Donal McPartland joins Ben and Al to talk about why studied an MBA, diversifying his business and editing our podcast. We also discuss how we make our podcast at great length.

Finally, Al is now settled into his garden office or Lunar Excursion Module as he describes it and is almost ready to ditch his power and internet umbilical.

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http://ratherinventive.com/blog/something-inventive-17-al-lem/

Ben Interviews the lovely Louise Jenner. She's enthusiastic about using online marketing tools and has lots of great advice to help develop a business that doesn't run you. She says "if you’re not in your dream job, you’re in someone else’s"… so true.

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http://ratherinventive.com/blog/interview-louise-jenner-dream-job-coach/

Ben and Al discuss when a website is ready to go live and some great tools and articles to improve your marketing and search optimisation.

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http://ratherinventive.com/blog/something-inventive-16-its-never-finished/

Ben asks if we rely on computers or software too much and Al answers with a firm yes. We bring up some topical examples where systems have failed and how people deal with the outcome, or don't as the case most often is. And we wonder if now, is the time for QR codes to shine?

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Al and I discuss ad blocking in Safari, anchor tags, image resizing and the music we listen to at work.

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http://ratherinventive.com/blog/something-inventive-14-handbag-house/

Social media often leaves people confused. So here's an idea to help your business raise its online profile. It's about local businesses promoting other local businesses on the web and through social media.

I call a Social Tribe - I hope you like it and that it helps you to promote your business more effectively online.

Al explains the importance of securing your website, how this helps SEO and we share why we use WordPress over other Content Management Systems.

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http://ratherinventive.com/blog/something-inventive-13-time-well-spent/

Ben shares highlights from speakers and topics that stood out for him at the WXG web conference in Guildford and Al talks about getting more sleep and why people are better than robots.

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Ben and Al discuss 6 questions you should ask your web developer before you start a project and why the podcast is so long.

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Social media trainer Jonathan Pollinger joins Al and Ben to share some of his bold predictions for 2017 such as zero reach posts, Instagram shopping and live video.

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http://ratherinventive.com/blog/something-inventive-10-the-future-is-ads