In today’s post we have put together a visual quick guide on setting up an email newsletter with the MailPoet plugin that we use in the Creative Platoon platform.
Friday Hot Links
Here are some posts that we’ve come across this week that we highly recommend for you to read, or suck into Evernote for another day. Content Modelling by Chris Knowles A great article to read before setting up your own website or if going through a re-design. This post explains how to easily get your […]
10 Tips to Write Great Web Content
Reading on the internet can be quite different than flicking through a book, so it makes sense that writing for the web is also a little different. Here’s some handy tips to creating good web content for your business website. 1. KISS No don’t kiss the screen, but stick to the principles of Keep It […]
Weekly Wrap-Up
Here are some great posts that we think are worth reading this week, from the blogs that we follow. Writing tips to inspire you: http://www.copyblogger.com/how-cj-lyons-writes/ A quick and dirty guide and tips to some of the built in SEO features that you should be using: https://yoast.com/snippet-preview/ What happens to your content when you change themes? […]
Choose the Right Images for Your Blog
Selecting photos for blog posts may at first seem a simple exercise. However, due to the very visual aspect of the web, image selection is a crucial part of engaging your user and shaping the overall look of your website. Here are my tips for choosing the best images. Firstly, establish the image definitions for […]
So You Want to Start a Blog?
Got an exciting new idea for a blog that you can’t stop thinking about? Maybe you’ve got half-written blog posts in your head and on scraps of paper everywhere. Why are you still thinking about it? By davide ragusa Earlier this year I started a new blog, I had some grand but vague idea of […]
Which Social Media Tool is Best For Your Business?
Everyone has heard of Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Linked In, but what about Reddit and Instagram? What are they and does your business really need to be on them? The short answer is yes and no. I know that’s a seriously frustrating answer. But the truth is, the right social media strategy for your business […]
Website setup… where do I start?
You really want a slick new website, somewhere to connect with your audience and share your talents, but just thinking about the setup has your brain tied in knots! There are so many themes, so many websites around that look awesome, but how do you get started? Here’s some questions to get you thinking […]
And so that was summer….
As the month rolled into March I realised two things, firstly we still hadn’t managed to get the first post out to welcome the new year and secondly that summer was over! Ouch! Over the summer we have been working pretty busily on the Creative Platoon platform. We are pleased to announce that we have […]
Great Designs Included
To help get your website looking professional in the quickest time possible we have put together a great selection of HTML 5 designs that are included with our web hosting packages. All these designs are screen responsive, so they adjust their layout for tablets and mobile devices. This allows you to focus your attention on […]
Keyword Research
There is a lot of buzz around at the moment about keyword research. But what is it exactly, and why should we be doing it for our website content? Firstly, I will do my best to give you a short history lesson. Just like in Flickr there are words associated with the image that help to […]
Built with WordPress
Why WordPress? Over the past years, I have spent many hours tinkering with the web and testing various project ideas, some successful, some not. I have always ‘bootstrapped’ my projects and ideas together and preferred to source ways to build websites myself. I first delved into website creation software many years ago to help control project […]
What is Creative Platoon?
Creative Platoon is the accumulation 0f past and present experience of two individuals; myself, Nicholas Duell and writer, Rakhee Ghelani. Bringing together the shared knowledge and experience from different professional working backgrounds, we endeavour to help Australian small businesses to succeed online. Offering a more integrated service of managed website hosting, including managed content, and […]