SEO has evolved over the past ten years, and I've been there to witness it.
SEO is now a part of a larger online marketing strategy and emcompasses a lot of tasks from on-site optimisation such as content and coding to off-site tasks such as digital outreach and social media marketing.. My work is completely ethical to Google's guidelines and am proud not to have been responsible for any penalty for any of my clients.
I have been developing with PHP for over 10 years, and have been specialising in WordPress development as soon as I laid my eyes on it.
I specialise in WordPress SEO and develop several WordPress plugins. After building a couple of websites using WordPress, I realised that it was definitely the best CMS around, capable of just about anything! As I built more sites, I started to immerse myself in developing some plugins. Less than a year on I have now built several popular plugins including Twitter Feed and Facebook Comments. Why not view all of my WordPress plugins available for download?
I am MD of FireCask, a multi-award winning online marketing agency in Manchester, UK.
Specialising in SEO, PPC, social media management, WordPress development and creative content marketing, we have worked with all kinds of businesses small to large including Expedia, Vitabiotics, Reed.co.uk, 123Reg and the Amy Winehouse Foundation.
I am Co-Owner of Basil + Lily, an Italian Wine and Aperitivo Bar.
Based in Prestwich Village, this bar serves fine wines, meat and cheese from Italy. Launched in July 2017, Anna who runs and co-owns the bar has hand-selected all stock to ensure the best and most authentic ingredients true to Italy.
Working with Alex and his talented team at FireCask has been an absolute pleasure so far and I'm really excited to see where our working relationship goes. His second to none communication skills and 'contact me any time' approach has allowed us to get a major project off the ground very quickly which will elevate my company tenfold as soon as we take it live. I had a very demanding deadline which didn't seem to be an issue for his team at all and the quality of their work has been exceptional.
I already have a range of projects lined up in my head that I will be dishing out to FireCask once our current project is complete and I highly recommend Alex, and his company, to anyone who is looking for a digital marketing and web development agency to take them to the next level.
THE go-to guy on Wordpress with a huge depth of knowledge of developing sites with it as well as a whole bunch of plugins that I've used on a number of different websites. If you need anything done on a Wordpress site, FireCask are the guys to talk to first. More recently, we've been discussing his process driven approaches to getting work done as efficiently as possible using a number of different systems.
We've worked together on a number of different projects over the years and Alex is enthusiastic, full of ideas and really knows his stuff in the online marketing world. He's also a very engaging speaker and we've shared a stage on a number of different venues around Europe discussing complimentary topics. I wouldn't hesitate in recommending Alex's work.
Alex is without doubt one of the UK's best known experts in the field of Wordpress development, having produced outstanding work for us here at Expedia Affiliate Networks - and furthermore having published some of the best plugins we use on our corporate site.
I can without reservation recommend Alex and his company for any development needs you may have in the PHP/Wordpress world, on top of his undoubted expertise he is also a great guy to work with!
Alex began consulting with the Amy Winehouse Foundation just after its formation. He has been able to not only help with the Foundation's website but has also become a valuable person to liaise between the Foundation and other organisations we work with and/or support.
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