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https://lionit.co.uk/free-seo-report/

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You may have had a website built recently or you think your site may have been penalised by search engines such as Google.

Our free SEO report assesses several key SEO factors  to help you understand why your website is under performing.

Are you?

Unsure why your local competition has higher rankings on Google than you?

Unsure about your current SEO company? 

You’re looking for an independent review of their work?

Your rankings have dropped and would like to find out why?

Lion IT has over a decade of SEO experience we use the very best analytical tools combined with highly technical minds to give us a vastly superior edge over our competitors.

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Book your completely free SEO review and learn valuable intelligence about your website and why it may be underperforming in Google.

Website Security - Linux.org Domain Hacked

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The Linux.org domain was hacked recently, plastered with trolling, incredibly filth and anti transgender vandalism.

The Linux.org website was hacked with the hacker plastering the message “G3T 0WNED L1NUX N3RDZ” complete with various expletives and a very NSFW image on the home page.

The admin of the website, Mike McLagan, immediately admitted on Reddit that the vandal had managed to break into his partners registar account at Network Solutions and switch the DNS servers for the Linux.org website.

McLagan also put the blame on himself, for not having added the industry standard multi-factor authetification. Had this been inplace this never would of happened.

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EarHugz Movie

https://lionit.co.uk/project/earhugz-movie/

Six questions to ask a potential website designer

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1. Is their portfolio something that fits your style and image?

So many people have different styles and approaches. At Lion IT we integrate functional design with great SEO. A good website design is one that is both easily navigated and found on google.

2. Ask when their next available design date is.

A great designer is often a busy designer, be sure they’re available to suit you.

3. Ask if they outsource their work.

Sometimes outsourcing can be a good thing, typically, it doesn’t tend to. Website Design is unique to every market, viewing habits, styles, marketing methods, consumer behaviour, is often unique to a particular audience. How is someone from India going to understand the consumer habits of someone 5000 miles away?

4. Ask about maintenance and web hosting after the website design is complete.

After costs can amount to serious figures if you’re not careful. When it comes to maintenance we try to automate as much as possible with a serious focus on backing things up and securing things regularly.

5. Ask how many revisions/edits are included?

What happens if your website designer produced something you aren’t completely happy with? Normally a website designer will offer 2 to 3 revisions. Knowing the hourly rate of the website designer is important for future edits.

6. Ask if you will receive the original files.

The disadvantages of Facebook marketing

https://lionit.co.uk/social-media-updates/the-disadvantages-of-facebook-marketing/

We’ve experienced serious changes to the Facebook algorithm recently that has meant content from a friends list is prioritised over updates from business pages. Welcomed changes include severely demoting click baiters, both businesses, and individuals. Examples of such include asking people to vote, react or share like in the images below.

The small screen

An incredible 95% of Facebook users in January 2018 were mobile users, while only 32% accessed via their laptop or desktop computers. The issue with mobile phones is that screen space is small for so much vying for space combined with increasing numbers adapting to switching off from most modern advertisements.  It is becoming an increasingly difficult platform to gain real engagement with a real focus on a return on investment. What worked a few months ago, no longer works as effectively today.

Competition

The massive increase in businesses using Facebook advertising has meant the likelihood of your advertisement standing out vastly decreases. With the vast numbers of pages, friends, and groups we like and follow, seeing organic results from the social network has decreased massively. Buzzfeed, a news content platform, is one example of such a business that has suffered at the hands of the new update having recently cut a third of its staff. One of their responses was to buy facebook marketing to push users onto their own mobile phone app.

Conclusion

Video Marketing

https://lionit.co.uk/video-marketing/

Digital Marketing Worcester

Our comprehensive digital marketing strategies are designed to achieve business growth and ultimately achieve results online.

Key areas of our digital marketing

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)

Google is forever changing and has well over 200 ambigious factors that effect where you end up on the search engines. How fast your website performs to the structured placement of customer focused search keywords.

Pay Per Click (PPC)

 Pay per click (PPC) is still one of the most effective forms of digital marketing. We factor everything from search terms, devices, demographics, location, even the time of day, we target your adverts for maximum exposure in the most cost effective way possible.

Email Marketing

Email marketing is used to build customer loyalty and brand awareness, share exclusive offers and much more. Our favorite platform is Mailchimp but we are well versed in other email marketing technologies.

Local Search

Making sure that your business can be found quickly and easily by your local customers and those in the surrounding area is vital. We get your business listed on local directories and local websites.

Link Building

Authentic and highly ranking inbound links are one of the key ingredients to gaining top rankings in Google. They’re also one of the primary methods of continously bringing in relevant traffic towards your website.

