Delighted to confirm that I have been elected to join the ScotlandIS Board starting June 2009! 

ScotlandIS represents over 200 ICT companies and associated services across Scotland and is highly considered by its members and the industry as a whole.  The new Board elections, (furiously fought for, I might add!) will bring representatives from large corporates, academia and SME's together to stregthen the existing team and to support the growth of our industry.

I would welcome hearing from any of you who have views,  concerns or ideas that you feel ScotlandIS should be listening to!

We are delighted to have won the competitive tender to re-design and development the Scottish Tartans Authority website.

The new site will bring fresh visuals and functionality to this international authority site, used by Scottish trade members, businesses and clansmen accross the globe.  New features will include an updated, secure Members Area, a Tartan Designer faciity and Tartan Ferret.

The site will give users access to the biggest database of tartans and tartan manufacutures worldwide and we hope to encourage children (of all ages) to design their own tartan online.  Look out for launch to coincide with The Gathering in late July 2009!

On Friday 15th May, our resident SEO expert, Andrew Allfrey, will be delivering an SEO workshop course.  This is a fairly unique event as most SEO courses we deliver are bespoke, site specific training for individual clients.  So, here's your chance to come along and learn everything you need to know to get your site in shape for the search engines.  Topics will include:

• deciding on your objectives and keyowrds strategy
• keyword research tools
• how to write effective copy and tags
• the difference between search engines and directories
• how to submit your site manually
• quality links and where to find them
• the right structure for usability and finding websites
• how to continually manage the process
• how to avoid spamming and damaging your rankings

Course times are 10am - 4pm and cost is £379 + VAT.  Book your place now by emailing training@netresources.co.uk