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Is your Intranet helping or hindering your company?

intranet

One of my clients has been battling with a real hot potato of an issue. The company’s Intranet is dying under the strain of old technology and the burden of increasingly weighty files that it was never designed to cope with. Added to this, there is no ownership so files that have been obsolete for …

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Quick Tip: What are keywords and why do I need them?

keywords unlock the success of your website

Search engines use keywords when they include your website in their search results. Keywords can make or break your search engine ranking. Adding keywords to the content of your website can improve its ranking, but overusing them can cause your site to be banned for spamming. When identifying keywords, select words and phrases in the …

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Consider the sentence

The sentence - a basis for speech and writing

It may sound like a strange question, but have you ever considered the humble sentence? What is the definition of a sentence and how is it made up? The sentence forms the basis of all speech and writing.  A sentence is a series of words that form a complete thought. For example: Dogs bark. Susan Parker’s …

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Dependant or dependent?

We all have words that we have to stop and think about or grammatical sticking points that we have to check from time to time. Take the words ‘dependant‘ and ‘dependent‘. This is one that many people confuse, and of course spell checker won’t tell you if you’ve used the wrong one as it will …

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Ten tips for running a successful webinar

successful webinar

One of the most useful tools in sales is the humble webinar. I have lost count how many times sales teams got excited about running one, and then looked around the room looking for someone who (a) knows how to run one and (b) someone who can do it asap (i.e. yesterday would be really great, …

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Does Pinterest interest your business?

Pinterest, Writer's Blog

A few years ago I remember being asked to do some research into the pros and cons of using Facebook within our organisation and write a report based on my findings. My marcomms team desperately wanted me to find in favour of Facebook, keen to bring our communications into the 21st Century. At the time …

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