Ascensor Blog http://www.ascensor.co.uk/blog Discussing web development and design in the fast moving business world, find out about the latest innovations and technology and how it will affect your business. Also find out about Ascensor as a company and how we are expanding our horizons. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:25:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en How good a Social Listener are you? Social Media now has a reported 1 billion daily users, that’s a lot of people, and most of them are talking. How much time do you spend talking, and how much of it is listening? If everyone is talking and…

]]> http://www.ascensor.co.uk/blog/?p=602 Putting your business firmly on the Map google places Putting your business firmly on the MapAre you using Google Places properly? At the very least you should have a Google Maps listing, but if you listed yourself, then the chances are you could be missing a golden opportunity.

Google…

]]> http://www.ascensor.co.uk/blog/?p=561 Are you Feeding enough? shopping feeds Are you Feeding enough?I am of course talking about product feeds onto third party websites such as Google Shopping, eBay and Shopzilla.

If you own an E-commerce website and you are not currently sending data feeds into Google Shopping then you are certainly…

]]> http://www.ascensor.co.uk/blog/?p=563 Social Media: Speak for yourself! tweeter small Social Media: Speak for yourself!In the last few years it seems like every man and his dog have become social media experts. No doubt there are some very good social media professionals about, but would you trust someone else to do your talking for…

]]> http://www.ascensor.co.uk/blog/?p=559 New Team Member It has taken us a long time to find the right person, but we are well chuffed to welcome Jason into the Ascensor sales team. Jason joins us as Account Manager, responsible for growing northern sales and further developing account…

]]> http://www.ascensor.co.uk/blog/?p=555 SEO Competition Winner! winseo1 215x300 SEO Competition Winner!

At The Great British Business Show Ascensor ran a competition for one lucky business to win a free 3 months SEO campaign worth £960!

We have selected our winner and we would like to congratulate Paul Moughtin from…

]]> http://www.ascensor.co.uk/blog/?p=542 E-commerce vs Physical Retail

We’re often asked if E-commerce will ever replace physical retail completely. Even though the high street seems to be shrinking, new shopping centres are continually springing up, there is clearly still…

]]> http://www.ascensor.co.uk/blog/?p=489 ‘Making E-commerce Pay’ seminar e commerce pay Making E commerce Pay seminarMaking E-commerce Pay is a discussion about some of the things businesses should be doing to make more money from online retail.

So, what makes a successful E-commerce website, what can you do to increase turnover and what can you…

]]> http://www.ascensor.co.uk/blog/?p=472 GBBS Earls Court 2012: Summary The Great British Business Show at Earls Court, November 17th and 18th 2011 was the first large exhibition that Ascensor has displayed at. Having a purpose built stand helped us to differentiate against the…

]]> http://www.ascensor.co.uk/blog/?p=470 Join Us At The Great British Business Show!

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The Great British Business Show will soon be here! For the duration of the 2 day show, Ascensor will be occupying Stand 644.

Our stand will be mainly focussing on ]]> http://www.ascensor.co.uk/blog/?p=460 Slow websites are bad news Website speed is not only one of the most important factors in engaging with your visitors ie if it’s slow they will move on, if it’s quick they are more likely to move in, but it is also a contributory…

]]> http://www.ascensor.co.uk/blog/?p=449 Getting links from relevant websites link building1 Getting links from relevant websitesSocial Media now carries significant weight these days in the passing of link juice to websites, but traditional link building is still a critical factor as the search engines look for balance between the many forms of offsite SEO companies like Ascensor and with a focus…

]]> http://www.ascensor.co.uk/blog/?p=431 Effective Keyword Targeting for SEO key word blog Effective Keyword Targeting for SEOYour website will only be found on the search engines if the search engines know what words you want to be found for. It may sound like a no-brainer but you would be surprised how many sites don’t target keywords…

]]> http://www.ascensor.co.uk/blog/?p=428 Getting your new site ready for the Search Engines graph comp Getting your new site ready for the Search EnginesWith literally trillions of web pages, hundreds of thousands of new domain registrations daily and competition that is well established in the market, what should your web company be doing to ensure your…

]]> http://www.ascensor.co.uk/blog/?p=420 YCCA 2011: Ascensor selected as IT Partner ycoc screen2 YCCA 2011: Ascensor selected as IT Partner

Ascensor are pleased to have been selected as the IT Partner for the forthcoming Yorkshire Children of Courage & Achievement Awards 2011 sponsored by St. James’s Place Wealth Management.

