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This week saw the launch of Weve a mobile marketing provider that has partnered up with the likes of Vodafone, EE and O2 with the capability of reaching up to 80% of the UK population that have mobiles. This equates to about 15 million customers that are currently opted in to receive marketing material.

The beauty of Joomla! Is that its open source which means anyone and everyone can develop components and extensions for it. So if you want to enhance your website, 9 times out of 10 you can find a component that does what you want to do off the bat, without having to reinvent the wheel.

With mobile users set to overtake fixed internet browsing by 2014 – how does your website shape up for mobile users?

A new version of the famous Content Management System has been released earlier this year. Don't worry if you are still using Joomla! 2.5 as Joomla! 3.0 is currently only recommended for developers and early adopters. The current version 2.5 will be supported at least until 2014. So why is the new version such a major step?

That all important next step, after you've listened to what's being said and having chosen your niche market, you should have had people start to follow you and striking up some conversations.

No we're not talking about food, gifts or trinkets although this could definitely be a great way to get noticed but alas it could become very expensive for you...

As of Thursday the 4th of October 2012, Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg reported that the site had now reached a monumental one billion active users per month! I believe a round of applause is needed here...

No-one could fail to notice that the current market climate is changing – and challenging – for most businesses. 

Achieving a good web design – one that works both for the end user and meets the needs of the owner – can be a difficult balancing act. Make it too simple and it can look amateur. Over complicate the design and risk losing custom because of information overload – or worse, slow download.

When you think of designing your new website, chances are that you are thinking of a website with bells and whistles – flash movies, stunning images, streaming audio – the works! But, these attractive design elements may be negatively affecting your search engines rankings.