Flickr We like to think of our gardens as homages to times gone by and a way to remember that life wasn’t always so complicated. But technology is fast moving out of computer devices and into practically everything, changing how we live in profound ways. The latest frontier for technology is in the garden, a place traditionally dominated by old rusty tools and not-so-smart lawnmowers.
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How Schools can use Digital Marketing to Improve Their ‘Brand’
Unlike the majority of industries, the education sector has taken longer to catch onto the huge benefits of digital marketing. Whilst schools are not businesses as such, they rely on the right levels of student intakes and a good local reputation to perform well. To be a successful school takes more than good exam results, it needs to be able to attract the next cohorts of students to ensure it stays open. Here are some ways that schools can embrace the benefits of digital marketing:

Protecting yourself from data transfer hacks
If you have visited my blog recently, you may have unexpectedly stumbled upon a disturbing blog post; it wasn’t my doing, Stacey in the Sticks had been hacked! I wasn’t alone in this; many fellow bloggers suffered the same fate, with very similar posts. I won’t lie, it was very scary and panic inducing. I thought I had lost a whole post that had taken me a while to prepare and write; but any post written would have had the same effect. To know that somebody had immersed themselves into my world, potentially stolen my data, and imposed their beliefs on my …