Ben Lloyd

Technical copywriter / Web content copywriter

United Kingdom

I specialise in computer technology topics including CRM, ERP, Augmented Reality and general computing for brands like Nominet, Three Mobile, Oracle, Eloqua and iomart. I have also written on less-technical topics for major names including Vanquis, the Post Office, Motley Fool and Allianz.

Portfolio

Gamma - VoIP and Unified Communications

Gamma Telecom
03/18/2020
How To Maintain Productivity While Managing A Mobile Workforce

Some industries - like those employing field engineers or on-site consultants - have no choice but to support mobile working. Others still have a choice about providing remote working, but possibly not for much longer. Virtually any employee has the right to request flexible working provisions, including working from home and your business is legally bound to consider each request.

Gamma Telecom
02/19/2015
Is Your Legacy Telecoms System Costing You over the Odds? - Gamma Telecom

How to decide whether you should be making the move to SIP trunking. Every aspect of your IT infrastructure needs to be examined, including your telecoms system. Is it better for your business to stick with its existing traditional ISDN system for another year, or make the move across to an alternative technology, SIP trunking?

SolarWinds - Web Application and Network Performance Monitoring Services

Pingdom Royal
09/24/2019
6 Website Issues Slowing Down Your Page Speed - Pingdom Royal

The time it takes a page to load has become one of the defining factors for website success. Web users are notoriously impatient, abandoning any site they feel is taking too long to load. Reducing page load time should be a strategic priority for all website owners, given that it impacts many other metrics such as pages per session, bounce rate, and conversion rate.

pingdom.com
Cloud Performance Monitoring - Real-Time Metrics - pingdom.com

Cloud Performance Monitoring - Real-Time Metrics | Pingdom SolarWinds uses cookies on its websites to make your online experience easier and better. By using our website, you consent to our use of cookies. For more information on cookies, see our Cookie Policy × The Pingdom website uses cookies to make your online experience easier and better.

pingdom.com
Website Content Optimization - Monitor Your Load Speed - pingdom.com

Website Content Optimization - Monitor Your Load Speed | Pingdom SolarWinds uses cookies on its websites to make your online experience easier and better. By using our website, you consent to our use of cookies. For more information on cookies, see our Cookie Policy × The Pingdom website uses cookies to make your online experience easier and better.

Mitel - VoIP Telephony Hardware

Claranet - IT Services

Fasthosts - Web Hosting Services

Secura - Cloud Services and Web Application Hosting

Secura / HP
02/01/2019
How To Differentiate Your Agency

Helping marketing agencies define their specialism and build a technology platform to support their operations

Falcon Social - Social Media Marketing and Analytics Software

Falcon.io
01/16/2018
Facebook Messenger Monetization: 5 Things You Need to Know. | Falcon.io

Having established one of the world's largest messaging platforms, Facebook Messenger monetization appears to be next on the social media giant's agenda. Roughly 1.3 billion people use Facebook Messenger every month, representing a huge untapped market. In the constant push for revenue, Facebook has been seriously investigating how they can leverage their user base.

Falcon.io
10/05/2017
Are You Following the FTC's Influencer Marketing Guidelines? | Falcon.io

As marketers struggle to reach new audiences in the social media age, influencer marketing has become increasingly important. By connecting with the right influencer, marketers can gain access to that individual's social circle - and potentially create a positive buzz about their products and services.

Falcon.io
01/03/2018
The Future of Chatbots for Social Media. | Falcon.io

When Facebook announced they were introducing chatbots into Messenger, the digital marketing world went crazy. Suddenly everyone was talking about bots-how they were going to use chatbots for social media, customer support, pre-sales service, and anything else they could think of.

Three.ie - Mobile telecoms provider

Acora - IT services provider

iomart - IT services provider

Adestra - Digital marketing services

Adestra
Big Data = Big Fad?

Download your free copy of our eGuide - "Big Data = Big Fad?" and see whether your business really needs it or not.

