10.2021
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Marketing

Lead generation with LinkedIn Ads

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Wiktoria Niedbala
27.09.2021
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Marketing

8 ways to build relationships through email marketing

Sammy-Jo, Senior Marketing Manager
Sammy-Jo Wilsher
14.09.2021
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Design

What is responsive web design?

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Wiktoria Niedbala
25.08.2021
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Development

Joomla 4 - What are the user benefits?

Sammy-Jo, Senior Marketing Manager
Sammy-Jo Wilsher
21.08.2021
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Development

How mobile app developments are changing the way businesses can connect with consumers

Sammy-Jo, Senior Marketing Manager
Sammy-Jo Wilsher
07.05.2021
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Technical

Get to know Microsoft Azure

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Wiktoria Niedbala
30.03.2021
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Development

A beginners guide to applications

Close up photograph of Wiktoria Niedbala, Social & Email Specialist
Wiktoria Niedbala
19.03.2021
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Development

WordPress VS Joomla - Which one will suit your business?

Close up photograph of Wiktoria Niedbala, Social & Email Specialist
Wiktoria Niedbala
10.03.2021
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Development

Project Latte - Will it bring Android apps to Windows 10?

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Wiktoria Niedbala
12.02.2021
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Technical

Business live streaming

Close up photograph of Wiktoria Niedbala, Social & Email Specialist
Wiktoria Niedbala
14.01.2021
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Marketing

On-page optimisation

Sammy-Jo, Senior Marketing Manager
Sammy-Jo Wilsher
03.12.2020
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Marketing

The power of a strong Christmas marketing campaign

Sammy-Jo, Senior Marketing Manager
Sammy-Jo Wilsher
01.12.2020
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Marketing

Email marketing - Transform your content, improve your conversion rates

Close up photograph of Wiktoria Niedbala, Social & Email Specialist
Wiktoria Niedbala
16.11.2020
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Consultancy

How consulting an IT expert can help you grow your business

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Wiktoria Niedbala
12.10.2020
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Marketing

Importance of PPC audits & the benefits of outsourcing them

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Wiktoria Niedbala
30.09.2020
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Technical

Ransomware - All you need to know

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Wiktoria Niedbala
15.09.2020
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Technical

Phishing emails - How to detect them & avoid being scammed

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Wiktoria Niedbala
15.09.2020
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Technical

Benefits of business hosting

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Wiktoria Niedbala
13.08.2020
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Marketing

How to be recognised as an expert in your field

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Wiktoria Niedbala
10.08.2020
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Marketing

High profile Twitter accounts hacked in Bitcoin scam

Sammy-Jo, Senior Marketing Manager
Sammy-Jo Wilsher
16.07.2020
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Development

The rise of Shopify - Why is it popular with entrepreneurs & start-ups?

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Wiktoria Niedbala
11.06.2020
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Technical

Cyber Security – Protecting against emerging threats

Sammy-Jo, Senior Marketing Manager
Sammy-Jo Wilsher
22.05.2020
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Technical

A day in the life of a Security Analyst

Nick Layton, Photographer
Nick Layton
21.04.2020
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Technical

How to improve your business during coronavirus lockdown

Sammy-Jo, Senior Marketing Manager
Sammy-Jo Wilsher
25.03.2020
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Technical

Tips & tricks on working from home

Close up photograph of Wiktoria Niedbala, Social & Email Specialist
Wiktoria Niedbala
24.03.2020
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Marketing

A day in the life of a business development executive

Sammy-Jo, Senior Marketing Manager
Sammy-Jo Wilsher
02.12.2019
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Development

A day in the life of a Software Engineer

Sammy-Jo, Senior Marketing Manager
Sammy-Jo Wilsher
14.08.2019
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Marketing

Blog content that converts

Sammy-Jo, Senior Marketing Manager
Sammy-Jo Wilsher
08.08.2019
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Design

Colour techniques & how to use them

Dave Davies, Graphic Designer
Dave Davies
15.07.2019
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Marketing

A guide to HTTP 4XX errors

Hayley Clasby, SEO Manager
Hayley Clasby
26.06.2019
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Design

Creating bespoke photography

Nick Layton, Photographer
Nick Layton
10.06.2019
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Technical

2020 – The end of Windows 7 support

Sammy-Jo, Senior Marketing Manager
Sammy-Jo Wilsher
20.05.2019
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Technical

5 steps to take if you’re hacked

Sammy-Jo, Senior Marketing Manager
Sammy-Jo Wilsher
13.05.2019
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Medtech

Can Amazon's Alexa safely transform healthcare?

