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- Common Cloud Issues Limiting Your Business Success - The significant benefits of cloud operations can be quickly lost through misconfiguration. In this report we look at where cloud strategies are losing money or failing to realise their full potential because of misconfigurations.
- Brits report they will start Christmas shopping earlier this year – will your business be ready? - Christmas is an important source of revenue for retailers – and a serious headache for their ecommerce managers. Traffic increases
- Aspiring Panda featured in TechRound’s 50 Best BAME Businesses 2020 - We are delighted to announce that Anu Panesar of Aspiring Panda has been named as a finalist in TechRound’s BAME 50 Under 50, which ranks the top 50 BAME-driven
- Diversity And Inclusion Advice For Small Businesses - Following the global Black Lives Matter protests, businesses across all sectors have taken to social media in a bid to show solidarity with the movement.
- Increased Cloud Usage During The Pandemic - As businesses become increasingly more reliant on cloud services during the pandemic, Aspiring Panda shares their commentary on how businesses can work.
- Top Ecommerce trends for 2020 - With 2020 now in full swing, there’s never been a better time to reflect on some of the ecommerce predictions made towards the end of 2019.
- Introducing the Aspiring Panda #AspiringWomen Community - Aspiring Panda is thrilled to launch our exciting new #AspiringWomen Community celebrating inspirational female business leaders.
- Boost online sales this Christmas: The Essential Guide - As we get well into the swing of the festive season, savvy online retailers will be looking for lots of practical ways to grow their sales.
- Festive marketing Tips and Tricks - We asked our lovely Twitter followers to share their festive marketing tips for our ecommerce customers and we were inundated with lots of great advice!
- How to differentiate your online store from competitors - What makes ecommerce brands like Amazon, ASOS and Sephora stand-out from their competitors?
- Launching a Successful Ecommerce Business - Looking for some honest advice to help launch your ecommerce business successfully? We spoke to our Twitter followers and asked them to share
- How to build content for your ecommerce website - Are you looking for a failsafe way to create engaging ecommerce website copy?
- 7 Questions to Ask Your Cloud Storage Provider - Cloud storage is ideal for businesses who want to reduce their hardware costs and increase productivity.
- KP & CO Case Study: Why we chose aspiring panda as our cloud storage provider - We spoke to KP & Co about their challenges with secure storage and the importance of keeping their client’s data safe.
- Aspiring Panda featured in the Harrow Times, Harrow People and Watford Observer - Aspiring Panda were finalists in the Harrow Business Den 2018, pitching Time2Attend, their latest in-house solution to manage time and attendance
- How Small Businesses Can Prepare For GDPR - GDPR can be quite intimidating if you are not fully aware of what your organisation needs to do to comply and the impact this will have on your business.
- Will GPDR Affect My Business? - On the 25th of May GDPR, a major piece of legislation around the way businesses collect and manage data will come into effect.
- How diversity in the workplace can improve profitability - With the growing publicity and outrage around the lack of diversity and inclusion in British workplaces, business owners concerned about brand
- Why Your Business Will Need To Invest In Ads To Succeed on Facebook in 2018 - In mid-January 2018 Facebook have announced they are making another wholesale change which means that fans of your page
- Diversity at Aspiring Panda - Guest blog by our Usability Tester Trishan Chandarana who shares his experiences as a Deaf person working in our team.
- Why Fewer People Are Seeing Your Facebook Business Page Updates - If your business has a Facebook page, you may have been frustrated over the last couple of years by the number of people
- Three Ways Business Apps Can Improve Processes, Reduce Costs and Increase Sales - The right business mobile apps can save business owners’ time, effort and money by streamlining processes and increasing visibility of business processes.
- How To Tell If You Have A Google Ranking Penalty - A Google ranking penalty can have a huge impact on your business due to the dominance of Google as a search engine.
- Five Things That May Give Your Business A Poor Google Ranking - The Google ranking of your business can have a huge impact on the digital success of your business.
- Do I Need A New Website? - Some digital marketing experts will tell you that a new website will solve all your sales and marketing problems, however this ignores the investment required
- Why The Customer Experience Of Your Website Is Vital - The experience your customers have when they visit your website and how easy it is for them to use is vital to the success of your online presence.
- Our Work Support Education Reporting In Uganda - Excitingly for the last 12 months Aspiring Panda have been working on and are now starting to deliver an educational software project in Uganda.
- Three Things To Do When Getting A Web Design Quote - The dominance of the internet as a connector between businesses and their customers mean that a website is a must have for almost every type of business.
- Building A Charity Website For Phoebe Research Fund - Building a charity website is a balance between adding the vital components to create a visually appealing site that appeals to the audience
- Simple Steps To Keep Your Online Presence Safe - The internet is a huge opportunity for businesses from both a customer facing and internal perspective as apps, cloud based technologies
- Three Technical Aspects That Are Vital To Your Website - A website is more than what can be seen when you type the URL into the browser bar. To be an effective representation of your business
- 5 Simple Elements That Give Your Homepage Maximum Impact - This means that your homepage must deliver the right impact for your business.
