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Rant: Manipulative Website Email Popovers Look Like Backhanded Ransom Notes 🖕

Published: January 10, 2017; Updated: September 10, 2023 Filed Under: Marketing, Web Development

Okay, so we’re all sick of full screen pop up dominators on websites begging for email subscribers. Right? Let’s rant…

“Youtility” by Jay Baer (Book Review) 📘

Published: December 13, 2016; Updated: September 19, 2023 Filed Under: Books

Youtility by Jay Baer

Thanks to pixels and psychological tact, the classic advertising model has been superseded by marketing based on being useful and helping people, says Jay Baer in his book Youtility…

Return of The Apprentice: Lord Sugar Still Milking BBC & Flogging SEO

Published: October 4, 2016; Updated: September 12, 2017 Filed Under: Miscellaneous

Alan Sugar

Popular BBC business soap opera The Apprentice returns as series 12 and Alan Sugar treat us to more tedious TV. It’s Big Brother in pinstripe and enough is enough…

Browser Ad Blockers are Destroying Website Functionality and Killing Content 🛑

Published: August 9, 2016; Updated: September 8, 2023 Filed Under: Internet, Web Development

Browser Ad Blocker

While the blocking of aggressive advertising in web browsers is common, the side effects are that overzealous ad blockers damage core website functionality and mute genuine content…

“Six Pixels of Separation” by Mitch Joel (Book Review) 📘

Published: October 13, 2015; Updated: September 22, 2023 Filed Under: Books

Six Pixels of Separation by Mitch Joel

Published in 2009, Six Pixels of Separation shines a light on the digital space and holds up successful examples of the use of online channels for business…

Leverage Seasonal Sales Trends

Published: September 16, 2014; Updated: October 22, 2016 Filed Under: Marketing, Sales

Seasonal trends

How the peaks and dips of seasonal sales trends offer a window of opportunity for pushing sales…

The Power of Google Plus for Local Businesses

Published: September 17, 2013; Updated: April 15, 2017 Filed Under: Internet, Marketing, Social

The Power of Google Plus for Local Businesses

Social media sites are continuing to gain influence in Google’s ranking algorithm. Naturally, Google favour their own Google Plus social tools in search results…

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