Social Networks

With the ever-increasing use of social media networks, it has become an increasingly effective marketing tool to engage with your audience, customers and potential clients on a personal level.

Content Writers and Article Writing

Creating relevant unique content is more important as ever. Google has been putting more focus on websites that deliver content and quality articles that end users find useful. Our content writers are some of the best in the business for your budget.

Conversion Rate Optimisation

Conversion Rate Optimisation is an extremely cost-effective and efficient form of digital marketing. Ultimately intended to give the end user a better experience using tried and tested techniques and processes.

Keyword Research

When customers search for your product or service, what do they search for? Do they call your shop a salon or a hair cuttery or a barber shop? It is our job to research the best words to generate real traffic.

Worcester SEO Agency, Worcester Digital Marketing

We are a digital marketing agency based in Worcester, Redditch. Worcester SEO. Worcester Digital Marketing company.

Our step by step digital marketing development process

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Initial Meeting

To prepare for your unique Digital Marketing strategy we’ll discuss your business in more detail, your vision, your goals, objectives and what you want from marketing, your current performance and any current marketing.

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Research Stage

Our team then research in depth, your industry, keywords, competitors, target audience and much, much more to give you a detailed picture as to what needs to be done to achieve targets.

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Strategy & Execution

A six month to one year strategy will be provided to drive your business forward. Once everyone is happy the strategy is executed while constantly reviewing performance and accessing any arising opportunities.

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Growth

To make sure we’re always ahead, we like to organise monthly to quarterly meetings, with regular email and telephone calls to keep everyone up-to-date. We work closely with many Redditch and Worcester businesses.

Choose Lion IT for your digital marketing needs.

Privacy Policy

https://bettershape.net/privacy-policy/

Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy governs the manner in which Better Shape collects, uses, maintains and discloses information collected from users (each, a “User”) of the www.betershape.net website (“site”). This privacy policy applies to the website and all products and services offered by Better Shape.

Personal identification information

We may collect personal identification information from Users in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to, when Users visit our website, subscribe to the newsletter, fill out a form, and in connection with other activities, services, features or resources we make available on our website. Users may be asked for, as appropriate, name, email address, mailing address, phone number. Users may, however, visit our website anonymously. We will collect personal identification information from Users only if they voluntarily submit such information to us. Users can always refuse to supply personally identification information, except that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website related activities.

Non-personal identification information

We may collect non-personal identification information about Users whenever they interact with our website. Non-personal identification information may include the browser name, the type of computer and technical information about Users means of connection to our website, such as the operating system and the Internet service providers utilized and other similar information.

Web browser cookies

Our website may use “cookies” to enhance User experience. User’s web browser places cookies on their hard drive for record-keeping purposes and sometimes to track information about them. User may choose to set their web browser to refuse cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If they do so, note that some parts of the website may not function properly.

How we use collected information

Better Shape may collect and use Users personal information for the following purposes:

– To improve customer service Information you provide helps us respond to your customer service requests and support needs more efficiently. – To personalize user experience We may use information in the aggregate to understand how our Users as a group use the services and resources provided on our website. – To improve our website We may use feedback you provide to improve our products and services. – To send periodic emails We may use the email address to send User information and updates pertaining to their order. It may also be used to respond to their inquiries, questions, and/or other requests. If User decides to opt-in to our mailing list, they will receive emails that may include company news, updates, related product or service information, etc. If at any time the User would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, we include detailed unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of each email. How we protect your information

We adopt appropriate data collection, storage and processing practices and security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure or destruction of your personal information, username, password, transaction information and data stored on our website.

Sharing your personal information

We do not sell, trade, or rent Users personal identification information to others. We may share generic aggregated demographic information not linked to any personal identification information regarding visitors and users with our business partners, trusted affiliates and advertisers for the purposes outlined above.

Third party websites

Users may find advertising or other content on our website that link to the websites and services of our partners, suppliers, advertisers, sponsors, licensors and other third parties. We do not control the content or links that appear on these websites and are not responsible for the practices employed by websites linked to or from our website. In addition, these websites or services, including their content and links, may be constantly changing. These websites and services may have their own privacy policies and customer service policies. Browsing and interaction on any other website, including websites which have a link to our website, is subject to that website’s own terms and policies.

Changes to this privacy policy

Better Shape has the discretion to update this privacy policy at any time. When we do, we will revise the updated date at the bottom of this page. We encourage Users to frequently check this page for any changes to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal information we collect. You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review this privacy policy periodically and become aware of modifications.

Your acceptance of these terms

By using this website, you signify your acceptance of this policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use our website. Your continued use of the website following the posting of changes to this policy will be deemed your acceptance of those changes.

Contacting us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this website, or your dealings with this website, please contact us using the contact us page.

