Starting a Web Design Business

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  Bad luck for Somerset in the enterprise zone locations

  17th August 2011 03:00 by lisa

  Here at 18a we were excited a few months ago when Bristol's Temple Quarter was announced as one of the Goverment's new Enterprise Zones.

  After Bristol was named in March as being a spot for one of the new zones, the exact location of 173 acres near Temple Meads was announced… Read more

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  Key Words and Google - Does using key words get you higher in Google?

  23rd June 2011 03:00 by jo

  Should you, or should you not include meta key words on your site? Many people assume that if they simply put the right keywords in their headers that they will have great results in Google. But this is not the case, and there is so much more that should be… Read more

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  UKCourseBookers.com goes live - 2 week turn around

  31st July 2010 03:00 by lisa

  UK Course Bookers Ltd. needed an identity and a slick website - and they needed it quickly. So they came to us!

  In just 2 weeks we designed and built ukcoursebookers.com which features admin bookings management tools and user accounts so customers can view their past orders, update their details… Read more

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  New invoicing system a success

  10th April 2010 03:00 by lisa

  As we do our invoicing at the beginning of each month for the previous month, this week has been the first chance I've had to play with our new invoicing system. After a year or so battling with the rubbish system our bank wanted us to use, we've now built… Read more

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  Should you use Google Adsense on your website?

  22nd March 2010 12:00 by lisa

  I've been asked a few times in the past whether I think a client should put Google Adsense on their website. This question normally comes after they've just read a book called "How to get rich quick on the Internet" or some other similar title.

  Google Adsense works by displaying… Read more

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  MuchBetterAdventures.com launches in Beta.

  16th October 2009 07:12 by lisa

  This has been a big project for 18a, and we're really thrilled for Alex and Ed from Much Better Travel Ltd that their site has gone live. I'm also pleased to be able to unveil the design at last, as we really love the photography we sourced with the guys… Read more

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  AQuarterOf feature in the Sunday Times

  7th September 2009 06:23 by lisa

  My my, it really was  a busy day yesterday for our clients getting great media coverage! AQuarterOf, the old fashioned online sweet shop for whom we do affiliate management, had a feature in the Sunday Times yesterday; an interview with their founder Michael Parker about how he made AQuarterOf the… Read more

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  UKPropertyClub.co.uk feature in the Observer

  7th September 2009 04:44 by lisa

  We're very excited for our client ukpropertyclub.co.uk, as they were featured in the Observer yesterday, in a half page article complete with a photo of one of their members! ukpropertyclub helps like minded co-renters, co-buyers and co-letters find each other and work together to get the properties they want. The… Read more

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  UK Property Club site launches

  25th June 2009 05:25 by lisa

  We were very excited to set ukpropertyclub.co.uk live - we built the site a while ago, but the company decided to pause the launch until a more suitable time in the economic climate. So now it's live - and if you're looking to co-invest, co-buy, or co-let a property, hop over… Read more

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  Working remotely - from Italian mountains!

  18th May 2009 03:00 by lisa

  Everyone's always telling us "the great thing about your job is that you can do it from anywhere". So we thought we'd test it. And went on our first holiday for 18 months (since the birth of 18a) to a teleworking village in the mountains in Italy. As you can… Read more