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
IFA and Financial Planners’ Social Networking site IFA Life announced three awards today which will be presented at the Social Media in Financial Services Conference on November 4th 2010. As Social Media becomes a mainstream networking, marketing and communication tool within Financial Services, IFA Life is recognising those who exhibit
“Wake up, its revolution time!” wrote David Meerman Scott (http://www.twitter.com/dmscott) in his new book Real-Time Marketing & PR (http://www.davidmeermanscott.com/books_real-time.htm). “Gone are the days when you could plan out your marketing and public relations programs well in advance and release them on your timetable. It’s a real-time world now, and if
Premier Inn has announced it will be introducing an innovative Twitter-based ‘virtual’ concierge service for its guests, shaking up the traditional hotel concierge. Not only is this revolutionary take on the concierge concept a UK first, but Premier Inn is also becoming the first budget hotel chain to offer a
In response to growing demand from IFAs and financial services recruiters, IFA Life today announces the launch of IFA Life Jobs and Careers at http://www.ifalifejobs.com. The site features traditional online job advertising by recruiters, agencies and individual IFA firms, but in an industry first will utilise many cutting edge social
Camelot Venture Group announced today the launch of a new service to consumers called WANT. With WANT, consumers have a brand new way to share lists of products they desire with friends and families via email or by pushing their WANTs out to Facebook. The unique aspect is that WANTers
A NEW device for ensuring children’s safety when accessing the Internet has been launched by Atlantic Surf Ltd. CYBERminder is a smart computer system that consists of two USB keys – a ‘Supervise’ key for parental use and a ‘Protect’ age-related key for the child. Giving parents peace-of-mind it allows
Vesta Digital (http://www.vestadigital.com) is proud to announce that IntelBuilder website platform now offers an ability to create unlimited social media websites for one flat monthly fee. IntelBuilder Website Platform integrates all aspects of online marketing tools and brings them into one powerful web based application. Online Marketing with Social Media
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
SEO.co.uk have launched a dynamic and varied range of free SEO tools on their website. The tools can be used by anybody who visits their website, and SEO.co.uk also offers a free SEO analysis for interested parties who would like more information about the current SEO health of their site
Social networking site IFA Life has launched the first of three iPhone Apps to great enthusiasm from IFAs. The App enables both IFA Life members and non members to receive the latest content from the popular IFA Life website direct to their iPhone or iPod Touch. Philip Calvert, Founder of
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.
Recognizing that social networks like Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn and Twitter have enormous reach, SMMInteractive was launched to help the small business owner advertise effectively on these platforms. For a fraction of what it costs to advertise a business in traditional media, a small business owner can reach a highly targeted
There is no scarcity for the Blog Hosting services out there. However, when it comes to installing a blog the real problem arises. No matter whether you are tech savvy, using the blog template and scripts available out there, you will certainly end up in several bugs which cannot be
The launch of Google’s latest search enhancing tool, Google Instant, will change the way we search and are searched for via the Internet. The latest development in auto-complete functionality has enabled the user to view SERPs (Search Engine Results Pages) before finishing the query, and without the need to press
“Influence is the subject of some of important conversations lately,” wrote Brian Solis in a post titled, What Makes an Influencer (http://www.briansolis.com/2010/08/what-makes-an-influencer/)? “Each time we surface questions, answers and new thinking that starts to reshape the landscape for how businesses view, define, and embrace influence.” This is an important question
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.
Over a third of SMEs use social media on a daily basis to promote their businesses, new research has revealed. A survey of 269 companies conducted by Daryl Willcox Publishing found that half (54%) used social media – and 35% of these said they posted updates every day to platforms
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