Workbooks - CRM software provider

Workbooks
05/15/2013
Seven Steps to Heaven: Marketing Automation with a CRM System [INFOGRAPHIC]

Seven Steps to Heaven: Marketing Automation with a CRM System [INFOGRAPHIC] Want an easier working day? Better sharing of information, better customer experience management and fewer manual tasks? Leading marketing and advertising agencies are discovering that marketing automation is giving them the power to outflank their competition.

Workbooks
05/01/2013
Watch out for Fake Cloud [INFOGRAPHIC]

Watch out for Fake Cloud [INFOGRAPHIC] Many providers advertise "Cloud" software solutions which are not quite what they seem. This guide will show you what to look out for when considering Cloud CRM solutions.

Nominet / Know the Net

Marketscan - Marketing data provider

Marketscan
05/21/2013
5 Tips to Motivate Your Telemarketing Team [FLIPBOOK]

5 Tips to Motivate Your Telemarketing Team [FLIPBOOK] Motivation is critical to telemarketing team effectiveness - here are five tips to help keep your team fired up Telemarketing has managed to acquire a bad name for itself; due, in a large part, to abuses by a minority of businesses.

Marketscan
05/28/2013
10 Reasons Why Your Marketing Data Isn't Working [SLIDESHARE]

10 Reasons Why Your Marketing Data Isn't Working [SLIDESHARE] If your marketing efforts consistently fail to convert, it might be time to check your data It's easy to get direct marketing wrong, particularly if your marketing data makes any of these mistakes: Incomplete marketing data Contact records lacking basic details waste company time, as staff try to fill in the blanks.

Sanderson Multi-Channel Retailing

Sanderson
04/18/2013
Retail Business Intelligence: How to Understand Your Customers [SLIDESHARE]

Retail Business Intelligence: How to Understand Your Customers [SLIDESHARE] Multi-channel software gives you the tools you need to profile your customers and to leverage that information to create more loyal, more profitable customers Good multi-channel retailers know how to deliver what their customers want when they ask.

Sanderson Manufacturing - ERP

Sanderson
05/28/2013
Get Specific: Why Software Designed for Your Industry Works Best [SLIDESHARE]

Get Specific: Why Software Designed for Your Industry Works Best [SLIDESHARE] When implementing a MRP system to handle enterprise resource planning your business faces a choice; an off-the-shelf package with a large market share, or a smaller solution designed specifically for your industry niche.

Sanderson
05/21/2013
ERP - a 'Way of Life', Not Just a Software Platform [FLIPBOOK]

ERP - a 'Way of Life', Not Just a Software Platform [FLIPBOOK] These tips will help keep your manufacturing business on track now and into the future. When implementing an enterprise ERP system for the first time, many businesses wrongly believe that the software alone will transform their business.

Dynistics - Data analytics software developer

Better Working - Collaboration software vendor

Trubiquity - ERP/Automation software developer

Trubiquity
Increasing Collaboration with Application Integration

By: Karen Bieniek on July 15th, 2013 The truly agile organization relies on access to timely information to make accurate strategic decisions. The more data that can be placed at stakeholders' disposal, the better informed, and therefore less risky, these decisions become.

Trubiquity
Using Technology to Better Manage your Supply Chain

By: Elke Heller on July 15th, 2013 One of the most serious risks in any supply chain comes through manual intervention, where human error can creep into transactions. Resolving issues caused by miskeyed data in purchase orders, waybills or invoices is costly and introduces delays into the supply chain.

Equinet Media - Digital Marketing agency

Equinetmedia
07/06/2012
10 ways to re-purpose a single piece of content

10 ways to re-purpose a single piece of content Recent updates to search engine algorithms, such as Google's Panda release, have led many writers to believe that their content is a one-shot affair that can only be used once. However, this is not strictly true - re-purposed writing can be used again and again when done carefully.

Equinetmedia
06/20/2012
How to position your Facebook fan page content

How to position your Facebook fan page content In line with increased consumer popularity, Facebook has worked hard to encourage businesses to get on board through the introduction of brand pages. New tools and features have been added to allow companies to reach new clients in the B2B sector and gain a proper handle on their social media management efforts.