The Digital Ideas Blog

By Alexis Pratsides on 11th August 2010

It’s incredible how the internet has developed so quickly to become integral part of everyday life. The KPMG Retail Think Tank’s latest paper discusses web marketing techniques and concluded they form an integral part of UK retailing.

By Alexis Pratsides on 12th July 2010

A selection of the best free WordPress themes available online

By Alexis Pratsides on 26th April 2010

Email is a phenomenally powerful and effective business communication tool, when used with forethought, planning and care.

By Alexis Pratsides on 20th April 2010

Being able to sell to a diverse customer base is one thing, but it’s just the first step in an ongoing process of fostering successful customer interactions if winning loyalty is your goal.

By Alexis Pratsides on 20th April 2010

We have all been there, caught short outside somewhere looking for the nearest pub and hoping we can sneak past the keen-eyed bar staff to use the conveniences.

By Alexis Pratsides on 18th April 2010

Writing articles for your blog might feel like a big task when you first start your blog.

By Alexis Pratsides on 18th April 2010

Writing articles for your blog might feel like a big task when you first start your blog.

By Alexis Pratsides on 31st March 2010

By Alexis Pratsides on 25th March 2010

The BBC’s website is today well established as arguably the most cutting edge, the most current and the friendliest to users. The website is much more than just a page rank of 9 and pages of English language! It is a website which not only hold top quality content, but carries with it the impeccable reputation the BBC has built up over decades of impartiality.

By Alexis Pratsides on 5th March 2010

By Alexis Pratsides on 15th February 2010

Though the collapse of the bubble has led to a difficult period for the bits-and-bytes industry, it has now returned to stable and sustainable growth coupled with vibrant innovation in many departments.

By Alexis Pratsides on 12th February 2010

How many times have you visited one of the many “professional” blog advice sites, and left with little more advice than the ubiquitous (and unhelpful) “build great content?”

By Alexis Pratsides on 10th February 2010

#MT-CO-CREATE Project – BEAD Web Design concepts for BEAD, a firm of architects in the UAE. The Design Process being followed is based on the MintTwist Method.

By Alexis Pratsides on 14th January 2010

Facebook Pages are increasingly becoming a “second home page” for businesses online.

By Alexis Pratsides on 8th January 2010

In the latest versions of Adobe Photoshop with the inclusion of Adobe Bridge the thumbnail view of PSD files within the windows explorer is no longer present.

By Alexis Pratsides on 2nd January 2010

The Remote Desktop feature in Windows 7 can be used to connect remotely to other computers, so that you can control one computer from another pretty easily.

By Alexis Pratsides on 23rd December 2009

I recently received the “Cannot copy files required for installation” error (with error code 0×80070017) when trying to install Windows 7 on my PC.

By Alexis Pratsides on 23rd December 2009

Google has signed a deal with Twitter and will begin displaying tweets in Google search results.

By Alexis Pratsides on 18th December 2009

MSN’s Bing search engine team published a list of issues related to obtaining inbound links that could either help or hurt your web site’s rankings.

By Alexis Pratsides on 16th December 2009

By Alexis Pratsides on 4th December 2009

Twitter is one of several social media networks that is currently growing in popularity by leaps and bounds. While most social media sites are not designed with businesses in mind, Twitter is one system that can be very beneficial if you have an online business.

By Alexis Pratsides on 4th December 2009

Building inbound links, also called backlinks, is a critically important part of any web site search optimization campaign.

By Alexis Pratsides on 4th December 2009

It used to be that any link to a web site was a good link and each played a strong role in a site’s ability to rank well. That is no longer the case and not all links are treated equally.

By Alexis Pratsides on 3rd December 2009

Selecting less popular keywords to drive more traffic