Questions you should ask a website design company

https://lionit.co.uk/web-design-blog/questions-ask-website-design-company/

Your online presence is vital, whether your company is e-commerce based or not. A website design that’s cluttered, disengaging, slow and unprofessional to load isn’t likely to provide a great impression, and unlikely to inspire. Moreover, a website with relevant optimisation for Google search will have a higher page rank, thereby driving relevant traffic to your website. With so much pressure lying on your website, it’s imperative to get the right web designer to take on the job.

This is our quick guide to which questions you should be asking when meeting a potential web design service for your organisations website.

How long will the project take?

This naturally varies depending on what you need. Whether the website is being constructed from scratch, or necessary amendments are being made to a preexisting site will variable in. The number of jobs a web design service is currently working on and how many their group are also things to take into account. Ask about what you’ll have to provide, where you’ll have to give approval. Your responsiveness from the process will also affect the timescale of the site design.

Can you make my website mobile friendly?

If the answer is no, you should probably move on to some new website designer. The powers that be at Google have their calculations set to crawl cellular friendly websites first. With no mobile-friendly website design, you’re very likely to find yourselves left in the dust of your opponents who will appear higher in the Google search rankings.   Designing your site with mobile users in mind is essential considering in the latter end of 2017, reports showed that nearly 75 percent of net searches currently occur on a mobile device.

Can you show me websites you’ve previously designed?

You wish to see evidence of the website designer’s work to make certain that they can walk the walk. In addition to requesting to see similar projects for your own, we advise seeing a larger pool in their own portfolio. Having an array of clients is a great sign of a website design service with a flexible, innovative, and skilled team.

A positive user experience is vital to converting clicks into traffic and enquiries. You want to realise that the web design is completed with the consumer in mind. Things to take notice of include:

•    Clear and regular Call To Action on every page •    An engaging website that is not cluttered with excessive animation •    Ease of navigation •    Immediate comprehension of what the business does •    Complementary colour scheme

What about SEO and Content?

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) is what sees your website climb the listings in Google search. When a web design company is constructing a site they ought to be optimise each element of the site to meet Google’s guidelines. A high organic ranking is the product of several factors that include structured navigation, quality of content and optimization of basic website elements like Meta Data, headings, and graphics to mention a few. These variables enable Google algorithms to easily crawl the pages for keyword inclusion and value.

Many web design bureaus will provide content writing as part of the site design service. The benefit of this would be to spare your time, safe in the knowledge that a professional is taking good care of what is an essential component of website success. A content author can deliver your company information with creativity and flair whilst optimising content for Google search.

If you have enough time to write it yourself, you might want to request advice on the length, tone and which keywords to include. You should also consider requesting an in-house content author to examine and edit your job to make sure that the keywords are showcased enough without going over the top. Having a keen eye for grammatical detail, they could spot a lost semi-colon and can also advise on whether the tone is overly specialised at the chance of isolating lesser knowledgeable prospective customers.

How Much will it Cost?

It is crunch time. They will have a budget in mind, but it is essential, useful even, to have your own idea. A respectable site design agency will have thought just how much time and work your distinct web design project will need.

Do not fall into the trap of an inexpensive web design service offering everything for £99. Somewhere down the line you will be looking for another web designer. For smaller companies and start-ups, parting with cash can be daunting, but it is important that quality is in the forefront of your choice making to reduce the loss of money, and clients, further down the line.

It would be smart to shop around and find a few quotes from local web design firms.

How are you going to Measure the Results?

when you’re spending a web design service to optimise your site, it’s necessary to see a return on that investment and to know where it is coming from. It’s particularly important that your preferred website designer knows where the results come from so that they can further improve these variables in the continued site maintenance. Their response will be a sign of the expertise.

you ought to expect to hear a rather technical reaction. If you are not clued up on all the tech-talk, you can ask the web designer to describe in everyday English. This is the actual tell of their proficiency. If they know the technical aspects well enough, they need to have no problem explaining them in plain English. A few of the keywords will include using Google Analytics to track where visitors are coming from and Google Search Console to track keywords (search queries) that are sending visitors to your site.

A proficient web design agency ought to have the ability to explore these techniques in detail and monitor the functioning of the website whilst keeping you updated.

Questions you should ask a website design company

https://lionit.co.uk/web-design-blog/questions-ask-website-design-company/

Your online presence is vital, whether your company is e-commerce based or not. A website design that’s cluttered, disengaging, slow and unprofessional to load isn’t likely to provide a great impression, and unlikely to inspire. Moreover, a website with relevant optimisation for Google search will have a higher page rank, thereby driving relevant traffic to your website. With so much pressure lying on your website, it’s imperative to get the right web designer to take on the job.

