AUTHOR
Craig Murphy
Craig Murphy is founder and managing director of ALT Agency, a Birmingham, West Midlands based web design agency that specialise in WordPress development and digital marketing such as SEO & PPC management, and also founder of private investment company Taking off investments.
An advocate for autism, Craig speaks openly on Linkedin about having autism and the day-to-day challenges of running a business whilst having autism. He is a keen podcaster and has been a guest on many podcasts such as Next 100 days, Start your own business and CEO Space discussing wide ranging topics such as:
- Business Growth
- Hiring, Growing and Managing teams
- Digital Marketing
- Conversion rate optimisation
- Search Engine Optimisation
- Running a business with autism
Craig is heavily passionate about business, business growth and also shares stories from business history on Linkedin about business titans such as Andrew Carnegie, Henry Singleton, Bill Gates, J.P Morgan and Jack Welch.
Professional Backstory
Getting his first desktop PC computer way back in 1998/1999 and using what was at the time a very, very, very slow 56k dial up internet connection, Craig became absolutely fascinated with the internet, the gateway it opened up to a new world and was blown away by the idea that one day we would be able to buy and sell products online.
Starting off designing little 1–2-page websites around the time of the dot com crash, Craig dedicated his early teen years to marketing fan sites and gaining a good understanding of what made a website grow and how to build fully engaged online communities.
Craig then founded ALT Agency in 2006 which has grown from a micro-WordPress development agency to a team of 17 working with household names, billion-dollar entrepreneurs and expanding from just website design & development into the demand generation areas of digital marketing, SEO, Paid Media and digital PR.
Diagnosed with autism at the age of 36, a condition that has allowed Craig to excel at coding, understanding data, spreadsheets and numbers, combined with a life standing passion for business and entrepreneurship, Craig then started Taking Off Investments which has allowed him to pursue his passion for investing and helping new entrepreneurs get their ideas off the ground with initial seed funding.
A huge formula 1 fan, property & bullion investor, Craig loves to share his F1 insights and is always on the lookout for new investment opportunities.
Expertise
Published Articles
- Autism in Business: Help, or Hindrance?
- 10 UK digital agencies share how the pandemic impacted them
- GDPR: what is it and do I need to know about it?
- eCommerce development trends: What the experts think
- How Important Is Video Content In SEO? What The Experts Think
- Web design trends: The experts’ predictions
- Brexit & The Web Design Industry
Podcast Speaking Engagements
- Start your own business podcast Ep1 – Boost your Websites Google ranking
- Start your own business podcast Ep 2 – Boost online conversions
- The WellFounder Podcast – Unleashing Website Potential
- The Ravi Bharathi Podcast – Web design & CRO
- Business Influencers Podcast – The Intersection of Neurodiversity and Entrepreneurship
- Next 100 Days Podcast – Website design & agency leadership
Connect with Craig
ALT Agency: https://www.altagency.co.uk
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/craigmurphyalt/
Taking Off Investments: https://www.linkedin.com/company/taking-off-investments-limited/
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