Sammy-Jo, Senior Marketing Manager
Sammy-Jo Wilsher
30.04.2019
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Marketing

Facebook’s new reward system – Top fan badges

Sammy-Jo, Senior Marketing Manager
Sammy-Jo Wilsher
23.04.2019
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Medtech

World Malaria Day 2019 – End malaria for good

Sammy-Jo, Senior Marketing Manager
Sammy-Jo Wilsher
11.04.2019
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Design

Are you ready for 8K video?

Nick Layton, Photographer
Nick Layton
27.11.2018
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Development

An insight into why software testing is necessary

Hayley Clasby, SEO Manager
Hayley Clasby
18.10.2018
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Marketing

A guide to HTTP 500 server error codes

Hayley Clasby, SEO Manager
Hayley Clasby
09.10.2018
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Marketing

Are you ready for Google's voice search revolution?

Hayley Clasby, SEO Manager
Hayley Clasby
26.09.2018
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Development

A guide to Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP)

Sammy-Jo, Senior Marketing Manager
Sammy-Jo Wilsher
02.08.2018
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Marketing

The perfect email, does it exist?

Sammy-Jo, Senior Marketing Manager
Sammy-Jo Wilsher
19.04.2018
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Technical

CCleaner software gets hacked

Marc Whittingham, Technical Director, Blue Frontier
Marc Whittingham
18.09.2017
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Marketing

What are XML sitemaps & how to use them?

Sammy-Jo, Senior Marketing Manager
Sammy-Jo Wilsher
31.08.2017
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Design

10 brilliant homepage designs - Public sector

Charlie Regnart, Project Manager
Charlie Regnart
28.07.2017
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Development

Google updates ‘Test My Site’ to show impact of mobile site speed on performance

Sammy-Jo, Senior Marketing Manager
Sammy-Jo Wilsher
29.06.2017
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Development

10 reasons we love open source

Charlie Regnart, Project Manager
Charlie Regnart
23.06.2017
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Technical

Backing up your data

Charlie Regnart, Project Manager
Charlie Regnart
07.06.2017
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Design

Responsive web design - Infographic

Charlie Regnart, Project Manager
Charlie Regnart
09.05.2017
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Development

A guide to redirects - Which type should you use?

Sammy-Jo, Senior Marketing Manager
Sammy-Jo Wilsher
02.05.2017
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Marketing

10 simple steps to writing a blog post

Charlie Regnart, Project Manager
Charlie Regnart
18.04.2017
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Marketing

Google AdWords click-to-call updates

Sammy-Jo, Senior Marketing Manager
Sammy-Jo Wilsher
09.03.2017
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Marketing

Bing Ads roll out audience exclusions for remarketing campaigns

Sammy-Jo, Senior Marketing Manager
Sammy-Jo Wilsher
14.02.2017
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Design

Choosing the right fonts for your design

Dave Davies, Graphic Designer
Dave Davies
02.02.2017
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Development

A guide to using canonical tags

Sammy-Jo, Senior Marketing Manager
Sammy-Jo Wilsher
31.01.2017
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Marketing

Bing Ads introduce automated imports for syncing campaigns with Google AdWords

Sammy-Jo, Senior Marketing Manager
Sammy-Jo Wilsher
25.01.2017
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Marketing

Google show product schema rich snippets in image search results

Dave Davies, Graphic Designer
Dave Davies
15.12.2016
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Marketing

Facebook launch creative hub to help marketers get the most from ads

Sammy-Jo, Senior Marketing Manager
Sammy-Jo Wilsher
01.12.2016
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Marketing

Click-to-message extension coming to Google AdWords ads

Sammy-Jo, Senior Marketing Manager
Sammy-Jo Wilsher
19.10.2016
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Marketing

Penguin 4.0 has begun rolling out & now makes up part of the core search algorithm

Sammy-Jo, Senior Marketing Manager
Sammy-Jo Wilsher
23.09.2016
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Development

Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMPs) rollout in Google’s organic search results

Sammy-Jo, Senior Marketing Manager
Sammy-Jo Wilsher
22.09.2016
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Marketing

Google Chrome to start labelling non-HTTPS sites as “not secure”

Sammy-Jo, Senior Marketing Manager
Sammy-Jo Wilsher
09.09.2016
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Marketing

LinkedIn launches content search feature on its Android & iOS mobile apps

Sammy-Jo, Senior Marketing Manager
Sammy-Jo Wilsher
26.08.2016
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Marketing

Google set to penalise websites with intrusive interstitials

Dave Davies, Graphic Designer
Dave Davies
24.08.2016
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Marketing

What you need to know about Expanded Text Ads in Google AdWords

Sammy-Jo, Senior Marketing Manager
Sammy-Jo Wilsher
16.06.2016
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Marketing

