Lawrence family shows us all how to behave

When the history books are written the names of Doreen Lawrence OBE, Neville Lawrence OBE and Stephen Lawrence will be writ large, along with the rest of this ordinary but amazing family, including Stephen’s brother, Stuart. It is almost unbearable to read the unbelievable way in which the Lawrence family …

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The Internet - concept

Which Email Marketing Service Providers to Choose

By  Reggie D James Studies over the last few years have resulted in determining that email marketing is much more effective than regular mailing. Ecommerce is the future; snail mail is the past. Research reported that in 2001, $1.1 billion in email marketing was sent out. This has increased 10 …

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The New Year starts with shady ads on Google AdWords

A company has started the new year with shady Google AdWords ads. Fortunately, Google has pulled the ad in the meantime. Is this ad a sign of the shady advertising methods that we have to expect in 2012? What exactly happened? A blogger discovered that a company run a Google …

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Achieving Marketing Success On Your Blog

By TJ Philpott Achieving marketing success as a blogger requires a different strategy than that of an Internet marketer that uses a website! Building a blog for the sake of earning an income requires a much more subtle approach! The Internet marketer who uses a website for their business platform …

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Facebook caused even more divorce mayhem in 2011

A survey carried out by UK divorce website Divorce-Online in December 2009 found that 20% of behaviour petitions contained the word “Facebook.”. A follow up survey in December 2011 has found that number has increased alarmingly during 2011 to {{33% of behaviour petitions have been found to contain Facebook}} in …

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Want to complain? Go online…!

A survey of 2,000 UK consumers reveals that social media now ranks as a go-to platform for making complaints about a company’s products or services. Commissioned by eGain, the leading provider of cloud and on-site customer interaction software, and conducted by Vision Critical, the survey asked consumers to rank in …

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Blog Plan

What is your blogging plan for 2012?

Supposedly, today is the first day back at work after the Christmas break; don’t believe it. The first day back at work is not until next Monday. Every year the media tells us that the day after the New Year Bank Holiday will see the rush to “normality” – forgetting, …

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New Year Resolutions

This New Year your online resolutions should be tiny

So we are mere hours away from 2012 – the London Olympic Year when Britain’s hopes will be high and thousands of young athletes will be striving for their best performances so they can get their hands on that elusive gold medal. Meanwhile, at the other end of the athletic …

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Retailers are bound to do better online

Retailers are predicting a bleak year ahead, with many already reporting a bad Christmas this year. Meanwhile, online stores have been breaking all records. On Boxing Day there were almost 100m visits to online shops with shoppers spending a total of 13 million hours browsing; this is a 20% increase …

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Meditating can help avoid online distractions

How to beat online distractions

For a moment, just focus…! Ignore those links on the right hand side of the page. Resist the temptation to sign up for my weekly newsletter. Shut your eyes to the other tabs and windows open on your screen. Instead, for a moment or two – concentrate. There that was …

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