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SkipHire.me
Over the past few months, we have been busy working hard with client Network Waste, to produce their new sister site SkipHire.me. We wanted to revolutionise the Skip hire industry by creating a brand that could make waste fun and exciting! SkipHire.me is the lovely Skip Hire company, a business dedicated to making …
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Chem-Dry® Success
Over the past three months, we have been working on our largest project to date, which has stretched us into some exciting areas including: Website functionality with >” href=”http://doncasterchemdry.co.uk/clean-my-home/key-services/carpet-cleaning” target=”_blank”>Customer Reviews (which automatically update Google Places Reviews) Huge advancements in the website’s backend to make life even easier World-Class Search Engine Optimisation with input from
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Network Waste
“Rocket Powered’s sheer enthusiasm to help you improve your profits is fantastic. This year we are set to half our marketing spend whilst significantly improving results. Amazing”
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Mantle Financial Planning
“Rocket powered have taken care of ALL our marketing and sales training and I’m totally impressed with the results & the whole process.”
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Taylor Bracewell
“Rocket Powered created our website and marketing literature & dared us to be different from our competitors. The decision has proved to be a great one.”
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ReStyle Solar Panels
“We’ve just grown our business to include Solar Panels and we needed all the marketing materials – logo, stationery, websites, leaflets – sorting out within a very tight timeframe. Rocket Powered pulled out all the stops and have taken care of absolutely everything. The results are incredible.”
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Jack Eames Photography
Interest in our company has more than doubled, since Rocket Powered helped revamp & relaunch our business.
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Nocturnal Nation
Nocturnal Nation Sheffield, home of banging tunes, top DJs and impressive club nights have just gone online with a website which wows!
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Amy Smiths
“ We’ve never been able to show our customers our full range of products until now, and it looks great. This is going to be a great asset for our business.” Alex Fowler
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SF Locksmiths
Rocket Powered Web Design have transformed our website, our brand and our entire approach to marketing.
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Uno Executive
The whole process was absolutely amazing. I have learnt so much and I’m literally over the moon with the result.
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A Family Tree For Me
AFamilyTreeForMe.co.uk will trace your family roots for you, with enormous depth and incredible accuracy. They reveal fascinating stories and uncover amazing photos of your past, giving you a sense of belonging. We first encountered Kevan Adams of AFamilyTreeForMe.co.uk last December when his company was called SY-Gen (Scottish & Yorkshire Genealogy). His exisitng website …
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ReStyle Loft & Garage Conversions
Restyle Loft & Garage Conversions increase living spaces, enhance homes and improve lives, with stunning loft and garage conversions. Based in Sheffield, they are Yorkshire’s leading conversion company and provide the complete service from initial designs, to a final dusting as they leave.
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JComCopy
“A great big thanks for a brilliant website. I’ll be recommending you to as many people as I can.”
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Spectrum Risk
“Wow. Just Wow. There ideas, what they acheived, the speed at which they did it and their professionalism were just incredible. I recommend them to everyone, without hesitation.”
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Walkers Nurseries
“ We have worked with James Ashford of RPWD for ten years who has always ensured that our website not only reflects our highest aspirations but also works well as a wonderful sales tool”
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MagicDad.tv
“Rocket Powered Web Design are the best web company in the world. If you’re in any doubt, just go to www.TheBestWebCompanyInTheWorld.com and see who appears”.
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Melody Maison
“RPWD perfectly understand our custom base and cater for them beautifully in our website and magazine adverts… and now wouldn’t dream with working with anyone else.”
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CWM Automation
A complete rebranding of their company, more in line with their quality of service & a great example of an effective, straightforward website.
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Harmas Riley
A very professional Standard Website & a fantastic social networking tool.
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idealhome.tv
“ RPWD brought a vision of simplicity to the design of our technology which allows it to be used by fairly inexperienced internet users with no assistance whatsoever. This means happy users and no backup support costs. As we take this product forward, we will definitely be involving them in all future designs”.
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SkipHire.me
Over the past few months, we have been busy working hard with client Network Waste, to produce their new sister site SkipHire.me. We wanted to revolutionise the Skip hire industry by creating a brand that could make waste fun and exciting! SkipHire.me is the lovely Skip Hire company, a business dedicated to making …
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Chem-Dry® Success
Over the past three months, we have been working on our largest project to date, which has stretched us into some exciting areas including: Website functionality with >” href=”http://doncasterchemdry.co.uk/clean-my-home/key-services/carpet-cleaning” target=”_blank”>Customer Reviews (which automatically update Google Places Reviews) Huge advancements in the website’s backend to make life even easier World-Class Search Engine Optimisation with input from
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ReStyle Solar Panels
“We’ve just grown our business to include Solar Panels and we needed all the marketing materials – logo, stationery, websites, leaflets – sorting out within a very tight timeframe. Rocket Powered pulled out all the stops and have taken care of absolutely everything. The results are incredible.”
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Jack Eames Photography
Interest in our company has more than doubled, since Rocket Powered helped revamp & relaunch our business.
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Nocturnal Nation
Nocturnal Nation Sheffield, home of banging tunes, top DJs and impressive club nights have just gone online with a website which wows!
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Amy Smiths
“ We’ve never been able to show our customers our full range of products until now, and it looks great. This is going to be a great asset for our business.” Alex Fowler
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SF Locksmiths
Rocket Powered Web Design have transformed our website, our brand and our entire approach to marketing.
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Uno Executive
The whole process was absolutely amazing. I have learnt so much and I’m literally over the moon with the result.
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A Family Tree For Me
AFamilyTreeForMe.co.uk will trace your family roots for you, with enormous depth and incredible accuracy. They reveal fascinating stories and uncover amazing photos of your past, giving you a sense of belonging. We first encountered Kevan Adams of AFamilyTreeForMe.co.uk last December when his company was called SY-Gen (Scottish & Yorkshire Genealogy). His exisitng website …
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ReStyle Loft & Garage Conversions
Restyle Loft & Garage Conversions increase living spaces, enhance homes and improve lives, with stunning loft and garage conversions. Based in Sheffield, they are Yorkshire’s leading conversion company and provide the complete service from initial designs, to a final dusting as they leave.
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JComCopy
“A great big thanks for a brilliant website. I’ll be recommending you to as many people as I can.”
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Spectrum Risk
“Wow. Just Wow. There ideas, what they acheived, the speed at which they did it and their professionalism were just incredible. I recommend them to everyone, without hesitation.”
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Walkers Nurseries
“ We have worked with James Ashford of RPWD for ten years who has always ensured that our website not only reflects our highest aspirations but also works well as a wonderful sales tool”
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MagicDad.tv
“Rocket Powered Web Design are the best web company in the world. If you’re in any doubt, just go to www.TheBestWebCompanyInTheWorld.com and see who appears”.
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Melody Maison
“RPWD perfectly understand our custom base and cater for them beautifully in our website and magazine adverts… and now wouldn’t dream with working with anyone else.”
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CWM Automation
A complete rebranding of their company, more in line with their quality of service & a great example of an effective, straightforward website.
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Harmas Riley
A very professional Standard Website & a fantastic social networking tool.