This is our quick guide to which questions you should be asking when meeting a potential web design service for your organisations website.

How long will the project take?

This naturally varies depending on what you need. Whether the website is being constructed from scratch, or necessary amendments are being made to a preexisting site will variable in. The number of jobs a web design service is currently working on and how many their group are also things to take into account. Ask about what you’ll have to provide, where you’ll have to give approval. Your responsiveness from the process will also affect the timescale of the site design.

Can you make my website mobile friendly?

If the answer is no, you should probably move on to some new website designer. The powers that be at Google have their calculations set to crawl cellular friendly websites first. With no mobile-friendly website design, you’re very likely to find yourselves left in the dust of your opponents who will appear higher in the Google search rankings.   Designing your site with mobile users in mind is essential considering in the latter end of 2017, reports showed that nearly 75 percent of net searches currently occur on a mobile device.

Can you show me websites you’ve previously designed?

You wish to see evidence of the website designer’s work to make certain that they can walk the walk. In addition to requesting to see similar projects for your own, we advise seeing a larger pool in their own portfolio. Having an array of clients is a great sign of a website design service with a flexible, innovative, and skilled team.

A positive user experience is vital to converting clicks into traffic and enquiries. You want to realise that the web design is completed with the consumer in mind. Things to take notice of include:

•    Clear and regular Call To Action on every page •    An engaging website that is not cluttered with excessive animation •    Ease of navigation •    Immediate comprehension of what the business does •    Complementary colour scheme

What about SEO and Content?

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) is what sees your website climb the listings in Google search. When a web design company is constructing a site they ought to be optimise each element of the site to meet Google’s guidelines. A high organic ranking is the product of several factors that include structured navigation, quality of content and optimization of basic website elements like Meta Data, headings, and graphics to mention a few. These variables enable Google algorithms to easily crawl the pages for keyword inclusion and value.

Many web design bureaus will provide content writing as part of the site design service. The benefit of this would be to spare your time, safe in the knowledge that a professional is taking good care of what is an essential component of website success. A content author can deliver your company information with creativity and flair whilst optimising content for Google search.

If you have enough time to write it yourself, you might want to request advice on the length, tone and which keywords to include. You should also consider requesting an in-house content author to examine and edit your job to make sure that the keywords are showcased enough without going over the top. Having a keen eye for grammatical detail, they could spot a lost semi-colon and can also advise on whether the tone is overly specialised at the chance of isolating lesser knowledgeable prospective customers.

How Much will it Cost?

It is crunch time. They will have a budget in mind, but it is essential, useful even, to have your own idea. A respectable site design agency will have thought just how much time and work your distinct web design project will need.

Do not fall into the trap of an inexpensive web design service offering everything for £99. Somewhere down the line you will be looking for another web designer. For smaller companies and start-ups, parting with cash can be daunting, but it is important that quality is in the forefront of your choice making to reduce the loss of money, and clients, further down the line.

It would be smart to shop around and find a few quotes from local web design firms.

How are you going to Measure the Results?

when you’re spending a web design service to optimise your site, it’s necessary to see a return on that investment and to know where it is coming from. It’s particularly important that your preferred website designer knows where the results come from so that they can further improve these variables in the continued site maintenance. Their response will be a sign of the expertise.

you ought to expect to hear a rather technical reaction. If you are not clued up on all the tech-talk, you can ask the web designer to describe in everyday English. This is the actual tell of their proficiency. If they know the technical aspects well enough, they need to have no problem explaining them in plain English. A few of the keywords will include using Google Analytics to track where visitors are coming from and Google Search Console to track keywords (search queries) that are sending visitors to your site.

A proficient web design agency ought to have the ability to explore these techniques in detail and monitor the functioning of the website whilst keeping you updated.

Website Relaunch of Redditch based Lion IT

https://lionit.co.uk/updates/website-relaunch-redditch-based-lion/

We are pleased to relaunch of the Lion IT website with a fresh new look. Check us out at https://lionit.co.uk.

With a complete backend revamp, our business websites now load in less than a second, and with several success stories already having achieved several local #1 google, bing and yahoo ranking results for multiple businesses in Redditch and Worcester.

Another feature as standard for all of our new business websites is a free SSL certificate, as google now ranks higher websites that provide the end user with a safe and secure online experience.

Our websites offer viewers and potential customers user friendly, easy to navigate websites with the latest in content management systems. All of our business websites packages stay up to date with the latest ongoing technology as standard.

Get in touch with Lion IT today to get your business website design. We are are based in Redditch near Worcester. We serve businesses in the areas all around Warwickshire and Worcestershire.

