Testing testing, 1, 2, 3. It feels a bit like when you see people testing a microphone and they say the famous ‘testing testing’ line to make sure it’s working OK. Well here’s my new blog on The Website Waiter’s website, and it feels the same and not immediately knowing what the first blog post should be about.

I’ve actually got lots if ideas that I can ramble about over time, it’s just the first one, and the rest will be easy. So I’ll keep it short – just to say that I’m starting to blog mainly to get in the habit of jotting down thoughts on any subject to do with website design or marketing on the internet which at some point will hopefully be helpful to someone as they come across it. And of course there will be all the vibes sent out in social-media world as well.

So if you’re reading this now, there’s going to be far more helpful posts than this! If you have any ideas or topics I can go into then do let me know. The whole website and internet world can be confusing, and my aim is to try and explain things is plainer English, and boil things down to what is actually needed to achieve whatever result you’re wanting.

Which is where the ‘waiter’ theme and brand came from – to try and easily explain how I can help in a better way than coming out with endless jargon, and to help people judge what stage of the process they're at and what ‘appetite’, or ‘diet’, or ‘budget’ they have to use the analogy of ordering a meal at a restaurant.

So there we are, let’s get going and crank out some juicy free ‘starters’.

By Andrew Duncan