en-gbCopyright 2012, mattchedit.comecommerce_to@mattchedit.com (mattchedit.com)ecommerce_to@mattchedit.com (mattchedit.com)http://mattchedit.com/http://www.mattchedit.com/Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:16:01 GMTTue, 24 Jan 2012 09:16:01 GMThttp://www.mattchedit.com/Blog.aspx?id=time-is-money-or-is-it-more-than-moneyhttp://www.mattchedit.com/Blog.aspx?id=time-is-money-or-is-it-more-than-moneyTue, 24 Jan 2012 09:16:01 GMTI've always been fond of saying "Time is Money". I do sometimes wonder if the sentiment can be expressed better, but in business, the crux is that you don't want to be wasting time. Which is why we've always advocated automating labour intensive tasks - there are many cases when a computer system can simplify complex tasks and reduce the time they take - an application form process which we are currently building for one of our clients is a great example. However, sometimes it's actually the...http://www.mattchedit.com/Blog.aspx?id=merry-christmas-and-holiday-opening-hours-20112012http://www.mattchedit.com/Blog.aspx?id=merry-christmas-and-holiday-opening-hours-20112012Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:44:15 GMTWe'd just like to take this opportunity to wish all of our clients, readers, friends and online visitors a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! It's been a very busy but rewarding year and we're hoping that some of our hard work will really pay off in 2012 as we finally launch Cloudeware into the big wide world, along with a few other projects that are progressing nicely. We'll also be making a concerted effort to keep our blog a little busier - finishing off our SEO series and starti...http://www.mattchedit.com/Blog.aspx?id=its-the-end-of-movember-2011-have-you-donated-yet-goodbyemovemberhttp://www.mattchedit.com/Blog.aspx?id=its-the-end-of-movember-2011-have-you-donated-yet-goodbyemovemberWed, 30 Nov 2011 13:54:49 GMTGoodbye, Movember! Well, thats it! 30 days of painstakingly not shaving our upper lips and forgetting to post our photos regularly are over. I think I speak for the whole team when I say that I'm looking forward to having a shave in the morning! To those of you who have donated to our team (or to one of us individually) - thank you very much for helping us raise a few quid for a cause that we feel is really important. For those of you who aren't sure - put it this way, we've humiliated ours...http://www.mattchedit.com/Blog.aspx?id=signs-that-winter-is-upon-us-once-againhttp://www.mattchedit.com/Blog.aspx?id=signs-that-winter-is-upon-us-once-againMon, 24 Oct 2011 15:08:50 +0100I secretly quite like this time of year. It's getting a little colder (but Rosa and I have just moved to a new house which is much cosier) - theres a distinct nip in the air some mornings - and we're all dreading the clocks going back again. Lots of good things can be said about autumn and winter - there are lovely, substantial dishes to cook, fluffy jumpers to wrestle yourself into and such. But perhaps, more importantly, here at Mattched IT, (almost) all of us will be marking the start of ...http://www.mattchedit.com/Blog.aspx?id=upselling-and-engaging-vs-restricting-and-disconnectinghttp://www.mattchedit.com/Blog.aspx?id=upselling-and-engaging-vs-restricting-and-disconnectingTue, 04 Oct 2011 16:35:03 +0100Those of you who have been here before might be a little puzzled by the title of this entry - it certainly doesn't read as my usual style - and I spent quite a while working out the best way to sum up my point in a few words! I'm going to describe a common scenario which occurs in almost every single business sector - it's one I've dealt with since my first full-time job (in the hospitality industry) and which is always in my mind. And it's simple: Upselling. In a simple example, this mig...http://www.mattchedit.com/Blog.aspx?id=seo-tips-6-on-site-seo---the-key-page-elementshttp://www.mattchedit.com/Blog.aspx?id=seo-tips-6-on-site-seo---the-key-page-elementsThu, 15 Sep 2011 14:43:07 +0100Welcome back to our SEO Tips series. This post is intended to get you thinking about how to structure and build your pages in order to maximise their potential. Remember, SEO is a many-faceted thing and there is no single route to success - for example, Google use hundreds of ranking factors (some more important than others) when determining how to position your site, so a balanced approach where you identify the areas in which you can gain the most brownie points is always going to be most ...http://www.mattchedit.com/Blog.aspx?id=seo-tips-5-building-links-to-your-sitehttp://www.mattchedit.com/Blog.aspx?id=seo-tips-5-building-links-to-your-siteTue, 30 Aug 2011 12:06:05 +0100In the latest installment of our SEO Tips series, we're going to look at link-building; acquiring links to your content to improve your search result rankings and traffic. Link Building has never been more contentious - some people will tell you that it's the be-all-and-end-all of SEO while others will say it's pointless - particularly at a time when Social Media is so popular. We feel that the truth lies between these two statements. A lot of link-building tactics which used to work are no...http://www.mattchedit.com/Blog.aspx?id=looking-back-on-a-very-fun-30-days-of-blogging-30daybloghttp://www.mattchedit.com/Blog.aspx?id=looking-back-on-a-very-fun-30-days-of-blogging-30dayblogFri, 12 Aug 2011 13:57:09 +0100Well, we've finished the 30 day blogging challenge. It was a lot of fun and moreover, has really rekindled our enthusiasm for our blog. We were stuck in a bit of a rut where we were failing to take a lot of our own advice (something which is all too common in consultancy businesses) and we were putting more effort into writing about things we thought would attract traffic rather than things we wanted to write about - which is a terrible thing to do to a blog. If you're not posting something...http://www.mattchedit.com/Blog.aspx?id=seo-tips-4-redirects-deleting-pages-and-multiple-domainshttp://www.mattchedit.com/Blog.aspx?id=seo-tips-4-redirects-deleting-pages-and-multiple-domainsWed, 03 Aug 2011 14:41:10 +0100Welcome back to our SEO Tips series (after a short hiatus), as we resume working our way through some of the commonly queried topics and issues surrounding SEO. If you're new to the series, or have forgotten what we were talking about last time, why not check out the other posts in the series first: SEO Tips #1: Introduction SEO Tips #2: Getting your site indexed SEO Tips #3: Content is King Redirecting URLs Bear with us for a moment, while we explain the two main types of "URL Redirec...http://www.mattchedit.com/Blog.aspx?id=happy-friday-everyonehttp://www.mattchedit.com/Blog.aspx?id=happy-friday-everyoneFri, 08 Jul 2011 15:52:01 +0100Phew; we're almost at the end of the 30 day blogging challenge. The sigh of relief isn't because it hasn't been enjoyable (it has - wait for our full round-up at the end), but simply because it's been impossible to blog every day. Lots of good lessons learnt so far, mind you. It's friday. Think happy thoughts! I know that many of you who read our blog regularly are small business owners yourselves, so taking a tip from today's challenge, I'm going to try to nudge you into more of a 'feel go...