SP Design » | Norwich print and web design | Home of SimpliSite CMS websites for small business http://www.spdesign.co.uk Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:59:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 1.Keyword List http://www.spdesign.co.uk/keyword-list http://www.spdesign.co.uk/keyword-list#comments Thu, 03 Mar 2011 11:15:38 +0000 admin http://www.spdesign.co.uk/?p=410 Research Keywords
  • Visit Google Keyword Tool
  • Type in relevant keyword phrase
  • Copy top 30 Keywords into table below

Keyword List

Date researched

 07/03/2011

Phrase Researched

 graphic and web design norwich

In Order of Local Monthly Searches

In Alphabetical Order
  • web designers
  • web design
  • design web
  • designers
  • graphics designers
  • graphics design
  • website designers
  • graphic designs
  • graphic design
  • design graphic
  • website design
  • design website
  • logo design
  • web designer
  • web development
  • create your own website
  • graphics designer
  • graphic designer
  • design company
  • design agency
  • web developer
  • web designers companies
  • web design companies
  • website design companies
  • graphic design work
  • web design firm
  • web design software
  • web design company
  • graphic design jobs
  • cheap web design
  • cheap web design
  • create your own website
  • design agency
  • design company
  • design graphic
  • design web
  • design website
  • designers
  • graphic design
  • graphic design jobs
  • graphic design work
  • graphic designer
  • graphic designs
  • graphics design
  • graphics designer
  • graphics designers
  • logo design
  • web design
  • web design companies
  • web design company
  • web design firm
  • web design software
  • web designer
  • web designers
  • web designers companies
  • web developer
  • web development
  • website design
  • website design companies
  • website designers
]]> http://www.spdesign.co.uk/keyword-list/feed 0 2.Directory Registration http://www.spdesign.co.uk/2-directory-registration http://www.spdesign.co.uk/2-directory-registration#comments Wed, 02 Mar 2011 17:32:19 +0000 admin http://www.spdesign.co.uk/?p=560 Register your site on as many relevant directories as possible – below is a list of some of them.

This can take some time so Delegate this task if possible!

A
Applegate ASK

B
Big Wig Biz British Businesses BT BT Tradespace
Business Magnet Business Scene

D
Dmoz

E
Ecademy

F
Facebook Find networking events FreeIndex Federation of Small Businesses

G
Google Google Local Business Centre

H
Hot Frog

K
Kellys Kyotee

L
LinkedIn

M
MSN MySpace

N
Naymz

P
Plaxo Pressbox

S
Search Me 4 Scoot Squidoo

T
Thomson Local

U
UK Business List UK Small Business Directory

V
Viadeo

Y
Yahoo Yell

X
Xing
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Write about each of these areas of expertise each week in rotation
(see table below)

Week 1

 Small business management
(My advice + experience running a small business)

Week 2

 Web Site Administration
(Practical Guidance on using and running your website)

Week 3

 Print Design
(Effectively using print design to promote your business)

Week 4

 Illustration
(Comic strip / illustration making a point / joke)
]]> http://www.spdesign.co.uk/blog-schedule/feed 0 4.Setup Squeeze Page http://www.spdesign.co.uk/4-setup-squeeze-page http://www.spdesign.co.uk/4-setup-squeeze-page#comments Mon, 28 Feb 2011 12:44:19 +0000 admin http://www.spdesign.co.uk/?p=594 A Squeeze page usually offers visitors something for free – in return they are asked for their Name and Email (which are added to your mailing list)

To create a squeeze page you first need to:

  • Devise and create a “Free Gift” that will entice visitors
    i.e. free PDF recipe book, money off vouchers, etc
  • Install a Newsletter signup widget
    Make very prominent – Title this “Download your Free Gift” to attract attention
  • Create a “Squeeze page”
    The page containing the “Free Gift” you offered (i.e. download link) that sign-ups are redirected to
]]> http://www.spdesign.co.uk/4-setup-squeeze-page/feed 0 Example Quarterly report http://www.spdesign.co.uk/example-quarterly-report http://www.spdesign.co.uk/example-quarterly-report#comments Wed, 16 Feb 2011 11:26:05 +0000 admin http://www.spdesign.co.uk/?p=424 Once complete make sure you include the date of report in the Post title
(i.e. “02/11 – 03/11 Monthly Report”)

Analytics Data

Unique Visitors This Quarter
(Add previous 3 months visitors)

 0

Difference in Unique Visitors
from previous quarter (+ / -)

 0

NewsLetter Data

Signups this quarter
(Add previous 3 months signups)

 0

increase / decrease in signups since last quarter

 0

Collect Vertical Response stats from last months mailing

Report Name

Sent

Open

Click

Bounce

Unsubscribe
]]> http://www.spdesign.co.uk/example-quarterly-report/feed 0 Example monthly report http://www.spdesign.co.uk/example-monthly-report http://www.spdesign.co.uk/example-monthly-report#comments Wed, 16 Feb 2011 11:25:26 +0000 admin http://www.spdesign.co.uk/?p=422 Complete This Report each month to keep a record of your site administration activities

Once complete make sure you include the date of report in the Post title
(i.e. “02/11 – 03/11 Monthly Report”)

Collected Weekly Results

Add up figures from previous months Weekly reports

No. of posts added this month

 0

No. Internal Links added to Blog posts and Pages

 0

No. External Links added to Blog posts and Pages

 0

No. Links added to Links page

 0

Analytics Data

Unique Visitors This month

 0

Difference in Unique Visitors
from last month

 0

Bounce Rate This month

 0

Difference in Bounce Rate
from last month

 0

Links Data

  • visit yahoo site explorer
  • Type www.mydomain.co.uk into Explore field
  • Select Inlinks button
  • Set Show Links: drop down to From all pages
    Set to: drop down to Entire site

