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What is website bounce rate? How might it affect your business?
Bounce rates may sound cool and get you thinking about space hoppers and rubber balls cascading down San Francisco streets. But when it comes to your website, it’s not all fun and games. Your website ‘bounce rate‘ is calculated by what percentage of folk arrive...
Exhibition wish list: 10 items you need at your event
Gazebo - be bold with a branded gazebo at your next exhibition, plus it'll keep you cool in the warm weather. Parasol - Knowing what a British summer brings we can expect some rain, luckily for you we have these fabulous water-repellent covers. Flags - Keep...
How to link to your Facebook page?
1. Log into Facebook and navigate to https://developers.facebook.com/ 2. Set your feed to Live mode. 3. Navigate to https://developers.facebook.com/tools/explorer/
Five fonts you shouldn’t use on your website
When designing a website you need to stand out and be unique; the font you use can reflect that. Arial We wouldn't recommend this font as it looks plain, doesn't stand out and looks unprofessional; there are so many other appropriate fonts out there that you...
Five common landing page mistakes
Landing pages are used by businesses just like yours to increase website conversions. While there is perhaps no such thing as a perfect landing page, there are many things that can derail performance. So we’ve put together a list of 5 landing page mistakes that...
Nettl newsletter: April
THE COUNTDOWN TO GDPR ENFORCEMENT 25th May 2018 You'll have heard a lot more about GDPR since we first mentioned it last year. Time is running out. The new legislation comes into force on 25th May 2018. If your business uses email marketing, sends direct mail...
The importance of https
A story about secure browsing The sun is shining through the window of your favourite local coffee shop. You’re sat with your flat white and laptop, about to settle down to some serious web browsing. When, all of a sudden, a rather unsavoury character pulls up a chair...
Winter Website MOT
Security Google are on a mission to make the web a more secure environment. So if you’ve not got an SSL certificate for your site then now is the time. SSL certificates encrypt data sent between visitors and a website. They help keep sensitive information, like credit...
Attracting customers – 6 marketing channels to help drive web traffic
You’d be forgiven for thinking that selling online is a different kettle of fish. Truth is, although it may be a different kettle, the fish are pretty much the same. We’ve been exploring how getting the most out of selling online shares an awful lot of practices and...
Challenge Chris
The Challenge Hi, I’m Chris Nyland. I’m 39. On Friday 9th June, I’m going to attempt to shift myself (and what my daughters tell me is my ‘big tummy’!) the distance of 4 marathons in just 4 days, along the Cotswold Way to raise money for the Superhero Foundation. As I...
Diary of a Nettl Cadet: Designing for Print
Introduction to design for print Today was a big one at the Nettl Acadamy! An introduction to the do's and dont's of print! I found today especially useful and interesting as it really helped give a great understanding of what to look out when designing for print. I...
Domain Name Transferring
So; You would like us to host your website, and you already own your domain name? No problem. You have a few options, depending on your set up and your requirements. Do you want to: (a)Â leave your domain name (and emails) all where they are and working as currently,...