Google stop showing right sidebar ads on desktop searches

Sammy-Jo, Senior Marketing Manager
Sammy-Jo Wilsher
25.02.2016
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Marketing

Top tips for writing blog headlines that attract readers

Sammy-Jo, Senior Marketing Manager
Sammy-Jo Wilsher
24.04.2015
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Marketing

Google still pushing out Panda & Penguin updates manually

Mike Bunn, Digital Director, Blue Frontier
Mike Bunn
14.04.2015
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Marketing

A guide to using hashtags effectively on social media

Sammy-Jo, Senior Marketing Manager
Sammy-Jo Wilsher
03.03.2015
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Marketing

6 benefits of running SEO & PPC campaigns together

Mike Bunn, Digital Director, Blue Frontier
Mike Bunn
09.02.2015
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Marketing

Google display social profiles in brands’ knowledge graph boxes

Sammy-Jo, Senior Marketing Manager
Sammy-Jo Wilsher
16.01.2015
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Marketing

Google confirm Pigeon update rolled out in UK

Mike Bunn, Digital Director, Blue Frontier
Mike Bunn
22.12.2014
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Marketing

Penguin algorithm will continuously update according to Google

Mike Bunn, Digital Director, Blue Frontier
Mike Bunn
11.12.2014
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Marketing

Google to stop updating Toolbar PageRank

Dave Davies, Graphic Designer
Dave Davies
10.10.2014
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Marketing

Yahoo directory to close

Sammy-Jo, Senior Marketing Manager
Sammy-Jo Wilsher
29.09.2014
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Marketing

Google slowly roll out Panda update 4.1

Mike Bunn, Digital Director, Blue Frontier
Mike Bunn
29.09.2014
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Technical

Shellshock - Vulnerability in Bash

Marc Whittingham, Technical Director, Blue Frontier
Marc Whittingham
26.09.2014
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Marketing

Google to release new Penguin 3.0 update with faster refreshes?

Mike Bunn, Digital Director, Blue Frontier
Mike Bunn
15.09.2014
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Marketing

Google’s new ranking signal - HTTPS

Mike Bunn, Digital Director, Blue Frontier
Mike Bunn
13.08.2014
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Technical

Synology exploit thwarted

Marc Whittingham, Technical Director, Blue Frontier
Marc Whittingham
07.08.2014
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Marketing

Google release Pigeon local search algorithm update

Mike Bunn, Digital Director, Blue Frontier
Mike Bunn
01.08.2014
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Marketing

Outsourcing your social media

Sammy-Jo, Senior Marketing Manager
Sammy-Jo Wilsher
01.08.2014
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Development

Yelp open up their API to developers

Mike Bunn, Digital Director, Blue Frontier
Mike Bunn
25.07.2014
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Marketing

Negative SEO – Has it become easier to harm competitors in search results?

Close up photograph of Adam Futcher, Senior SEO Specialist
Adam Futcher
23.07.2014
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Technical

New server anyone?

Marc Whittingham, Technical Director, Blue Frontier
Marc Whittingham
03.07.2014
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Marketing

Google’s Matt Cutts on smaller sites outranking big sites

Close up photograph of Adam Futcher, Senior SEO Specialist
Adam Futcher
06.06.2014
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Marketing

Branding – Representing your business

Dave Davies, Graphic Designer
Dave Davies
15.05.2014
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Marketing

SEO - Focus on what it earns, not what it costs

Mike Bunn, Digital Director, Blue Frontier
Mike Bunn
09.05.2014
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Marketing

Google Panda & the importance of quality content

Close up photograph of Adam Futcher, Senior SEO Specialist
Adam Futcher
02.05.2014
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Technical

Microsoft Exchange - Why go hosted?

Marc Whittingham, Technical Director, Blue Frontier
Marc Whittingham
01.05.2014
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Marketing

How to write long tail content

Close up photograph of Adam Futcher, Senior SEO Specialist
Adam Futcher
02.12.2013
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Marketing

Why your business needs Google Plus & some tips to get started

Close up photograph of Adam Futcher, Senior SEO Specialist
Adam Futcher
30.10.2013
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Marketing

"Not Provided" in Google Analytics

Mike Bunn, Digital Director, Blue Frontier
Mike Bunn
17.10.2013
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Marketing

Introduction to Googles’ Hummingbird Algorithm

Mike Bunn, Digital Director, Blue Frontier
Mike Bunn
10.10.2013
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Blue Frontier blog image showing 3d cube and coloured service dots 
Marketing

The future of guest posting & Google Authorship

Mike Bunn, Digital Director, Blue Frontier
Mike Bunn
05.10.2013
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Marketing

5 steps towards a small business blog

Close up photograph of Adam Futcher, Senior SEO Specialist
Adam Futcher
11.09.2013
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