14 Mar 2009
Many have relied on email campaigns to market their businesses for many years now but while these can become samey, stale and motivate few conversions, it seems that email marketing is making a comeback retro style.
According to a recent survey, 92% of adult Internet users are still sending or reading emails far more regularly than visiting social media sites. Also, marketing emails from companies are considered the most trusted source of information from companies. So why not combine the old trusted medium of email marketing with trendy and effective social media?
With the advent of the social media explosion, …
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06 Mar 2009
With our help, WineBeerExpress.com recently launched their new e-commerce website and they were thinking of an innovative and effective way to publicise their brand in the present economic conditions.
Chichester Design came to the rescue and suggested that they jump on the social media band wagon and hold an online wine tasting event, live on Twitter. The main idea was to raise brand awareness for WineBeerExpress.com online and via word of mouth through social media and eventually increase website traffic and conversions.
WineBeerExpress.com were sold on the idea that a Live Taste and Tweet would be a great way to …
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27 Feb 2009
This week they let me out of the office and loose in good old London Town for a spot of schmoozing, networking and spying on our competitors and associates in the world of web design. Yes, that’s right boys and girls I was at Earls Court for Technology for Marketing & Advertising on 24-25th February.
I arrived bright and early on Tuesday morning and made my way straight to the Google Seminar for an introduction to Google Analytics. Luckily I arrived half an hour before the start of the talk as the large Keynote Theatre was soon full to the …
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19 Feb 2009
Ben was at the forefront of the medical research action on Monday when he went to a local business get-together held at the University of Chichester. This is where he witnessed the launch of the latest study from the Clem Burke Drumming Project.
As part of a research project into the mental health benefits of playing music based interactive computer games, Blondie drummer, Clem Burke, has teamed up with the University of Chichester and the University of Gloucestershire. This collaboration, known as the Clem Burke Drumming Project, hopes to reveal that video games can have a positive effect on …
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13 Feb 2009
Yesterday the BBC revealed that the Sovereign has decided to get down with the kids (and the rest of modern society) and give Royal.gov.uk, a bit of a facelift (now, now, no Camilla jokes!)
The relaunch of the royal website, which has been online since 1997, was announced at a Buckingham Palace reception. On the guest list of this royal soirée was none other than Sir Tim Berners-Lee, esteemed inventor of the World Wide Web and the man we can be grateful to for our online bread and butter.
This regal step into New Media follows the launch of …
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