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Eight Ways To Go Viral | LinkedIn
“What do Facebook, LinkedIn, Youtube, Dropbox and Skype have in common? Except for being ridiculously successful, they all enjoyed a strong viral effect that helped accelerate their growth. How did they do that? Here’s the thing; most people assume that these companies grew by pure word of mouth. Well, that’s only half of the …
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Google Places | Get Your Business On The Map
Reach millions of Google users, quickly and for free, with Google Places. Its probably the best, no-cost, low-effort, high-return activities you can do and should be completed today. Secure your listing at Google Places. More people search for businesses online than anywhere else, making it super important that your business listing can be easily found …
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SkipHire.me
Over the past few months, we have been busy working hard with client Network Waste, to produce their new sister site SkipHire.me. We wanted to revolutionise the Skip hire industry by creating a brand that could make waste fun and exciting! SkipHire.me is the lovely Skip Hire company, a business dedicated to making …
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Being a Chameleon in Business
The chameleon (the name of which means ‘ground lion’ in Greek) is a lizard with many remarkable features. Chameleons are famous for being able to change their colour. However, ‘It is a popular misconception that the chameleon changes its colour to match that of the background.’1 Rather, they have a basic pattern that provides camouflage, and …
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“The Happiness Advantage: Linking Positive Brains to Performance” – Shawn Achor
In business as in life, we’re all trying to become more successful, because we all know that the more successful we are, the happier we will be……..right? In the 12 minute video, Shawn Achor, author of “The Happiness Advantage” explains how this thinking is backwards. Enjoy!
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How To Choose The Right Networking Group & Why We Recommend The Fruit Tree
I think we can all agree that networking done properly, is a very effective way to generate more business. There are so many networking events to choose from and they will all put a demand on your time. You have to figure out which networking events are worthy of your precious time and will give …
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Stepping out of the comfort zone…
Karen Wilson is the IT Wonderwoman for ITS Sheffield. She is a prolific tweeter and networker and we are lucky enough that she will be sharing some of her knowledge with us on our blog. Take a look at her first post … Last week I spent a day learning the art of the “60 …
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Boost your Website Rankings for FREE with SEO Moz
Great SEO is a vital component in growing traffic to your website. But knowing what to do and monitoring the results you get from doing it, is usually tricky and time consuming. At yesterdays Web Fuelled Business event, ex Dragon, Dough Richards recommended using SEO Moz, a tool which helps you to do both these …
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Rocket Powered are Employer of the Year
… well according to Doncaster College anyway. At last weeks Annual Doncaster Apprentice Awards we were delighted to be declared as winner of the Small Employer of the Year. We nominated James and Rocket Powered back in November to show our appreciation for all the effort he puts into the business and inspiring his staff …
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Let Will Smith Inspire You In 10 Minutes
I know I’ve blogged about this before, but it’s bloody good, so I’m doing it again. “If you get on a treadmill next to me, one of two things is going to happen. Either you’re stepping of first, or I’m going to die. It’s as simple as that.” Will Smith This is great inspiration for …
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How Big Do You Want To Get In 2012? Join The New Year’s Revolution Now
It doesn’t matter how big you are now. What matters is how big you want to become in 2012. Throughout 2012 we aim to help all of our fans to increase sales and improve profits for FREE, by sharing more great ideas than ever before. We’re kicking it off with Inspiration January, where throughout the …
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Eight Ways To Go Viral | LinkedIn
“What do Facebook, LinkedIn, Youtube, Dropbox and Skype have in common? Except for being ridiculously successful, they all enjoyed a strong viral effect that helped accelerate their growth. How did they do that? Here’s the thing; most people assume that these companies grew by pure word of mouth. Well, that’s only half of the …
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Are There Too Many Awards For Sausages?
How many Sausage-Awarding Bodies are there? It seems like every butchers these days has won an Award for their sausages. I never questioned it until I had a bad, award-winning sausage. Then I thought: Who gives the awards? What criteria are they judged on? How many people entered? Did you have to pay to enter? …
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Do Not Try To Win Awards – Paul Arden, Saatchi & Saatchi
Paul Arden, Creative Director for Saatchi & Saatchi wrote: “Do Not Try To Win Awards. Nearly everybody likes to win awards. But beware. Awards are judged in committee by consensus of what it known. In other word, what is in fashion. But originality can’t be fashionable because it hasn’t had the approval of the committee. …
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Welcome to Jay Samways Work Experience Dude from McAuley School
Jay Samways is our new Work Experience dude until the Christmas Break. Jay Samways is currently in the final year of 6th form at McAuley School and is looking to gain insight into web design and marketing. My Name Is Jay My name is Jay Samways and I am currently in my second year at McAuley 6th Form. …
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What is Facebook Timeline?
The internet is a buzz with everyone asking the same question “What is Facebook Timeline” and more importantly how will it effect your account? So to put your mind at rest here’s what we think you need to know about this latest offering from the social networking giant. Introducing Facebook Timeline Timeline is a new …
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Create More WordPress Blog Articles, Faster, Using Press This
Press This is a magical little app that runs in your browser and lets you grab bits of the web to quickly create blog posts from. You can easily use Press This to clip text, images and videos from any web page. Then edit and add more straight from Press This before you save or …
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The 12 Ways Of Difference from Andy Hanselman
Leading business coach Andy Hansleman has worked with clients such as Natwest, Tommy Hilfiger, Ronseal and Specsavers. He focuses on helps businesses to create delighted and devoted customers, develop committed, motivated and effective people and to maximise their financial returns and performance. 3D Dramatically & Demonstrably Different This year he is doing his very own version of the …
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Google Places | Get Your Business On The Map
Reach millions of Google users, quickly and for free, with Google Places. Its probably the best, no-cost, low-effort, high-return activities you can do and should be completed today. Secure your listing at Google Places. More people search for businesses online than anywhere else, making it super important that your business listing can be easily found …
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Christmas Plugins for WordPress
Get your website ready for Christmas with these festive plugins. While everyone is frantically rushing to get their Christmas trees and decorations up before the big day, why not concentrate on spreading a little Christmas cheer to your website visitors instead. Here’s two of our favorite Christmas WordPress plugins we recommend to transform your website …
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Web Fuelled Business | Free bootcamps to help grow your business on the web
School for Start-Ups, Biz & Yell have teamed to create intensive bootcamps aimed at helping business owners get the most out of the web. The free, day long, session is to be taught by experts in the field including leading internet entrepreneur Doug Richard and ex-Amazon executive James Dening. What the Web Fuelled Business Bootcamp …
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Five Great Ways To Boost Your Business This Christmas for £50.
Here are 5 great ways to promote your business this Christmas. We reckon you can easily do all this for less than £50 and the return should be superb. But you must do it before the end of the week!!! 1. Send an eChristmas Card Sending an eChristmas Card is the lean, green option. Instead …
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Dare You Give Away All Your Secret Recipes?
