As we’re expanding our Sales Team at CANDDi, I’ve been communicating with a lot of candidates to arrange interviews etc (read about our hiring process here) and a question that is coming up quite a lot is “What is your dress code?” because I’m answering this quite frequently, I thought I’d let you all know...just in case you end up in our hiring process at any point!

Published 22 Mar 2017 by Saadia, CANDDi
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We’re going through an interesting time at CANDDi in terms of sales. We’ve never had a problem actually selling the system, it solves a huge problem for businesses and there is definitely an appetite for it, where we’ve historically struggled is scaling our sales team - we’ve done some things really well, and other things we’ve messed up on.

Published 15 Mar 2017 by Saadia, CANDDi
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Often asked is “how can we better improve engagement on our website?”. Albeit a simple question, it doesn’t always warrant a simple answer. There are a large number of ways in which you can improve web engagement. Here we take a look at some of the most fundamental and “must do’s” in terms of getting what we want from our visitors!

Published 13 Mar 2017 by Tim, CANDDi
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There are four main ways in which businesses opt to market online. In terms of generating traffic however, it typically comes down to two key options. PPC or Email? Here we take a look at the pro’s and con’s for both and what the best way forward might be.

Published 13 Mar 2017 by Brian, CANDDi
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We at CANDDi put a lot of emphasis on the power of email marketing. However, we often come across similar concerns or negatives associated with it. Here we take a look at some of the most common objections or “myths” and debunk them to show you the value it has!

Published 13 Mar 2017 by Daniel, CANDDi
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We recently attended the annual WhatNext? Conference 2017, a student conference organised by the Manchester Entrepreneur Society. There were a number of great speakers lined up, and the event was jam packed with hungry minds. Read on for words of wisdom from Maria Stukoff, John Kershaw and Tim Langley....

Published 06 Mar 2017 by Saadia, CANDDi
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For various reasons (Tim is training for a marathon in April, I've had a minor stroke, Brian is sleep deprived with his new baby etc) we are all trying to get a bit fitter here at CANDDi HQ. Tim invited personal trainer and fitness coach, Dally Singh aka The Macro Coach, to provide us with some much needed inspiration and fitness hacks...

Published 02 Mar 2017 by Saadia, CANDDi
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With the vast array of channels we have to market through, it's easy to forget about one of the most efficient and effective - email marketing. Whether you're looking at how to step it up a gear or are yet to dip your toe into the email marketing mix, we've taken a look at some of the principle ways that can help you take advantage of what's available (with a few stats from the Email Marketing Census and Litmus reports thrown in!).

Published 22 Feb 2017 by Daniel, CANDDi
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I've learnt more lessons than you could shake a stick at in my three months here. Being a web developer requires a lot of skills, and surprisingly, knowing how to code doesn't count as much as you'd think.

Published 15 Sep 2016 by Jack, CANDDi
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How useful is it to pay attention to click-through rates if over half of the clicks on your site are generated by bots? A study conducted by Integral Ad Science in September 2015 found that marketers actually increased the likelihood of attracting bots if they developed their campaigns around mouse-based metrics.

Published 11 Jul 2016 by Tim, CANDDi
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