People you have never heard of could do your blog a great deal of good

David Walliams with his on-screen partner Matt Lucas; how much did they influence each other’s choice of off-screen partner? Pic courtesy: http://www.flickr.com/photos/admiralty Newly-weds David Walliams and Lara Stone are clearly very much in love. But did they choose each other because they fell in love, or were they influenced by …

Read More

The Ten Best “Must Have” Plugins For WordPress

By Yip Bop WordPress is a highly extensible application – big words that mean you can easily ‘extend’ the functionality of WordPress to do whatever you want it to do. The best and most common way of extending WordPress is by adding ‘plugins’ to it. Plugins are just bits of …

Read More

Why you need to say sorry online

David Miliband merely needs to say “sorry” and we’ll all feel better David Miliband might do better in the forthcoming elections for Labour Leader if he were to say one word – sorry. At the moment, however, he is in “attack mode” calling the Liberal Democrats hypocrites and claiming the …

Read More

Twitter is not a new idea

The celebrity Tweeter, Amanda Holden, was “told off” last night by her producers at ITV for using her mobile during Britain’s Got Talent this week to send tweets. Apparently she was seen on camera sending her little messages during the live show. How do we know she was told off? …

Read More

blank

World Synergy Releases “25 Ways to Succeed Online,” an Online Marketing Guide

World Synergy, an integrated online marketing firm, today released “25 Ways to Succeed Online,” a free report filled with practical advice and reminders to help companies generate more leads and sales while protecting and building their brands.  “Our online marketing team assembled the easy-to-read guide to help businesses avoid mistakes …

Read More

blank

You are no longer in charge of your brand

BP share prices plummets (Picture from Yahoo! Finance) Imagine for a moment your job is CEO of BP and you take a look at the latest share price for your company. This chart doesn’t make you feel too good does it? Then imagine doing a blog search on Google for …

Read More

CustomerImpact Contributes Research Expertise to New Study of Social Media Usage and its Increasingly Significant Role in Purchasing Decisions

According to key findings from the 2010 Social Media Matters study conducted by BlogHer, Inc., with design and analysis consultation by CustomerImpact, social media usage, and its influence on purchasing decisions, continues to grow. Reaching more than 20 million women each month (Nielsen Site Census, March 2010), BlogHer is the …

Read More

Digital PR now as important as ever

With the news that British web users are now spending 65% more time online than they did three years ago, online PR has never been more important, report Punch Communications, a PR agency on the cutting edge of assisting its customers achieve suitable online presence and media relations. Such a …

Read More

SEO Consult Comment On UK Online Habits

The UK’s premier Search Engine Optimisation services provider and Internet marketing agency as voted for by uk.topSEOs.com, SEO Consult, have commented on news that a recent survey shows that Britons are spending 65% more time online than three years ago. The UK Online Measurement Company (UKOM) estimates that the average …

Read More

blank

The sun is shining and I bet you do not want to blog

Who wants to blog on a sunny day? The sun is shining, there is not a cloud in the sky and the last thing you want to do is write a blog post. You’d much rather be outside, relaxing with a refreshing glass of your favourite tipple by your side …

Read More

Depressed students reveal value of email

Students appear to be more depressed than we ever thought possible. A new study shows that around 15% of college students suffer from depression – significantly more than the 10% found in previous studies. But the “twist” in this new research is that the data was collected only via email. …

Read More

blank

Your blog will succeed after you cross your fingers

Theo Walcott probably had his fingers crossed this morning hoping that he’d be selected to play for England in the World Cup in South Africa next week. Unfortunately it didn’t seem to do him any good; he wasn’t chosen for the championships and will now have to watch his team …

Read More

Technology – An Addiction or a Habit?

Here is a short documentary on Internet addiction in which I appear. The documentary was made by a media studies student as part of her final year project. Technology – An Addiction or a Habit?! from Claire Tacey-Green on Vimeo.

Econsultancy announces cross-industry JUMP initiative to explore better joined up on and offline marketing

Econsultancy today announces the launch of JUMP, a cross-industry series of research reports and a conference (13 October 2010, London, UK) for senior marketers to explore the new era of marketing created by the integration of online and offline channels, technologies and disciplines. Econsultancy, the community for digital marketing with …

Read More