Recent content by LCowles

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    Being competitive when not VAT registered

    Do you mind letting us know what you sell? Generic advice because it works for you without context isn't that helpful, it can come across as more gloating. I'm also in the position that I'm not the cheapest, nor the most expensive. I suppose my business being largely a lifestyle business...
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    Being competitive when not VAT registered

    So they still pay it out... It's not a non-issue, it's just an issue with a mid-long term resolution.
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    Being competitive when not VAT registered

    Are you suggesting you're not being charged the 20%, or that you're claiming it back instantly when purchasing? Perhaps you're using a line of credit and claiming it back before the initial amount is repaid? What are you saying negates the issue of cash-flow.
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    Non-Advice, here's a free plugin

    So I was working on making the new Gutenberg editor (soon to be the standard WordPress editor) reflect content a little better. In the midst of that work, it turned out they had no way of asking WordPress to grab what a "block" of content would look like past what is already available (hit &...
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    Being competitive when not VAT registered

    Is there a special rate for Hardware? or are you talking about the abstract once you've claimed back VAT cost (which isn't instant BTW, it still impacts cash-flow, and by the VAT rate for the purchaser)
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    Being competitive when not VAT registered

    What would you say is the elasticity then. 20% seems a non-trivial change in cost. It's 20p for every £1, the more you cost in £1, surely the greater the aggregate effect? I sell services including bespoke works which start at £1000. Below that it's literally not worth me talking to someone...
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    Does anyone have any suggestions for marketing a bespoke service / product?

    If getting in front of people works, but the web isn't converting then the problem is with the website, perhaps not the traffic-sourcing platform. There is so much that goes into a successful website, a lot of people don't give it the attention it deserves, they don't experiment, then they moan...
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    Mailchimp Wordpress Issues

    Klayvio handles basic mailing lists, but I've no idea of it's GDPR implications (with 9 days to go it probably should be on your radar). If you're sticking with Mailchimp, Caldera Forms partner Chrissy is awesome. Very energetic, friendly, smart.
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    Cold calling is not dead – just only some people have the Balls to do it!

    When cold calling picks up in frequency I activate my IVR and it puts a barrier between me and the callers. It says "push *a specific key* to indicate you are not a marketer". Most are intelligent enough to back off then, but it's only when I'm super busy I activate it. What bothers me more...
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    Cold emails

    Cold doesn't work, except for when it does. It's 100% true that there are some people that will never receive or act on a cold email, call, approach. Sometimes that is their problem, and other times it's the fault of the contact. This year I switched insurance providers because I knew who the...
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    Shared Drive for office advice?

    webapps . stackexchange . com /questions/26692/when-does-dropbox-delta also please run a network packet dumper to see what is actually going on. Oh and rsync is master->slave so works completely differently to dropbox, it is not a distributed cloud file system, it is a master->slave file...
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    Shared Drive for office advice?

    Well perhaps they can tell me why they not only transmitted an entire file across my network for creation and appending, but they sent more data than there was. You will find that this information on their website is erroneous, just like the statement that "Retina displays have just the right...
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    Shared Drive for office advice?

    If Dropbox really does that then it is the first I have heard, and I am well versed in their API and inner workings of their product, as cloud is one of the core competencies of my consultancy and related development business. The basis for patching is having a point of reference, so most exe...
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    Hacked site...

    XSS attacks on any website are examples of poor programming, period! There is no excuse for offering anyone a service that has amateur execution at any phase. In my business we only use wordpress for smaller projects or when specifically requested to, but we do use a lot of frameworks for...
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    Shared Drive for office advice?

    Hehe I have taken on more staff, and should not be sitting on forums all day, but it is a break from the pre seasonal stress and they can pull their weight hehe... Only A few days so that is my excuse, just never actually take any time away from the PC. Just on the figures though 4files *...
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