It’s tempting when you have a website that’s a few years old, to want to give it a “fresh, modern look”. But over the years I’ve seen many examples of website re-designs that have flopped. They’ve had a serious negative effect on the business, particularly those that rely on their websites to generate the bulk of their sales. Keep reading »
3 Web Design Trends for 2016
The inspiration for this post comes from Wes McDowell from The Deep End so I want to acknowledge this at the outset.
It’s the time of year when loads of predictions are being made about web design trends for 2016 – but in this post I want to look specifically at web design trends that work to increase conversion (i.e. Keep reading »
Get this Book and Read it Over the Christmas Break
I’ve recently read Perry Marshall’s book “80/20 Sales & Marketing” and I want to highly recommend it. If you’re looking to make a breakthrough with your marketing in 2016, get this book and read over the Christmas holidays. It will really expand your thinking. Keep reading »
Are you running Google AdWords? How’s it Going?
I’ve spent the last week reading‘The Ultimate Guide to Google AdWords (Fourth Edition)’ by Perry Marshall. Perry Marshall is regarded as the guru of Google AdWords. He wrote the original version of this book in 2007, around the time I was getting started with AdWords. Keep reading »
Google AdWords – the only two numbers you should worry about
If your business is using an agency to manage Google AdWords, you probably get a report each month will all sorts of numbers.
Click through rates, cost per click, quality score, clicks, impressions, keyword data… and so on. You might get some fancy graphs, which the agency uses to show how great your campaign is doing. Keep reading »