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What do you do when you see someone sleeping rough?
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What do you do when you see someone sleeping rough?

If you’re anything like me, you probably walk on by feeling somewhat useless, with no real understanding of what you could do about it, or where you could turn if it ever happened to you. Launched in December 2012, Streetlink, the initiative from Homeless Link and Broadway aims to change this. Building on the successful No Second Night Out project launched

by Peter Wootton | 18th November 2019
I Want It All! Working With Complex Organisations
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I Want It All! Working With Complex Organisations

If they ever make a rock opera about developing new websites, consultants like me would bounce in, a la the Spice Girls, asking: So tell me what you want, what you really really want? And our clients would respond in Queen-esque falsetto: I want it all…and I want it now! Admittedly, real life is less theatrical than

by Peter Wootton | 18th November 2019
Understanding Hosting Phrases And Acronyms: Jargon Buster
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Understanding Hosting Phrases And Acronyms: Jargon Buster

I know that for the vast majority of people, the words, phrases and acronym’s I churn out on a daily basis sound altogether foreign – partly due to the fact I’m Glaswegian of course – but for the most part, it’s down to the fact I manage Precedent’s hosting and infrastructure support! When I tell

by Peter Wootton | 18th November 2019
Why Is Narrative An Important Aspect Of Your Content?
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Why Is Narrative An Important Aspect Of Your Content?

I’ve been doing some reading this last couple of weeks, and I’ve spotted a theme, trend or pattern – whatever you want to call it. As content continues to hold a high level of importance in the growing digital age, it needs to adapt to the demands of everyday life. That means it’s not just

by Peter Wootton | 17th November 2019
Top Tips For Social Success
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Top Tips For Social Success

Do you yearn for success with social media? Are you trying to figure out where your plan or campaign is falling short? You might have some amazing, wonderful content that’s already out there and ready for people to see but nothing is happening with it. Why? There are a couple of things that you may

by Peter Wootton | 17th November 2019
Making The Most Out Of Google Analytics
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Making The Most Out Of Google Analytics

KPI, ROI, CRO? Chances are that if you’re currently working within the digital marketing industry, or you’ve had anything to do with the industry in the last five years these buzzwords have always been at the forefront of your mind when delivering clients’ campaigns. Not all clients are the same and whether it’s an e-commerce

by Peter Wootton | 17th November 2019
The Importance Of A/B Ad Testing
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The Importance Of A/B Ad Testing

Whenever I’m asked what it is I do for a living I usually say “In simple terms, I write the ads on Google”. After all, that’s essentially what working in PPC comes down to – ads. These beautifully crafted, four-line adverts whose main purpose is to grab the attention of the Googler and entice them

by Peter Wootton | 17th November 2019
Five Quick Ways To Optimise Your AdWords Campaigns
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Five Quick Ways To Optimise Your AdWords Campaigns

Data, data and more data. For AdWords professionals such as myself, Google provides seemingly endless ways in which campaign performance can be analysed. From click-through and conversion rates to search terms and quality scores, huge amounts of information is made available. All of which offers many potential opportunities for improving account performance. The downside of

by Peter Wootton | 17th November 2019
SEO Myths
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SEO Myths Busting – What Is Useless In SEO

Search engine optimisation has passed many stages: “naive” search, Wild West-like backlinks spamming, content is king kind of thing, and now it’s all about user-friendly sites. Most clients don’t really understand what it takes to get a lot of traffic from search, Google algorithms work, what has changed in recent years, why all those terrible

by Peter Wootton | 27th August 2019
Copywriting
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What Is Copywriting

The rumours are true. A career as a freelance copywriter is a pretty cushy “job.” You can work at home, take naps in the middle of the day, vacation a lot, and get paid really well.

by Peter Wootton | 17th November 2018
WordPress
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10 Crucial WordPress Plugin Development Tips

If you’re a WordPress developer and your looking to get into plugin development there are some important considerations when you’re releasing your plugin for public launch.

by Peter Wootton | 17th November 2018
SEO Specialist
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What Is An SEO Specialist?

A Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) Specialist analyses, reviews and implements changes to websites so they are optimised for search engines. This means maximising the traffic to a site by improving site rankings within the search engines.

by Peter Wootton | 29th October 2018
PPC Update
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Google’s Update to SERPs

If you’re in the Paid Search game and haven’t heard about the recent changes to the search engine results pages (SERPs) then it’s time to wake up and smell the increased competition. Things just got a lot more challenging.

by Peter Wootton | 29th October 2018
Car Hire Industry SEO
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The Online Car Hire Digital Insight Report

Our report looks at the top 43 websites within the UK’s Car Hire market, examining in detail aspects such as: YOY visibility statistics – Understanding the winners and losers in the marketplace. Keyword Competitiveness – What are the niches that you could be missing?

by Peter Wootton | 29th October 2018
AdWords Optimisation Checkpoints
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5 AdWords Optimisation Checkpoints You May Be Missing

It’s always good to revisit an account and check in on important components such as budgets, settings, and goals. Some of these are not so obvious because they tend to be buried in the account or set up at an earlier in time with account creation.

by Peter Wootton | 15th October 2018
Bing Sitelinks
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Bing Rolls Out Enhanced Sitelinks to Global Audiences

Bing’s initial pilot of Enhanced Site-links found that the feature was showing an average of a 27 percent increase in click-through rate for those advertisers using the service.

by Peter Wootton | 15th October 2018
Search Marketing
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Search Marketers

In his 1989 best-selling business and self-help book, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey outlines a series of “true north” principles that help individuals attain their goals and adapt to change. More than 25 years later, do these tenets still ring true?

by Peter Wootton | 15th October 2018
Outsource & Hiring
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Should Your Company Outsource Work?

What if you could accomplish everything your business needs, at a fraction of the cost? Outsourcing promises cost cutting benefits, but what could be the trade-offs?

by Peter Wootton | 13th September 2018
SEO Tools Compared
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Ahrefs vs Majestic SEO: Why Ahrefs Is Much Better

If you don’t have time to read this post just cancel your Majestic SEO subscription immediately and take out the Ahrefs trial without hesitation. Way back in 2013, I conducted an in-depth experiment to see which tool was the best back-link checker. To make a long story short, Ahrefs was the clear winner.

by Peter Wootton | 11th September 2018
SEO Dummies
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SEO For Dummies

In this SEO for Dummies guide, you’ll learn 13 tips that’ll ground you in the basics and give you access to all the SEO fundamentals.

by Peter Wootton | 11th September 2018
Appointment Setting
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The Appointment Setters Bible

Designed for those of you who want to find out how to be a successful appointment setter- whether you have just been offered a new job in the role yourself, are a manager responsible for managing a appointment generation team or even perhaps just compelled towards the subject.

by Peter Wootton | 13th May 2018
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