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Exeter Election Candidates at the February Chamber of Commerce @hannahfoster4x, @BenPBradshaw and @GrahamJohnOakes #exeterppc
Welcome back, i've missed you did you know that you can subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!At the February (17th February 2010) Exeter Chamber networking lunch we had the Labour, Liberal Democrats and Conservative party Candidates to a ‘Question Time’ type debate. The panel included: Ben Bradshaw – Labour Graham Oakes – Liberal Democrats Hannah Foster [...]
Continue reading...5 Top Reasons for using Email Marketing
22 March 2010
Email marketing is one of the best tools for instant accountable marketing, it is both cost effective and can be highly targeted, and here are my top 5 reasons you need to be using an Email marketing solution of some kind. 1. Sell to Existing customers It should go without saying that people buy from people they know [...]
Continue reading...Google Grants FREE advertising for your Charity
19 March 2010
A lot of not for profit organisations do not know that most of them with a website are eligible for up to $10,000 per month of Google sponsored advertising through the Google program known as Google grants. So just to clarify this is FREE money to be used on Google sponsored advertising that can/and will [...]
Continue reading...Why leave blog comments, what you get out of it
17 March 2010
I know from my web stats on this blog that it many readers who read what they want, have a good browse, make use of the information they gain and then leave and in the process never leave a comment on any articles. One of the main benefits of blogging is the ability to [...]
Continue reading...Google Street View live in the UK
12 March 2010
March 18th marks the date when Google Street View covers 95% of the UK’s road network so pretty much no house, street or location cannot be viewed now. Take St Davids Station in Exeter, has it got a car park, can you drop someone off undercover outside? – well yes you can and if [...]
Continue reading...Website Ancillary Income why you need it
11 March 2010
A solid aim for any web business has to be ancillary income, this is income that is outside of the key business, for example a hotel may sell travel insurance through an affiliate link or guide books from an Amazon link. To give a great example of financial returns in 2009 Ryanair had ancillary revenue [...]
Continue reading...Chris Brogan and his Trust Agents at #likeminds
5 March 2010
So on Friday 26th February I was one of many attendees at #likeminds a social media conference in Exeter, with a great program of speakers and some quality networking. At the lunch break i got to meet the legendary Chris Brogan and buy a signed copy of his book – Trust Agents. Chris went onto sign a [...]
Continue reading...Writing Search Engine Friendly Content
2 March 2010
In my position as a Online Business Development Manager I often get asked something along the lines of, ‘how should I write so my site gets found on search engines’ or something along these lines. There is generally do definitive answer to this, no ‘do this and you’ll be fine’ instead this is generally what [...]
Continue reading...Social Media Seminar for Charities in Exeter
24 February 2010
Following on from our great Charity Seminar in Exeter last year, we are back with another on 22nd April, so if you are a charity and new to social media then please come along, booking can be made on the link below. Through a plethora of tools and features, including discussions forums, blogs, videos, photos, instant [...]
Continue reading...How to get the best out of YouTube
22 February 2010
I love YouTube how it works and how you can use it to your advantage as a company, one of the key way and uses is to express your opinion and start a conversation and there are many ways to express your company opinions within YouTube. I have detailed my top three below; Leave a Comments [...]
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- Google Search Stories and some Parisian Love
- Flip Video HD Camcorder #fliphd
- Exeter Living History weekend
- Dawlish Airshow in August 2010
- My Flickr photos in the Schmap London guide #photography #london #cityguide
- a week with NO connectivity
- Social Media Charity Seminar in Exeter #charityseminar
- Website 360 images and Virtual Tours
- Charity Seminar Review @MattYoungDJ
- An Introduction to Social Media in the Charity Sector in Exeter
- An Introduction to Social Media in the Charity Sector in Exeter
- Why leave blog comments, what you get out of it
- Online food delivery, progress or a killer of the local village shop?
- Charity Social Media Seminar In Exeter
- Dawlish Airshow
- Debenhams outlet on eBay and Amazon
- eBay what’s it all about, should you use eBay to sell?
- Zopa, Social lending making upto 8.1% and how to lend
- Susan Boyle what's it all about?
- Why we should get all emotional about our clients!
- Alistair: Thanks for your comment Jennifer, i have to say my photos were 'found' by Schmap, so i guess the old adage applies about spending to time to correctly...
- Jennifer: I am just getting into flickr and would be very interested to know how you got your photos selected to be included in the guide, this is awesome, well...
- Alistair: Wow you used a phone box :) It certainly interesting to try and do without stuff sometimes, I do think we all love the Internet and take it all for gr...
- Caroline: Now then Alistair I agree with you - Yes it's good to be away from the computer and the mobile for a bit - although, hang on, sans mobile?. Hmmmm well...
- Alistair: Glad you like it, i think following on Twitter is often a confusing area so hope i have helped. Alistair...
- Simon Davies: A very interesting article and something I do struggle with, should I follow them or not? and then how do I manage those follows and stay conversing w...
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