Year: 2012

UK’s ugliest website gets Easyspace makeover

Web hosting and design company Easyspace has given the UK’s ugliest website a makeover. The website, jamborette.org.uk, which promotes a popular international Scout camp – the Blair Atholl International Jamborette – was judged to be ‘dull and old fashioned’ in a competition run by Easyspace to find the worst looking

How to Make Forum Marketing Work For You

As a website owner, you need to get the word out about your site in any way that you can. One of the best ways to do this is through forum marketing. Forums are simply places online where like-minded people gather to discuss their interests. However, you have to be

Do not ignore people
Psychology

Do not ignore your website visitors

Hello, how are you? Hope you are well and that you have had a good day so far. Now, tell me, isn’t it nice to be asked, to be recognised, to be noticed? I am writing this from the Rudding Park Hotel, near Harrogate, where I am speaking tomorrow morning.

Search Articles

Different keywords require different SEO tactics

Keywords with little competition require different tactics than keywords with high competition. If you want to get the best possible results for your website, you must use the right tactics with the right keyword. 1. On-page optimization has a higher impact for long keywords The relative value of on-page web

Mobile VoIP Subscriptions Grow To 29 Million At The End Of 2011

Each year it appears that costs continue to rise, whether it be fuel at the pumps or gas and electricity. Therefore consumers here in the UK and across the globe are all looking for new and innovative ways of saving money. The rise of smartphones in fully developed and emerging

Business, Crossword Puzzle
Psychology

Online success could be boosted by crossword puzzles

Internet business success depends upon website owners being open to new ideas and change. However, many people have fixed ideas and find they are not easily swayed by new online features. Research shows that simple things like crossword puzzles can increase your openness to new ideas and therefore improve your ability to undertake new internet business ideas and suggestions.

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Blogging Articles

Overcoming writer’s block for bloggers

We have all heard of the notion of writer’s block, so don’t be surprised to find that there is also what you might call “blogger’s block”. You may already know that kind of feeling. These are times when you feel that you cannot seem to start blogging anything. That everything

Domain Name Prices Cut in Half by 34SP.com

Addressing the state of both the current British and European economic situations, 34SP.com has cut all new domain name prices in half during the month of January 2012. The deeply discounted domain name prices will help any small or medium sized business in the United Kingdom or Europe to save

Gogobot Makes Timeline Travel Possible

Today Gogobot, the world’s largest social travel site, launched one of the first travel apps for Facebook Timeline.  The new Gogobot app lets friends turn to one another for travel advice and share trip plans, photos, recommendations and personal travel guides straight to their Facebook Timeline. Users can start adding their travel

BBC Radio Berkshire

Just got back to the office after being the “morning guest” on the Anne Diamond Show on BBC Radio Berkshire. They’ve booked me again for 15th February is you missed me today…!

Google Tipped to Overtake Yahoo to Become King of Display Advertising in 2012

Leading specialist search and social marketing agency, Greenlight, expects search giant Google to overtake Yahoo and become king of display advertising by the end of the year. Greenlight also predicts 2012 will be will be the year of social link building and that social media sites will take on a

Digital content specialist helps companies make the most of video press releases

PR professionals are increasingly aiming to reach beyond their traditional audience in the media, interacting directly with consumers and businesses through social networks. The traditional press release can’t always provide the detailed information – or entertainment – that consumers demand and many PRs are turning to video press releases to

Email Marketing Benchmark Report 2012

Despite the economic turmoil, latest benchmark figures show that email marketing is still a valuable marketing tool and is providing great results for UK businesses. The 2012 UK Email Marketing Benchmark Report from Sign-Up.to shows an increase in average email open rates from 18.21% to 18.35% in the last 12

Search Engine Marketing
Search

Search engines are less valuable than we think

Every second of every minute of every hour of every day there are 23,148 searches on Google; that’s a whole lot of searching…! Search is one of the most popular online activities, making Google the “number one” website in terms of traffic, brand recognition and financial success. Whatever you spend

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Internet Marketing Articles

How to find good keywords without keyword research tools

The keywords that you use for search engine optimization are very important. Choose the right keywords and your website will get many new customers. Choose the wrong keywords and you will lose a lot of time and money. Most people focus on keyword suggestion tools when looking for new keywords.

Remember
Blogging

How to boost your blog with Google Calendar

Google Calendar can help your blogging by allowing you to plan ahead the topics you want to cover. The reminder features also mean you can get prompted when to write your blog post.