Recent content by David Beach

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    Displaying online reviews to customers

    This is my concern I don't mind about paying trust pilot but I don't want to come off as cheesy with lots of positive reviews as I don't want people to think I'm fake. I know myself I tend to ignore reviews people wrote but it does make us feel more comfortable seeing them. I am still...
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    Listing Customers

    There are no confidentiality or nda's it's basically me saying my business has provided IT services to xyz, no listing of exactly what was provided just me saying I have provided services to them which is true, it's all it related services.
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    Listing Customers

    That's what I am curious about, LinkedIn is an online CV for everyone and that uses companies logos, so I don't see an issue if I list past customers without their logo in generic text and only for those that I have a past contract with so I have the contract paperwork incase any queries are...
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    Displaying online reviews to customers

    I know there are Google Reviews and Trustpilot etc, does anyone have the star rating displayed on their website and is there any value to doing so ? Basically i am thinking of linking to the Google or Trustpilot site to display my star rating on my website and then customers can see the...
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    Can I charge trade customers credit card fees?

    This is now illegal to do in the UK Card surcharges were banned following a directive from the European Union, which banned such fees on Visa and Mastercard payments. But the UK government went further and also banned American Express and PayPal charges. Trading standards officers are...
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    Listing Customers

    Hi i want to list my past customers on my website, now i know using their logo or writing their name in their format and text is not acceptable as that could be trademarked by them. What i was thinking was just using a generic font so something like this: Our business has been trusted by many...
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    Unisex Toilets... 10 employees??

    dito, if they are set out the same why would it be a problem ?
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    Hello all, i work in the field of Application Support in London :)

    Hello all, i work in the field of Application Support in London :)
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    Spam via post?

    if they were sent via post (i.e. with a postal address) send it back to them with a notice on them stating "return to sender" they will pay for each one being returned to them via post and you get to spam them back :) Or rip them up and stick them back through their letterbox, the ripping up is...
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    Your favourite 5 Films... EVER!

    excalibur
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    What's the last film you watched?

    starship troopers
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    It's HTTPS day

    https all the way :)
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    Running laptop 24/7

    a pi would be a cheap cost, for simplicity a windows machine would work but strip down all the unnecessarily installed software that will run in the background to reduce power costs but also reduce ware and tare on the machine and reduce te chance of some random 3rd party software screwing up...
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    Best practice for sending an email to many (50 or so) BCC recipients?

    a mailing service is best but avoid mailchimp they are known spammers and do not validate their lists i have had to block them where i work due to their spammy ways
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    Help

    yep contact a company to build one for you