Our top 4 reasons to own more than one domain name for your business

Over the years we've owned quite a large number of domain names, from variations on our business name such as obrienmedia.eu, common misspellings like obrianmedia.co.uk, and even for specific products and services we offer such as smsmessenger.co and tasknow.co.uk. This isn't to play to our vanity but to protect our business and brand from others who might - either intentionally or...
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Keeping our customers informed with our new monthly website performance reports

Hot on the heels of the "Year in review" website statistics email we sent out in January to clients who use our website hosting and analytics platform for their websites that summarised website performance during 2014 we're pleased to launch our new monthly website performance reports. Website analytics allow you to track the effectiveness - and usefulness - of your website. The new website...
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New website launched for estate agents Harvey Hudson

We were approached by Swindon based estate agency Harvey Hudson to create a new website with some very specific features. The main requirements were to create an easy to use website to allow prospective property buyers to locate properties matching their specific requirements with a strong visual style focusing on showcasing properties and giving an immersive view of each listing. The entire...
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Swindon Commercial Services/Public Power Solutions website rebranding

On the 16th January Swindon Commercial Services Ltd (SCS), a wholly owned company of Swindon Borough Council, became Public Power Solutions Ltd (PPS). The name change was to reflect their new UK-wide role as a provider of innovative power and waste solutions for local authorities and the public sector. PPS commissioned O'Brien Media to update the website we designed for them in 2014...
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Our top tips to kickstart your business blog

At O'Brien Media we're firm believers in the importance of having a blog for your business and in this article we're going to run through our top tips for getting your business blog off the ground. You can either create your new blog on a free cloud based service such as Wordpress, Tumblr or Drupal Gardens or add a blog to your existing website (we can help you with that!) Communicating with...
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