Terms and Conditions

http://lionit.co.uk/terms/

Welcome to Lion IT Redditch Website Design and Redditch Graphic Design

These terms and conditions outline the rules and regulations for the use of Lion IT Redditch Website Design and Redditch Graphic Design’s Website.

Lion IT Redditch Website Design and Redditch Graphic Design is located at:

161 Heathfield Road, Redditch, Worcestershire – B97 5RG, United Kingdom

By accessing this website we assume you accept these terms and conditions in full. Do not continue to use Lion IT Redditch Website Design and Redditch Graphic Design’s website if you do not accept all of the terms and conditions stated on this page.

The following terminology applies to these Terms and Conditions, Privacy Statement and Disclaimer Notice and any or all Agreements: “Client”, “You” and “Your” refers to you, the person accessing this website and accepting the Company’s terms and conditions. “The Company”, “Ourselves”, “We”, “Our” and “Us”, refers to our Company. “Party”, “Parties”, or “Us”, refers to both the Client and ourselves, or either the Client or ourselves. All terms refer to the offer, acceptance and consideration of payment necessary to undertake the process of our assistance to the Client in the most appropriate manner, whether by formal meetings of a fixed duration, or any other means, for the express purpose of meeting the Client’s needs in respect of provision of the Company’s stated services/products, in accordance with and subject to, prevailing law of United Kingdom. Any use of the above terminology or other words in the singular, plural, capitalisation and/or he/she or they, are taken as interchangeable and therefore as referring to same.

Cookies

We employ the use of cookies. By using Lion IT Redditch Website Design and Redditch Graphic Design’s website you consent to the use of cookies in accordance with Lion IT Redditch Website Design and Redditch Graphic Design’s privacy policy.

Most of the modern day interactive web sites use cookies to enable us to retrieve user details for each visit. Cookies are used in some areas of our site to enable the functionality of this area and ease of use for those people visiting. Some of our affiliate / advertising partners may also use cookies.

License

Unless otherwise stated, Lion IT Redditch Website Design and Redditch Graphic Design and/or it’s licensors own the intellectual property rights for all material on Lion IT Redditch Website Design and Redditch Graphic Design. All intellectual property rights are reserved. You may view and/or print pages from http://lionit.co.uk for your own personal use subject to restrictions set in these terms and conditions.

You must not:

Republish material from http://lionit.co.uk

Sell, rent or sub-license material from http://lionit.co.uk

Reproduce, duplicate or copy material from http://lionit.co.uk

Redistribute content from Lion IT Redditch Website Design and Redditch Graphic Design (unless content is specifically made for redistribution).

User Comments

This Agreement shall begin on the date hereof.

Certain parts of this website offer the opportunity for users to post and exchange opinions, information, material and data (‘Comments’) in areas of the website. Lion IT Redditch Website Design and Redditch Graphic Design does not screen, edit, publish or review Comments prior to their appearance on the website and Comments do not reflect the views or opinions ofLion IT Redditch Website Design and Redditch Graphic Design, its agents or affiliates. Comments reflect the view and opinion of the person who posts such view or opinion. To the extent permitted by applicable laws Lion IT Redditch Website Design and Redditch Graphic Designshall not be responsible or liable for the Comments or for any loss cost, liability, damages or expenses caused and or suffered as a result of any use of and/or posting of and/or appearance of the Comments on this website.

Lion IT Redditch Website Design and Redditch Graphic Designreserves the right to monitor all Comments and to remove any Comments which it considers in its absolute discretion to be inappropriate, offensive or otherwise in breach of these Terms and Conditions.

You warrant and represent that:

You are entitled to post the Comments on our website and have all necessary licenses and consents to do so;

The Comments do not infringe any intellectual property right, including without limitation copyright, patent or trademark, or other proprietary right of any third party;

The Comments do not contain any defamatory, libelous, offensive, indecent or otherwise unlawful material or material which is an invasion of privacy

The Comments will not be used to solicit or promote business or custom or present commercial activities or unlawful activity.

You hereby grant to Lion IT Redditch Website Design and Redditch Graphic Design a non-exclusive royalty-free license to use, reproduce, edit and authorize others to use, reproduce and edit any of your Comments in any and all forms, formats or media.

Hyperlinking to our Content

The following organizations may link to our Web site without prior written approval:

Government agencies;

Search engines;

News organizations;

Online directory distributors when they list us in the directory may link to our Web site in the same manner as they hyperlink to the Web sites of other listed businesses; and

Systemwide Accredited Businesses except soliciting non-profit organizations, charity shopping malls, and charity fundraising groups which may not hyperlink to our Web site.

