Pat's Garage

It's always a pleasure to be able to recommend an excellent local business.

Both cars have been into Pat's Garage recently and in both cases, the work was done well and the costs were reasonable. The Golf went in for a noisy exhaust and unfortunately needed a new catalytic converter. Lloyd called up with a detailed costing and explanation of what was needed, so there was no nasty shock when it was time to pick up the car.

Pat's Garage in East Grinstead is a very professional operation.

You can get in touch via their website at www.patsgarage.net

Winentwine

Recently we have launched a new website for Winentwine.

Winentwine are an events management business specialising in wine tasting. They offer regular business networking events where wine tasting is integral to the event. Attendees get to meet other business owners, hear about the business sponsoring the event and enjoy a number of wines.

Winentwine also run business seminars and will manage all sorts of corporate and personal events.

Their new website is based on the Joomla platform and offers content management facilities, blog, online shop and events diary.

Visit the new Winentwine website here.

Akorn Recruitment

Akorn Recruitment is the longest established generalist recruitment agency in East Grinstead with an outstanding reputation with both clients and candidates. They provide recruitment solutions both for companies looking for employees and for individuals looking for work. They cover East Grinstead, Crawley, Tunbridge Wells, Uckfield, Redhill, Reigate and all areas in between.

Their new website is based on the popular Wordpress platform that allows Akorn staff to add vacancies and news to the website whenever required.

You can see the new Akorn Recruitment website here.

Another First Page on Google

Bliss Interiors of Oxted have been customers for some time and they recently asked us for a redesign and improvements to their search engine results.

The new website, based on the Wordpress platform can be seen at www.blissinteriors.me.uk

A Google search for "interior design oxted", "interior design reigate" or "interior design westerham" now returns Bliss Interiors on the first page.

We will be looking to get first page results for some additional areas to help Bliss Interiors find new business elsewhere.

What goes on Facebook, stays on Facebook.

Last year one third of all divorce petitions in the UK contained references to Facebook. It was involved in inappropriate comments, flirting, gossip and affairs. I also saw that research indicated that 76% of Facebook pictures showed people that were intoxicated. Frankly, that seems a bit difficult to verify, but even if that is partly right, a worrying picture is emerging.

Many people don't know how to behave properly online.

I'll let the marriage counsellors deal with the marital stuff. Instead let's think about the business implications. You are investing time and money in social media because that's the modern way to build business relationships. Quite right. But take a moment to think about what you are actually sharing on social media. In amongst the special offers, news and advice, are there snipes at awkward or bad paying clients? Is there flirting, rudeness and sleazy gossip?

Social media is all about building relationships just as in other forms of networking. You would not turn up to a business meeting dirty, drunk and rude. So don't portray a similarly delinquent image online.

If you really need to get something off your chest, go to the pub with your trusted mates, just like we always did. And make sure no one captures it all on a smartphone!