Small Business Facebook Marketing Simplified with New eBook

Inspired by today’s down economy, WebMaxed founder and CEO Kevin Haynes has written a free eBook designed to help small business entrepreneurs succeed and grow their businesses by harnessing the power of social media. Haynes’ book teaches small and local business owners how to capitalize on the popularity of Facebook, …

Read More

Half of businesses consider social essential

Over 50% of user organisations in a recent AIIM survey now consider social business or Enterprise 2.0 applications to be imperative or significant to their business goals. Risk-averse culture is a primary factor impeding wider adoption. Positive results from early adopters are driving a rapid investment in social applications within …

Read More

Global Mobile Video Traffic Will Account for More Than 60% of Global Mobile Data Traffic by 2016

Global mobile video traffic will account for more than 60% of global mobile data traffic by 2016 according to Visiongain’s latest management report “Mobile Video & TV on Smartphones: Market Drivers and Challenges Report 2011-2016” which offers an in-depth analysis of all the latest developments in this exciting and emerging …

Read More

Facebook ad spend up 25 percent

Facebook ad spend has increased 25 percent during the third quarter of 2011, according to research by performance marketing company, Efficient Frontier. The cost of advertising on Facebook has also increased, with cost-per-clicks up by 54 percent in Q3 over Q2. Search spend has increased by 16 percent year-on-year in …

Read More

Number Earning Extra Cash Online Doubles in a Year

The number of people earning a second income by trading online has doubled in the last year. A survey by Collect+ [http://www.collectplus.co.uk ], the parcel delivery and returns service, dubs such online entrepreneurs ‘e-pportunists’, finding that a third earn over GBP10,000 a year.[1] Over half (59%) of those trading online …

Read More

Mobile Users Rank Privacy as an Important Concern

Today the GSMA announced the results of a study of more than 4,000 mobile phone users in Singapore, Spain and the UK, which sheds light on privacy issues, particularly relating to the use of the mobile Internet and mobile applications. The research follows the January publication of the GSMA’s Mobile …

Read More

Internet Advertisers Must Focus on non-English Language Online Consumers for Fast Growth

New Research Data Suggests non-English Speaking Internet Users Deserve More Attention From Brands Brands are failing to capitalise on the vast spending power of non-English language Internet consumers, according to digital media company, Populis, which today released new research data on worldwide Internet use and the size and potential of …

Read More

The mobile VOIP market set to grow by almost 18% says new report

Visiongain’s latest management report “Mobile VoIP: Opportunities and Challenges Report 2011” offers in-depth analysis of all the latest developments in the nascent VOIP market. This brand new report provides forecasts of growth, market sizing and analysis for the key regional markets from 2011-2016. The report gives an insight into the …

Read More

Fasthosts Warns Small Firms Not to Spam Their Customers

Fasthosts Internet Ltd, a leading web hosting provider, has warned UK businesses not to spam their customers with unsolicited newsletters and marketing emails. Over the past year, the company has seen an 88 per cent rise in the number of spam reports it has received, most commonly where consumers have …

Read More

1&1 Extends Hosting Portfolio

1&1 Internet Ltd., www.1and1.co.uk, a global leader amongst Web hosts, has launched an optimised product portfolio for the British market.  1&1’s new Business hosting package, provides unrestricted use of its professional hosting at an affordable price.  Furthermore, 1&1’s Dynamic Cloud Servers have been enhanced with additional features. With the new …

Read More

eCommerce Awards for Excellence announce 2011 finalists

Over 40 of the UK’s most innovative and successful ecommerce companies have been announced today as finalists for the third annual eCommerce Awards for Excellence, the only awards of their kind in the UK. The number and quality of entries for this year’s awards have been exceptionally high, and after …

Read More

Webhosting leaders 1&1 set to advertise on TV

This weekend sees the launch of a substantial new advertising campaign by 1&1 Internet Ltd., (www.1and1.co.uk), a global leader amongst Web hosting providers.  Aimed at small business owners, tradesmen, the self- employed, professionals and entrepreneurs who require a website on the Internet, the company offers 1&1 MyWebsite – an easy online …

Read More