Author Archives: John Borthwick

Fashion boost for online marketeers Fifteen Digital

Taken from today’s The Journal: http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/science-and-technology/2011/04/28/fashion-boost-for-online-marketeers-fifteen-digital-51140-28594314/ ————– ONLINE marketing support firm Fifteen Digital is seeing particular interest from clothing companies as it builds its client base in the region. The Stoke-on-Trent company brought Middlesbrough-bred director John Borthwick back to the North … Continue reading

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Fifteen Digital triple revenues for online greenhouse retailer

AN ONLINE greenhouse retailer has seen its annual revenues triple in three years after working with Darlington-based Fifteen Digital.

The greenhousepeople.co.uk called in the online marketing support company to help it maximise sales opportunities through a new online shop and a more efficient digital marketing strategy. Continue reading

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PCI Compliance: Vital Information for Online Store owners

Confusion Runs Rampant Many folks in the e-commerce industry have found themselves scratching their heads in confusion over the new PCI PA-DSS (Payment Card Industry, Payment Application – Data Security Standard) rules and guidelines.  PCI Compliance has never been an … Continue reading

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Web Design For Mobile Devices

More and more, people are accessing the internet on their iPhones, Blackberries and Androids. And now, even regular cell phones are coming with wi-fi and internet functionality. The web has truly gone handheld…but is your website keeping up? No matter … Continue reading

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Bing Beats Yahoo!

According to analytics firm StatCounter, the Bing search engine has just overtaken Yahoo for the first time worldwide during the month of February 2011. From StatCounter Global Stats, Bing closed out the month with a 4.37% search share compared with Yahoo’s … Continue reading

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Using Your Picture Can Increase Sales

Make no mistake, there is great power in using your picture. When people can see what you look like, they feel as if they know you. Over time, they begin to bond with you and trust you. In essence, you … Continue reading

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Good Keywords Result In Shoppers

Successful stores need shopaholics, not window shoppers. It is the fashion bugs that stuff bank accounts, not the banal browsers. Every brick-and-mortar store knows this rule, but many online businesses forget this fact in the fevered frenzy of Internet marketing. … Continue reading

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Better PageRank Is Down To Content

Getting your website to rank high in Google searches is a daunting task to say the least. There are hundreds of different factors that will determine how well your site ranks. In this article we discover the most important factors … Continue reading

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Facebook More Effective Than Twitter For Sales

Strapped for time and cash, small local businesses are increasingly turning to free and low-cost social media tools for their marketing efforts. Not surprisingly, the world’s biggest social networking site tops of the list of preferred tools. Seventy percent of … Continue reading

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Online help for clothing store

Fifteen Digital in Staffordshire’s local Sentinel newspaper, see http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/news/Online-help-clothing-store/article-3106436-detail/article.html

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