Internet Psychologist
By Steve Shaw I know that it can be mentally taxing to try to come up with new ideas for articles. After a while you may feel like you’ve written about every aspect of your subject that you possibly can. Here’s some good news–you don’t always need to come up …
Millions of people are trapped in their homes at the moment thanks to the ice and snow. We might all moan about the country grinding to a halt, but unlike Canada or Norway, which experiences worse than this every year, it surely is not worthwhile investing in the equipment and …
How much do you really understand the ins-and-outs of Twitter? Can you, hand on heart, say you know exactly how your website works? And are you able to delve into the depths of your email system to ensure you get no spam? The chances are you know what these things …
This year is set to be the ‘year of the cloud’ for UK SMEs, following a huge change in outlook over the past 15 months, but many are still failing to implement formal strategies to help safeguard their businesses, according to a report released today by business ISP, Easynet Connect, …
Flixmedia.tv, the online retail specialists, are predicting that 5 key innovations will transform the business of ecommerce in 2010. Flixmedia.tv help power sales for 8 of the top 10 most popular online shops in the UK (based on the IMRG-Hitwise Hot Shops List from November 2009) – including the top …
Due on BBC Radio Essex this morning to talk about Internet addiction and why Lily Allen has given up using blogs, Facebook ect.
Here’s a test you can conduct today in your local High Street. Grab a clipboard and ask 100 people whether they have heard of “email”. Ask them also if they have heard of “RSS”. Then ask them another question: ask which of these two communication systems they have ever used. …
A survey conducted by ecommerce specialist Actinic has backed up positive predictions for prosperous online Christmas trading for 2009. In Actinic’s seventh annual Christmas poll of small and medium enterprises (SME) selling online, {{respondents reported an average 51% increase in order volume for November and December 2009 compared with 2008 …
The conference agenda for Search Marketing Expo – SMX West is now available online. SMX West will be held March 2-4, 2010 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. SMX West will deliver more than 50 sessions designed for search marketers of all skill levels and …
Neuroscientists in Scotland have made a surprising discovery about graphics; they do not say a thousand words. In fact, the words appear to say more than the pictures ever can. What the Edinburgh scientists did was compare the decisions made by medical teams based on the “end of bed” charts. …
Research by analysts at broadband.co.uk have shown that average broadband speeds grew by 22% during 2009. “At the start of the year the average broadband speed test UK wide was 3.667Mbps. At the end of the year this had grown to an average speed of 4.478Mbps, a rise of 22%” …
When do you think your New Year’s resolutions will become a distant memory? By the end of January? Before Easter? For most people, resolutions fail to stick. We make all sorts of promises to ourselves at the beginning of each year and then fail to keep them. Then next year, …
Coffee, Croissants and Conversions – as the name suggests – invites representatives from local businesses to join theEword for a coffee and find out first hand, in straightforward terms, how digital and online marketing can be used to improve sales and conversions. The meetings will consist of an informal chat …
Website Blueprint (http://websiteblueprint.com) is offering its popular “Small Business Website Checklist” free for a limited time. The checklist was created to help small business owners understand what is needed to create and maintain an online presence as a modern marketing tool. The “Small Business Website Checklist” was created by Internet …
SEO Consult (http://www.seoconsult.co.uk/), one of the premier search engine optimisation (http://www.seoconsult.co.uk) agencies in the United Kingdom, today comment on the surprising and unexpected update on Google’s PageRank toolbar. Google Page Rank toolbar updates typically happen four times a year, and is a quarterly revision to help users quickly identify the …