It seems crazy to give away all your secrets because surely customers won’t need to buy from you and your competition will nick your ideas. WRONG. It doesn’t work like that. Marks & Spencer’s current range of adverts are a massive success.They tell you exactly how to make the food yourself and then say “Or, …
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Google’s New Algorithm Is Great News For WordPress Websites
“Today, Google announced a change to its search algorithm that the company says will impact 35% of Web searches. The change builds on top of its previous “Caffeine” update in order to deliver more up-to-date and relevant search results, specifically those in areas where freshness matters. This includes things like recent events, hot topics, current …
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Win-Win or No Deal
The Win-Win outcome is the only outcome that leads to long-term success. In all business relationships, the only outcome which leads to long term success is the win-win outcome. This should be aimed for with all your relationships with customers, suppliers and staff. Win-Lose or Lose-Win If you create a win-lose scenario for a customer …
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SkipHire.me
Over the past few months, we have been busy working hard with client Network Waste, to produce their new sister site SkipHire.me. We wanted to revolutionise the Skip hire industry by creating a brand that could make waste fun and exciting! SkipHire.me is the lovely Skip Hire company, a business dedicated to making …
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What An Amazing YouTube Viral From Tipp-ex | Hunter Shoots Bear
What an amazing advert from Tipp-ex!!!!! Just watch this video, click on one of the responses and be amazed. Don’t forget to come back and add your comments. Thanks for telling us about this Nick Chubb.
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How Do I Get More High Quality Links?
High quality links, or Theme-Related Links are links to your website which meet the following criteria: The linking website is well ranked (3 or above on Google Rankings) The overall content on the linking website relates in someway to your website The link appears in the main body of the text There is more than …
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How Important Is Link Building Now & In The Future?
Link building has always been an integral part of search engine optimisation. Google has always seen them as a good measure of the quality of a website, because the more websites that link to your website, the better your website is, right? There are many different types of links you can get from poor quality …
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Be Inspired with Ze Frank’s Web Playroom Courtesy of TED
Ze Frank experiments with ideas to connect people using the web, and not just on a superficial level but on a deeper, more profound level. One of his great projects was called youngmenow where he got people to find pictures of themselves when they were younger and retake the same picture today. Ze Frank’s Web …
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Check Out Our Funky Videos for the Launch of SkipHire.me
We have just produced these awesome videos for the launch of SkipHire.me, an innovative new website which is set to revolutionise the Skip Hire industry. Small Skip | 4 Yard Mini Skip Medium Skip | 6 Yard Midi Skip Large Skip | 8 Yard Builders Skip Hire A Skip In Your Area. SkipHire.me are a …
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Cold Calling May Have A Success Rate. But It Has A Much Larger Failure Rate.
If you ring 100 people to sell to, you might get 5 meetings out of it. From those 5 meetings, you might produce two proposals/quotes and from that get 1 customer. That’s fine and has always worked. Call 1000 and you’ll get 10 customers, 10,000 for 100. It’s just a numbers game. One problem with …
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There Is Only One Way To Market Your Business. There’s Only Ever Been One.
The only way to market your business is with Word of Mouth marketing. It gives you by far the best return on investment and generates the most profitable customers. I speak to businesses who say they’re just getting work through Word of Mouth marketing at the moment, but that when they are making more money, …
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Why Google Search Has Had It’s Day And Social Media Is A Sideshow by Roger McNamee
This video is important for you to watch. It doesn’t matter if you don’t get it all, you’ll understand a lot of it. We’ll understand the rest. If you want your business to succeed in the future, using the power of the web, then set yourself 15 minutes to one side and watch this. TEDxSantaCruz: …
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Manage Projects Online & Save $10 With This Basecamp Voucher Code
Projects Manage Themselves with Basecamp. How do you manage yours? For years project management software was about charts, graphs, and stats. And you know what? It didn’t work. Pictures and numbers don’t get projects done. Basecamp tackles project management from an entirely different angle: A focus on communication and collaboration, bringing people together. Over 5 …
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I Don’t Care If You’re “On Vacation” or “Out Of The Office”
If I employ your company’s services, then my main objective is to receive that service from your company. While I might develop great working relationships with key members of staff, I don’t want their holidays, sickness or meetings to affect my getting the service I am paying your company for. I might ask “Ooh, where …
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Using QR Codes For Real Time Marketing
Integrate QR codes into your marketing strategies for maximum effect. You may have seen our previous blog outlining what QR codes are and that they can divert traffic to your Facebook. Well, there are a number of ways to integrate these codes into your marketing strategies to get customers to view online information. Where to …
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Brian Butcher of The Fruit Tree Thanks Rocket Powered
We have just completed a series of 4 presentations to Doncaster’s leading business networking group: The topics we covered included: Turning your website into a conversion machine Identifying your social media tribe How to become a social media expert Maximising word of mouth marketing. What They Had to Say Brian Butcher, founder organiser of the …
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Pop In For A Chat Like Innocent
On every Innocent Smoothie carton they invite their customers to “Pop in for a chat.” This is a company with a turnover of over £100million and they are still able to invite all their customers to personally pop into “Fruit Towers” in London. Everyone who turns up gets a guided tour of HQ and it …
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Use QR Codes to Drive Traffic to Your Website & Facebook Page
QR Codes (Quick Response Codes) are used to instantly direct your potential customers to online information you want them to see such as your website, facebook page, special offers, videos, music or contact details. They work like a barcode which can be instantly scanned by your smartphone. How Do I Use Them? You could put …
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What Are YOUR Onion Rings?
If you order a medium fillet steak in a restaurant and it turns up pink, plump and perfect, the chances are, you won’t tell anybody about it. This is because, a medium fillet steak served pink, plump and perfect is exactly what you ordered. What is there to shout about? But if that steak turned …
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Grow your Facebook Fan base and keep them engaged!
With more than 750 million active users spending over 700 billion minutes of their time on it every month, Facebook isn’t the future. Its what’s important right now! Here’s our Rocket Powered guide for getting the most out of it for your business. 3 Milestones when Growing your Facebook 1) Blast off to 25 Fans Everyone needs to start …
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10 Ways To Improve The Presentation Of Your Phone Number
Your phone number is one of your most important marketing tools. It is the gateway between the potential customer and you, so why do so many businesses make it so bloody hard to find and use. Here are 10 ways to improve the presentation of your phone number. 1. Use A Local Number Local numbers …
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Send Automated Newsletters From Multiple Blogs with ChimpFeedr.com
ChimpFeedr is the latest tool from Mailchimp allowing you to send automagically generated emails powered from multiple RSS feeds from different blogs. So if you have an RSS driven newsletter on Mailchimp (which most of our clients do), you can now combine your blogging efforts into one email. This allows you to spread your blogging …
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Are You Really Sociable When It Comes To Social Media?
People are wonderful at being sociable at networking events, parties and other events in the ‘real world’, but why do so many people fail to translate that into the online world?
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Chem-Dry® Success
Over the past three months, we have been working on our largest project to date, which has stretched us into some exciting areas including: Website functionality with >” href=”http://doncasterchemdry.co.uk/clean-my-home/key-services/carpet-cleaning” target=”_blank”>Customer Reviews (which automatically update Google Places Reviews) Huge advancements in the website’s backend to make life even easier World-Class Search Engine Optimisation with input from
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Want to get into a company or meet an individual? Write about them.
Any company or prominent individual who’s worth their salt will be aware of Google Alerts. So bearing this in mind, if you write about a specific company or individual on your website, they should get to hear about it.
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Try Something New For 30 Days And Form A New Habit
Matt Cutts describes how you can form a new habit or break an old one, if you just try something new for 30 days. It’s a simple idea and it’s based around the fact that small change is sustainable. Enjoy.