Our involvement includes the provision of the main voting ]]> http://www.ascensor.co.uk/blog/?p=402 BNI Infinity: Preparing for launch Joining BNI Infinity in Canary Wharf 4 weeks ago is probably going to be one of the best moves I have made in terms of driving Ascensor to the next level.]]> http://www.ascensor.co.uk/blog/?p=386 New Client Win: Prego Events prego logo2 New Client Win: Prego EventsAscensor have secured the website design contract for 3 new sites for one of the UK’s leading event management companies, Prego Events. Prego, based…

]]> http://www.ascensor.co.uk/blog/?p=381 Huge Business Event: Canary Wharf On the 5th October 2011 the number 1 business event in the London Docklands will be taking place.

Businesses comprising local firms and national organisations will be coming together for a breakfast meeting that will facilitate networking and relationship building;…

]]> http://www.ascensor.co.uk/blog/?p=372 New Client Win: Michael Dyson Associates Ltd mdyson logo New Client Win: Michael Dyson Associates LtdMichael Dyson Associates Ltd based in Huddersfield is a multi-disciplinary construction consultancy working in the housing sector.

Ascensor have been appointed as the web design agency for a re-design of the company website. The new…

]]> http://www.ascensor.co.uk/blog/?p=369 Does your website work for you? Why did you choose to have a website built? Was it because you needed to find new customers? Was it because you wanted to showcase your services? Was it just because everyone else was doing it, so you thought you’d…

]]> http://www.ascensor.co.uk/blog/?p=366 Ascensor join BNI Infinity, Canary Wharf Ascensor are very proud to announce that we have been accepted into the new flagship London BNI Group, BNI Infinity in Canary Wharf.

This presents a huge business opportunity for Ascensor. Andrew Firth will…

]]> http://www.ascensor.co.uk/blog/?p=358 Much more than football: 8th October Much more than a football match…

On the 8th October 2011 Huddersfield Town host Stevenage in aid of the Forget Me Not Children’s Hospice to coincide with…

]]> http://www.ascensor.co.uk/blog/?p=348 Making E-Commerce Pay: Ascensor Seminar ascensor gbbs Making E Commerce Pay: Ascensor SeminarJoining Duncan Bannatyne and James Caan, Andrew Firth, Ascensor’s Managing Director will be speaking at the Great British Business Show 2011, at Earls…

]]> http://www.ascensor.co.uk/blog/?p=337 Great British Business Show: 17th & 18th Nov. the great british business show Great British Business Show: 17th & 18th Nov.

After having a few forays into small local exhibitions, we’ve decided just to go for it this time…

On the 17th and 18th of November 2011 Ascensor are exhibiting at the Ascensor are pleased to announce confirmation that we have been selected to design and develop the new website for London and Dublin based Quantium Group.

Quantium, a firm of Management Consultants, represent blue chip clients that include ASDA, BP, BT…

]]> http://www.ascensor.co.uk/blog/?p=310 F-Commerce: Social Shopping fcommerce F Commerce: Social ShoppingSocial networking is driving what we buy, which means it’s influencing the way businesses are looking to sell.

The leading Ecommerce social portal is of course Facebook, dubbed F-Commerce, is there any wonder?

Last year…

]]> http://www.ascensor.co.uk/blog/?p=299 New Client Win: Ogden Radar We are pleased to announce confirmation that Ascensor have been selected from a shortlist of Digital Agencies to build the new Ogden Radar website.

Ogden Radar, part of the Ogden Group, design and…

]]> http://www.ascensor.co.uk/blog/?p=180 Cloud Accounting: Financial Flexibility cloudaccuonting2 Cloud Accounting: Financial FlexibilityThe way small enterprises are handling the financial aspects of their business is changing.

Thanks to the advent of Cloud Accounting solutions there is now a much more cost-effective way for small business owners to handle the day to day…

]]> http://www.ascensor.co.uk/blog/?p=294 Staff News We are happy to announce that we have expanded the Ascensor team, we welcome our new junior web developer Matthew, who will support our creative team on live projects carried out for clients.

