Beacon13
This year our eCommerce websites have reached £3m in turnover.We’ve planned, designed & developed over 30 websites in 2021. We’re currently providing hosting & security for over 150 Businesses in Northern Ireland. Here’s some of our client projects & what our clients have to say about us… ARE YOU MISSING THE TRICK? Some businesses are still missing out on vital digital […]
What is Woo-Commerce? It’s a plugin for WordPress that will transform any website into a very powerful online store. It has everything you need all under one roof. It’s simple to use, robust & secure. Think of it as your online business revenue machine. So…What’s the BIG deal? You could pretty much sell anything and it’s incredible easy […]
The COVID-19 Digital Selling Grant (DSCG) will help established retail and wholesale businesses in Northern Ireland to grow their business online – the second call for applications is now open. And closes at 5pm Friday 9 July 2021. You must.. Employ at least 5 people Sell physical products that can be sold online. Be able […]
The good folks at Shopify have kindly put together some amazing analytics and trends for Shopping post Covid. They have insightful data from both e-commerce and their in-house epos systems. Find your self a few pearls of wisdom in the report below…
OK, so it’s getting real. Schools closed in Ireland. Major events cancelled across the UK. Staff advised to stay at home and a general sense of uncertainty across all markets and industries. Here’s how businesses can combat COVID-19 with an effective digital strategy. Businesses will suffer The virus is already effecting businesses across the UK […]
Beacon13 creates and supports eCommerce store clients all over UK & Ireland. And we’ve learned a few tricks along the way… 1. Find a Niche Frankly everyone is selling something online, and with so many big stores out there to compete with – you have to have a niche. For example, giftware might become Irish […]
Video content is the most engaging content the web has to offer. Believe it or not businesses who use video, grow revenue 49% faster than non-video users. Yup, that’s almost twice the growth, yet it’s fairly safe to say that most start-ups and scale-ups have yet to take full advantage of video marketing for their business. So what’s […]
Ok, so it’s tricky to prepare for something when you’re not quite sure what that “something” is. But there’s no doubt that Brexit will mean changes for all businesses. And the best way to prepare for change… DIGITAL! Here’s 5 simple concepts that we implement for businesses that also can be used to combat changes […]
“How much is this going to cost?” …The number 1 question that comes from business owners when we discuss a new website or digital strategy. The smart ones, wait until they can weigh up the value (Or ROI) from our proposal before asking this question. The not so smart ones ask that question right out […]
If we told you need to do just 1 thing to drive your business on line would you believe us? Business owners often fret over social media, their website and their digital strategy. “What should we be doing?”…”What should we avoid?”… “Should we do a newsletter?” “What about GDPR?”… “Is Bing really any good? “…”I […]
Working in social media marketing we need to understand the types of people that (commonly) use all of the major social media platforms. Nasty as it may seem – we need to understand things like age, sex, pay grade, marital status, location, shopping trends, social class and even IQ of the main users on each […]