Ki Media Blog
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Posted on May 14, 2013Where your traffic comes from and what it says about health of your website
Your analytics data shows a huge amount about the efficiency of your company, the problem is not enough people know how to read it or what to look for. When checking the overall health of your site, one of the …
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Posted on April 19, 2013WordPress botnet attack
Across the world some websites using older versions of Wordpress were affected by hackers this week. None of our websites were affected, but we thought the following advice may be useful, for other wordpress users.
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Posted on March 20, 2013Advanced Google Analytics workshop
In today’s difficult economic situation, most organisations are looking to use digital services to increase revenue, reach and reduce costs to make them more efficient. However without accurate measurement and regular reviews, websites often underperform and never return the investment …
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Posted on March 20, 2013How to choose a Payment gateway
When setting up an online business one of the important things you will probably need to consider how you are going to collect payments on your website. This is done through a payment gateway and there is a large selection …
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Posted on February 19, 2013North East Funding Sources
Over the years we’ve helped many businesses get measurable improvements from their websites and online campaigns. But since the closure of business link, many businesses in North East are unsure of where they can get funding to help push their …
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Posted on January 2, 2013Facebook technology trends of 2012
Its the start of 2013 the time of year when we all feel a little too over indulged from our Christmas dinners and new years celebrations, so at Ki Media we thought it would be a good time …
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Posted on December 5, 2012Women in business at Manchester Art Gallery
Wow I can’t believe it’s December already, last month I was asked to speak to a group aspiring businesswomen at an event at Manchester Art Gallery. It was a great chance to stand back and look at the last 5 years and all that Ki Media has achieved so far.
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Posted on December 5, 2012Where is my cover photo?
It may sound like something from a bad TV mystery “the disappearing cover photo” but with no explanation some users Facebook cover photos are disappearing without a trace. The story was first picked up by Mashable earlier in the week …
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Posted on December 4, 2012Facebook withdrawing ability to vote on policy changes
Wednesday 21st November 2012 Facebook announced some policy changes that are causing a massive amount of controversy amongst its users. The new changes will put an end to the users ability to vote on policy changes. Facebook claim this will …
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Posted on November 21, 2012How to make an image look ‘clickable’
Everyone knows you shouldn’t use ‘click here’ in text. But what about images? If you have an image, and you want people to click on it, is it bad practice for the image to actually say ‘click here’? [example of …
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Posted on November 21, 20123 reasons why you shouldn’t ‘click here’
If there’s one thing you should do to make your website better for people and search engines alike, it’s to banish the words ‘click here’. ‘Click here’ is an easy – and dare we say, lazy – way to introduce …
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Posted on May 28, 2012UK Cookie Law
There appears to be a lot of scaremongering going on in regards to the new law coming into effect on the 27th of May around the use of cookies on websites. We are getting emails from concerned clients who have …
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Posted on February 3, 2012Emotional & Immersive Media
I genuinely love what I do and as anyone who knows me can tell you, I can talk about web strategy and design for hours. Now I have the chance to inspire and be inspired by a new generation of designers with fresh ideas.
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Posted on January 10, 2012Custom Post Type Privacy wordpress plugin
I’ve been working on an internal project that uses both wordpress and bbpress (A forum plugin for wordpress). One of the major issues I came across with bbpress was privacy. I needed a way to only allow specific users, or specific groups of users access to specific forums.
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Posted on September 9, 2010Brilliant Tipp-ex Viral
We all enjoy a good viral, but these days it has to be an exceptional piece of work to really make an impact, particularly when aimed at the general public and not a specific audience. Tipp-ex’s latest is one of …
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Posted on August 23, 2010Ki Media have a new home
After outgrowing our Pink Lane office, we now have a new home in a Grade II listed building in Charlotte Square, Newcastle. The new space gives us much more room to work and a great meeting space to discuss projects with clients.
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Posted on May 7, 2010Joining the Web Designer Magazine Experts Team
Starting this month (May 2010), our Creative Director Jo will be writing for Web Designer Magazine.
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Posted on April 3, 2010Geek cushions FTW
Home furnishing is probably not what you would expect to be reading about on a web company’s blog, but we thought our lovely new Craftsquatch cushions deserved a mention!
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Posted on March 1, 2010Jo Speaks at Girl Geeks North East
Is there something you always wanted to know about the web, but never had a chance to ask, or never had a satisfactory answer? Or, maybe you’re sick of hearing buzz words and not knowing what they mean? On 11 …
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Posted on July 10, 2009What Michael Jackson can teach us about internet marketing
Unfortunately there’s still no better way to ensure your immortally than dieing before your time! Suddenly all those things that people disliked about you, don’t seem to matter!
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Posted on May 22, 200919 things we learned at Thinking Digital 09
Last week we were very well looked after at the 2009 Thinking Digital conference at the Sage, Gateshead. We’ve picked out some of our best bits if you didn’t manage to get along.
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Posted on April 24, 20097 Reasons to use twitter for online marketing
Here’s our top 7 reasons from an online business perspective for using the micro-blogging phenomenon that’s challenging Facebook for the social networking crown.
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Posted on April 17, 2009I’m brian.doc and so is my wife
More information is being shared now than ever before, with emails and collaborative technology it’s much easier to send files, but all to often we lose those files once they reach our machines. Here’s some things to think about when naming files to prevent this.
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Posted on February 26, 2009How to make the most of email marketing
Email continues to be the main method of direct remote communication for businesses and consumers alike. Here’s what you need to know to get the most out of email marketing.