Internet Psychologist
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 …
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 …
By Reggie D James Is there a future for email marketing? The answer is a resounding yes. Email is one of the most popular channels of advertising, marketing and communicating to the world. Marketers use email marketing because it provides communication directly to users, it is faster and less costly, …
So, it’s the time of year when you are picking the bones of the turkey, deciding what to buy with those gift tokens you were given and wondering how to fill your time between now and the New Year celebrations. Most of the business world is asleep, not back at …
On the Bill Buckley show this morning talking about the psychology of Boxing Day shopping.
Charles Dickens knew a thing or two about human psychology. In “A Christmas Carol“, the main character Ebenezer Scrooge connects his past to his likely future and changes his behaviour as a result. Instead of being a miser, he dramatically alters his behaviour and becomes a model of generosity, providing …
For the first time, The Sunday Times will be published on Christmas Day this year. To mark this historic occasion, The Sunday Times is giving away its Christmas Day edition free on iPad and Android devices. As well as live global and national news and sport, the Christmas Day exclusively …
So, what has grabbed your attention this year? During 2011 I added almost 1,000 new articles to this website – some have proved very popular, others less so. Here is a reminder of the Top 10 most-visited articles of the year (click on the titles if you want to read …
A new line of high-powered servers has entered the hosting market with 32 processor cores, released by 1&1 Internet Ltd, www.1and1.co.uk, a global leader amongst web hosting providers and the first large scale provider to deliver dedicated servers with this capacity. With the most powerful hardware package to ever be …
This year, we published many articles that help you to get better results for your website. In this issue, you have a quick overview of the 2011 articles, sorted by category: Google ranking algorithm insights, tips and tricks, link building, Google’s +1 button and Google algorithm updates. Google ranking algorithm …
One thing we know about the former North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is that he did not allow “his people” to think. They were extensively controlled – and still are with public wailing demanded by the military dictators. It shows that you can rule by fear. But it also shows …
By TJ Philpott When publishing a blog post you want it to be something that will spark a positive reaction from readers! Most popular blogs are able to capture the attention and interest of their visitors thereby compelling them to return hence their popularity! The question here is what it …
A few days ago, hackers exploited a security flaw on the Facebook website to gain access to private photos belonging to Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and CEO of Facebook. Although the security loophole was swiftly closed by Facebook, the images had already been posted to the web by the hackers. …
Brands who have implemented a social media strategy into their integrated consumer outreach programmes but have been unable to effectively evaluate the success of their campaigns to the point of sales conversions, need now look no further than ExactView – the latest technological advancement by leading provider of real-time performance …