- Why Apps Are Serious Business - There are estimated to be more than 40m smartphone users in the UK, that is more than two thirds of the population.
- Many Business Owners Still Have Websites That Do Not Work On Mobile Devices - It has been nearly two years since Google announced that it was changing the way it displayed search results to penalise websites that were not designed for use by mobile phones and tablets.
- Why Your Business Should Consider Using Video In 2017 - The old saying goes that a picture tells 1,000 words, however with research suggesting a minute of video can tell 1.8m words. Meaning it is getting harder
- What We Can Learn From The LinkedIn UI Update - Some readers may have noticed it already, others may not have been affected yet but the user interface (UI) has changed.
- Three Ways To Create New Business In 2017 - The start of a new year focuses many small business owners on how they can generate more businesses in the year ahead.
- 3 Apps Stats That Will Focus Businesses On App Development - The smartphone has made mobile applications a vital retail, content and enterprise platform for entertainment, education and work.
- How An Event App Can Enhance Experience - Due to the demands of clients, visitors and the hundreds of different factors that control the success or failure of an event, the profession of events
- Three 2017 Web Design Trends - The world of web design has continued to evolve during 2016 as consumer behaviours react to the latest technologies and trends.
- UK App Development Does Not Have To Be Too Expensive For Small Business - App development can be a daunting task for small business owners, given the perceived complexity, cost and time frames that are associated with app development.
- Web Designers – How Partnering with An App Development Firm Can Increase Your Bottom Line - The web design industry is highly competitive with lots of different approaches to helping customers grow their businesses using the internet.
- Google SEO – Three Principles for Small Business Owners - Search engine optimisation (SEO) is important for small businesses as this marketing discipline allows them to be found by people searching the web
- 5 Quick Small Business Website Tips - A website is a huge opportunity for small businesses to attract new customers and strengthen relationships with existing customers.
- Why The Way You Market Your Business Online Is Continuously Evolving - Many of the small businesses we speak to about web design and digital marketing are looking for a simple one off solution or strategy that will last for set period that can then be refreshed.
- A Smart Business Website Does Not Have To Cost The Earth - Creating a business website that suits the needs of your business can be daunting for small business owners. It is a decision that can frustrate even the most experienced business owners.
- 5 Quick Ways To Improve Your Website For Your Customers - The easier your site is to use and find the information your customers need, the more likely you are to convert visitors into clients or customers.
- Collaboration To Support Digital Agency Growth - Since the creation of Aspiring Panda we have repeatedly used collaborations with other professionals to grow our business.
- Three Questions To Decide If You Need A New Website - If you ask a web designer if your website needs to be redesigned, then without looking at your existing site they may be inclined to say yes.
- Why Your Website Is Just The Start Of Your Digital Marketing - A website is often the first step that business owners will take to start promoting their business.
- Fun or Useful Apps Created By Our Team - At Aspiring Panda, we build enterprise apps that empower business owners to take control of their business and its day to day processes.
- Why You Must Keep Your WordPress Website Up To Date - One of the drawbacks to the digital revolution is that like any economic activity if not protected it can fall victim to the acts of criminals and due to the nature of the web
- Why Business Websites Need Professional Design & Implementation - Like many skill sets, if you have the time, energy and money to gain the expertise you can build your business website yourself. Even if you hire someone
- Is Your Website Too Slow To Attract Customers? - You may monitor whether your website is available on the web or unavailable (down) but few businesses follow the speed of access to their site.
- Does Your Business Need An App? - At Aspiring Panda we network with businesses locally and one of the first questions we get asked when we tell local business owners
- The Challenge Of Digital Transformation For Small Businesses - When working with smaller or local businesses, we find that business owners are overwhelmed with the digital decisions
- Some Startling 2016 iOS App Stats - We are approaching the end of the first quarter of 2016 and we thought we would reflect on that by sharing with you some incredible stats about the iOS apps
- 3 Ways A Responsive Website Increases Profit - Having a responsive website is a vital component of a modern marketing strategy, it should be the starting point before you start thinking about
- Three Ways To Improve Your Website This Spring - In the UK, as the weather starts to improve, spring is in the air, our thoughts come to how we can give our company a spring clean
- Get Social Media Training At Our Harrow Office - In May, Aspiring Panda will be hosting a nationally recognised social media expert to deliver training to local businesses on how to define their social media strategy.
- Three Ways Social Media Can Help Your Business - Social media is an increasingly important part of the marketing of small businesses across the UK. With more than 30m users of Facebook alone
- Why Mobile Apps Are Still Relevant To Your Business - Since their inception, the use of mobile apps for business has been evolving to reflect consumer trends and the opportunities created by advances
- How The Internet Of Things Is Changing How We Do Business - One of the technology trends of the next decade will be the adoption of the Internet of Things (IOT) across the business landscape.