These organizations may link to our home page, to publications or to other Web site information so long as the link: (a) is not in any way misleading; (b) does not falsely imply sponsorship, endorsement or approval of the linking party and its products or services; and (c) fits within the context of the linking party’s site.

We may consider and approve in our sole discretion other link requests from the following types of organizations:

commonly-known consumer and/or business information sources such as Chambers of Commerce, American Automobile Association, AARP and Consumers Union;

dot.com community sites;

associations or other groups representing charities, including charity giving sites,

online directory distributors;

internet portals;

accounting, law and consulting firms whose primary clients are businesses; and

educational institutions and trade associations.

We will approve link requests from these organizations if we determine that: (a) the link would not reflect unfavorably on us or our accredited businesses (for example, trade associations or other organizations representing inherently suspect types of business, such as work-at-home opportunities, shall not be allowed to link); (b)the organization does not have an unsatisfactory record with us; (c) the benefit to us from the visibility associated with the hyperlink outweighs the absence of link is in the context of general resource information or is otherwise consistent with editorial content in a newsletter or similar product furthering the mission of the organization.

These organizations may link to our home page, to publications or to other Web site information so long as the link: (a) is not in any way misleading; (b) does not falsely imply sponsorship, endorsement or approval of the linking party and it products or services; and (c) fits within the context of the linking party’s site.

If you are among the organizations listed in paragraph 2 above and are interested in linking to our website, you must notify us by sending an e-mail to [email protected]. Please include your name, your organization name, contact information (such as a phone number and/or e-mail address) as well as the URL of your site, a list of any URLs from which you intend to link to our Web site, and a list of the URL(s) on our site to which you would like to link. Allow 2-3 weeks for a response.

Approved organizations may hyperlink to our Web site as follows:

By use of our corporate name; or

By use of the uniform resource locator (Web address) being linked to; or

By use of any other description of our Web site or material being linked to that makes sense within the context and format of content on the linking party’s site.

No use of Lion IT Redditch Website Design and Redditch Graphic Design’s logo or other artwork will be allowed for linking absent a trademark license agreement.

Iframes

Without prior approval and express written permission, you may not create frames around our Web pages or use other techniques that alter in any way the visual presentation or appearance of our Web site.

Reservation of Rights

We reserve the right at any time and in its sole discretion to request that you remove all links or any particular link to our Web site. You agree to immediately remove all links to our Web site upon such request. We also reserve the right to amend these terms and conditions and its linking policy at any time. By continuing to link to our Web site, you agree to be bound to and abide by these linking terms and conditions.

Removal of links from our website

If you find any link on our Web site or any linked web site objectionable for any reason, you may contact us about this. We will consider requests to remove links but will have no obligation to do so or to respond directly to you.

Whilst we endeavour to ensure that the information on this website is correct, we do not warrant its completeness or accuracy; nor do we commit to ensuring that the website remains available or that the material on the website is kept up to date.

Content Liability

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Your health is your wealth - free business site check

I’m sure you’ve all heard the old adage – “Your Health is Your Wealth”. If it came to it, we’d give every penny in our bank account to have our health, but we’d never swap our health for all the money in the world!

It’ll soon be the new year, when office buzz is all about diets, getting rid of that excess weight, the latest detox craze and all different styles of keeping fit. Then a week later, it’ll be back to normal, the chatter of keeping fit will be just a distant memory! What won’t be a distant memory though is the need for your website to deliver to your customers, consider the health of your website!

Can you really compare personal health and the health of a business website?

Once upon a time, the UK government and it’s health departments told us fats were bad for us, with no warning of the bigger danger of sugar.  Education and more advanced technology have proven that healthy fats are essential and that refined sugar is, in fact, your bodies worst enemy.  As a result, habits in the nation evolve and improve as we age and improve our understanding, at least for the educated & succesful amongst us.

Compared to business website, as time goes on, technology, education and user habits evolve. As an example in the latest few years we’ve seen a big surge in the usage of mobile phones, therefore the way a website works on a mobile is important, in the way of mobile responsive designs, not just because of the end user experience. Google ranks and rates you based on the user experience too.  This is one example of hundreds of the fast-paced changes of technology in 2018 and beyond.

It is estimated that 35,000+ websites are hacked and hijacked every day!

Keeping your website secure is an absolute must. At lion IT, we pride ourselves on securing our websites with the latest technology and techniques.  Our review will uncover any potential problems.

Get your website in the fast lane!

It takes 8 seconds to capture a potential client. 40% of web users will abandon a purchase if the checkout process takes longer than 3 seconds to load.  If our review uncovers issues, we’ll also provide free suggestions that can fix a websites load time to greatly improve page load speeds.

