This 2-month long Internet marketing competition is designed to provide participants with an unbiased and transparent venue in which to test their marketing tactics, systems and strategies. Transparent Internet CompetitionEach contestant is required to implement their strategy and generate profits. During the two month competition, they will provide an ongoing

Bigmouthmedia’s 2010 affiliate survey, which was targeted directly at affiliates themselves, revealed the channel is bullish on digital marketing techniques such as location-based marketing and video advertising. While affiliates pushed ahead with both innovative techniques and mainstays of digital success such as SEO through true content offerings, a full 68%

Research by the Brookson Enterprise Freelance Fair has identified that {{productivity is the key benefit of freelance workers in the creative, digital, media and marketing sector with 83% agreement}}. Interestingly, freelancers were regarded as a better cost solution than full time staff only 60% of the time. However, the real

74% of small business owners want Internet access while on holiday, with the majority favouring Wi-Fi, and yet only 58% of UK hotels and B&Bs offer it. One in three business owners who went away this summer were dissatisfied with the Internet access provided. These are the findings of a

PressKitPublicity, an online press kit service, came out of beta today with new pricing starting at just $24.95. The web-based service helps individuals and organizations of all sizes gain local and national media coverage in a fast, easy and cost-effective manner. To promote its official launch, PressKitPublicity is currently giving

TheWealthyFreelancer.com today announced that Elance, the leading platform for flexible employment, has officially declared September 24 International Freelancers Day. This announcement comes on the heels of the International Freelancers Day conference (www.InternationalFreelancersDay.com (http://www.internationalfreelancersday.com/)), the biggest-ever free educational online event for solo professionals, to be held on September 24 and 25.

Around half (48%) of UK small businesses are using smartphones for email or to use the Internet for business purposes, with a further 9% planning to adopt the technology this year, according to the Quarterly Survey of Small Business in Britain by The Open University Business School, Barclays and ACCA.

Companies located around the world are being urged to become more aware of the financial costs of web downtime. Andrew Hilton, Technical Director at QuadroNation, said companies were in danger of losing thousands of pounds in revenue after recent studies showed almost one in four companies have suffered an outage

A new Internet start-up is looking to revolutionize the way bloggers and website owners optimize and enhance their sites to better suit their customers and visitors. By adding 1 line of HTML to a website, designers and website owners will be able to watch replays showing exactly how visitors use

British firms are losing time and money from out-dated office practices and a struggle to handle and store electronic documents, according to research released today by 1&1 Internet Ltd, www.1and1.co.uk, the world’s largest web host.  From a study of 410 small firms, 37 per cent report money is lost from

According to a recent Gallop Poll Americans’ faith in small business has grown, while their faith in big business has not during the ups and downs of this U.S. recession. Three times more Americans now say they have “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in small business

The latest UKFast round table results reveal that the UK must invest more in Internet businesses in order to compete online internationally. Despite Internet sales reaching 4.4bn pounds last month, business leaders are still not recognising the importance of investing in quality technology to compete online, according to an industry

The supervisory registry for .EU domains, EURid, has awarded 1&1 Internet Ltd, www.1and1.co.uk, the world’s largest web host by known servers, as ‘Best Seller Registrar’.  According to EURid, 1&1 is the most successful registrar for this top level domain.  Across all domain name suffixes, 1&1 currently manages over 11 million

1&1 Internet Ltd, www.1and1.co.uk, the world’s largest web host by known servers, today debuted a brand new range of shared web hosting packages.  Priced from £2.49/month+VAT, the packages combine robust web space, unlimited traffic and industry-leading connectivity with truly innovative applications for both web development and online business.  With packages

Only 7% of Online Shoppers Visiting a Site Complete a Purchase, States Sage Pay’s E-business Benchmark Report. Today Sage Pay, the UK’s fastest growing payment provider (PSP) launches it’s E-Business Benchmark Report, — a study representing the views and opinions of over 2,000 online businesses currently operating in the UK.

Bigmouthmedia has called upon the Financial Services Authority to introduce new rules to govern the selling of finance products online. Speaking at the annual bigmouthmedia Finance Summit in London, finance strategist Chris Cathcart unveiled the results of a new consumer survey showing that 77% of web users believe that online