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Top Tips on Protecting Your Brand From Bad Reviews

Monday, August 16th, 2010

The internet age has changed the way that business communicate and compete with one another. Internet reviews can have a drastic effect on your brand, whether positive or negative. Google hasn’t missed this. This is why they offered $550 million to buy Yelp, which contains about nine million local reviews of various businesses.

Local business reviews are a new kind of social media, in which customers review their experiences with brands over the internet. Business directories such as Yelp, Citysearch, and Yellowpages.com allow for customers to post what they think of the businesses that they have dealt with.

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Will the iPad change the face of newspapers?

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

Anyone who follows the print news industry knows that newspaper publishers all over the world are experiencing tough times with decreased subscription rates and falling ad revenue. Many publishers have already gotten their feet wet in the digital world by maintaining limited on-line versions of their papers, but with the Apple iPad now upon us the question becomes, will digital publishing be the death of the traditional newspaper? Some experts believe it will.

Unlike books and magazines, which have never really taken off in the digital world, hard news has been very well received. Reading a novel is an experience to be savored; reading the news is just the absorption of information.

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Fans turn digital for World Cup participation

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

World cup and social mediaSocial media and mobile define the ways fans communicate with each other when watching the FIFA World Cup, according to research from the Internet Advertising Bureau and ESPN.

They’re working together to study viewing habits, mobile use, social media adoption and attitudes to sponsorship during the World Cup.

The joint research, undertaken before England’s defeat by Germany at the weekend, was conducted using a panel of 3,300 UK sports fans. It found 44% were likely to watch and share videos, while almost a quarter (24%) were likely to visit dedicated Facebook pages.
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Which one has the most effective means for quality traffic?

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

Quality website trafficSocial networks are becoming more popular than search engines in the UK, according to figures from Experian Hitwise, but are you more likely to gain the quality of traffic that search engines can provide?

There is no debating that sites such as Facebook are in-demand for a range of businesses, but a high proportion of their audience is of a young age restricting which businesses can exploit this marketing space.

The analytics firm said traffic to social networks accounted for 11.9% of all UK internet visits during May, while search engines accounted for 11.3%.
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Samsung ties up with Last.fm for festival launch – Digitalmarketing News – Brand Republic

Wednesday, June 9th, 2010

Samsung is sponsoring Last.fm’s new festival feature launching today, which is dedicated to giving users a personalised guide to the summer music season.

Samsung ties up with Last.fm for festival launch – Digitalmarketing News – Brand Republic.

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Monitor your brand reputation online

Monday, May 17th, 2010

hootsuiteAs discussed last week, social media can be used to your advantage when promoting your business. However, it is all well and good using social platforms as a means for marketing, but you also need to monitor your activity to clearly identify how successful you really are. The tools below can help you achieve this.

Using social media will, undoubtedly increase your website traffic. Will more visitors arriving at your site, the advertising potential can significantly increase. To ensure you know where your traffic is coming from and have the ability to segment your traffic, Google Analytics will provide you with a great insight into the who and where of your users.
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