I have been looking round for a reliable website backup service for some time as more and more of work is shifting to developing websites; client want an updated look and feel and the ability to manage the content themselves as well as linking in with their social media pages.  I am a fan and user of WordPress and recommend it to all my clients not least because I have a lot of experience using it [...]

All Credit to PPC Blog for the info graphic.  I have dropped it into Sea Dragon for easy navigation. Take a look in full screen view and ENJOY!

Great cheat sheet from Conversation Marketing, well worth a read and an easy visual aid when talking to clients about how search engines see their sites and why taking the time over SEO is vital, your website needs to be built for user and search engine if you want to start appearing in organic listings. Click on the link below for the download: SEO Cheat Sheet from Conversation Marketing (38)

As of 7.00 pm today the new .co domain name was made available and is being hyped as ‘the biggest global domain extension since .com was launched’  (Mainly by domain name providers!)  .co is the domain name extension for Colombia but anyone can buy and use it.  A lot of the New Country domain name extensions can help in creating creative URL’s such as mexi.co or app.ly. The Benefits of .co Protect [...]

Interested in getting started with Social Media but not sure which sites are correct for your business?  As with most things it depends on your overall goals and objectives but here is a starter for 10.  Listed below are MW marketing’s recommendations for the best Social Media sites to help drive your online presence.  MW marketing are present on many more sites but these are the ones we regularly [...]

Have to admit that the Specsavers adverts are getting funnier, hadn’t seen this on until tonight, worth 30 seconds of your time unless you have a border collie!

The new BT advert puts the consumer in control of the outcome, apparently!  Thought it was quite interesting that the latest in this long line of BT adverts give you the chance to vote on the outcome. Not that original but it does help in keeping this long running series alive and seems to be working. Pop over to BT and VOTE NOW. You have the choice of pregnant or not pregnant and at time of writing [...]

Interested in finding out more about how your website is performing? Hubspot provide a tool called Website Grader that can help: Website Grader is a free seo tool that measures the marketing effectiveness of a website. It provides a score that incorporates things like website traffic, SEO, social popularity and other technical factors. It also provides some basic advice on how the website can be improved [...]

MW marketing have been working with Office Club for over 12 months.  Office Club is a network of 250+ independent specialist suppliers of stationery and office products – everything from a ballpoint pen to a complete office re-fit.  They offer all of their members an off the shelf ecommerce product called Webstore.  Webstore allows their members the opportunity to trade online with over 20,000 [...]

Need a new website? Take control of your online presence with a new website from MW marketing.  We specialise in developing websites for small to medium size businesses ensuring that you are in control of updating your site as often as you like.  All our sites are built with industry leading Content Management Systems so are ready for search engines, social media and your customers.  READ ON for [...]

Couldn’t resist putting this on the blog, not really marketing or social media or anything like that but good on The Oatmeal for raising awareness and helping with fund raising.  Note from the author: In addition to being magnificent murderbeasts, Polar bears are also endangered, so if you want to ride one to work I encourage you to go donate some benjamins to the World Wildlife Fund. If not [...]