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Twitter, the next biggest thing?

So here we go again, just another fad for the kids, can’t see the benefit…

Well, maybe not.

If I’m honest, that’s kind of what I used to think.

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FL1 Seminars

We are pleased to announce a bunch of new seminars taking place this summer.

1st May 2009 – Search Engine Optimisation and Social Media – using the internet to grow your business
15th May 2009 – Blogging, Podcasting and Video for Beginners
5th June 2009 – Understanding and using social media to grow your business
19th June 2009 – Search Engine Marketing

For more information please visit http://www.blogspodsandwikis.com

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Are you in a relationship?

That’s quite a question isn’t it?

Niall used to tell me about how turning up at a potential customer wearing his leathers would instantly start a conversation, relax the meeting and start building a relationship. He often found that more often than not, the person he met used to be or still a biker, and if not would always invoke conversation and appreciation of the fact he’d ‘battled the traffic and cold to be there’. Being a newbie biker, I now agree, he’s absolutely right…that said, more often than not I get mistaken for a courier!

People relate to people if they have shared interests and things in common that’s a fact. The amount of things I’ve learnt about people close to me I thought I knew due to a single status update on facebook or a tweet scares me.

A year ago I fell down the stairs in the middle of the night attending to my newly born daughter. I posted a status update of “Jason Sammon: has knackered his back”. The next day, 6 of my customer who were friends on facebook, called me to find out what happened and see if I was alright. After chatting, some more business came from 3 of them. Remember, they called me!

So how about your website; is that building a relationship?

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This month at FL1

February and March have been interesting months that’s for sure.

Firstly March brought us bad news with the passing of Niall’s father. Niall’s father Alisdair was the original company secretary back in the days when FL1 was in its infancy and Niall and Jason were still wearing shorts.

Alisdair will be sadly missed by everyone at FL1. Rest in Peace.

We launched a fabulous starter website package nick-named the “295 special” which offers a 4 page website + hosting + a .co.uk domain name with prices starting at £295.

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Rank at the top of Google for FREE!

Most people use Google these days, like it or loath it.
Is it easy to get to the front page on Google? Many Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) companies would tell that it is for a small (or often not) fee. The reality is, that it takes a lot of time, planning and effort.

Or does it?

Well, to get high listings for a generic term such as “plumbers” yes it does. It takes an significant amount of time and effort. However, in reality, would a Plumber really want to just Rank for just “plumbers”?

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