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Focus On Your Fans Like The Grateful Dead
Unlike all other bands of the time, the Grateful Dead never announced new gigs via the music press or Ticketmaster. With those methods, it’s always first come first served for the best tickets. What the Grateful dead did was announce to a few of their top fans, that there was going to be a gig …
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Do You Have A Customer Removal Strategy? Here’s Why You Need One.
I’ve always believed that you should aim for a 100% customer retention rate. Please everyone at all costs. The problem is that as you attract new, larger, more profitable clients, the difference between your top level clients and bottom level becomes much greater. Your resources become literally stretched and eventually, something has to give. It …
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The Recession Is Over. Stop Using It As An Excuse.
Businesses have used the recession as an excuse for poor performance for too long and it’s a dangerous mistake to make. While ever you use the recession as an excuse for how your business is performing, you are surrendering the control to do anything about your situation. As soon as you remove this excuse, you …
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Get Your Signage Right Or You Could Look Like A Right Gunt
As I was driving through Gunthorpe today on the way to Nottingham, I noticed the sign for their Summer Fair and it made me slam the anchors on, spin the car around and re-read the sign. You’d have thought that someone would have said to the signwriter “Make sure the ‘G’ looks NOTHING like a …
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Get fit and feel good with Southside Fitness’ Outdoor Circuit Training Classes
SOUTHSIDE FITNESS offers a range of training solutions to help you to achieve your personal health and fitness goals, which fit into your current lifestyle. We meet every Sunday on Wharf Street Playing Field in Bawtry (behind the Spar and Post Office). It starts at 10am until 10.45am and offers a great workout for all …
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In The Words Of James Brown – “Shake Your Money Maker”
I was busting out some moves out this morning when James Brown was singing “Shake your money maker. Shake your money maker.” Can you imagine me shaking my money maker???
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“The websites that Rocket Powered produce are awesome” – Yoast
Yoast de Valk is one the World’s leading WordPress Developers & SEO Experts; working with some of the largest companies on the Planet. We are currently working with him on a project and this week, he gave us a massive compliment: “The websites that Rocket Powered produce are awesome. Their style is distinctive, really cool and what they produce …
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Purple Cow by Seth Godin: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable
I’ve just started listening to a book I downloaded a while ago by Seth Godin (the guy who pioneered Permission Marketing) called Purple Cow, and it’s important for you to listen to it….NOW! Seth Godin explains why old forms of marketing don’t work and will never work again and why marketing to the masses is …
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Jazz Trombonist Dennis ‘Badbone’ Rollins Performs on June 5th.
Dennis Rollins is described as the most exciting and sexiest trombonists in the country. Always on World Tours, Dennis has performed with some of the great bands and singers including Dionne Warwick, Sting, Tom Jones, Courtney Pine, Gorillaz and Percy Sledge.
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I Think McDonalds Is Amazing! In Fact, I’m Lovin’ It. There, I’ve Said It!
I really do think McDonalds is amazing. Amazing value, amazing service and an amazing business. So why do you criticize them? Let’s say you want a freshly ground coffee. What are your options? Option A – Starbucks You could drive to a Starbucks, probably in the centre of town. Pay for parking. Queue up for …
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The Four Stages Of Learning Towards Unconscious Competence
We have recently been working with leading business coach Andy Hanselman who took us through the four stages of learning. Stage 1 – Unconscious Incompetence You don’t know how bad you are. Example: You’re 17, about to get behind the wheel of a car for the first time and you think you’re going to be …
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The Power Of Words – Say What You’re Saying In A Different Way
I saw this great video the other day to highlight the power of words. Produced by leading copywriters Purple Feather, this poignant video is guaranteed to leave you thinking. Enjoy.
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GBM Accounts goes Live!
Our first ever LaunchPad Package is now complete and “GBM Accounts are highly delighted with the results.” GBM Accounts are accountants based in Doncaster who help sole traders, partnerships and limited companies to manage their company’s finances more successfully. They are the first business to have benefited from the new LaunchPad Package. Here’s what the …
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Scarlett Rose is born on the 16th of May 2011
Big congratulations to Becki and James on the birth of their beautiful baby girl Scarlett Rose who weighs 6lb 15oz. Both mum and baby are doing great. Labour lasted just one and a half hours. Three hours later, they were back home and two hours after that, mum had driven to Next to buy baby …
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FREE Quotations are NOT worth shouting about. They’re expected.
Do you know anyone who has ever paid for a quotation, quote or proposal? No? So why do company’s still think that “Get a FREE quotation” is worth shouting about? Can we all just accept that quotes, estimates, proposals and anything similar ARE free. This is just the accepted standard and NOT worth shouting about. …
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Why your Web Designer could be destroying your business | Chris Cardell
This is a great video by Chris Cardell where he discusses the main purpose of your website. It’s not to sell your services, but a way to build a relationship with potential customers by giving something away for free, such as information, ideas and free downloads. Chris Cardell’s Main Points Forget about the quick sale …
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In what ways are you 3x better than your competition?
I’ve just started reading Marketing Lessons from the Grateful Dead: What Every Business Can Learn from the Most Iconic Band in History, and I already know it’s going to be a great book. One of the opening questions is: In what ways are you 3x better than your competition? I advise you to think about …
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Andy Hanselman’s DUO Programme is Starting Soon in Sheffield
Business Coach Andy Hanselman is starting his very successful DUO programme again, to help the leaders of growing businesses. If any of these challenges are familiar to you, then it will definitely be worth a look: – Coping with ever-increasing workloads and constant fire-fighting? – Winning more business in crowded marketplaces? – Ever increasing demands from customers? – Maximising the performance of your people? – The ‘loneliness of the leader’ – feeling ‘you’re on your own’?
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Milestones are made out of stone for a reason. Make yours unmoveable.
Milestones are made out of stone for a reason. It’s so that they stand out, they take effort to set in place and they’re difficult to move. When you’re planning out your tasks, make lists of what you need to do (never any more than ten items in a list…break them down) and then put …
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3 things I learned while my plane crashed
Ric Elias had a front-row seat on Flight 1549, the plane that crash-landed in the Hudson River in New York in January 2009. What went through his mind as the doomed plane went down? At TED, he tells his story publicly for the first time.
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What the hell is Twitter and how to get the most out of it for your business.
What is Twitter? Twitter is a website owned and run by Twitter Inc. It provides its users with a social networking and microblogging service and enables them to send and read messages called tweets. Twitter is one of the largest Social Media sites in the world and offers a fantastic way for people to keep …
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Four things we can all do to make today, slightly better, instantly and for free.
Walk a bit taller today. Walk like your trying to peer over a wall and see how much better you feel about yourself. Sit a little bit straighter today. Stick your chest out and arch your back slightly and see how much prouder you feel about your work. Be a little bit friendlier today. Take …
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The Realization is Now
“The sooner we realize that the world has changed, the sooner we can accept it and make something of what we’ve got.” Seth Godin “It’s unpleasant, it’s not fair, but it’s all we’ve got. The sooner we realize that the world has changed, the sooner we can accept it and make something of what we’ve …
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Do ALL Your Clients Know ALL That You Do?
