What is a cyber-attack and how can you prevent one?
You probably know that the more time you spend working, shopping and communicating online, the more likely you are to be at risk of a cyber-attack. The consequences of a cyber-attack include identity theft, having money stolen from bank accounts and credit or store cards being opened in your name. Most people fear their computer
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The ultimate guide to blogging for business
Why do you need an ultimate guide to blogging? It’s nothing new, right? In fact, the ‘blogging boom’ kicked off 20 years ago in the early 2000s! By 2006, blogging was at fever pitch and there were 50 million blogs already in existence. But in recent years and with the advent of content marketing, blogging
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Homepage mockups – the key stage of a new website design
It’s been a busy start to 2021 here at Black Nova Designs! We’re putting a new website live virtually every day, enquiries for websites, hosting, Wi-Fi and CCTV are flooding in and we’re even hiring another new staff member. We are so thankful that, one year on from that very first lockdown, Black Nova Designs
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How to share your press coverage legally
Thank you to the incredible Rhiannon from Garnet PR for allowing us to share this really important inforatmion with everyone. We hope you find it useful. “We have issued you a fine of £10,000.” Words that nobody wants to hear, but sadly this happens. Let’s find out how and why business owners are being issued
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Picture perfect – why great images are so important
Here at Black Nova Designs we give every single website we build the same attention to detail and expertise, but the end results naturally look quite different. That’s because what catches your eye first when you land on a web page are the images. The branding and colours probably come a close second, before you
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Tech refresh
As we head into another lockdown, staff from businesses both large and small will be working remotely once again. IT was already an important element for many businesses, but it has now become critical to their survival. So why are we a little lazy about looking after our IT infrastructure? At Black Nova Designs we
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Laptop Specs August 2020
During this ongoing Covid-19 crisis we have been inundated with requests for computer and laptop updates/repairs as well as our opinion on which specification machines are best, why and if we can supply them. The answer is yes, we can build and supply to any requested specification of laptop or desktop pc including accessories. The
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BND opinion the ups and downs of 5G
There is a lot of speculation at the moment, and after the recent Instagram poll it was very clear from our audience that you would all like to know a few more facts about 5G. So we have turned to our tech god and asked him his opinion on the 5G network and if its
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How to set up Email signatures
An email signature is the perfect opportunity to brand every message you send, but how do you set them up? Firstly, ensure you are using domain name emails and not @hotmail or @gmail as these are used for personal use and not very often used for business email addresses. A domain is around £10per year, per domain, emails
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WordPress Plug Ins
WordPress is an excellent platform for most websites, and has some great functions, a lot of these being readily available by the use of plugins. There are over 60,000 plugins in the official directory, with new ones added daily – unfortunately with so much choice and options, choosing the correct plugin can be difficult, as
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