Archive for the ‘News’ Category

Testing Blog, Facebook & Twitter

Monday, March 8th, 2010

Testing the intergration between blog and twitter and facebook. Rory var addthis_pub = ''; var addthis_language = 'en';var addthis_options = 'email, favorites, digg, delicious, myspace, google, facebook, reddit, live, more'; Read the rest of this page »

Internet explorer causing problems

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

Germany advised it’s computer users not to use Internet Explorer as it was found to contain security flaws that could be exploited by hackers. France has now followed Germany’s example and have asked people to switch to google chrome or Firefox which is rapidly taking over Internet Read the rest of this page »

LinkedIn offers ‘Freemium’ services

Monday, December 21st, 2009

Article from Bloomberg about the concept of  ‘freemium’  – offering services for free and then charging for premium content. LinkedIn Joins ESPN, Skype in Shifting From Free to ‘Freemium’ Dec. 18 (Bloomberg) — LinkedIn Corp., Walt Disney Co.’s ESPN, Skype Ltd. and Read the rest of this page »

Marketing in Uncertain Times

Monday, November 16th, 2009

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October webinar – Leveraging Social Media to Enhance Your marketing Strategies

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

Make sure you’re free on October 28 because WSI is conducting a special webinar entitled “Leveraging Social Media to Enhance Your marketing Strategies”. This month’s webinar will be conducted by Baltej Gill, WSI Social Media Expert. Baltej has a strong background in search engine Read the rest of this page »

NEW! WSI Wisdom Book, Collection of Outstanding Case Studies

Monday, October 12th, 2009

NEW! WSI Wisdom Book, Collection of Outstanding Case Studies WSI has compiled some of our best in class, end client case studies showcasing the outstanding achievement that WSI Consultants display in the SMB market. Visit www.wsiwisdombook.com to see the book. var Read the rest of this page »

Online shopping in Ireland

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

http://www.iqcontent.com/publications/features/the-future-of-online-supermarkets  Good article on online shopping. Keypoints Online sales are growing Customer focus is important The process online and offline needs to be effective, efficient and focused on customer service Current providers who Read the rest of this page »

Twitter – ways to attract followers

Saturday, September 26th, 2009

Gaining followers on Twitter is a goal of most who use the microblogging service. “How do I gain more followers on Twitter?” is, then, a question that some of us WSI consultants are asked often. Most of us use Twitter to have fun with friends and readers; we gain followers the real Read the rest of this page »

Launch of Webinar Series

Monday, March 16th, 2009

Just a quick note to remind you to keep 1 hour open on Tuesday March 24th at 2pm GMT. As an Internet Marketing consultant, and in conjunction with our head office we are conducting a very special webinar entitled, ‘How Your Business Can Gain and Maintain the Competitive Edge with Social Media Read the rest of this page »

Internet Marketing White Papers and Webinars

Monday, March 16th, 2009

Just a quick note to remind you to keep 1 hour open on Tuesday March 24th at 2pm GMT. As an Internet Marketing consultant, and in conjunction with our head office we are conducting a very special webinar entitled, ‘How Your Business Can Gain and Maintain the Competitive Edge with Social Media Read the rest of this page »

Measure your Conversion Rate

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

Uncovering your website conversion rate is easy to calculate and can transform a good online business into a great online business. For instance, if 10 out of every 100 of your website visitors submit their email address and/or name in exchange for a newsletter, then you have a 10% opt-in Read the rest of this page »

Uncovering your website conversion rate is easy to calculate and can transform a good online business into a great online business.

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

For instance, if 10 out of every 100 of your website visitors submit their email address and/or name in exchange for a newsletter, then you have a 10% opt-in rate (100/10 = 10 percent). That’s not too shabby these days. And if 2 out of those 10 opt-ins buy your offer, then you have a 2% Read the rest of this page »

Is your bounce rate too high?

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009

A “bounce” occurs when a person leaves a website immediately without having viewed any page but the entry page. We clearly want bounce rates to be as low as possible; if they are above average, we need to find out why, and do something about it. Bounce rate statistics can uncover ways Read the rest of this page »

Brochure site to a WEB 2.0 site

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

As more and more websites take the highly recommended plunge and add content management systems, blogs and other types of interactive content (web 2.0 is a common buzzword describing this trend), the amount of static brochure sites in the search engine rankings gets smaller and smaller. The world Read the rest of this page »

10 reasons to consider a Web 2.0 site

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

1. As many static pages as desired can be built by simply posting, just like a blog post – the pages are automatically built from a stylesheet 2. The programming itself can build a Google sitemap daily, and META tags completely eliminating on-site SEO 3. When submitted and syndicated Read the rest of this page »