Matthew Mitchell who has recently graduated from…

]]> http://www.ascensor.co.uk/blog/?p=287 New Client Win: The Forget Me Not Children’s Hospice forget me not new New Client Win: The Forget Me Not Children’s HospiceAscensor are both honoured and excited to have been selected by the soon to be rebranded  Forget Me Not Children’s Hospice (formerly the Forget Me Not Trust) to…

]]> http://www.ascensor.co.uk/blog/?p=207 Google +1: What’s it all about then? google plus 11 Google +1: What’s it all about then?Google +1 is a social voting system that allows users of web pages to tell other web users that they ‘liked’ the content. The more people that like a page (can be a product, a blog, and general content) the…

]]> http://www.ascensor.co.uk/blog/?p=264 London Chamber of Commerce and Industry Having visited several quite random networking events since the doors opened at our London sales office, many of which have yielded some great contacts, I decided to join the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Video doesn’t have to cost a fortune, but it does have to be done properly. Poor online video is renowned for having a detrimental effect on your image, but equally good video will stand you head and shoulders above the…

]]> http://www.ascensor.co.uk/blog/?p=190 Eaton Smith Business of the Year Awards 2011 eaton smith solicitors Eaton Smith Business of the Year Awards 2011It was a great pleasure to be invited to the annual Business of the Year awards held at the Cedar Court Hotel, Ainley Top.

Eaton Smith have been hosting the event for the last 16 years. Each month in the…

]]> http://www.ascensor.co.uk/blog/?p=185 New Product: Ascensor Cloud Accounting cloudaccuonting2 New Product: Ascensor Cloud AccountingWhen it comes to online software development we’ll have a go at pretty much anything, except the highly complex world of accounts.

That’s why we’ve teamed up with Huddersfield based Liquid Accounts to offer their award winning cloud accounting software…

]]> http://www.ascensor.co.uk/blog/?p=181 Forget Me Not Trust: Charity Dinner forget me not dinner Forget Me Not Trust: Charity DinnerIt is with great pleasure that Andrew Firth of Ascensor will be attending the Forget Me Not Charity Dinner helping the charity to raise funds and contribute to the continued development…

]]> http://www.ascensor.co.uk/blog/?p=176 Fundraising for the Forget Me Not Trust forgetmenot Fundraising for the Forget Me Not TrustAs part of Ascensor’s annual charity contribution that includes building subsidised websites, providing marketing support and fundraising, Andrew Firth and Stuart Holdsworth joined a team led by Aura Print’s Liam Smith to canoe 55 miles round Loch Ness to raise…

]]> http://www.ascensor.co.uk/blog/?p=161 Building Relationships People and businesses don’t decide they want a new website everyday and even if they did there is so much competition that trying to break into a new geographical market will take time.

The classic business adage, ‘people do business…

]]> http://www.ascensor.co.uk/blog/?p=173 Don’t ignore the Mobile Revolution It took 38 years for Radio to reach 50 million users, 14 years for TV, 4 years for the internet…it has taken just 1 year for users of smart phones who use the internet to reach 1 billion. That is…

]]> http://www.ascensor.co.uk/blog/?p=140 Social Networking: No choice for business Many businesses are only just beginning to harness the power of social networking, is this by choice, or is it under duress? Even today many large organisations do not have a social networking policy, the majority of small organisations are…

]]> http://www.ascensor.co.uk/blog/?p=157 Meeting new people, quickly speed networking Meeting new people, quicklyThe train back North today marks the end of another working week, and hopefully the beginning of some great new relationships in the London area.

As well as catching up with workload generated during meetings in the early part of…

]]> http://www.ascensor.co.uk/blog/?p=129 Shop-in-a-box websites: Start-ups Beware! starting a business Shop in a box websites: Start ups Beware!Every business needs a website, it is amongst the first investment decisions a new business owner has to make.

Visiting the Business Start-up show at Excel yesterday demonstrated how shop-in-a-box software companies…

]]> http://www.ascensor.co.uk/blog/?p=118 Maximum Sports Nutrition maximum sports Maximum Sports NutritionMaximum Sports Nutrition is live! The new version of one of our most successful clients sites is now live and taking orders. It may not look that much different from the front, but the back end is now powered by…

]]> http://www.ascensor.co.uk/blog/?p=117 The Yorkshire Mafia Conference 2012 yorkshire mafia The Yorkshire Mafia Conference 2012The dates have been launched for the second Yorkshire Mafia conference, it will be held at The Royal Armouries, Leeds on the 21st and 22nd March.

The event will run over 2 days: This…

]]> http://www.ascensor.co.uk/blog/?p=113 Print Calculator and other stuff print calcuator Print Calculator and other stuffAfter some great interest in the print calculator concept, both from existing contacts and new enquiries, one of the main aims this week was to standardise the product and prepare sales literature.

Originally…

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