Four Lessons in Social Media from Barack Obama’s Reddit IAmA
At about 9:00pm GMT last night (29/08/2012), a user created an account on the social media website Reddit to do an interview with other members of the site. In doing this, he crashed the servers of a...
View ArticleSubtlety Can Get You Noticed Too
The other day George (WDL Front End Developer) got me thinking about clever ideas in the design and marketing world, when he said that he came across a skip company with the strap line “At Your...
View ArticleTis the season to be organised!
Isn’t it frustrating when you’re walking through shops in September and the shelves are already filled with Christmas items? It just seems too early to be thinking about it all. Well, maybe it isn’t –...
View ArticleStirring the Editorial Cauldron
Cue: Theatrical flashes of lightning, crashes of thunder and the mad laughter of an asylum escapee. Halloween is fast approaching, prepare to be scared because we’re tackling a subject known to make...
View ArticleHello@website design.co.uk – our new email address
It’s all change here at WDL. We noticed that clients occasionally got confused and frustrated when trying to email us because they weren’t quite sure whether they should send an email to enquiries,...
View ArticleFeeling positive for 2013
Many people make New Year Resolutions and we’re no exception here at WDL. As Office Manager my New Years Resolution is to learn something new, my plan is to focus on HR Policy and Law to see where...
View ArticleLogo Re-fresh not Re-design:
While watching the opening round of the BTCC (British touring car championship) a few weeks back I noticed the new paint scheme used on the ebay motors car: It was quite a departure from last years –...
View ArticleWhy blog?
In an age of social media where business can quickly tweet a special offer or use Facebook to talk about what’s going on in their world, it would be easy to side-line blogging as a superfluous...
View ArticleMarketing with the Houses of Westeros, Game of Thrones
It seems to me that almost every business that blogs has a Game of Thrones related post… I feel that WDL should be no exception. Game of Thrones, in case you don’t know, is a television series based...
View ArticleUsing Wildcards for Content Writing
Using Wildcards for Content Writing A large part of my job is creating content for all different types of businesses. As well as on page content such as product descriptions, news articles, or page...
View ArticleGoogle Explained
Featured on the ground floor of the Gungahlin Public Library is a quote by my favourite author, Neil Gaiman: This is one of the rare instances where me and Mr. Gaiman disagree. For a start, I think...
View ArticleMy (New) Three Favourite Marketing Ideas
Last June, I wrote an article on my three favourite marketing ideas and since writing that article, I’ve seen many other great ones, and I felt it was time to share, over a year later, the new ones...
View ArticleWe’re finalists!
Monday morning saw the arrival in the post of an exciting letter informing us that we’ve made it as finalists in the Efficiency and Innovation in Property category for the Colchester Business Awards...
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