Online Marketing

What is the Best Day for Marketing Emails?

If you are collecting emails on your website and then sending out marketing newsletters to customers who sign up then you might be wondering what is the best day to send out your newsletter for maximum impact. If you are communicating mostly with businesses then Friday night is probably not a good idea, or is [...]


Google Analytics – getting started

We all know that Google is a search engine but not everyone knows that Google as a corporation has not only shown the world the power of brand, product and service but also offers us some of the most powerful tools in the web marketplace – for free. It was a stunning stroke of genius [...]


Asking for Testimonials for Your Website

Testimonials for your website are a powerful marketing tool. Your website is a great place to advertise the wonderful things your customers might say about you. Testimonials are great way to differentiate your company website from your competition. If you are particularly customer service driven or you have the widest selection of products then this [...]


Setting Up a Google Account

Setting up an account is simple, but if you are still having a few problems then here are some pointers to help you on your way: Open a Browser of your choice and go to web address https://www.google.com/accounts/NewAccount Fill in the details, accept the terms and conditions and create your new account. Google will send [...]


Social Web – Some Major Players

Networking -part 1 of 3 Facebook Founded in February 2004, and currently has over 400 million active users. Facebook claims to “facilitate the sharing of information through the social graph” and I wouldn’t necessary disagree. Facebook offers photo and video upload, chat, email, a forum (or wall), marketplace (to display items for sale), Event and [...]


Make Your Website Design Engaging, not Frustrating

How often have you used a website and gotten bored and left because of the website design? It’s probably not very often. If you’re buying a book or movie on Amazon, you search for it, find it and buy it. You might read a few reviews or browse for a few different comparable books or [...]


Analyzing Social Media

According to Nielsen, worldwide usage of Social Media Networking, such as Facebook, twitter, blogs etc is up 82% on the same period last year and with many companies adopting and enhancing their existing marketing strategies this is set to rise even further. According to a study by BrianSolis.com in 2009  over 80% of professional usage [...]


Shout Load and Clear for the Search Engines

With Millions of new websites being added to the internet every day it is easy to understand why your little website might get lost in the cloud. SEO or Search Engine Optimization needs to start with the very basics. Simply launching a new website and expecting search engines (and in turn potential customers) to find [...]


Think Marketing Not Advertising

During my regular trawl through the business forums last week I came across a post from someone who is selling fashion accessories at their local markets and the giving the profits to local charities. They had a really low budget and so they were looking for sources of cheap advertising. Unfortunately, advertising will often fail [...]


The Pro’s and Con’s of Social Media

Social Media networking such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn etc have over the last year grown massively and are very much the ‘In thing’ to be part of and as a business using this method of new age communication (Social Media) can be the loud speaker you never thought you had. According to the Internet World [...]