The easiest way to get more business is from existing clients as you already have a relationship with them and they’re fans. But do all of your clients know everything you can do for them? Are all of your services clearly written on your website? Do you have a PDF document you can fire through …
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Improve Yourself By Reflecting On Your 5 Factors
Are you an extrovert? How agreeable and friendly are you? Are you conscientious? Do you show any signs of neuroticism? Are you open-minded or show an interest in culture? Personality Theorists generally believe that these 5 factors can be used to best describe somebody’s personality structure. You can follow this link to take ‘The Five …
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Actively seek praise from your customers
Increase Word Of Mouth Marketing by getting your customers talking about you. I speak to a lot of businesses who do great things for their clients and customers but keep quiet about it. If you keep quiet about it, they will not know the true extent of your service and you won’t get the necessary …
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The Ultimate Networking Guide: Become a Networking Master
Networking is a great way to get new business but few people get it right. This article will help you to get the most out of every networking event.
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Network Waste
“Rocket Powered’s sheer enthusiasm to help you improve your profits is fantastic. This year we are set to half our marketing spend whilst significantly improving results. Amazing”
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Be Inspired With Will Smith’s Work Ethic
“If you get on a treadmill next to me, one of two things is going to happen. Either you’re getting off first, or I’m going to die.” Will Smith. Listen to him talk about his work ethic.
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Monitor The Web For Interesting Content With Google Alerts
Google Alerts allow you to monitor the web for interesting content and discover what people are writing about you, your competition, your clients and your industry, across the web. Check out these example of how to maximise you Google Alert success
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Marketing Strategies don’t work. Sales Strategies do.
Marketing Strategies are shit. This is because ‘marketing’ as been hijacked by ‘marketing agencies’ who charge you money to raise awareness of your business. But what good is it to just ‘raise awareness”? What businesses want (or should want) is …
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What Bubble & Squeak Can Teach Us About Business
You can either slave-away, preparing and cooking a great meal.
Or you can stick on an apron and warm up a great meal in a frying pan.
They both taste great but one requires much less effort.
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Save time, money and 10% with Free Agent online accounting
Free Agent is our new accountancy package and it’s absolutely amazing, saving us heaps of time and money. Check out the key benefits >>
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Love Is In The Air At Melody Maison With 10% Off EVERYTHING
Melody Maison who stock shabby chic furniture & accessories, are giving 10% off EVERYTHING until Valentine’s Day.
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Get More People Talking About You By Being More Remarkable
Word of mouth marketing is the ONLY way to get more business.
However, people will only talk about you if you have something worth talking about; something worth remarking on.
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The $50 Billion Social Network
Just watched The Social Network and it’s amazing. What makes it more amazing is that the phenomenon it’s talking about is something that effects our lives today. The fact that it had one clear mission at heart is the key to it’s success. “A Million dollars isn’t cool. Do you know what’s cool? A Billion dollars.”
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Ask your top client’s this one question & increase sales
What can we do to get more business from you?
Now it’s bold and it’s ballsy, but if your top clients are you fans, then it WILL WORK.
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‘Responsibility’ has been hijacked by ‘blame’ and it’s time you accepted it
People mistake ‘accepting responsibilty’ with ‘accepting blame’ and they’re very different things.
Blame is about the past and is fairly useless, whereas responsibility is about the future and is a very powerful thing.
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I can transform your approach to washing-up and your business!
The problem with washing pots, is that you focus on the task you have to do. You focus on cleaning the crap off the plates. This is wrong. Instead of thinking about the crap on the plates, you just need to think about two things instead:
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2011 Will Be An Incredible Year For You & Your Business
2011 will no doubt see many businesses fail. However, every year sees 80% of businesses fail, who are less than ten years old, so this year is nothing out of the ordinary about 20111.
In fact, the climate is actually perfect for small number of businesses to see tremendous success this year. Poor performing companies will have to step aside as customers demand higher quality service and better value for money.
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Turn Lateral-Thinking Into Business Success, With Edward de Bono’s Six Thinking Hats
List Price: £8.99 GBP New From: £18.00 In Stock Used from: £1.00 In Stock Edward de Bono coined the phrase Lateral Thinking, which means to make connections between different and seemingly unrelated. These connection can create tremendous insights into problems and solve them with innovative solutions.
“In 2000, de Bono advised a U.K Foreign Office committee that the Arab-Israeli conflict might be due, in part, to low levels of zinc found in people who eat unleavened bread (i.e. pita flatbread), a known side-effect of which is aggression. He suggested shipping out jars of Marmite to compensate.” Find out more about Edward de Bono on Wikipedia >>
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Instantly Save Time & Improve Your Positivity Levels: STOP WATCHING THE NEWS!!!
News is crap!
In the whole, news agencies are run by large corporations who have one main interest – to keep you listening and keep you buying.
They do this by constantly bombarding you with the most depressing, gruesome and shocking stories to keep us hooked.
May I make three simple suggestions that will significantly save your time, make you feel more positive & more focused and possibly even transform your fortunes:
* Stop watching the news on TV
* Stop listening to the news on the radio
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The Secret: You Attract What You Think. Ask, Believe & Receive
The Secret has been passed down through the ages… coveted, hidden, lost, stolen, bought for vast sums of money, and known by some of the most exceptional people who ever lived: Plato, Galileo, Da Vinci, Beethoven, Edison, and Einstein, to name but a few.
This is the opening 20 minutes from the film version of The Secret. Yes it’s a bit American and maybe a little sweet to swallow at first, but the principles are undeniable. I’d be interested to know what you think.
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Know the noise you’re looking to make
There are those people who plan meticulously about every little detail, cautiously carrying out one tiny step at a time.And there are those who just get on with everything at once, believing 100% in success and knowing that not everything will work out as planned.
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Drunk Santa Caught on Surveillance Camera
The title of this article is the only introduction this video needs. Enjoy.
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Join Our Affiliate Scheme & Earn Thousands
You can now EARN 10% of the project’s value for every successful referral you give us. We provide our clients with an exceptional service & proven results, making it easy for you to refer us to your business contacts. Find out what you can earn and JOIN TODAY.
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Advertising Doesn’t Work
“Unless you find a more cost-effective way to get your message out, your business is doomed. You can no longer survive by interrupting strangers with a message they don’t want to hear, about a product they’ve never heard of, using methods that annoy them. Consumers have too little time and too much power to stand for this any longer.“
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Get Dream Testimonials & Increase Sales
Testimonials are a great way to improve your conversion rate & to prove to prospective clients that you can deliver your promise However, you must first understand your promise clearly and concisely.
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What taste do you leave in your customers mouths?
Last week I shopped at Asda and my bill came to £100. I paid my cash and as she handed me my receipt, the final thing the Checkout Assistant said was “You’ve saved £5.32 today.” I walked away thinking…..brilliant.
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Survey Your Customers Online for FREE with SurveyMonkey
Surveying all of your customers is a great way to get constructive feedback to help you grow your business. SurveyMonkey is a wonderful tool which allows you to create and publish online surveys in minutes, and view results graphically and in real time…..FOR FREE!!!!
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Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow
Since the UK has been covered in snow, I have noticed some significant changes in people. What is it about this severe weather that makes us act like this and how can we stay like it?
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Mantle Financial Planning
“Rocket powered have taken care of ALL our marketing and sales training and I’m totally impressed with the results & the whole process.”
