Monthly Archives: January 2011

Eristoff uses Facebook Places for iPhone app

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Eristoff is one of the partners getting in on some of the action of the week long Volvo Snow Bombing festival in Mayrhofen. They have developed an iPhone app as part of their activation of the partnership, which helps festival goers find out where the action is, … Read More

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Facebook Deals launches in the UK with Alton Towers one of eight launch brands

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MBA client Alton Towers are one of eight brands participating in the launch of Deals by offering FREE entry to the park with up to 3 friends on Friday 18th February when users check in. Facebook Deals launched today in the UK, after being active … Read More

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Rumour: Andy Gray has broken the internet

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Today the Committee of Online Networks launched a press campaign to prevent the continued online discussion of Andy Gray’s sexist misbehaviour. The pressure on UK servers is being caused by the posting of 3 online videos and on-going ‘comedy’ photos being sent via social media … Read More

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Blogger Outreach Q&A

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It seems that everyone from big brands to David Cameron is looking to buddy up with bloggers at the moment. Blogs have come a long way from the traditional image of square-eyed geeks typing away at their keyboard (I’m feeling very self-conscious writing this) in … Read More

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SEO For Lead Generation- How to Get the Most Out of Your SEO Campaigns

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One of the most important aspects of online marketing is lead generation and management. Without the ability to effectively capture prospects’ contact information in the form of email address, phone numbers, physical addresses or any combination, you can lose a lot of potential business. When … Read More

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Kids these days…

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“Teens speak in code, we don’t understand them, it’s scary!” Every six months or so an article comes out that can be basically boiled down to that. It’s not just the Daily Mail explaining that bracelets secretly mean sex acts. More and more marketing blogs claim … Read More

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Nike Applications Help to Keep New Year’s Resolutions

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As most of our New Years resolutions begin to feel like they’re fading Nike have produced a new way to keep them alive this year with the release of new apps for the iPhone. The first one; the GPS & running application plans a route … Read More

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The Apple iPhone 10 – only months away

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Give or take 5% (mainly take), 100% of blogs are about stuff that has already happened. Probably. Want to know about the iPhone 4? Millions of blogs will tell you. But want to know about the iPhone 10? What do you do? There’s only one … Read More

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The new Guardian app and device portability

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Yesterday I downloaded the new Guardian app. So far I think it is brilliant because it allows you to download your daily news (choosing categories you want) for “Offline Reading” (on the tube). There are also a whole heap of other features that make consuming … Read More

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Captcha Advertising

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While reading through the JWT 100 Things to watch in 2011 (very interesting read), I noticed something that I hadn’t been aware of before called Captcha advertising. This is how it works – Similar to a traditional Captcha, when you register for a service that … Read More

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