November 14, 2008
November 11, 2008
http://www.chinwag.com (New Media community)
http://www.c21media.net (Broadcast and New Media)
http://www.pcrweb.co.uk (New Media recruitment)
http://www.brandrepublic.com (Marketing Information)
http://www.designtaxi.com (Graphic Design Community)
http://www.refreshcambridge.org (Cambridge tech community)
September 23, 2008
Some PPC agencies as recommended by Chinwag readers:
http://www.vividlime.com
http://www.gravytrain.co.uk
http://www.setfiremedia.com
http://www.summitmedia.com
http://www.jenkins-powell.com
Some tips to look for the following (with thanks to Hannah at gravytrain.co.uk):
- Ideally look for proven experience in your sector, this is important as they’ll understand the heritage and history of your keywords, sites and such. Just check if they work for direct competitors.
- Favour an agency who actually sound like they understand your business (in their pitch, if they don’t sound like they really ‘get’ your business, you might find yourself with a poorly targeted campaign). Smaller agencies can be better – simply as they’ll work harder for your money whereas the larger agencies might not pay attention until you spend large volumes of money, also the larger agencies are often struggling with converting from offline marketing to online.
- Try to get an understanding of how much experience the person managing your account has – with some of the bigger agencies, if you’re not spending a huge amount of money, you may find someone very junior managing your account. Might be better to big a big client for a smaller agency – they’ll value your business more
- Favour an agency who goes for a more collaborative approach – they should be asking for input on keywords, ad copy, landing page copy etc. Regular contact is essential – don’t just sign the contract and forget about it, as the agency might not be proactive about optimizing your account, agree to monthly/weekly marketing meetings to talk with PR, copywriters etc.
- Find out what you get for your money e.g. monthly meetings, reporting, how much time will they actually spend managing your account etc
August 28, 2008
August 28, 2008
Fancy a social and a drink?
It’s August and the sun continues to hide behind those clouds, so if you want some relief from the grey then why not come and join us at the Flag and Bell Networking Event for New Media, Web and IT Professionals, September 2nd at 6.00pm?
The Big Chill Out House, 257 Pentonville Rd, London N1 9NL
Nearest tube: King’s Cross St Pancras Website:
PCR recruitment is sponsoring the first round of drinks!
August 1, 2008
www.ukpubfinder.com/pub/7670
Tel: 020 7407 1577
The Flag and Bell IT Pub Crawl is held on the first Tuesday of each month.
It is a free, networking event for anyone interested in search engines, the
Internet or web technology.
July 14, 2008
Enabler – www.enablermail.com
GroupMail - www.infacta.com
DadaMail – http://dadamailproject.com
Infacta – www.infacta.com
Lyris - www.lyris.co.uk
Email Reaction – www.smartfocusdigital.com
Mailsolutions - www.mailsolutions-uk.co.uk
Emailvision – www.emailvision.com
Constant contact – www.constantcontact.com
Interspire Email Marketer - www.interspire.com
Campaign monitor – www.campaignmonitor.com
Aweber – www.aweber.com
Dotmailer email marketing – www.dotmailer.co.uk
e-Campaign – www.lmhsoft.com
e-shot – www.e-shot.net/preview_login.asp
July 10, 2008
The Chinwag SEO recommended list:
Full list of agencies can be found here:
http://www.e-consultancy.com/publications/search-engine-marketing-buyers-guide-2007
July 9, 2008
New Media Playground – July 17th Meetup.com
This is a meetup group for people who are involved within New Media. If you work or are interested in working within this arena please come and socialise with us.
Meetup Topics: New Media, Flash, Web Design, Graphic Design
LOCATION
Shish Restaurant and Bar Rufus St, Hackney N1 6 Tel: 020 7739 0990
No agenda, just the first trial meeting since taking over the running of this group. Come along, say Hi, see what people come along and who is up to what.
Location is trendy Hoxton/Shoreditch in an often overlooked bar with handy wifi access. Shish bar have a happy ‘hour’ from 5:30 to 7:00 – come early for a good deal on cocktails. The bar is down the stairs on the Rufus Street entrance, which is the road that connects Old Street to Hoxton Square. Liverpool Street tube is also about 10 mins walk away.
I’ll try to arrange some nibbles for about 7ish, but as they have the restaurant upstairs food is available the whole night. I’ll be there from 6 till at least 9; there are lots of places to go onto if hard core players want to make a night of it.
Note that the address checking system on meetup is munging the location abit, so I’ve had to say it’s on Rufus Street, while the bar is actually on the corner of Old Street and Rufus Street.
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