• Issue: 19 - February 2010

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  • Welcome to our newsletter.

    We conducted a small survey in January about our newsletter. Many thanks to all of you who replied and for the positive comments. Below is a summary article of the results and a link to the survey if you would like to give your feedback on our newsletter. It's not too late to have your say!

    Also in this issue, is an article covering the basic principles of search engine optimisation (getting found on search engines e.g. Google) and some hints on tips on sharing data between PCs and backing up your email data.

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  • Latest News

  • The snow and ice in January certainly had an impact on businesses, though time will tell whether any shortfalls will be made up the through the rest of the year. This cold spell made us really appreciate the benefits of working from home and running the kind of business that is largely conducted remotely. Fortunately, we were quite busy and these are some of our completed projects since the beginning of the year:

    MAC Security Solutions - see the related article in this issue.

    Neville & Co - a fully licensed company specialising in business rescue, recovery and insolvency for individuals and business.

    Wine competition microsite - a single page wine-promotion site, with the chance to win a superb holiday to New Zealand. Go on, give it go!

    Nigel has joined the Federation of Small Businesses committee for East Cornwall to help promote networking events. The first event is to be held on March 17th at Pentillie Castle. Check out the details here ==>.

  • Article - Newsletter survey

  • Clarihon newsletter surveyThe overall feedback on our newsletter survey was very positive with the main findings summarised in our blog. If you've not completed the survey and you would like to have your say, then please click on the image.

    Read the summary results of the survey here ----->

  • Article - search engine basics

  • Search the webFor those who perform their own web site 'tweaks' to improve their search engine rankings, here are a few basic thoughts about how Search Engines work and some guidelines to follow.

    Read the full article here ----->

  • Client Profile - Mac Security Solutions

    MAC Security Solutions

    MAC Security Solutions provide commercial and domestic security consultancy, products and services throughout the South West. The Director, Mike Chart, has extensive experience within the UK and abroad with a variety of security products and technologies. Installations have included a palace in the Middle East and he was involved in the development of body-worn surveillance systems.

    Read the full article here ----->

  • Tech 'No Babble' - Cold calling

    If you're reading this 'musing' you're probably the owner of a business, involved in running it, or responsible for generating sales or enquiries. You'll probably have had to do some 'cold calling' at some time. Do you enjoy the challenge or, like me, do you avoid it like the plague?

    Read the full article here ----->

  • Hints & Tips no.6

    Hints & TipsHere at the Clarihon offices we share a lot of data. We use a network-attached storage unit which is compact and efficient.

    Read the full article here ----->

    If you're an Outlook user (as opposed to Outlook Express) for e-mail, here's how to back up your e-mail and contacts etc.

    Read the full article here ----->

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