The Skyblu team are excited to announce that we're in the final stages of creating a website aimed at providing free online consultancy to charities and not-for-profit organisations across the country.

You'll be able to browse an exer-expanding knowledgebase, covering topics from brief writing to optimising for the search engines - and, if you have a question that isn't answered, fill in a quick form and we'll post an in-depth response within 24 hours.

Currently, about 60% of Skyblu's clients are not-for-profit organisations, so we consider ourselves experienced in the field of charity web design.

We strive to achieve the very highest standards for our clients, and are proud to have joined the Institute of Fundraising - the professional body for UK fundraising - as part of this effort.

This displays our commitment to best practice, and should compliment our membership of the NCVO in helping us to stay on top of third sector issues.

We hope to see you at a networking event soon!

The Hearts and Heroes Challenge is a 29-mile foot challenge, set along the Southern Upland Way in Scotland. Skyblu engineered a website for the first challenge in 2009, which attracted over 500 competitors and raised £244,961.

The website aims to create a buzz amongst visitors and encourage them to sign up. The front page features a really cool video (created by Tigershark), and the website is fully integrated with social networking platforms including Facebook, Flickr and Disuqus - providing an interactive comments system for news items.

Find out more through the case study, or pay the site a visit.

With 55 million visits and 6 million unique visits per month, Twitter is - without a doubt - one of the most successful social networking websites ever launched. This article concentrates on practical ways charities can harness the power of this online phenomenon.

Whereas a company will focus on selling a product or service, charities may have a wide range of goals. Whether seeking volunteers, donations or corporate sponsorships, marketing methods will vary considerably. However, the basic principle will remain the same - to sell something, you must identify a problem and solve it.

This article focuses on charities who need to gain financial donations from the public. Here are five simple marketing tactics - with real-world examples - you can use to promote your charity online.

We are delighted to announce that Poppyscotland have yet again smashed their targets and raised a staggering £2,041,202 from this year's Scottish Poppy Appeal - a rise of 16% over last year, in the middle of an economic crisis.

Jim Panton, Poppyscotland's Chief Executive said: "This amazing result sends a clear message to veterans and their families that the people in Scotland are behind them and want to ensure that they get the help they deserve.