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Telephone Number Discount Warehouse
If you only use a mobile or don’t want the expense of installing a landline, you can buy geographical phone numbers dirt cheap from the Telephone Number Discount Warehouse.
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Taylor Bracewell
“Rocket Powered created our website and marketing literature & dared us to be different from our competitors. The decision has proved to be a great one.”
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ReStyle Solar Panels
“We’ve just grown our business to include Solar Panels and we needed all the marketing materials – logo, stationery, websites, leaflets – sorting out within a very tight timeframe. Rocket Powered pulled out all the stops and have taken care of absolutely everything. The results are incredible.”
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“Efficient, Hard Working and Enthusiastic” say biz-mi
Biz-mi are specialists in business growth, business networking and business communication. By combing new technology with old, they’ve created a ground breaking new way for businesses to network. “Rocket Powered turned our ideas & concepts into a reality and I couldn’t recommend them more highly.”
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Business has doubled for Melody Maiso
Melody Maison sell a collection of vintage chic French furniture and beautiful French style home accessories. “Business has doubled every year since we’ve had Rocket Powered on our side. They’ve been fantastic”.
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The Queen gets on Facebook
As of tomorrow – Monday 8th November – fans of the monarchy will be able to connect with the Queen via Facebook.
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Dancing baby on table
This is some of the best dancing I have ever seen, guaranteed to make you smile and it gets better towards the end. Check out the moves.
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Which leaflet stands out most?
You might have a great business, but if no-one even notices you, what chance do you have of attracting the customers you deserve?
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WOW! Some great news for ReStyle
WOW! A massive thanks to you guys for all your continued help and advice.
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Choose A Name Which Stands Out
It’s important to choose a name for you company, products and services which is useful and memorable.
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4 questions to move your business forward
If you provide your customers with a great service, then these 4 questions will seriously help move your business forward.
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KnowEm? Secure your brand across the web
Secure your brand on over 350 Social Media sites, making it easier for customers to find you.
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Did you find everything you need today?
I just called into B&Q this morning and when I got to the till they asked me this wonderful question.
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An interesting fact that you NEED to know
If you reduce your prices by 10%, you need to sell 50% more, to make the same amount of money.
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What is YOUR “Do you want fries with that?” Question?
Can I have a burger please? Certainly, do you want fries with that? What is your “Do you want fries with that” question?
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Ensure Continued Growth with our Brand New Success Packages
We’ve just introduced our fabulous new Success Packages, to help you increase sales, improve profits and continue to grow.
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Never Ever Discount. Always ADD Value
It’s important never to discount your prices because it causes several major problems. Always ADD VALUE instead.
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How to Increase Sales by 10% ……instantly
Increasing sales by 10% is dead easy and you can do it right away, with this one small secret.
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17 Steps to Better Word of Mouth Marketing
Word of mouth marketing is the lowest cost and generates the best results, so why waste our money on anything else.
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Vincent Starr Increases Exposure
World class sports and portrait photographer, Vince Starr, is now being seen by more of his potential clients with Mailchimp, the powerful email newsletter system.
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The Sandpit | New York in Miniature
At first glance, this looks like a model of New York city. At second glance you’ll realise that it’s actually New York city itself.
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MADE In 48 Hours by Dragons Den’s Doug Richard
Doug Richard teaches how to leverage the internet to accelerate your growth, lower your costs and increase your profits.
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Important Vs Urgent
There are things which you need to do that are important and things which are urgent. But where should you be spending your time?
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Jack Eames Photography
Interest in our company has more than doubled, since Rocket Powered helped revamp & relaunch our business.
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Our iPad Inspired Website is LIVE!
Our new website is designed to embrace the Touch-Screen Revolution, pioneered by Apple’s iPad. So find out why this is our most innovative website to-date.
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New Website Under Construction
Hi, we’re just having this fantastic new website finished off at the moment, and we’re busy adding content and getting everything just tickety-boo.
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England are out of the World Cup and I blame Tescos, B&Q & You
It’s so easy to blame our national side for playing poorly as a team, but that removes responsibility from you and me.
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It’s not WHO is your competition, but WHAT is your competition.
Being the best in your town or your market is no longer good enough. So what is your real competition.
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Develop a referral strategy and generate new business
Think about the products and services that you buy. Chances are, they came from a referral rather than an advert.
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The customer is NOT always right & shouldn’t WANT to be
A good Surgeon would never agree that your method of surgery is right, if he felt that it would endanger your life.
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James Corden Vs Patrick Stewart and how quickly the Internet can damage your image & your brand
Watch how Patrick Stewart loses out to James Corden, big time.
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The one main difference between an optimist and a pessimist
There are people with glasses half full, some with glasses half empty and some with no glass at all.
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Convicted murderer turned a pen into a pair of scissors
In one of my classes, there was a convicted murderer who was making a Mother’s Day for his mum.
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Think outside the van. Turn your vehicle into a customer magnet
There are thousands of vehicles on the road with sign-writing on, promoting this company or that.
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The coffee revolution in Sheffield is over. Long live Costa Coffee.
THAT was the LAST time I went there, and in fact, the last time I will EVER go there.
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If a TREE can still affect the world 300 MILLION years after it died, imagine what YOU can do TODAY
There’s a petrified tree stump in Sheffield that’s over 300 million years old. It was discovered in coal measures beneath what is now Sheffield’s Railway station, before being moved to it’s stunning location in the centre of Sheffield’s Botanical Gardens and it always makes me stop in my tracks.
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3 ways to improve your Inbox, aka your life
If emails annoys you, or you have more than one email in your Inbox right now, then you need to read on, it will change your life………well your Inbox at least!!!
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Little Leo is Born on 19th May 2010
Leo James Ashford was born this morning at 00.56am, at Doncaster Royal Infirmary, weighing 7lb 15oz.
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Get your .CO domain name before the rush
.CO is the new domain extension that offers a truly global, recognizable and credible domain name for individuals and organizations to build their businesses and brands.
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13 Year Old Cover of Lady Gaga’s Paparazzi
This 13 Year Old boy is proof that stardom is much more readily available to those who deserve it, through fantastic media channels such as YouTube. Never has it been easier for people like you and me to get our message out there and be heard. So what are you going to do to become a star in your industry? While you’re thinking about it, watch this:
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The BEST Gift for Dad on Father’s Day that He’ll LOVE for just £1
This is the best gift you could ever buy for your Dad, it only costs £1, you can buy it online and give him straight away and it’s something he’ll remember and cherish forever more……….MAGICAL POWERS.
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Get your FRIENDS to BUY from you….
We had a prospective client contact us recently wanting to know how to market their new business on a budget. We pointed them straight to our recent article: Get Everything You Need to Succeed for FREEEEEEEEE – How to get a free website, free business cards, a free Google Listing, free Linked In account, free …
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Businesses don’t succeed by GETTING money, they succeed by MAKING it!
It’s a subtle difference, but an important one that is fundemental to success – Businesses don’t succeed by GETTING money, they succeed by MAKING it!
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Don’t jump on the bandwagon just because everyone else is.
Choose your media channels wisely and don’t just jump on the bandwagon because everyone else is. Some of those bandwagons are not heading in the right direction for you.
