Online is not always best

Rolf Harris is an extraordinary entertainer, but as anyone who was at Glastonbury yesterday will no doubt say, “you had to be there” to truly understand how this 80-year-old wowed the crowds last night. Even though you could have seen him on TV, caught up with his “Two Little Boys” …

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Social Media Strategist Offers New Ghost Blogging Service For Time-Crunched Small Business Owners

Social media strategist Lori Osterberg is now offering ghost blogging services to time-crunched business owners. According to entrepreneur Lori Osterberg, small businesses are facing two problems in the current marketplace: 1. They know they need to become more Internet savvy, and begin reaching out to clients through various social media …

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IFAs In The Digital Space – Google White Paper Reveals IfFAs Continue To Miss Out On Online Demand For Financial Advice

With daily Internet usage in the UK increasing year on year by 22% [2], there are strong adoption rates among older and more affluent demographics – key markets for the IFA community. According to a new White Paper published by Google, searches on financial related terms are growing consistently and …

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Get higher fees by using social networks

Engaging in social media could boost your income Peter Morgan is the Director of Communications at Rolls Royce – and he is not a fan of social media. Indeed, at a recent corporate communications meeting he largely said it was a waste of time. He was scathing about the potential …

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Website reviews might not help after all

Product reviews might only help sell if they all say the same thing The one thing that the England football team can be sure of is the fact that all the headlines in the British press say the same thing – “rubbish”. They are consistent in their view of the …

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UK E-tailers Struggle to Convert Web Hits Into Sales

Only 7% of Online Shoppers Visiting a Site Complete a Purchase, States Sage Pay’s E-business Benchmark Report. Today Sage Pay, the UK’s fastest growing payment provider (PSP) launches it’s E-Business Benchmark Report, — a study representing the views and opinions of over 2,000 online businesses currently operating in the UK. …

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Online shopping – it is worse than we thought

Your business needs more people to buy rather than to visit your site Prime Minister David Cameron said last week that the UK budget deficit was worse than we thought. Then a week later the new “Fiscal Watchdog” downgraded the growth predictions for our economy. Now, today, we know that …

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Web could come to rescue of BP

BP Group Chief Executive Tony Hayward discusses the operation with a US Coast Guard – Picture reproduced with thanks © BP p.l.c. BP’s embattled CEO, Tony Hawyard is no doubt working hard to boost the company’s reputation following the oil crisis which started on 20th April 2010. Week after week …

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Learn How to Make Money Selling Books Online

With all the new options for reading books electronically, will paper books soon become a thing of the past? Lynn Dralle, The Queen of Auctions, an eBay Certified Provider and Power Seller, doesn’t think so. Neither does Sheila Anderson Mochrie, an expert eBay book seller. These two sellers have found …

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MySpace Co-Founder and News Corp EVP Announce Next Gen Social Commerce Company With $5MM in Funding

MySpace Co-Founder, Josh Berman and serial Internet entrepreneur, Diego Berdakin, announce their next generation ecommerce company, BeachMint, Inc. The company will focus on social and curated commerce. With the recent successes of companies like Gilt, Groupon, Rue La La, and Shoedazzle, Berman states “This is the most exciting opportunity I’ve …

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Your customers want to return what they have bought from you

Would you like the Vuvuzela sent back…? (Picture courtesy: Flowcomm Television viewers the world over are almost united in wanting a single product returned, sent back to the manufacturers, never to be used again. It is, of course, the Vuvuzela, which is responsible for the constant droning racket at every …

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21 Lessons I Have Learned From Darren Rowse

By Muhammad Faisal Khurshid When we talk about “Blogging Tips and Tricks” the first name emerges in our mind is Darren Rowse from Problogger. As you might already know that he had written a book titled “31 Days to Build a Better Blog.” Here is how he described it: The …

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