As your customers increasingly spend more time online, it makes sense to take advantage of this opportunity to include online communication into you marketing strategy. 123 Online can help integrate a fantastic email marking solution into your site now.

People have some funny business ideas when it comes to websites. In 2009 everyone came to us wanting to build the next Trade Me, usually for under two grand. In 2010 it was Facebook. I mean, if Mark Zuckerberg, one of the best programming minds to ever tap on a keyboard can do it, what’s stopping Dave from Taranaki? And that brings us to 2011. The year of the daily deal website. And already we’ve got the bandwagon of internet millionaire hopefuls following suit.

Don’t you hate it when you’re surfing the net, and the website you’re trying to access takes forever to load? There’s a common misconception out there that slow loading websites are the result of a poor internet connection. Although this can be the case, there is another common culprit – the server the website is hosted on.

Company values are nothing new. They are in the organisation handbook that lives in the filing drawer, never given much thought. Great companies not only have values, they live by them. They are integrated into every facet of the organisation. They are what the company stands for, and a standard it measures itself against.

For every Ecommerce website that is a huge success, there are literally hundreds that fall by the wayside. If you want to sell your products online, here are some basics to convert those website visitors into purchasers.

When you get your website designed, website content usually comes below website design on the priority list. Often rushed and given little attention, poor content creates a ‘Paris Hilton’ website; great to look at but not much substance.

We do business with people we trust – that much is a given. So how do you gain a visitors trust when they arrive at your website? After all, they can’t look you in the eye, shake your hand or sit in your office. Successful web design is all about making people trust you before they meet you.

I’ve gotta say, we’re pretty excited. After months of hard development time, the new 123 Online Ecommerce Content Management System (CMS) has been launched – and it’s a game changer.

Want to rank well on google? If this area is of significant importance, we can put you onto an exceptional firm that will put your website on a six month plan to achieve exceptional results in this area. There are, however, three simple areas which we can offer guidance in to help your website’s search engine rankings.

A company can never achieve great things, without great people. We’re really excited to welcome James Daly, Shaun Ong and AJ Paul to our team – we’re lucky to have these three talented guys on board.