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Restyle Lofts claim a massive 22% increase
We have seen a 22 % increase in the amount of enquiries generated through our new website in the last 2 months.
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Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Take Hold and Others Come Unstuck
List Price: £7.99 GBP New From: £2.98 In Stock Used from: £3.98 In Stock Word of mouth is your most powerful marketing tool. This book will show you how to maximise that medium and have everyone talking about your business.
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*NEW* Section Added to the Final Success Seminar on Friday
Learn how to manage Facebook, Twitter & Linked In with no effort and achieve fantastic results
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Let the sunshine in. It will bring you far more than martyrdom ever could.
If you start climbing a mountain and someone says, “This is going to be hard.” You start to believe it. So when the climb gets hard (which it will), you think, “Yeah, I knew it was going to be hard, this must be the right path. This must be the only way up.“ What if …
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Email Tip: Delete everything received whilst on holiday
Save loads of time and actually look forward to logging into your emails when you return from holiday.
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Final Success Seminar in the Series | Sheffield | Friday 30th April
Increase sales, reduce your marketing costs, improve your conversion rate and raise profits – this seminar is for businesses who want to grow by learning how to harness the FULL POWER of the web in a way which is proven, understandable, manageable, cost effective & actually produces results.
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Get Everything You Need to Succeed for FREEEEEEEEE
Get a free Website, free Business Cards, a free Google Listing and all of the other free tools that your business needs to succeed.
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Google Keyword Tool
Use Google Keyword Tool to find out exactly what your customers are searching for on the web.
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Nocturnal Nation
Nocturnal Nation Sheffield, home of banging tunes, top DJs and impressive club nights have just gone online with a website which wows!
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Success Doncaster’s Deloitte D100 Mentors
Success Doncaster recently chose Rocket Powered Web Design as one of its D100 mentors due to our expertise and reputation.
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Sheffield Enterprise Agency (SENTA) Recommended
Sheffield Enterprise Agency (SENTA) help Sheffield businesses to grow and regularly recommend Rocket Powered Web Design to their clients because of our ability to deliver the goods, on time and on budget.
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Barclays choose Rocket Powered Web Design
Barclays have chosen Rocket Powered Web Design to be the marketing professionals who provide their Business Customers in Sheffield with that expert advice.
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Get Skype | FREE Video Calls to anyone in the World
Skype allows you to have video calls to anyone in the world for FREE. It’s done via the web, it’s easy to use and you can even have plain old fashioned calls if you’re having a bad hair day.
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Amy Smiths
“ We’ve never been able to show our customers our full range of products until now, and it looks great. This is going to be a great asset for our business.” Alex Fowler
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SF Locksmiths
Rocket Powered Web Design have transformed our website, our brand and our entire approach to marketing.
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WSI Whitepaper – Facebook Strategies for Businesses
Learn How to Monetize the Fastest Growing Social Site – Facebook Strategies for Businesses – A WSI Whitepaper
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11 Reasons to Use WordPress
You need to seriously consider WordPress for your website, your business and your future success. Anything else could be dangerous! Find out why…
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Money isn’t a problem for your business. It’s an excuse.
A lack of money is never the reason why your business can’t move forward, it’s always a lack of ideas that holds it up. There are always ways you can increase sales, improve profits and grow your business without spending a penny.
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Add value to your service for FREE & increase sales.
Increasing the value of your service to customers is a great way to get them coming back and talking about you. And increasing value doesn’t mean increasing your costs.
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Doncaster Chamber Seminar | Increase Sales using the Internet
Thank you to all those who attended today’s Seminar | Increase Sales using the Internet at the Doncaster Racecourse, organised by the Doncaster Chamber of Commerce. If anyone would like to watch the presentation again from today’s seminar, or share it with friends and colleagues, then please click the PowerPoint Icon on the left. If …
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ReWork: Change the Way You Work Forever by 37 Signals
“If given a choice between investing in someone who has read REWORK or has an MBA, I’m investing in REWORK every time. A must read for every entrepreneur.”
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The Social Media Revolution | Is it just a fad?
If you are wondering whether Facebook, Twitter, Linked In & other social media sites are important, watch this and wonder no more.
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E-myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It
Michael Gerber explains why 80% of new businesses fail within the first five years, and of those that survive, 80% will fail in the following 5 years.
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Run away from your customers & Increase sales
Understand the reptilian part of your consumers brain which says: If being chased – Run. If something is running away from us – Chase it
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Wordoid – Choose a name for your business
Choosing a great name for your new business is hard. It has to: Be memorable Easy to spell Available as a domain name Capture the essence of what you do Available at companies house (in case you go limited) Not a registered trademark Not used by other companies in your industry Be unique enough for …
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Seth Godin Unleashing the Super IdeaVirus
“Unless you find a more cost-effective way to get your message out, your business is doomed. You can no longer survive by interrupting strangers with a message they don’t want to hear, about a product they’ve never heard of, using methods that annoy them. Consumers have too little time and too much power to stand …
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The Jelly Effect by Andy Bounds
This book will transform the way you think about promoting your business and selling your products & services. If you have not read it, then the chances are, you are not making full effect of your website, your literature, your networking and your referral strategy.
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Send & Recieve Free Faxes
I recieved an email this morning from a client and it had their fax number on it and I thought, who uses faxes these days? Then a prospective client of mine asked if they send me their signed proposal today via fax, and my question was answered. So I did a quick search for free …
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Uno Executive
The whole process was absolutely amazing. I have learnt so much and I’m literally over the moon with the result.
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The important difference between Advertising, Marketing & Selling
The actual meaning of the word “parboil” is to cook something for a LONG time as opposed to the SHORT time like Oliver and Ramsay think. I have a lovely old dictionary full of the original meanings of words which explains that the word “parboil” has become confused with the words “part-boil”, and over the …
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Tripadvisor & The Hilton Vs Cracow Days
In the last four days, we have stayed in two hotels – The Hilton and the Cracow Days. There is only one hotel we will be returning to. It’s important for you to know why! In the last four days, we have stayed in two hotels – The Hilton, East Midlands, England and the Cracow …
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Think creatively & increase your success
Just because everyone plays a guitar in a certain way, doesn’t mean that you need to. There are no rules in business any more. You can do whatever you want, whatever you enjoy and whatever is most successful and produces the best results. Take inspiration from Andy McKee – he turns guitar playing on it’s …
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Get a local phone number and increase calls
0800 and 0845 numbers just don’t work! (in our opinion) For a start, I don’t know where you’re based. I would expect to get through to a call centre And they cost me money on my mobile phone, so I might not call them until I’m near a landline. Stick with traditional geographical phone numbers …
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If you’re not fast, you’re last!
If you don’t move fast enough, you’ll be overtaken by someone who is. People now expect business to be done so fast. If I want food, I can pull into a drive through and pull away with a full meal in under 3 minutes. Woah betide them if they make me wait in Grill order …
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Get Real | Work Smarter, Faster, Easier
Jason Fried of 37 Signals fame discusses how cash-strapped companies can become more successful than cash-rich companies, and how working like a drug dealer can increase sales. Great advice from Jason as always. Well worth a watch. You can also find more information about this video and watch other great videos at bigthink.com Subscribe to …
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Sell 6 times more than your competitors like Joe Girard
Joe Girard was the top car salesman in America, selling on average 6 cars a day. This was significantly more than the 2nd and 3rd best car salesman in America. Joe has some great philosophies about selling which boil do to honesty, reliability and developing genuine relationships with people. When he sold a car, he …
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The best website in the world ever!!!
