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Why you shouldn’t diss ‘slow’ anti-virus software

Jun09
2011 Leave a Comment Written by Derek

C: So what anti-virus do you recommend I get?

D: Norton Internet Security.

C: Oh no, I’ve heard that makes your computer run really slowly. What about AVG Free, that’s really quick I hear?

We hear this often – too often to be truthful and it baffles us. Why would someone put so much trust in a free piece of software that the very same company (AVG) sells an up-market version of. If the free software were all that AVG thought you needed to keep your computer and the information on it safe, why do you think they sell a better version? We’re not saying that the free version is rubbish and that it doesn’t work – far from it, it does what it does very well. But that’s the point, it does what it does and what it does isn’t anywhere near as much as what the paid-for Internet security applications like AVG, Norton and Kaspersky do. So what don’t you get with the free software? READ MORE »

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Facebook to kill personal profiles used for businesses

Jun01
2011 Leave a Comment Written by Derek

We, together with lots of our clients, have recently received an email from Facebook stating that our dynanti web design profile has been reported as an organisation profile and that this violates the Statement of Rights and Responsibilities since profiles are intended for people only.

The email goes on to state that we should convert our profile to a page, and that during the process all our ‘friends’ will be converted to ‘followers’ and that the account from which we created the profile will be created to a business account. READ MORE »

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Why we try not to use Flash on our web sites

Mar27
2011 Leave a Comment Written by Derek

We saw an interesting advertisement for the Toyota Auris on television earlier this evening and thought have a look in more details on Toyota’s web site. We loaded the web site and visited the Auris page.

Toyota Auris web page - needs Flash

However, we were very disappointed to find that there were no details about the Toyota Auris on the web page we were directed to by the web site’s menu system. We spent a couple of minutes trying to find the information we wanted but couldn’t. We were just about to leave the web site unsatisfied when the message below the image was spotted…

“This page has been designed to be viewed using Adobe Flash. Please click here to download the latest free Flash player.”

Visitors to your web site may not be as determined to obtain the information they want as we were and an incident such as this on your web site could result in a lost sale and the visitor telling their friends and colleagues that there’s no point visiting your web site as it doesn’t work.

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Don’t skimp on your web site because times are hard

Jan04
2011 Leave a Comment Written by Derek

It has been said for hundreds of years that the eyes are the mirror of the soul. Well let’s bring that saying into the twenty-first century…

Your web site is a mirror of your business

Times are hard and costs do have to be cut, we’re all doing it. However, we need to be careful that we don’t cut the wrong budgets and cause our businesses to lose more money than the cuts we make are intended to save.

Take your web site. Clients and prospects use it to gain information about your business and the services it delivers. Even if visitors don’t buy off your site today, they may be bookmarking it for the future.

You need to keep your web site up-to-date and assure visitors that your business is active. You need to keep visitors informed of your latest offers and deals to encourage them to use you. Finally, keep emailling clients and prospects – it instills confidence in your business during these depressing times.

If you neglect your web site visitors can be lead to believe that your out-of-date web site reflects your business.

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It’s time to get your house in order

Jan04
2011 Leave a Comment Written by Derek

It’s that time of year when everyone’s starting to think about fitness, dieting, quitting smoking, eating less food and clearing out the junk. But what about your business, what have you resolved to do there?

The new year is an excellent time to start being more organised and pro-active about your finances, marketing, quoting procedures and data management. Spreadsheets can be the perfect tool to help you with this, they’re not just for counting and adding up!

Excel Ace logo

Excel Ace

One of our business partners, Excel Ace Limited, is an expert in the field of setting up Microsoft Excel spreadsheets to help you in all aspects of running and managing your business.

For one client they have built a dashboard that links together data from Sage Accounts and many other spreadsheets to provide them with a two-page view of their business performance in areas such as finance, quotes, labour, debtors & creditors and referrals. The best thing is, the spreadsheet is automatically populated whilst they continue with their existing day-to-day processes – there is no additional workload!

If you’d like to explore the opportunities that Excel can provide your business then contact Excel Ace to arrange an informal chat to see what it can do for you! And please don’t forget to mention that you found them on the dynanti web site.

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