OVER the past few years the web application scene has exploded, with literally hundreds and thousands of “web apps” being built to solve increasingly complex business problems.Read More
The rise of web applications that increase business efficiency
OVER the past few years the web application scene has exploded, with literally hundreds and thousands of “web apps” being built to solve increasingly complex business problems.Read More
Boss opens new office to keep top talent
What do you do when one of your top members of staff tells you he’s leaving Newcastle to go and live in Edinburgh? Simple. You refuse his resignation and open up a new office north of the border just for him. The daring move by Newcastle digital media agency bossRead More
How to Open a Twitter Account
Last month we ran six training sessions called, “Introduction to Social Media’. During the session, although extremely interactive we didn’t look at the absolute basics such as how to open the accounts. So I’m in the process of creating a series of videos to help people take the first steps. ThisRead More
Facebook’s New Privacy Settings
Facebook has added a whole host of user controls to provide better privacy to its users. These new changes will match what Google+ are offering through their “Circles” feature. Facebook revealed it would be expanding the sharing option so that users can restrict people from seeing particular posts. This featureRead More
Google Web Apps Seminar
I recently delivered a seminar on Google Web Apps as we have taken the decision to move all our clients to the Google email platform. There are a huge number of benefits by using the services offered by Google and for small businesses with under ten users it is completely free. Even if youRead More
Flash Websites and Mobile Devices
Does your website use a technology called Flash? This technology is quite often used to animate parts of a website or to display video content. I wrote a blog post last week highlighting, over 20million global web users now surf the Web using an iPad. I started to think aboutRead More
Does your website work on an iPad?
How many people do you think use the Internet globally? It’s around this figure – 2,095,006,005 I have to say I was rather shocked when I saw that number as it’s hard to comprehend just how large it is. Just over 12 months ago Apple launched a product called the iPad. YouRead More
How does Video fit into your Marketing Mix?
Has your business considered video content when looking for ways of promoting your business? If I told you that www.youtube.com was the world’s second biggest search engine after Google would it change your mind? Hang on, www.youtube.com is owned by Google the world’s most influential search engine! I have twoRead More
EU Directive on Cookies
At Carrot Media we have been keeping a close eye on a new EU directive on how cookies are going to effect businesses in the UK. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ISO) led the way this week, and you will notice by visiting their website, they now have a notice atRead More
Carrot Artist helps North East Children with Painting Exhibition
On Monday night I attended the preview evening for one of our client’s, Alan Reed. Alan is a world famous artist who predominately specialises in watercolour painting. At the end of 2010 we helped Alan launch his new website and it was great to see some of his fantastic workRead More