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Google My Business

Google My Business – Why it’s vital for your business, even if you don’t have a website. I’ve recently worked with two Colchester businesses, neither of whom are registered with Google My Business, which is a totally free service from Google allowing you to control the information displayed in the search results when someone Googles […]

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Adwords Location Targeting

Do you use Adwords? How is your location targeting? I’ve just been asked to review an Adwords account and the first thing I have identified is that a third of my clients budget is being wasted on targeting areas outside of their location.   If you’d like your Adwords account reviewed please contact us. Alternately […]

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Set up an Online Shop

If you need to set up an online shop for your business, please consider Colchester Website Services:   Shoppable Posts for Facebook and Instagram. Sell from a single product to 100,000 products. Multiple Payment Options – PayPal or SagePay for example. No Hidden Costs. SEO Search Engine Optimised from the start. Prices from just £400. […]

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Should I use Shopify for my online shop

While Shopify must work well for some people, it’s surprisingly popular, In my opinion the running costs are too high. If your Website Developer is suggesting using Shopify, are they being transparent with you regarding their earnings from signing you up? And are you fully aware of the charges when using Shopify? Even for simple […]

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There has been a critical error on your website – Solved

Petrina Day of Daybooks Essex Ltd contacted us about her WordPress website. Despite being hosted on a managed WordPress server with GoDaddy, the site had still failed. Visiting either the home page or the admin area gave of the same error message: Had the admin area been accessible, there would have been different options to […]

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PayPal / Opayo (Sagepay) Payment Integration

We can integrate both PayPal and Opayo (SagePay) into either a custom built website, or into Woocommerce for online stores. PayPal While there are many other online payment methods, with it’s ease of client use, no name or address information needing to be manually entered by the client, it makes for a very efficient online […]

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Switching from ISDN to SIP

If you’re considering switching your old ISDN phone system to a SIP (Session Initiation Protocol for those that wonder what the hell it means, and are still no wiser) I couldn’t recommend it highly enough! Essentially if you are already using ISDN for your phone lines, your calls are already running over a data line. […]

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