The effects of Coronavirus are forcing the majority of companies to temporarily change the way they do business. In times like these, your website plays a crucial role. It’s one area of your business that can remain in operation and, with so many people confined to their homes, it’s the main way customers can connect …
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Latest Hosting and Tech News
Latest Hosting and Tech News
Catch up on this week’s round-up of the latest hosting and tech news. Here’s what we’ve uncovered since our last edition. Facebook puts Reddit in the Blender Facebook’s new chatbot, Blender, has been taught knowledge and empathy and given its own personality thanks to 1.5 billion public conversations from the website Reddit used in its …
Returning Customers: Why They Are Important and How To Get Them Back
Returning Customers: Why They Are Important and How To Get Them Back
During economic downturns, returning customers can be the lifeblood that keeps your business’ head above water. In times of growth, they are also likely to be your biggest spenders. Here, we’ll examine why customer retention is so important and explain how to keep visitors coming back. The importance is in the statistics One of the …
Coronavirus: Latest eCommerce and Online Marketing Statistics
Coronavirus: Latest eCommerce and Online Marketing Statistics
With no end to the lockdown currently in sight, many owners are rightly concerned about the impact coronavirus is having on their businesses. The statistics shown here, drawn from a range of sources, reveal how the pandemic is affecting eCommerce and online marketing. Though most of what they reveal isn’t positive news, there are areas …
Made Redundant? How Starting a Website Can Help You Earn
Made Redundant? How Starting a Website Can Help You Earn
The economic impact of coronavirus is causing growing numbers of businesses to make employees redundant. For those on the receiving end, the sudden loss of income is compounded by delays in processing benefits and the lack of other jobs out there. For the more enterprising people who find themselves in this position, however, there are …
6 Ways to Make Magento More Secure
6 Ways to Make Magento More Secure
Magento is a superb platform for building eCommerce stores, however, like any kind of website, it faces threats from cybercriminals who will exploit any vulnerabilities to infect your site, steal your data or defraud your customers. It is critical, therefore, that you keep your Magento site as secure as possible and, in this post, we’ll …
Keeping Your Business Going During Lockdown
Keeping Your Business Going During Lockdown
Business owners will be very worried about how their company can survive over the next few months. However, though a lockdown means there will be no customers visiting your premises, it doesn’t necessarily mean you have to stop trading completely. What it does mean is that you’ll need to think out of the box to …
Social Distancing? Best Work At Home Tools For Business Continuity
Social Distancing? Best Work At Home Tools For Business Continuity
As Coronavirus forces millions of people to work from home, employers and employees alike are looking for ways to stay connected and stay productive while the upheaval lasts. For most, the answer lies in technology and particularly the use of cloud-based tools and apps that can be accessed over the internet. To help, here are …
How to Maintain eCommerce During Coronavirus
How to Maintain eCommerce During Coronavirus
While public health has to be the number one priority during the Coronavirus pandemic, eCommerce companies should be making plans to maintain their business during the current economic volatility. With large scale disruption likely, companies will likely face problems with supply and demand that can seriously impact cash flow. To put your business in the …
6 Ways to Make Your Email Marketing More Effective
6 Ways to Make Your Email Marketing More Effective
Email marketing is used by the vast majority of companies and for good reason, it has the highest ROI of any marketing technique and it uses a communication channel that virtually everyone has access to and finds easy to use. That said, some companies use email more successfully than others. Understanding how these successful companies …