If you’re in any doubt about the importance of clear communication with your customers, look at governments around the world and how they inform their citizens.
Those with leaders who make it clear what is required have succeeded far better than those who muddle with either too little information, too much, or worst of all, contradicting information. (1)
The same applies to your business.
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As many agricultural businesses have realized in the current COVID-19 situation, there are major advantages of being able to sell products and services direct via an e-commerce website. For many smaller producers in our area of Ontario, it’s made the difference between staying in business or going under.
The good new is that the Governments of Canada and Ontario have realised this too, and are supporting agriculture, agri-food and agri-products with e-business opportunities. The aim is to help businesses and organizations quickly expand their produce and products into new markets that are eager to buy online.
There won’t be a business in the world that won’t have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
For some, it’s been a rapid learning curve in adapting.
For others, the lockdown has exposed deep cracks in their business practices, leaving them vulnerable to both current and future disruptions.
That’s why forward planning is crucial, and that includes taking steps now to secure and maximise your business’s online capabilities as we move into the ‘new normal’.
Our new series of articles look at what your business can do now to make sure your online presence is robust, flexible and most of all, adaptable.
This won’t be the first upheaval your business will need to weather, so time spent on reviewing and securing your online ‘estate’ is time very well spent.
Next year is the start of a new decade, and the fourth decade in which websites have been online.
The first web page went live in August 1991, and was built by the founder of the world wide web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, at CERN in . Interestingly, the page’s original URL looks remarkably familiar - http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html
Fast forward to 2020, and the whole concept of easily accessible information online is central to our way of life. As with all emerging technologies, the internet revolution created new jargon, (search engine, cellular phone) and then products made it redundant (Google, iPhone).
Let’s face it, who actually remembers what http, html or CSS stand for?*
We do, and that's just one reason why we want to help you update your business website and make it 2020 ready.
This month, our SEO guru Kirsty headed down to Brighton to hear about the latest developments in search marketing and SEO.
There is so much to learn about and discuss that over 4,000 people attend this conference, held twice a year.
Every conference, a technique or concept emerges as a top topic, and this September, it was definitely “entities”.
We’ll say right now, you might find this article a bit ‘geeky’ in places but stick with it.
You’ll be hearing a lot more about entities in the future.