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Resistance is futile – how the Social Media revolution overthrew your website

The world’s biggest annual social media survey has just been published, and it shows that, for charities, the tipping point in the communication revolution has now been reached. Among the figures the Wave survey - published by ad agency Universal…

Global Browser Usage Analysed

All graphs from Stat Counter's fantastic tool. Although not the most exciting topic, analysis of browser usage isn't purely academic, it is not only important to web designers and developers, who have to ensure their websites work for as…
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Social Media Training for Charities

Tickbox Marketing are marketing and web specialists for charities and the arts.  We regularly run marketing and web strategy planning, training and implementation workshops for our charity clients. On the 28th of November we will be hosting…

BCCweb – it’s about people not platforms

While it's been fascinating to see the talk among Bristol's developer community following the roundtable on Bristol City Council’s Future Web Platform, there does seem to be an element of discussion around the project that is conspicuous by…
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WWT Photography Competition site launched

Our first project with the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust has just launched - a mini-site for their annual photography competition wwwt.org.uk/photo The social media-friendly site allows users to upload their photographs, vote, email and link…
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Latest Project: Somerset Coastal Change Pathfinder

Tickbox have been commissioned to develop this important public-engagement website highlighting the impact of coastal change on Somerset communities. We are creating a site which will provide information and an online meeting place for communities…

The Tender Trap

What do you do if you are invited to respond to a tender and the company who put it together has got it all wrong? It's a tricky question - but one that comes up time and again when it comes to web development. We recently received a tender…

Don’t fear the Tweeter – opening your business to social media

There was a recent discussion on one of the LinkedIn groups I'm a member of where the question was asked "who owns the responsibility for social media in your company?" It's an issue that we come across time and time again - understandably…

My web marketing tantrum. By Genevieve, aged 2

My two-year-old is screaming and crying and refusing to get back in the car - and it's all because of poor web marketing! It's usually me that gets frustrated when I see companies failing to get their web marketing strategy right - but today…

Hitting the right note with Facebook promotion

I had this email from a musician friend of mine today complaining that he had been banned from Facebook: "I know many of you use Social Networking Sites to promote your musical activities, particularly Facebook. Be aware! They've just deleted…

The need for speed in SEO

As expected, Google has announced that site speed - how quickly a site responds to a request - has become a factor in where your site appears in the search engine's results. Google is aiming to reward sites that offer a better user experience,…
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Conversion, Conversion, Conversion – the 3 rules of SEO

How do you measure the success of your Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) campaign? It's a question we're often asked, and one which our clients often have their own answer for. For some, all they want to know is where they appear in Google.…