This super-successful website is a customer-producing monster and goes against everything in the book. Read on to find out why or click here www.alchemistic.co.uk to see for yourself. Welcome to Alchemistic.co.uk. It’s not pretty, it doesn’t have any images, there is no video and it looks like the guys built it himself. It goes against …
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Protected: Aspex Occupational Health
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
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A Family Tree For Me
AFamilyTreeForMe.co.uk will trace your family roots for you, with enormous depth and incredible accuracy. They reveal fascinating stories and uncover amazing photos of your past, giving you a sense of belonging. We first encountered Kevan Adams of AFamilyTreeForMe.co.uk last December when his company was called SY-Gen (Scottish & Yorkshire Genealogy). His exisitng website …
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Make £1 million from 2000 customers every year
There are many business owners with unrealistic ideas of growing their business into international companies, which they are going to franchise in year one, float onto the FTSE 100 in year two and sell in year three for a billion trillion pounds. How about just building a great company which you’re going to run for …
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Increase Sales using the internet
A simple, unique & effective approach. Find out how to harness the full power of the web for your business with one of Yorkshire’s leading web design companies.
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ReStyle Loft & Garage Conversions
Restyle Loft & Garage Conversions increase living spaces, enhance homes and improve lives, with stunning loft and garage conversions. Based in Sheffield, they are Yorkshire’s leading conversion company and provide the complete service from initial designs, to a final dusting as they leave.
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101 Ways to Improve Your Website & Your Success
First Impressions 1. Your website needs to impress and amaze within 2 seconds. If it doesn’t, no-one will stay anyway, so the rest of these points are irrelevant. 2. Make sure your logo looks good and stands out. It’s one of the first things people see and will make a big impression. 3. Make sure …
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Jason Fried | STOP Marketing & START Succeeding
You need to check out Jason Fried NOW! Because if you DON’T. And your competition DOES. You’re SCREWED! If you’re not aware of Jason Fried and his company 37 Signals, then you’re business is missing out – big time. In this short video he talks about how marketing doesn’t work and how sharing and teaching …
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Geoff Ramm | Sell more & spend less
Geoff Ramm is a great public speaker with some fantastic ideas on how to market your business more effectively and for less money. We saw him last year at the Doncaster Chamber’s event at the Doncaster Racecourse, where Geoff stole the show and heavily inspired our approach to successful marketing. Among many inspirational ideas and …
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Keep blogs short, interesting and to the point
People have little time to do anything, let alone read your blog. So keep it interesting, keep it short and keep it to the point. Gone Subscribe to our Hot News Blog Via Email >> RSS Feed >> Weekly Newsletter >> Connect with us Join James Ashford on Linked In >> Follow us on Twitter …
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How to attract 150,000 visitors a day for FREE
Everyone harps on about SEO (Search Engine Optimisation), Keywords and Page Rankings. And although it is important and fundamental to any website, never lose site of the fact that great content will ALWAYS reign supremesera. This is a video which has not been optimised in any way and no-one has spent money advertising it with …
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What do your emails look like? | Communication Success Pt 4
When we send an email, we think we know what they are going to look like when our customers open them, but it’s not always the case. For example, if you include images in your email which are integral to the content, your client might have Images Disabled and so never see them. Here are …
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Contact 10,000 potential customers | Communication Success Pt 3
As businesses, we spend loads of energy searching for potential customers. When we find them we have to establish some sort of relationship and a level of trust, to turn potential customers into a paying customer. The hard part in all of this is establishing the relationship as it can take time. And not only …
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Get the most out of LinkedIn | Communication Success Pt 2
Get the most out of LinkedIn for your company and generate new business by communicating with existing customers and with business associates who can refer and recommend your services LinkedIn is a wonderful network that allows you to do just that. If you’re not in the know, it’s basically Facebook for your professional life. It …
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The best way to increase sales | Communication Success Pt 1
The best way by far, for you to get more business and drive your sales upwards is through your existing customers. This has been proven time and time again and it’s also one of the most enjoyable and cost effective ways for you to get more work. Existing customers already have a relationship with you …
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Use TweetDeck to connect to Twitter, Facebook & LinkedIn
It’s one thing getting invited to the party, but if you don’t get up and dance, you’re not going to get noticed. Growing your social media network is a great way to grow your business and increase customers, but you need to be an active networker to see any real success. All of our Super …
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Health and Safety Law | Make sure your business is legal!
If you’re a business and you have premises or you employ staff, then by law, you need basic Health & Safety policies. We recently created a lovely new website for Spectrum Risk Management who are leading Health & Safety consultants, based in South Yorkshire. As well as promoting their services, we thought it would be …
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How to Improve Your Website
Improving Your Website >> This is a fantastic document showing you how you can Improve Your Website and help turn more visitors into customers – Improving Your Website >> It’s a long one but well worth the read. It shows you how to assess your current success, make improvements to increase your success and links …
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Nothing but success in 2010
Here’s to a happy and successful New Year! Feels good, doesn’t it? 2009 is over, 2010 is just beginning. A fresh start. New ideas, new opportunities, new challenges, new chances. And our services will be there to help you every step of the way. This Hot News blog is going to be used to share …
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#2 Add content to your web pages
This video shows you how to easily add content into your web pages. If you can use Microsoft Words, then you can use this. It includes text formatting and inserting images, resizing images and creating content in Word.
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#1 Add New Pages
Welcome to this series of WordPress Tutorials which will show you how easy it is to edit and update your website. Simply have a go at editing your own website by playing and pausing this video and learning at your own pace. Good luck!
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Surprised Kitten
I challenge any of you not to smile, laugh and then share it with all your mates. You can use the links below to do that. Check them out.
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JComCopy
“A great big thanks for a brilliant website. I’ll be recommending you to as many people as I can.”
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Spectrum Risk
“Wow. Just Wow. There ideas, what they acheived, the speed at which they did it and their professionalism were just incredible. I recommend them to everyone, without hesitation.”
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Walkers Nurseries
“ We have worked with James Ashford of RPWD for ten years who has always ensured that our website not only reflects our highest aspirations but also works well as a wonderful sales tool”
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MagicDad.tv
“Rocket Powered Web Design are the best web company in the world. If you’re in any doubt, just go to www.TheBestWebCompanyInTheWorld.com and see who appears”.
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Melody Maison
“RPWD perfectly understand our custom base and cater for them beautifully in our website and magazine adverts… and now wouldn’t dream with working with anyone else.”
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CWM Automation
A complete rebranding of their company, more in line with their quality of service & a great example of an effective, straightforward website.
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Harmas Riley
A very professional Standard Website & a fantastic social networking tool.
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idealhome.tv
“ RPWD brought a vision of simplicity to the design of our technology which allows it to be used by fairly inexperienced internet users with no assistance whatsoever. This means happy users and no backup support costs. As we take this product forward, we will definitely be involving them in all future designs”.
Jack Eames Photography
Interest in our company has more than doubled, since Rocket Powered helped revamp & relaunch our business.
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