5 Reasons HTML Email Templates Work

Emails can be sent as either a graphically based HTML template or as plain text. But what are the benefits of each method? In this article the focus is on HTML emails, but look out for a future article on plain text emails, coming soon! So here are 5 reasons why HTML templates work: 1. Better Response Rates - It’s been proven many times that HTML newsletters outperform plain text emails. In most cases, they are much easier to read and offer information in an attractive way. Aside from a … [Continue reading...]

WordPress: 10 Top Plugins

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It is over a year since I last published a list of my then 14 Favourite WordPress Plugins, revisiting this recently was quite interesting. A number of these remain firm favourites, some are no longer supported, and one or two simply don't hack it any more, at least not for my purposes. So I thought it time to provide an update, this time with a tougher set of criteria to qualify as one of my 'top 10'. The difference in emphasis is to look for more than simply providing a function, and … [Continue reading...]

What can a blog do for your business?

A couple of weeks back I published an article titled Business Blogging not Working? In this article I spoke about some of the reasons why, in my opinion, many business blogs fail to deliver expected benefits. I offered a couple of reasons why this might be, and I went on to offer a list of topics … [Continue reading...]

Technology have we missed the point?

That might be a very silly title, but I think there is a message here. Technology now drives so many aspects of our personal and business lives that we clearly have a great dependency on it. Yet there are still many who have a strong aversion to any discussion about technology, or any suggestion … [Continue reading...]

Tagging and tracking – just do it!

With more and more communication taking place across the social web, the need to find a means of measuring the value of all of the effort put in, increases. Every day, it seems, new tools are emerging that promise to help you measure your social influence. At the same time it seems there is still … [Continue reading...]

Business Blogging not Working?

What are you blogging about? A blog is potentially one of the most engaging ways to interact with those in your niche market.  A good blog is capable of getting potential customers to not only engage with you, but also to share your message via their own networks.  This can become the most potent … [Continue reading...]

6 Top Twitter Applications

There are so many Twitter applications available it can be extremely difficult to know where to begin, and what to select. I continue to try out new applications at the rate of at least one a week. Some barely last longer than it takes to set them up, because they are clearly not for me. That is not … [Continue reading...]