Diary for March 2010
30th Communicate or alienate - the art of effective communication
Richard Newman, body language trainer, presenter and coach, specialises in body language and voice skills in business. His interactive, engaging and entertaining presentation will show you how to get better results in presentations, sales pitches, negotiations and interviews. http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/eventdisplay?site=106&r.s=sl&r.lc=en&itemId=5001430492...
19th Introduction to Social Media
Run By: Dorset Chamber of Commerce and Industry Social Media platforms are transforming the way businesses act online – information and opinion about your product, service and industry is moving around communities online in real time. This ½ day course is for business decision makers who need to understand the changing social web and what it means for them. (Business to Business and Business to Consumer) Learn how to evaluate the relevant platforms like LinkedIn, Yo...
17th Violence Prevention & Management
Run By: Dorset Chamber of Commerce and Industry The aim of this Half-Day training session is to ensure managers know how and why to protect against the risks of workplace related violence. The programme is structured to resource delegates with all the information they need to immediately begin reducing the particular risks affecting their workplace. Topics: Is there a problem? Legal issues/responsibilities/requirements Universal risk management controls Ri...
16th The Big WOW Business Debate
Delivered by The WOW Company This is a unique opportunity for business leaders to debate the hot topics relevant to small businesses right now and exchange ideas with like-minded business people. This event is jam-packed full of ideas & inspiration that will help you act differently in today’s very different economic conditions. If you are serious about guiding your business successfully through whatever the economy throws at you this year, this event is not to be missed! The d...
9th Practical Bookkeeping
Run by: Dorset Chamber of Commerce and Industry This one-day course provides an introduction to bookkeeping for business owners and administration staff. This is a lively and interactive course aimed at people who are responsible for maintaining business accounts, and those who would like a refresher course on the key principles and terminology of bookkeeping. Topics covered Legal requirements The cash book and bank control account Bank reconciliations Th...
5th Chasing Sales....
Run by: Dorset Chamber of Commerce and Industry ...Take the lead in 2010 and develop winning sales techniques. Have you ever thought: “If only…” after a sales meeting or call and wished that you could turn back the clock, get a second chance or ask another question? Well, if you’re thinking ‘sometimes’ or ‘yes’, then stop chasing sales and turn 2010 into a year of winning sales by developing these essential sales techniques: ...
4th How to Write & Win Tenders / Bids
How to Write & Win Tenders / Bids Run By: Dorset Chamber of Commerce and Industry Local businesses can benefit from a range of valuable tendering opportunities, especially with the upcoming Olympics. This seminar aims to make businesses aware of the opportunities, how they can bid and tips on how to write successful tenders. Followed by Q&A and buffet lunch. Further Details Date: 04 March, 2010 09:00 AM Venue: The Tank Museum Bovington Wareham Dorset BH20 6JG ...
31st One in 653,000 - Getting to the Top of Google
Today we found ourselves at pole position for "Dorset Website Design" on Google, at the head of 653,000 results. For any of our sites to get to the top spot on Google is a cause for celebration here as it's usually the result of lots of hard work from us and our clients. How did we achieve the top Google search ranking? Well there's no secret really. We take care with all our sites to make sure that they are well optimised for search indexing. This means being sensi...
26th Bio Portfolio Facelift
While being in the top 50,000 of anything may not sound particularly impressive it does carry rather more weight when you consider that there are now estimated to be over 155 million others lower down in the rankings. We are of course talking about websites, and in particular BioPortfolio.com – a website ranked within these top 50,000 sites in the world. We were recently asked to devise some much-needed changes to the design of the website and are happy to say they’ve finally ...
26th Catching Rainbows - Fertility Therapies in Dorset
Today we launched a new website for a wonderful new business in Dorchester called Catching Rainbows. "Catching Rainbows is based in Dorchester and is home to Fertility Therapies, Holistic Wellbeing Treatments and Hypnosis for Childbirth classes. [Their] aim is to restore health and happiness in all my clients using a combined medical and complementary approach. [Their] treatments are carefully tailored to the individual and designed to soothe, nurture and heal. Therapi...
23rd Happy Birthday Home-Start West Dorset
We are delighted to announce the launch of a brand new website for Home-Start West Dorset which coincides with the celebration of their first birthday. We wish them many happy returns of the day! The new site combines a host of functionality to give Home-Start West Dorset a really useful place to promote their services on the web. Using our "Simple CMS" the site incorporates page maintenance, diaries and a calendar, blog functionality and an area for press releases and vol...
10th High Tech Updates for High Technology Lighting
We've just re-launched a new updated website for High Technology Lighting. It incorporates a whole lot of new content and presentation elements to make the site look even more shiny and attractive. The use of carousels to display images, slidehows and tabbed content to increase the amount of content on the page, all add to this contemporary design. Take a look and let us know what you think... http://www.hightechnologylighting.com...
6th Sports and Fitness Feature on The Game Cloud
We've just added in some new articles to our new gamer project that I wrote about earlier. There's an introduction and review of the current crop of Wii games that are available to help you get and stay fit. You can check out our recommendations here: http://www.the-game-cloud.co.uk/site/page/ea-sports-active/Wii-Sports-and-Exercise-Games...
5th Is This Fastest Health and Safety Directory on the Web?
Today we ran some metrics on the updated OSE Directory website and were delighted to find that it out-performed all it's competitors on Google when comparing page loading times. Our recent work to optimise the site even further for quick presentation over the internet has led to the site loading almost 50% faster than the competition. The www.osedirectory.com home page now loads in a lighting fast 0.7 seconds. With industry wisdom and anecdotal reports indicating th...
3rd Out of Hours - The Game Cloud Project
In our spare time and by way of entertainment both Stefan and I are keen gamers mostly on PC and PS3 at the moment. Over a tea break one day we got chatting about using some of our gaming experience to develop a rich content website that brought together a diverse collection of game information, from articles that we'd write, blog stories from around the web, game reviews, Twitter feeds, videos and game trailers, product websites and more; and to display it in a way that allowed us to add...
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