Horizontal spaces between images in Gmail html emails

I just received a HTML newsletter from play.com and it reminded me of something we discovered with Gmail a few months ago... Since the powers-that-be at Google created a new class of font-size:80%, horizontal spaces have been appearing between images. And it looks like play have unfortunately (maybe) fallen foul…

Clever email marketing idea from my-wardrobe

I received a newsletter last night that I thought was quite a clever idea, from my-wardrobe.com. With the bank holiday approaching, they asked several high profile editors what they'd be wearing over the long weekend. Bang on subject for their target market - trend setters discussing styles, with tips and…

How to Spy on your Competition

Everyone knows getting backlinks is vitally important when you're trying to build up good rankings in the search engines. But how do you know who to get links from? One way I've found particularly useful is to check out who's already linking back to your competition, and try and get…

How to put Facebook on your Site

It's now easier than ever to share your website's content on Facebook, which could prove to be an excellent way of getting more visitor interaction on your site. Facebook has released a whole set of social plugins that let you do some really cool stuff, in many cases just by…

Great Logo Design

Getting a good logo design is essential for any brand, but sometimes it's easy to get carried away with what you think your logo should encapsulate and lose any real originality or memorable identity. The best thing you can do is keep it simple and memorable. If you're designing the…

The £20 iPad Replacement

I got quite excited when I read a report this morning about a tablet PC from India which was going on sale for just 1,500 rupees which according to XE.com just now, is as little as £20! It really sounds too good to be true, and for the moment it…

How to Automatically Create a Newsletter

Everyone knows that newsletters are a great and cost effective way of keeping in touch with your customers, letting them know what you've been up to and reminding them of the services you offer. But finding time to create an attractive and interesting newsletter can be a real challenge, especially…

Half Baked Brand off to a flying start, and a feature on bikeradar.com

Great news today that a relatively new client of ours, Half Baked Brand, with their unique range of cycling jerseys, have been featured on Bikeradar.com.  Future Publishing website Bikeradar gets over 1.5 million unique visitors a month, so it's a great piece of coverage for the new online based business.…

The Internet of Things

A nice little introduction to the Internet of Things or the semantic web as it's often refered as. People have been talking about the interconnections which are possible between systems for years and there's no denying that things are becoming more connected and smarter. At the moment the Internet of…

Twitter customer service from 123-reg

Yesterday I tweeted that I wasn't very happy with 123-reg auto-renewing a .com domain name for 2 years without my say so - and I just received a phone call from their customer services team to see if they could help resolve the issue. It wasn't the auto-renewal I had…

UKCourseBookers.com goes live – 2 week turn around

UK Course Bookers Ltd. needed an identity and a slick website - and they needed it quickly. So they came to us! In just 2 weeks we designed and built ukcoursebookers.com which features admin bookings management tools and user accounts so customers can view their past orders, update their details…

18a and the top creative companies in the South West

I've just been checking out the results for the South West Top 100 Creative Companies, which is ranked according to fees earned/turnover. Which means that we're not on it, because we're not big enough (or don't charge enough ;) to beat the big boys. But still, it was great to…