Internet Psychologist
A perfect storm coming that will create a golden age of opportunity for IFAs. IFA Life, the social networking site for IFAs and financial planners confirms an amazing line up of expert speakers at its Internet marketing conference in London this week. Keynote speakers from Google, LinkedIn, YouTube, Ecademy, the …
IFA Life is delighted to announce that ‘Father of Life Planning’ George Kinder will keynote at the Social Media in Financial Services conference in January 2010 and lead a debate on ‘hi touch, hi tech’ financial planning. Widely acknowledged as a key visionary in the financial planning world, George Kinder’s …
Research launched as part of National Commute Smart Week finds ‘smart commuting’ could dramatically reduce travel to and from work 62% of commuters want to reduce time spent travelling to and from work Being stuck in traffic, travelling in the dark and wasting time are big frustrations 46% say bosses …
2009 sees the emergence of the age of openness according to new research released today by first direct. The latest research into online behaviour shows that Brits are now catching up with their American counterparts when it comes to using the web – 79 per cent of the population are …
Internet Psychologist Graham Jones has today confirmed a “milestone” in the performance of his website. The grading system run by the Internet marketing agency HubSpot has placed Graham’s site within the Top 5,000 websites in its database of more than 1.5m. “This is fantastic news,” said Graham, “I have worked …
Financial services brands are showing significantly increased interest in using social networking sites to interact and engage with IFAs, financial planners and direct with consumers. Online networking technology provides financial services providers with a wealth of opportunity to enhance their image and promote their services, as large numbers of IFAs …
Graham Jones, Internet Psychologist, has launched his “Newswire” service on his rapidly growing website. The Newswire provides readers with the lates press releases from organisations working in the Internet sector. Web psychologist Graham Jones said: “The idea of The Newswire is to provide a central resource where all press releases …
The Archbishop of Westminster, Vincent Nichols, the head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales, has demonstrated a complete lack of understanding of online social networks in an attack on Facebook and MySpace, says Internet Psychologist, Graham Jones. In an interview with the Sunday Telegraph, the archbishop claims that …
Twitter and Facebook users hold tremendous power over the rest of us – if only they knew it…! Within social networks like these, there lies a range of tools that help establish psychological “authority” which is one of the most powerful means of persuasion known. Indeed, used wisely, Twitter and …
Graham Jones, Internet Psychologist, has just been awarded a Master of Science (M.Sc.) degree from the UK’s Open University, where he is also an Associate Lecturer. The degree, which has taken three years of study, concentrated on the communication of science and technology. Graham said: “I am delighted to have …
Committee members who regulate the domain names used on the Internet are about to meet in Australia amidst confusion and protest against their latest planned changes. A year ago ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) announced it would be introducing “generic” domain names. Now, several surveys show …
Your eyes do funny things when you look at a web page. Eye tracking technology shows us that they tend to follow an F-shaped pattern of eye movement across the screen. But new research could bring this into question. The new research shows us this may be down to the …
Reports published today (24th Feburary 2009) suggest that the Internet, in particular social networking sites like Facebook, can damage the brains of children. The reports first arose in the Daily Mail. However, according to Internet Psychologist Graham Jones, these reports are based on assumption rather than any evidence. He said: …
Research published today (19th February 2009) suggests that people run an increased risk of cancer if they use social networking sites such as Facebook. However, according to Internet Psychologist Graham Jones, the study is flawed and contains some basic errors of logic. “This study puts two sets of data together …
Experience 1984-presentSelf employed Worked as a psychologist helping people in companies communicate more effectively, with a particular emphasis in recent years on using the Internet Enabled companies to be more effective online and improve their profitability as a result Written 27 books, including 12 about the Internet and been a …