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On the Anne Diamond show as a guest again
Graham Jones
Online branding is taken to heart
Do you love LinkedIn? Are you a fan of Facebook? Do you adore Amazon? The chances are that online you have a brand which you are strongly connected with. And you will defend that brand with all your might – even if you don’t logically want to accept you do. …
Lack of online success is a self-fulfilling prophecy
Nobody likes me, everybody hates me, think I’ll go an eat worms….! These are the first words of a children’s nursery rhyme, made popular in the mid-1970s by the punk band, The Boys. But it’s also the song my mother sang to me whenever I was feeling sorry for myself. …
Don’t blame Twitter or Facebook for London riots
Apparently, as I return from holiday, “mindless thugs” have overtaken London, setting fire to large parts of Croydon, rioting in Tottenham, upturning Ealing and running amok in Enfield. That’s to say nothing of the violence in Bristol, Birmingham and Liverpool overnight. The police seem helpless, politicians are rushing back from …
Your choice of web browser reveals your intelligence
[box type=”alert” size=”large” style=”rounded” border=”full”] Editorial Note The study on which this blog post was based as now been revealed to be a hoax. Many media organisations, including the BBC, were taken in by the elaborate hoax. Nevertheless, the point about browser developers having an engineering rather than human user …
Should you personalise your email marketing?
Dear “First Name”…..er…? We’ve all seen it – so-called “personalised” emails where the hapless Internet marketer has not set up their email software effectively, or hasn’t read the instructions on how to put together a personalised email. Or you get an email saying “Dear Subscriber” when you haven’t paid them …
Can we learn from Hackergate?
The Prime Minister David Cameron is busy today answering questions from politicians trying to score points against him. His problem is he employed Andy Coulson, a former editor of the News of the World – the newspaper which illegally hacked into phones, paid the police for information and brought the reputation of three …
Google affects your memory
Rupert Murdoch faces the British Parliament today in a bid to save his reputation. But probably, some of his answers will be of the “I don’t remember” variety. Indeed, the police officers who were quizzed a week ago seemed to have several memory lapses. Amazing how your memory disappears just …
Your website cannot succeed on its own – you need to be physical as well
Farewell Harry Potter; last night the stars of the wizard movies attended the final film’s première in rain-soaked London and wet their own cheeks with tears. Aaah! I hope you are mopping your eyes now in sadness too. For many children (and quite a few adults too) the past decade has been …
The web is not a work time-waster after all
So, News of the World journalists now have more time on their hands. Plenty of time it seems to vent their spleen on Twitter, or get embroiled in arguments on Facebook. True enough, plenty of good journalists have now lost their jobs while their bosses who seemingly sanctioned illegal payments …
The News of the World suggests you should review your website security
So, The News of the World has plumbed new depths of depravity by hacking into the phone messages of grief-stricken relatives of victims of the 7th July terrorism attacks in London. This news comes just days after we discovered that they also listened to – and deleted some – messages …
Overwhelmed by the web? Keep a diary..!
So here I am, writing something else for you to read. Thanks for passing by. But I’m guessing that this is not the only thing you have to do today. Perhaps you also have work to do. Perhaps you also have things to write yourself. Perhaps you have other blogs …
People decide to buy sooner than you think
If you are a tennis fan yesterday afternoon’s final in the Wimbledon Championships was a thriller. Whether you wanted Nadal to win again or were cheering on the underdog Djokovic you had decided on your favourite long before the match. Indeed, you may never be able to put your finger …
This will make you really cross: make your customers laugh at you…!
Ed Miliband has made British strikers angry today; he has distanced himself from their action, saying it is wrong. (Quick aside: why is it called “action” when striking actually means NOT doing something…?) Anyway, I digress, the result of his Tweet this morning has been that strikers have become more …
7 ways to annoy your website visitors
Andy Murray annoys me; there, I’ve said it. The current centre-court darling makes my blood boil. SMILE for heaven sake…you are doing what you supposedly enjoy…and you are quite good at it….! And SHAVE….! Or grow a proper beard, but leaving a bit of fluff on your face smacks of …