Nurturing Organic SEO efforts - How To

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As you might be aware, there are two chief kinds of SEO — natural (unpaid) and paid search engine optimization efforts. A good example of a paid method is that of online advertisements like google Advertising and remarketing. Here we have a look at how to bolster and buttress your outstanding search engine optimization efforts (blogs and pages etc.). It’s important that your website comprises optimised organic search engine optimization elements whether you avail of paid options or not. This gives your site the best opportunity to reach potential clients and make conversions.

Examples of Organic SEO

Organic SEO are the components that you don’t need to necessarily use a third party for. They are tasks which you can end up to increase the existence of sites on search engines. A blog entry is a good instance of organic SEO, as is the introduction of a webpage. After these are optimized with relevant keywords and fulfill specific criteria (i.e. a minimum of three-hundred words); these are organically utilised to boost your sites chances of reaching people online. Adding relevant keywords into the alt text fields of pictures and having proper meta descriptions are just two more examples of organic search engine optimization practices. Organic SEO tasks like these are impactful, but also menial and time consuming. Many businesses decide to employ a digital agency to care for these organic search engine optimization elements for them.

Nurturing your Organic SEO

To make certain that your organic search engine optimization efforts work to the best of their ability and aren’t in vain; they’ll require some upkeep and nurturing. Your blog for example ought to be upgraded at least once a week with high quality, optimised content. Each of your pages are needed to get meta descriptions that leave for both desktop and mobile devices, in addition to a consistent key word within the URL as well as the content of the page itself. Likewise all pictures on your site ought to be compressed to save space (and also reduce loading times) and have relevant keyword alt text set up. To nurture your site properly would be to nurture your organic search engine optimization efforts — therefore nurturing the prospects and possible conversions for your company.

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The important relationship between Physical and Mental Health

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We frequently compartmentalise the ‘mind’ and the ‘body’ as two different items but nothing could be farther from the truth. This opinion is based on a limited perspective of what we see and feel through our perceptions, rather than what we experience as a whole.

You see my parents grew up in an era where they thought that whatever health issues and disorders you suffered from were mostly down to destiny, in the event that you felt awful that was just how it was, if you’d indigestion, you just put it down to “I can not eat certain foods” and you treated it, Daily! Now, as we actually explore the connection between lifestyle, thoughts & wellbeing we understand that although many people might have been pre-disposed to particular health problems, there’s a lot we can do to enhance our lifestyle which could help us avoid them.

We still live in a world where the connection between mind and body isn’t fully explored. The reality is, physical health and mental health are inextricably linked. Many schools of thought and doctrine have known this for thousands of years but our own brand of modern day science and medicine is only just opening up to the possibilities.

We can observe the separation just by taking a look at our medical care system. ‘Physical care’ and ‘mental health’ are nearly always two distinct departments, with different medical professionals and various theories. Many times, they are housed in very different buildings using an entirely different approach to treatment. Want to experience this for yourself? Next time you end up in your GP with a cold or influenza, try asking

“Could my negative self-talk have helped bring this on?” 

Or through a consultation with IBS see exactly what your physician says when you ask:-

“Do you think I need to meditate more to decrease the inflammation in my system?”

You will find some very funny appearances to say the least! And I am not knocking the medical community, In actuality, I work with many of these as my personal trainer customers and collaborators to my posts, but I think these basic changes will need to happen in order for supplements and other health practices to be taken more seriously in the mainstream.

How psychological health affects physical health

The condition of our mental health is extremely important to the overall functioning of our body’s as a method. Controlling and optimising our psychological state is something we should all study and gain the requisite tools which will permit us to take responsibility for it. Mental health problems have been shown consistently to precede physical issues, no more so than at the Whitehall study, where a propensity to report negative thoughts and feelings was a significant predictor at the onset of cardiovascular disease.

Nearly half of the folks who suffer from a serious mental illness, such as chronic depression, have long-term physical health difficulties. Mental illnesses are also connected to an increased risk of cancer, strokes, back pain, IBS and a whole host of other ailments. Death from cardiovascular disease, respiratory problems and infectious diseases are also higher in individuals who suffer with mental health issues like depression.

A shocking truth is that any diagnosis of mental illness in the general population increases the possibility of mortality at another 11 years with a staggering 70%. Anybody that has a self-diagnosis of being miserable also increases their likelihood of passing by 50%, while individuals with psychotic disorders die on average a quarter of a century earlier than people who don’t.

How physical health affects mental health

however, the reverse is also correct. Individuals who suffer from physical health issues are at a significantly higher risk of psychological problems, particularly depression and anxiety. It’s been stated in many sources that around 30 percent of people who have a long-term bodily issue also suffer with their mental health. We must consider, however, that depression may be the biological outcome of severe illness and can’t always be helped.

