Have you heard about this little kick about taking place between 32 nations across the pond in Brazil? No?
It’s called the 2014 World Cup and it’s going to be the “most social event in history” making brands a great deal of money.
Have you heard about this little kick about taking place between 32 nations across the pond in Brazil? No?
It’s called the 2014 World Cup and it’s going to be the “most social event in history” making brands a great deal of money.
The SAScon conference is taking place as I speak, with hundreds of inspiring insights and quotes being tweeted and noted down. This got me thinking about the quotes that inspire my work and it seemed rude not to share them with you. I think the majority apply to any type of business. Anyway here are some of the most insightful digital marketing quotes, *dramatic pause* of all time (so far). Continue Reading
Being based in a co-working space I see many a first client meeting taking place. These got me thinking of all my experience of client meetings and what advice I would give to a ‘first meeting’ virgin trying to secure a deal. Rather than keeping it all in my head I thought it may make an interesting or useful post. Continue Reading
Gogglebox is a British observational documentary, which started airing in March 2013 on Channel 4. The basic premise of the show involves us, the viewer, being a fly/camera on the wall in the homes of the public as they watch and comment on an evenings television. Sounds droll but it has captured the attention of today’s audience.
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Just a quick post today to talk about a great post by Krystian Szastok. In the post Krystian has run a Q&A past 10 folks, including me, who have recently launched careers as digital entrepreneurs.
Krystian Szastok (Digital Marketing Manager at Rocket Mill) approached me and asked if I would like to do a Q&A interview about how I started a business in digital. Naturally I accepted and gave my best answers to his very well tailored questions.
If you have been living in a cave for the last week then you’ve missed a load of Heartbleed news that doesn’t apply to you. If, on the other hand, you are connected to the internet then you couldn’t (or shouldn’t) have missed the mass panic.
You can’t go a day on the web without witnessing some overuse or misuse of buzzwords in tweets, posts and emails. I’m on a crusade to become “someone in the know” and so wanted to know exactly what all these buzzwords actually mean. Whether it’s a bullshit term created to refresh a dated expression or a valuable must have marketing method, I went on the hunt to find out. Continue Reading
Here is the second instalment in my Live Chat blog series. You can read the first 9 Reasons To Use Live Chat Software post here.
There are literally hundreds of live chat providers on the market offering different features, prices and integration. I cant claim to have tried all of them but I have given a fair few a run for their money free trials, including LiveEngage, LiveChatInc, Olark, ZopIM, ZenDesk and JivoSite. Of them I believe that these are your two best options for easy installation, great feature sets and low cost:
I’m an avid advocate for live chat software, as you can see in the bottom right of this site (if I am online). Through seeing how live chat functionality has helped my clients and myself as a customer, it was one of the first things I setup on my new website. I wanted to share my findings over a two part blog post that covers the customer/client benefits of using a chat software and which too choose?