Twitter beats YouTube and Facebook for online PR

Twitter is the most popular of the leading social community networks (SCNs) and interactive sites for online PR, according to a new survey of 107 PR professionals. It narrowly beats YouTube, in second place, and Facebook, in third, as a preferred online PR tool. But the survey, conducted by New …

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How to make sure your prices sound right

How do your prices sound to you? OK? When we read a price on a website, or in a brochure or magazine, your brain turns what it sees into sounds; it’s part of the way we read. You may well be “hearing” some of the words you are reading right …

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India’s JimTrade reaches review milestone

India’s largest online business directory www.jimtrade.com has now crossed the milestone of more than 100,000 product reviews. Thus, the buyers can now find a large volume of product reviews at www.jimtrade.com and a direct access, free of cost, to their respective manufacturers with absolutely no inter-mediators. Key Factors: • Free …

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What is the best blogging software to use?

Bloggers often worry as to whether or not they are using the best blogging software. You can see the question raised endlessly in places like LinkedIn and other social networks, including Twitter. People who are new to blogging also wonder which is the best system to use. So, they may …

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Making Sense of Digital Media

The explosion digital media in our business lives cannot be ignored! Neither can the ongoing impact it has on Marketing Strategy. While many marketers have embraced all that is digital, there are others for whom the world of Digital Media remains a mystery. Oxford College of Marketing has launched 2 …

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Universal acclaim for groundbreaking IFA social media conference

Despite heavy snow on the first day of Social Media in Financial Services, the Internet marketing event for IFAs and Providers has been hailed as ‘groundbreaking’ and a huge success. Speakers from Google, YouTube, The Gate, Fincision, the BBC, Ecademy and LinkedIn revealed why and how the Internet is rapidly …

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Haiti earthquake exposes Twitter chasm

At long last the poor people of Haiti are receiving international aid. It’s taken almost a week for a significant response. Indeed, the UK Government initially promised aid which was about half the salary they agreed to pay the boss of the Royal Bank of Scotland. Millions of disadvantaged people …

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Liverpool woes reflect your search engine problems

Rafael Benitez has apologised to the fans at Liverpool Football Club for the current poor performance of the team. They are 7th in the Premier League and apparently that’s not good enough. To make matters worse they were beaten this week by Reading – who are near the bottom of …

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It’s the real thing…Coke says so…!

Remember that 1970s advert for Coca-Cola, with youngsters on a hillside singing “I’d like to buy the world a Coke”? (See video below for a reminder.) OK, I’m showing my age, but yes, I remember it…! It was an iconic advert that actually lived on for many years afterwards. Advertising …

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How often should you post on social networks?

Who is your best friend? Is it someone who you see fairly frequently or someone who you only bump into once in a blue moon? Whose opinion do you value most in your circle of friends? The person who you know well? Or the person who you have hardly any …

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Search Engine Optimization Expert Heather Lloyd-Martin Launches SEO Copywriting Certificate Program

Heather Lloyd-Martin, CEO and President of SuccessWorks Search Marketing, Inc., www.seocopywriting.com (http://www.seocopywriting.com), and immediate past chair of the Direct Marketing Association’s Search Engine Marketing Council, announced the launch of the SuccessWorks SEO Copywriting Certificate Program (http://www.seocopywriting.com/training/seo-copywriting-certificate-program). The certificate program is designed to teach marketers, SEO companies, advertisers, small business owners …

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Why we need to re-think URL shortening

Everywhere you look these days online there are “shortened URLs“. This is when a long and complicated website address such as “https://www.grahamjones.co.uk/2009/blog/useful-tools/how-to-remember-everything-you-want-to-online.html” can become . There is a real need for such shortening services on the Internet because you might need to add a web site address to a Tweet …

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1&1 Internet Launches Dynamic Cloud Server

1&1 Internet Inc., www.1and1.com, the world’s largest Web host by known servers, today announced a new server category with highly flexible configuration options – the Dynamic Cloud Server. RAM, virtual CPU cores and disk space can be individually customized and adapted on-demand. In doing so, users only have to pay …

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