Number of Inlinks

(From All Pages)

 0

Change since last month (+ / -)

 0
  • Set Show Links: drop down to Except from this domain

Number of Inlinks

(Except from this domain)

 0

Change since last month (+ / -)

 0
Fill in this section if client has purchased additional products

Newsletter Signups

Number of names on Mailing List

 0

Change since last month
(New signups)

 0

Social Media Optimisation

Collect totals from weekly reports

LinkedIn

Invites sent

 0

Recommendations sent

 0

Invites received / accepted

 0

Recommendations received

 0

Twitter

Following

 0

Followed by

 0

Following change since last month

 0

Followed change since last month

 0

Tweets created in last month

 0

Referrals from Twitter (see Analytics report)

 0

Facebook

Likes sent

 0

Likes received

 0
]]> http://www.spdesign.co.uk/example-monthly-report/feed 0 example weekly report http://www.spdesign.co.uk/example-weekly-report http://www.spdesign.co.uk/example-weekly-report#comments Wed, 16 Feb 2011 11:22:15 +0000 admin http://www.spdesign.co.uk/?p=418 Complete This Report each week to keep a record of your site administration activities

Once complete make sure you include the date of report in the Post title
(i.e. “01/02/11 – 07/02/11 Weekly Report”)

1) Blog Posts

This week’s post
Copy and paste URL here

Specific Keywords used
Copy and Paste Keywords from list used in this post here

Outgoing links
List URLs of external sites linked to in this post – add rows as necessary

Internal links
List URLs of internal pages linked to in this post – add rows as necessary

2) Link Building

URLs added to Links page (add at least 2)

Reciprocate email sent
Copy and paste URL here – add rows as necessary Y / N

URLs added to Blog posts and Pages

Reciprocate email sent
Copy “Outgoing Links” from Blog Posts section – add rows as necessary Y / N

3) Social Media Optimisation

Administer and record your social media activity

LinkedIn

Invites sent (at least 2)

 0

Recommendation sent (at least 1)

 0

Invites received / accepted

 0

Recommendations received

 0

Twitter

Following (follow at least 2 people a week)

 0

Followed by

 0

Tweets created in last week

 0

Facebook

Total Likes sent during month

 0

Likes received over month

 0
]]> http://www.spdesign.co.uk/example-weekly-report/feed 0 Scribus and Paint.net Installation http://www.spdesign.co.uk/scribus-and-paint-net-installation http://www.spdesign.co.uk/scribus-and-paint-net-installation#comments Thu, 25 Nov 2010 11:18:13 +0000 admin http://www.spdesign.co.uk/?p=402 Whether you’ve attended the SP Design course on Flyer Design using Scribus and Paint.net or not, these two applications can be incredibly useful to your business.

Download the Installation guide which provides links and instructions to get you started (Scribus: Mac and PC, Paint.net: PC only)

]]> http://www.spdesign.co.uk/scribus-and-paint-net-installation/feed 0 Setting Bleeds on Scribus for PC http://www.spdesign.co.uk/setting-bleeds-on-scribus-for-pc http://www.spdesign.co.uk/setting-bleeds-on-scribus-for-pc#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:48:37 +0000 admin http://www.spdesign.co.uk/?p=313 Annoyingly setting bleed areas is not a standard feature on the current PC version of Scribus (it is on the Mac version) – so here’s a method to get around this until the feature is available on future versions.

When you create a new document (File > New) follow the instructions below:

  • Set Default unit to Millimetres
  • Choose or set the size of document using the Size drop-down menu or by entering measurements into the Width and Height fields (i.e. A5 = 148 x 210mm)
  • Now Add 6mm to both the Width and Height dimensions (i.e. A5 would then be 154mm x 216mm)
  • Set Margin Guide to 3mm on all sides (left, right, top and bottom) – the margin will indicate where the actual edge of your document is.
  • Click OK to create your new document
  • On the new document the Blue Margin guide indicates where the ACTUAL edge of your document is.
  • The Red outer guide indicates the Bleed area (i.e. 3mm outside the actual document area) – any images you want going all the way up to the edge of your flyer / document need to go all the way up to the red outer rectangle.

You can now set guides for your desired margins, i.e. 15mm in from the inner Blue Margin guides:

  • Use the Magnification buttons at the bottom left of the Document area to zoom in (about 800 – 1600% will do)
  • Use the horizontal and vertical scroll bars so you can see the top-left corner of your document
  • Position your pointer over the top left corner of the Document area (where the vertical and horizontal rulers meet)
    Press and hold your left mouse button – now drag the pointer to where the blue margin guides intersect (cross)
  • Release the mouse button – note that the vertical and horizontal rulers have changed so that where you released the mouse button is now treated as zero (making it easier to set your guides without doing arithmetic!)
  • Place your pointer over the rulers on the left of the document window, press and hold the left mouse button, then drag a guide to the 15mm mark on the top ruler
  • Repeat the last step, but drag your guide down from the top ruler to the 15mm mark on the left hand ruler
  • Now use the scroll bars so you can see the bottom right corner of your document – now repeat the procedure to set two more guides.

Regularly check the Scribus website for updates – this limitation will be rectified at some point.

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Click here to Download Scribus templates

Note the above templates have had 3mm bleeds applied to them as detailed in the Setting bleeds on Scribus for PC Post

You can also download further templates directly from the Scribus website

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