Campfire

Welcome to Campfire, here we talk about what’s happening in the world of WordPress websites and digital strategy in a clear, simple language that will make sense to busy business people such as yourselves.

GDPR – What you need to know

Privacy, GDPR etc
March 22nd, 2018

After last’s week intro GDPR post, I’d like to present a more in-depth point of view from a GDPR expert, Tony Dowling. Tony is a 25 year plus media guy, the last 6 year or so specialising in digital transformation,…

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GDPR & email marketing

Privacy, GDPR etc Website tips
March 16th, 2018

GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) is coming into effect in May and this will have an impact on organisations who collect and use personal data. A classic example of such usage is where businesses have an email newsletter signup on…

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Freelance WordPress developer talent required

September 20th, 2017

We are always on the look out for a specific breed of freelance talent who can help us with our ongoing projects & commitments. But before you think “hey, I”m a freelancer and know a bit about Wordpress” or [shudder] a…

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Securing your WordPress website

Security
July 4th, 2017

WordPress is everywhere, it powers over 74.6 millions websites. The reason WordPress is so prolific is because it offers a free, friendly content management system (so that you can look after your website pages), it offers countless themes so even non-designers can…

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When NOT to worry about SEO

SEO & Google Website tips
November 29th, 2016

When writing copy for your website, you’d ideally like search engines such as Google to be able to understand your content as well. If Google like what they see, they’ll rank your website higher up; and with higher rankings should come more…

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The Glass Mountains Weather Report

Thought Piece
September 19th, 2016

And now for something completely different… On Wednesday October the 26th, we’ll be running the first in a series of quarterly events where we’ll update you as to what’s new and interesting in the world of web tech and digital….

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Apple Pay hits the Web

Tech news
September 19th, 2016

Like any self respecting creative company owner, I tend to use a lot of Apple kit including my trusty Macbook Pro and an iPhone 6. So, when Apple recently released IOS 10 (the latest update to the operating system which…

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Digital September

Thought Piece
September 9th, 2016

Now that August is sadly receding into the rear view mirror of history (apologies, feeling poetic today), many of us will be thinking of business, and considering what we can do next to make improvements and to achieve better results. One ripe area you…

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Do Google *hate* pop-ups?

SEO & Google
August 26th, 2016

With Google’s recent announcement that, come Jan 2017, they are going to crack down on annoying interstitials (pop-ups to you and me), especially when on mobile. Now I can pretty much be sure that we’ve all been annoyed by a pop-up…

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