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Securing Your Company Name Online - Four Handy Tools

Fear not - you no longer have to trawl through each and every social media/social bookmarking site to find out if your name is free. Here are some handy time-saving tools to help you on your way.ud.com is a really user-friendly website which checks social media usernames,domain names and whether there are registered trademarks associated with the name. All you need to do is enter your company name and click on search....this site does all the legwork for you.namechecklist.com is a similar site which does exactly the same as ud.com.If you own a trademark check out tm.biz - it's a...

Posted By: Dan McLennan at 26/08/2010 12:43:00

Special Instakilt Offers From Our Clients

We have just heard the exciting news that our clients Thistle Products have a fabulous special offer which you can't miss.Two Instakilts for £20.00! These fun kilts are practical and perfect for either holidays or showing your support at sporting events and with the rugby season starting soon you'd better order quick!These instakilts also make brilliant novelty gifts, so if you have a secret santa in your office this solves your problem!Brighten up your day with Thistle Products :-) ...

Posted By: Dan McLennan at 26/08/2010 09:39:00

Seven Favourite Features Of Our Content Management System

Here in the office we chat about lots of different things and today it was our content managment system. What did we think were our favourite features of our content management system? We're very proud of our software here as it's the product of thousands of hours of work from programming to incorporating ideas from our clients.If you've got any ideas about how we can make our software even more super duper we'd love to hear from you.Easy to UseIf you can operate Microsoft Word, you'll have no problems with our content management system. It uses a Word style interface...

Posted By: Dan McLennan at 19/08/2010 12:35:00

Writing Product Descriptions For Ecommerce - Seven Steps

Writing hundreds of product descriptions can be both tedious and time consuming, it's easy to lose your focus and forget what is important. This fabulous article by Karon Thackston is called The Seven Step Process For Writing Enticing Product Descriptions and extrememly useful.Karon has owned her own copywriting agency since 1999 and written several books. Karon has also given presentatations at Search Engine Strategies conferences and Search Marketing Expo.Well written, easy to read and informative this article gives you some clear guidelines to work around for writing your product descriptions. We all know how good the product is, but sometimes...

Posted By: Dan McLennan at 19/08/2010 10:43:00

Writing For The Web - Four Points Remember

Writing's writing isn't it? Well.....yes and no. It is important that we target our writing for our audience, so when writing for the web you need to approach things slightly differently than conventional printed writing. Here's a quick guide as to what you need to bear in mind when writing text for your site.Use HeadingsInternet users tend to scan their text so using headings to section information is very important (this is also good SEO practice).Get To The Point - Concise WritingYou also need to be much more concise in your writing - get to the point! Your visitors want...

Posted By: Dan McLennan at 17/08/2010 12:11:00