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Interacting with Twitter hours and joining relevant conversations can be a great way to grow your business and set you apart as somebody worth listening to in your chosen arena. Twitter hour? What? What’s a Twitter Hour anyway? A Twitter hour is an event set up on Twitter that allows users to contribute by using a # (hashtag) to a conversation that is held at a specific date and time. The hashtag usually explains what...
You may have noticed that most website addresses start with https these days.This means that the site has an SSL certificate or Secure Sockets Layer, which means that data sent from the website and back again is encrypted and can’t be tampered with. You’re probably used to seeing this sort of thing when doing online banking or shopping on the web.So, aside from actually getting an SSL for your domain, which you definitely...
Not every offer you see online or receive by email is genuine, nor are some of the prices as cheap as they appear. As we are gearing up to the Christmas shopping season, here’s some tips to keep you safe from scammers when shopping online, particularly on Black Friday. But first...
While for many it’s almost the time of the year for merriment and spending money on Christmas, for some it’s also the season to scam others. This week’s featured scam involves one that seems to rear its head every so often- the old favourite, the one to win a high value supermarket voucher.There’s several examples of this scam doing the rounds, but the example we’re going to talk you through is one titled...
You’ve got a great website but don’t have an enormous budget or requirement for capacity- you might have seen Shared Hosting as an option. But what is it, and is it right for you?It’s a very popular option for websites that don’t demand a lot of space or capacity- and because of that, it’s cheap.To best explain Shared Hosting vs Dedicated Hosting we’ll use an analogy. Shared Hosting is like staying in shared...
We’ve all seen it. A Facebook Scam that looks like it’s from a real page telling us that all you need to do to be in with a chance of winning a high value prize (such as a car or a holiday) is comment and share on a page.More recently, these posts will mention one of these things. If it’s a holiday it’s likely to be accompanied with a claim that “it’s a...
You’ve seen the adverts from Vistaprint promising top of the range business cards for prices too good to be true. We understand it can be tempting- after all, you want the best for your business. However, what you end up getting may not be what you hoped for. With that in mind, here’s why we think you should avoid Vistaprint for your business card design. It’s All About The Templates Templates are great if every...
All you thought you knew about SEO is about to change thanks to upcoming changes to the Google Algorithm. This is important- after all, when you look for something, how often do you go to Google? Where your website appears matter to the success of your business- high rankings mean increased traffic. For this reason, having a good SEO on your website is critical and with these Google Algorithm changes it’s important you’re...
It’s a phrase you’ll see a lot on this website- we’re proud of the fact that Dorset Tech is a Social Enterprise. It means we operate differently to most web and digital media companies- or indeed, most companies.A traditional company operates on the model that profits go to shareholders or company owners. As such, quite often what they’ll do is keep costs to a minimum to maximise the profit- more profit means more...
It’s certainly true that when trying to decide what will power your website, there’s a lot of different systems to choose from- but here we’ll tell you why you should use WordPress.No doubt as you talk to different web developers and designers, many will suggest something different. Some will swear by the holy grail of Magento. Others, it’s Drupal or die. You even get one or two who will suggest a custom built...