Year: 2020

What Instagram’s new desktop DMs means for businesses

Andy Smart April 13, 2020 0 Comments
Receiving a healthy influx of direct messages on Instagram is a great indication that your audience is engaged with your brand and the content that you’re posting. But it can also be pretty stressful — especially if you’re managing everything from the Instagram mobile app (it’s just a little limiting to do everything from the app!). As such, the new feature should be *very* useful for...
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Make payment via Client Connect You can log into Client Connect to complete payment against your account or any open invoice. Use the link on your digital invoice You can use the payment link within a payment request email or on your invoice PDF (digital invoice). If there is no payment link this means you need to pay by bank transfer, our account details can be found on the invoice or by...
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Government advice for trades: Work carried out in people’s homes is acceptable during UK lockdown

Andy Smart April 10, 2020 0 Comments
Current Government advice for trades, such as electricians, plumbers, maintenance workers, cleaners and other tradespeople carrying out work in people's homes is that this is currently acceptable even during the lockdown, the advice, as of 10th April 2020 is as follows: Work carried out in people’s homes, for example by tradespeople carrying out repairs and maintenance, can continue, provided...
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Why you shouldn’t keep inactive WordPress plugins installed

Andy Smart April 08, 2020 0 Comments
Plugins extend your site’s functionality with things like contact forms, eCommerce and much more. Being so critical to your website means they have deep access to the inner workings of your site, so it’s vital to keep them up to date to ensure your site stays secure, safe for your visitors, and online and accessible. Inactive plugins are tempting targets for attackers, including hackers who...
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You can now highlight COVID-19 related temporary changes on your business Facebook page

Chris O'Brien April 08, 2020 0 Comments
Businesses making temporary changes to their usual services can now prominently display those changes on their Facebook page, thanks to new features added this week by Facebook. If a customer visits the Facebook page of their favorite restaurant, for example, they can quickly see if it’s still offering delivery and/or collection service. If a business is simply closed for the time being, with...
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Google’s suggestions on how to avoid Meta Description rewrites

Andy Smart April 07, 2020 0 Comments
Why does Google rewrite Meta Descriptions? It’s not uncommon for Google to generate a meta description to display in place of the one provided by a web page. The most likely reasons why this would occur: The meta description is not relevant or useful (ie, just a collection of keywords). The exact same meta description is provided across a large number of pages. The meta description doesn’t...
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Say hello to more and better with WordPress 5.4

Andy Smart April 01, 2020 0 Comments
Every major WordPress release adds more to the block editor. More ways to make posts and pages come alive with your best images. More ways to bring your visitors in, and keep them engaged, with the richness of embedded media from the web’s top services. More ways to make your vision real, and put blocks in the perfect place - even if a particular kind of block is new to you. More efficient...
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Google says don’t disable your site, even during temporary closure

Andy Smart March 27, 2020 0 Comments
Businesses are continuing to feel the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, with some forced to temporarily shut down. To help business owners preserve their visibility in Google search, Google has published recommendations on how to properly limit your site’s functionality if you need to pause operations. Avoid disabling your whole site. Disabling your site, even for just a few days, can...
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Microsoft: Co-editor chat directly from documents to be retired

Andy Smart March 25, 2020 0 Comments
Microsoft has announced that the ability to initiate a Chat directly with a co-editor of a Word, Excel, PowerPoint document will be retired over several weeks beginning mid-April (across the web, Windows and Mac versions of Office and Office 365). Moving forward, Microsoft suggests that communication with others working in Office documents should be carried out using document Comments when you...
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