Strong links are made between melancholy and issues about the central nervous system, such as increased risk of MS, Parkinson’s Disease, and cerebrovascular disease. Additionally, there are cases of endocrine ailments listed, including hyperthyroidism.

Social interaction and self-value also play a part. When restricted by a disorder or illness, sufferers often withdraw socially and prevent the once-rewarding activity. People with depression, for instance, generally have two times as many days off work due to illness.  

Anxiety: The silent killer

Anxiety is a fast growing issue on a global scale. In 2015/16, stress-related disease accounted for 45 percent of all working days lost in the UK — adding up to approximately  11.7 million lost days overall.

It isn’t merely stress alone which causes trouble. Individuals that are subject to developing stress and mental strain are also a lot more likely to indulge in unhealthy lifestyles and behaviors. Dangerous pursuits such as excessive alcohol drinking, drug taking, smoking and junk food eating are all enormous industries since they help us manage our stress levels. We eat sugary foods because we want that ‘high’ to be able to get through daily. Unfortunately, these behaviors are addictive and generally result in a long-term reduction of health and quality of life.

The stats speak for themselves in this regard. Half of all tobacco is absorbed by people with mental illness. Obesity is also more common in people who have mental health difficulties. Drug and alcohol use is already established as a means to handle (but, unintentionally, exacerbate) mental health issues. All of these streets, though began with the best intentions, lead to more anxiety and problems in the future. Stress is unavoidable, and to some degree, the human body and brain is intended to get stronger in reaction to it, but just and this is critical, only if there’s the chance to release the pressure. Without adequate strategies to take care of the stress with the stressors in your life, over time it can and will cause you some serious health problems even when you otherwise consider yourself healthy and fit.  

Illness: The least known health risk?  

Inflammation is just another of the least known any exceptionally overlooked elements of the physical and mental health. Inflammation is a natural immune reaction within our own body, it helps protect and isolate the site of an accident and helps fight of harmful viral and bacterial invaders.

However, any of us live in a state of continuous inflammation, through accumulated stress,  a bad diet, inviting foreign substances into the human body or allowing fatigue to collect. This may indicate that your natural immune reaction is always  firing, weakening your immune system and leaving your body in a constant state of anxiety. To highlight how harmful inflammation is to the body it’s necessary to remember that psoriasis, Alzheimer’s disease, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Cancer, Diabetes and coronary artery disease are all diseases of inflammation.

How to become emotionally and physically fit

The stats and examples above highlight just how important it is that each one of us take personal responsibility for our psychological and physical health. There are a few simple ways we could do this, starting now:-

Eat well

It should come as no surprise that eating a consistently healthy diet is a significant element in physical health and, consequently, mental wellbeing. Numerous daily portions of fruit and veggies can positively influence our general sense of wellbeing. Maintaining sugar and processed foods intake low also helps us stabilise glucose levels, ensuring a smooth flow of energy through the day. Dependency on caffeine should also be kept to a minimum, as this may exacerbate anxiety and aggravate underlying stress symptoms. I also recommend an enormous reduction if not the elimination of famous inflammatory foods like poultry, milk, processed meats, artificial sweeteners and refined sugar.  

Exercise

Routine, moderate-to-high intensity exercise sessions may also have a substantial effect on mental wellbeing. Countless studies have concluded that physical activity can boost our mood, reduce anxiety, lessen anxiety and raise our self-esteem, in addition, to reduce our risk of disease and illness.

The key here is to pick a fitness regime that suits you and then commit to adhering to it. The setting and accomplishment of goals is also a wonderful way to encourage health, which will spill over into our physical circumstance and condition. Additionally, it doesn’t need to be intensive exercise even a brisk walk or seat yoga is sufficient to derive massive benefit concerning mood health benefits.  

Reflect

Taking time out each day to reflect on our lives is an excellent way to promote physical and mental health. Many millions of people around the world find solace from the early practices of yoga, meditation, contemplation and concentration. Even playing or learning a musical instrument has been shown to have profound cognitive advantages. Spend 20-30 minutes daily in one of those practices and you’ll probably see a massive difference in a brief amount of time. For information on meditation, check out our quick-start guide 

Socialise

We, people, are naturally social animals and we want regular social interaction to become emotionally fit. Social wellbeing and mental well-being are, in many ways, identical. A number of studies have highlighted the connection between the strength of our social relationships and our health. To put it simply, the more social we’re (in-line with our interests and intentions), the happier and healthier we will be. Successful social interactions also boost our self-confidence and self-esteem, which will then flow over into other areas of life (work, romantic relationships etc).

Conclusion

the primary takeaway that could be instantly applied to reading this guide is that we must create our mental health as much of a priority as our physical health.