MEET THE EXPERT: STEW NORRISS OF THE DATA SHED

Date: 15th May 2019

The Data Shed’s head of architecture and security, Stew Norriss talks to BQ about his role and why he volunteers his time with Digital Enterprise to help SMEs harness digital. What is it that your company does?  Data and analytics projects including Gamstop, the national gambling self-exclusion scheme. We also have a product to help you manage your data better including creation of golden record and managing duplicates and data quality. Describe your role in no more than 100 words  I look after the IT and data security ensuring that we are compliant and achieve accreditation as well as being able to face …

MEET THE BUSINESS: AGENCY FOR GOOD

Date: 9th May 2019

After working for 12 years in marketing, Rich Sutcliffe founded Agency For Good, a digital marketing agency that uses the profits from paying socially-responsible clients to fund free training and strategy advice for non-profit organisations. He tells BQ about his business. What is it the company does? We are an ethical digital marketing agency. We are ethical by the way we interact with people and our values, to our mission of helping 50 non-profits this year create more impact through better use of digital. We provide full-service digital marketing services to socially responsible for-profit businesses and use any profits to subsidise …

Google launches Currents App in Beta to Replace Google+ for Businesses

Date: 7th May 2019

With the news earlier this month that Google+ was coming to an end. Google is now launching a new Currents app to replace the void Google+ is leaving behind for enterprises. Available in beta, G Suite users can now request early access, with seasoned Google+ users able to transfer their content once enrolled. This is not the first time Google have used Currents for the name of a product. Back in 2011, Current’s was the name of a magazine app, which was replaced two years later by the Play Newsstand – now Google News, which joined together combined Play Magazine …

MEET THE BUSINESS: SHOPAPPY

Date: 5th May 2019

Jackie Mulligan is on a mission to stop communities from becoming ghost towns. She talks to BQ about her business, ShopAppy and why she recommends Digital Enterprise to other business owners. What is it the company does? ShopAppy.com is a mobile-friendly website and mobile app designed to encourage customers (both residents and visitors) to use local shops and businesses directly and more frequently and to help shops and businesses reach local customers who are shopping online. The initiative is growing fast as a shop local movement (now in 25 towns) to support retailers and independent and small businesses in increasingly …

Best WordPress Plugins for your Business Website in 2019

Date: 3rd May 2019

According to codeinwp.com, there are over 50,000 WordPress plugins currently available in the official directory with new ones being added daily. With all these available to use, it can be difficult to decide which ones are best for your business. In order to help you choose, here, in no particular order, are our top five WordPress plugins for 2019. MonsterInsights MonsterInsights describe themselves as the best Google Analytics plugin for WordPress, and we would have to agree with this. This plugin allows you to enable Google Analytics features on your site in just one click. The advantage of this is …