Gold Standards Winners 2011

Last night was a big night in the financial services industry. It was the night of the coveted “Gold Standards Awards” in London; where the industry celebrates the successes of firms that are “on top of their game”. The Gold … Continue reading

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The danger of assumptions

Assumptions. The world is full of them! Take insurance as an example. Being under 25 and male, if I phoned an insurance company asking them to insure me so I could drive a Lamborghini, what do you think they would quote? The same … Continue reading

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Give the gift of Karting – Competition

So, some of you on twitter would have heard (hopefully) that there’s another @geekkarting event happening soon. Following the massively successful event at Milton Keynes earlier in the year, we’re holding another event down saaaaaff in Brighton. The venue is … Continue reading

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How many hits to a site is “Good”?

I’ve been asked this a lot recently, as people are naturally looking at their online marketing to see how effective it is. Problem is, there’s not an easy answer to determine what number of hits would be considered “Good”. I’m … Continue reading

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How to get a job – the project-driven approach

The second of the guest authors on the codepotato blog is Andrew Fairley (@andrewfconex), of Conex Group. As a professional recruitment consultant he’s well versed at helping people find work and that’s exactly what his first post is about. Andrew … Continue reading

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SEO for IFA websites

This is the first of a series of guest posts from different authors related to either the financial services profession, or web development.The first article of the series is from Charlie Southwell (@charliesaidthat) who cofounded Screendrip Digital Marketing. What they … Continue reading

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Me, the iPad and Windows 8

I was chatting to a few people this morning about my experiment of using Windows 8 through my iPad. Here’s a short video explaining a bit about it. See the video on our Facebook page

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Mortgage Brain Offer

I’ve been in communication with the great chaps at Mortgage Brain for a little while now, but now that contracts have been signed, I can gladly report about the deal now in place for our clients. I am now offering … Continue reading

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IFP 2011 – My first conference

Better late than never, I thought I would share my thoughts on the IFP conference earlier this week. Those of you that follow me on Twitter would have seen that on the run up to the IFP (@ifp_uk) conference, I … Continue reading

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It was a secret up to now …

Right now, I am actually walking round the IFP conference in Newport, Wales and meeting some of the great people that I talk to on Twitter. I wrote this blog post this morning, and have used the power of WordPress … Continue reading

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