Skills on Toast

Sixty seconds in the life of the internet

zoe@sot — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 20:24:56 +0000

We absolutely love this image and thought you might too! Many thanks to Shanghai Web Designers at www.go-globe.com.

Web Designers v Web Developers

zoe@sot — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:28:45 +0000

We absolutely love this, but are a little bit torn over where exactly we sit in this picture! Click on the image for the full size version, or visit the website below. Many thanks to Six Revisions and Shane Snow for this image.

lisacritcher.co.uk goes live!

zoe@sot — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 18:37:01 +0000

Lisa Critcher is a couture milliner, living and working in London. She had very definite ideas about how her website should look, opting for simple, sleek design. We at SOT are now pleased to announce that the site has gone live – check it out yourself at www.lisacritcher.co.uk

EfR goes live!

zoe@sot — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 17:14:10 +0000

We are pleased to announce that our latest website project for learning and development company, Evolution for Revolution, has now gone live – visit Evolution for Revolution. We have been working closely with EfR to find a web solution that reflect their company’s personality, flair and most importantly, their expertise. We’ve had a great time [...]

The Dirt Track Foundation goes live!

zoe@sot — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 18:52:03 +0000

Here at Skills on Toast we love a challenge… so when the Dirt Track Foundation asked us to create a website to promote their fundraising activities, we jumped straight in… The lads are trying to raise £100,000 for Sport Relief over the coming months. They kick off their efforts tomorrow (22 October), when they leave [...]

The Viral Marketing Genius of Old Spice

zoe@sot — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:56:27 +0000

Facebook and Twitter have been flooded for the past few weeks, with videos from the new Old Spice marketing campaign. Featuring a muscular, shirtless, macho man with the brovado of Ron Bergandy and the wit of Stephen Fry, they are utterly hilarious and have kept me and many others intrigued enough to go back for [...]

UK Government to unleash the power of Facebook

zoe@sot — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 08:55:15 +0000

The BBC has reported today that the government has announced an arrangement with Facebook as it seeks new ideas on spending cuts, saying that it will be its ‘primary channel’ for communicating with the public on issues like spending cuts. Users will be able to log on and debate government spending priorities as well as [...]

Skills on Toast exceed fundraising target at the Bristol 10k

zoe@sot — Wed, 12 May 2010 15:59:54 +0000

After months of hard training, we are proud to announce that including GiftAid, we have been able to raise over £650 for Brainwave. Based in the South West, Brainwave works with families to deliver individual home based therapy and exercise programmes that help children with disabilities and development delay to achieve their potential, as well [...]

Trackbacks Explained

zoe@sot — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 10:49:08 +0000

This article is designed to help the budding blogger to understand what all this talk about ‘trackbacks’ really means, how they work, why you should use them and what’s coming next… What is a trackback? A trackback is kind of like an acknowledgement on the web – if I trackback to your website, it means [...]

SEO FAQ – A Beginners’ Guide to Search Engine Optimisation

zoe@sot — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 19:33:48 +0000

We have put together this list of frequently asked questions to try and help our readers understand a bit more about SEO. If you don’t find the answer to your question, please contact us and we’ll do our best to help. Your question might even end up on this page! What is SEO? SEO, which [...]