- The Changing Face Of Customer Loyalty - It is a well established business principle that retaining existing clients costs less than finding new ones. The internet has given consumers
- How Dry Cleaners Can Compete Using Technology - The UK dry cleaning, and the cleaning services industry more widely, is worth more than £1bn per year, employing over 30,000 people within nearly 4,000 businesses.
- Three Small Business Website Trends For 2016 - One of the reasons for hiring a professional web design company is that the industry is constantly changing and evolving.
- How Apps Can Transform Traditional Local Service Providers - In the last couple of years we have seen apps become an important part of the business landscape beyond gimmicks and marketing extensions.
- A Guide to Mobile Responsive websites - In the last five years the way in which we search the internet has changed. Internet traffic has moved from the desktop to the mobile device.
- 3 Tips on How to Find a Reputable App Development Company - The utilisation of bespoke mobile applications can allow businesses to increase revenues, reduce costs, and give managers increased visibility
- The Link between Traditional & Digital Marketing - Despite ongoing changes in information technology, and technology more generally, the concepts behind attracting people to your business
- Small Business Saturday Supporting Local Businesses - Small community focussed businesses are the backbone of the British economy. There are more than 5.4m small businesses in the UK employing 25.9m
- The Relationship Between Online Shopping & The High Street - We are approaching the busiest shopping time of the year and with online sales constituting 30% of the economy there are opportunities for businesses large and small.
- Aspiring Panda Organizes Diwali & Bandhi Chorr Event - This year Aspiring Panda got the opportunity to work alongside Harrow Council, Third Sector Potential and other community groups
- 3 Website Factors That Affect What Your Customers Think Of You - A website is a valuable marketing resource, which says more about your business than you may think. It is your opportunity to get your business
- Many London Business Websites Still Not Mobile Friendly - Since Google changed its algorithm in April 2015, having a website that is mobile friendly has become vital. However many London businesses
- 10 Statistics That Show the Power of Apps - The rise of the smartphone has been largely powered by the influence that mobile apps are now having on the ways in which we work and play.
- 5 Checks To Make Sure That Your Small Business Website Is Fit For Purpose - The internet provides businesses with an opportunity to make their business accessible to customers anytime and potentially anywhere
- What Ashley Madison Hack Reminds Us About Internet Security - Data security on the internet is a huge issue. Companies large and small spend fortunes creating infrastructures to make our data as safe as possible.
- Does Your Business Need An App? – Three Ways An App Can Create Business Opportunity - Smartphone technology has become a daily part of our personal and business lives. With more than 46m smart phone users in the UK
- Simplifying SEO For Businesses - The term SEO for businesses is enough to make owners and marketing managers shudder and think about anything else. SEO - or Search Engine Optimisation
- The Value Of Effective Digital Training - In any discipline the right training at the right time can be the difference between success and failure: this is true of your digital content.
- Five App Trends For 2015 - Due to a smartphone market that is continuing to go from strength to strength - with smartphone adoption rates predicted to reach 81% of the market
- Don’t Let Your Business Run Out Of Time – Mobile Apps Boost Efficiency - Time is the enemy of the business owner. Time can be the difference between control over the strategic direction of a business
- The Difference Between Generic & Bespoke Mobile Apps - The rise of smart phones as the dominant mobile technology has unlocked thousands of potential practical applications to both the general public and the business community.
- 04th June 2015 – Aspiring Panda’s First Seminar - With the sun shining on a lovely summer afternoon, Aspiring Panda held their very first seminar! How to develop a social media strategy for your business.
- Is Your Website Active Or Passive? - Does your website work for you? Does it generate revenue even while you are snoozing, after a hectic day? If the answer is NO, then our answer is Active website!
- 3 Mobile Apps that Help Businesses Save Time - A successful business mobile app is one that is easy to use and navigate whilst allowing a business to complete tasks in a more effective way.
- Facebook And Business - Want to increase the visibility of your Business online, bear the following points in mind: Target the right demographic audience
- 3 Tips for Hiring a Web Design Company - If you are starting a business, the easiest and most effective means of gaining global visibility is a website. A website can even be built and put in place
- Is Social Media for Business worth the Hype? - The allure of social media is getting harder to avoid in recent years. No matter who you speak to, social media is apparently the solution to all your business’s ills
- Why You Should Consider a Full Service Digital Marketing Agency - A full service digital marketing agency is designed to allow companies to outsource all of their digital marketing services to one company.
- Why Email Is More Valuable Than Social Media - Email marketing should be a key component of the modern digital marketing campaign; although not as trendy as social media, it has the potential
- Why Mobile Apps Are Important Business Tools - There are estimated to be more than 35m smartphone users in the United Kingdom, a figure that is predicted to rise to more 43.4m by 2017.
- Chips And Chips: 5 Ways To Market In The High Stakes Casino That Is The App Store - The app world is a Las Vegas Casino floor, you’re playing against start ups, the people are the dealers… I’m going to teach you to count cards.