In today’s Daily Mirror
In today’s Daily Mirror newspaper interviewed for an article on paedophiles sharing images via Facebook
Year: 2009
Some of your online products should be marked “sold out”
Online retailers are missing a trick if they don’t have products which are “sold out” from time to time. That’s the conclusion of research from the University of Alberta which looked at buyer behaviour when a product was not available. Traditional wisdom is that the lack of availability of a …
Social media increases income and profits
Most business people are social networking “wallflowers”. They sit on the sidelines looking in, but don’t take part. Indeed, in spite of all the buzz about Facebook, for instance, 80% of the world’s Internet users haven’t even signed up for it. And of the 300m people who have joined, most …
Social Media Is Important In Keeping Content Fresh For Users
Social media can play a vital part in keeping a website fresh and appealing to its users according to Reality Digital, the leading provider of online community software (http://www.realitydigital.com/online-community-software.html) for brands and businesses. With a vast amount of business and other activities now being conducted over the Internet, it has …
IFAs believe marketing is important but most are doing nothing about it
Following presentations to 1,000 IFAs over a three week period in September 2009, IFA Life has discovered that whilst almost all IFAs believe that marketing is important to their business, only 5% have a formal marketing plan. And whilst the majority of IFAs now accept that the Internet is becoming …
Most companies fail to measure their online ROI
Fasthosts, a leading web hosting provider and domain name registrar, reports that 43 per cent of UK companies admit that they have no quantifiable method of measuring whether their website is effective, according to recently released research released. The study of 430 UK firms* by Fasthosts (http://www.fasthosts.co.uk/) found that whilst …
Your website needs to be obese
Obese people get a raw deal these days. Everywhere you look there’s advice on slimming down, diets, pictures of thin models or muscle-toned hunks. Yet the country is in the grip of a weight pandemic with predictions that 60% of the population will be obese by 2050. Today new research …
Credit crunch fuels growth in cybercrime
UK cybercrime has rebounded to worrying levels, not seen since 2006, as a result of the recession and consumer complacency, according to Garlik’s annual UK Cybercrime report, now in its third year. The report, which analyses publicly available data to build a comprehensive view of cybercrime in the UK, revealed …
Growing divide between politicians and web users
Politicians are consistently demonstrating they are growing ever further out of touch with the rest of us. A new study from the George Washington University in the USA shows that young people are interested in politics and they would love to get involved – if only politicians would talk to …
Small business websites fail to focus
Owners of small businesses have one thing in common – they are focused entirely on their business. It’s their “baby” and they nurture it, care for it and are keen to ensure it develops well – just like any good parent. But therein lies the problem for small business owners; …
SEO Company Includes Google News In SEO Google Packages
Master Google, a leading company in Google SEO (http://www.mastergoogle.com/), has added a new service to two of its most popular packages. Mastergoogle.com now submits content to many media sources Google News pulls content from. This addition will enhance the Web site popularity of Mastergoogle.com’s clients and help increase their rankings …
Not everyone online likes social networking
Some people don’t like social activity. Strange as it may seem – we are social creatures at heart – some individuals shun all forms of social activity. It’s not because they are hermits or strange, but because their personality makes them avoid any kind of intimacy. They don’t mind taking …
Twitter and Social Networks Are Not Seen as ‘Useful’ by Book Readers
In a recent survey conducted by Book Marketing Limited, book-lovers gave a resounding thumbs down to ‘social networks’ such as Facebook and Twitter with only 3% seeing them as very useful places they would go to for recommendations on what books to read next. Instead, they actively seek out more …
BuzzPlant Expands Their Social Media Marketing Offerings
Using social media to market your products or services is a must in today’s changing media landscape. As the world migrates daily toward a habit of consuming their media via on-demand, anytime access, traditional advertising and marketing methods are being ignored and tuned out. Online social media marketing is where …
SEO Blogger Justin Briggs Awarded Distinguished Search Engine Marketing Scholarship
Marketing Pilgrim (http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/), which provides breaking news and in-depth analysis of Internet marketing and online advertising trends, names SEO Zombie (http://seozombie.com/) blogger Justin Briggs as the winner of its 2009 Search Engine Marketing Scholarship for his article on SEO-friendly web design. Briggs’ winning article, “9 SEO Tips for Attractive Search …