bit10 blogs

  Umbraco is making some big changes in the development of Umbraco 5 and in his blog post 'Saying goodbye to an old friend', Umbraco’s founder Niels Hartvig explained that because in Version 5, Umbraco will change how it handles content they will...

  On the 4th November myself, Mohammad and Richard attended the fantastic Umbraco UK Festival (or #umbUKfest if you’re a twitter user) organised by Cogworks. As we are all individually certified Umbraco developers, we were keen to meet with...

  Whilst doing my two years BTEC Business course I was invited to join the Career Academies  scheme. You are asked to take part in a six week internship in a career that interests you, which takes place during the summer. When I was informed abou...

  I started working at bit10 in early July and I have already gained a lot of useful skills, from the great team of designers and developers, working at bit10. During my first few days with the help of Andrei, Richard and Steve, I did a lot...

This is a guest blog post written by Eve Savage from Fisher Scientific and was originally posted on the 28th June on the Fisher Scientific Website. It is just a few months since we launched our new iPhone app and we are...

Ever thought about how you could do business in a virtual environment? Do you find conference calls too impersonal?  Want a frank discussion but find webinars too restrictive? the v-trade project The Serious Games Institute (S...

I’m pleased to say that bit10 have recently been listed on the Recommended Agency Register (RAR) which is a fantastic achievement!! In order to gain RAR status you need to receive high ratings from your clients, this is why this accreditation is somet...

  I had a fantastic time at the Caribbean Food Festival in Birmingham with the added bonus of the Caribbean like sunshine. It was really enjoyable to see the centre of Birmingham experience the taste that the Caribbean can bring to the regio...

  In my previous blog I spoke about my recent work with law firms in the Legal 500 and how in my experience leading law firms are now becoming crucially aware of what a client-centric and content focused website can deliver in terms of driving ne...

  Throughout the first quarters of 2011 I have been working with an increasing client base from the Legal 500. In my experience it has become apparent that leading law firms, as with most companies, are more than ever concentrating their efforts ...

  As an Afro Caribbean living in Birmingham I am very excited about being associated with the development of the Birmingham “Caribbean Food Festival” website. The locals of Birmingham will fully appreciate the event, as there is a large Cari...

  I joined bit10 late December, and quickly found myself learning new things on a daily basis. The guys started me off with easy things like IE6 specific bugs and Photoshop editing (hi Steve), but eventually I worked my way up to the really ...

  As a new member of the bit10 web development team, I would initially need to support the existing developers to update, maintain and create websites. One of the skills required to do this was for the Content Management System (CMS) Umbraco. ...

Why does the leaning tower of Pisa lean? There are probably hundreds of websites with the exact details on why the tower leans, but it will basically boil down to this: the foundations failed. Foundations are important for any stru...

What do you think is missing from the app store? Is there a certain iPhone application that you just know would be a hit if only someone would write it? Well, this c...

  Your target audience is someone who is already looking for you! Whether that is your company, products, services or for the information you have on your website. As search engines are becoming increasingly popular (over 80% of users end up at a...

  Mind Your Business magazine offers an informative, interesting and topical read for the business mind, with feature articles about business start ups, how to win business, networking, Coventry focus, technology and more. The latest issue of Min...

According to several surveys, email marketing has shown strong growth in 2009 and a high proportion of companies will either increase or maintain their email marketing budgets for 2010. How will you get the most from your email campaigns...

Although nearly every business now has a website, many of them still do not perform properly. Reasons for this may be numerous and can range from poor or non-existent website promotion, to simply having out-of-date content. Website marketing is a comp...

Have you been told you need a social media strategy for the New Year but no idea where to begin? Is social media just a trend or is it going to bring in valuable business? These are the questions everyone is asking. Dell is just one comp...