As New Year headaches begin to ease, many consumers will experience a hangover of a different sort as their spending over the Christmas season catches up with them. Those with New Year Resolutions to sort out their finances will use the Internet to find an IFA, but many IFAs’online presence
The Internet Merchants Association (IMA) today announced that registration for its 2010 conference is now open. Held annually in conjunction with the ASD/AMD trade show, the IMA Conference gives attendees a rare opportunity to meet and network with other e- and retailers, showcase their products and services, and attend several
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
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
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%”
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
For years, businesses have relied on marketing strategies like cold calling, direct mail, and yellow pages to promote their business and get new customers. These techniques are dead and do more to tarnish a business’ image than to promote it. Nobody likes to receive unsolicited sales calls; direct mail is
There used to be a time when professional public relations consisted of typing up a news release and placing it into a fax machine. One can remember taking dozens of news releases packed neatly into elegant, clean white envelopes addressed to AP, Reuters and UPI and dropping them off at
Beyond Search, http://www.arnoldit.com/wordpress, a Web log focused on news, research and analysis about online search and content processing, has released its list of the top 10 social network trends to come in 2010. According to Patricia Roberts, an advisor to Beyond Search: “Social networks will have far reaching impacts on
The availability of mobile functionality in brand websites is essential in a digital era where browsing trends and methods are moving towards portability according to Reality Digital, the leading provider of white label social network (http://www.realitydigital.com/white-label-social-network.html) software for brands and businesses. With a large number of users now browsing the
Social media outreach is more important than ever for PR agencies following the launch of Google’s real-time search ability according to Punch Communications, a leading Digital PR Company (http://www.punchcomms.com/pr-company.html). The announcement is set to have a significant impact on the PR industry as a whole, as search engine results will
New research from Broadbandchoices.co.uk reveals 32% of broadband users plan to watch more online TV this festive season, putting them at increased risk of incurring a penalty fine for excessive downloading The fear of missing a favourite TV show at Christmas is now firmly a thing of the past. With
Almost of all of us will shop online this Christmas. No huge surprise there, but according to research all is not rosy in retailing cyberspace. More than 32 per cent of consumers cite slow loading pages as their biggest pet-hate when shopping online, with a quarter waiting just 10 seconds
New research of 1,053 smartphone owners by the UK’s leading mobile phone price comparison website has shown that more than 3 in 4 people claim they will not be able to take a proper break from the office this Christmas, as their Blackberry or iPhone handsets will prevent them from
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