Can competitions boost your business?

Winner of a competition

Until recently, I didn’t give much thought to competitions being a powerful marketing tool. I always thought of them as a bit of fun – something people did for a chance to win a prize, but not really relevant for businesses. That is, until I developed a competition website for a client, Lucky Cat Media … Read more

The summer house office

Summer house shed office soft light green and white

If like me you spend a lot of time working from home it can be incredibly frustrating not to have your own dedicated workspace. I spent about 3 or 4 years working on the bed before finding a solution to my workspace worries which didn’t involve renting an office for a monthly fee. My summer-house-girl-cave-office … Read more

99 king content ideas for your website

Cup of tea

Back in November 2011, Google announced that an algorithm change rewarding freshness would impact up to 35% of queries. Although this update primarily affected time-sensitive results (e.g. News), it signaled a much stronger focus on the recency of content. Since then, we’ve never doubted the importance of updating our websites regularly with fresh, original and … Read more

What’s going on with guest posting?

We’re not sure if you heard the news, but Google spam chief Matt Cutts has told us all to stick a fork in it – guest blogging’s dead. One of the most surprising things about the video wasn’t in fact the announcement, but more-so genial Matt Cutts’ frustrated demeanour – in fairness he had just … Read more

Growing your business (without Google)

Been hit by Panda or Penguin, or just struggling to get any momentum in your website traffic? Wondering what you can do to move your business forward? Naturally, I’d recommend hiring a good SEO company to deal with your online woes and get your website into good shape – but in the meantime, there are … Read more

18 ways to build your social media following

A few short years ago we were writing articles desperately trying to convince business people to take Facebook and Twitter seriously as a tool to connect them with customers. The results were mostly dire – those companies embracing social media used it as a channel to force feed would-be customers unwanted sales dirge. Nowadays the picture is very different.

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Writing good marketing copy – how to

Writing good marketing copy for your website is a skill that takes years of practice.  Too often, people write what they want to write, giving little thought to their audience or what action they want their reader to take.  Here are twelve tips to help you write better marketing copy for your website that gets the results you want.

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Angel SEO teams up with Lovegrove Consulting

In the beginning Not so long ago, our very own Andy stumbled across a Twitter post written by the accredited photographer Damien Lovegrove of Lovegrove Consulting.  Damien was looking to find a good web design team to develop a suitable online platform for his Evolve group of wedding photographers.  Of course we were quick to respond, … Read more

Skate brand DuFFS comes on-board

After months of research, meetings and a bit of hard graft – we are pleased to announce that Angel SEO is to work with the well know skate brand DuFFS. It all began some time ago when Dave and Sharon pitched an idea to Alex Hall, CEO at DuFFS. Yes it was quite a drive … Read more