Stuff we like!
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008 Posted in Clever Advertising, Isle of Man, Website, advertising, creativity, marketing, website advertising, word of mouth | No Comments »[caption id="" align="alignright" width="160" caption="Image by Capture Queen ™ via Flickr"][/caption] I have been reading a number of cool blogs, picking up a lot of great tweets thanks to Twollow and basically Stumbling around the web a lot recently and I ...
Great viral marketing
Sunday, November 9th, 2008 Posted in Clever Advertising, Great ideas, Isle of Man, Viral Marketing, creativity, internet, marketing, web, website advertising, word of mouth | 1 Comment »[caption id="" align="alignright" width="240" caption="Image by Rubin 110 via Flickr"][/caption] When I think of all the tactics employed by marketers 'viral marketing' really seems to rock my boat the most. I constantly ask myself why do I think this way and ...
How much is your shop window worth?
Monday, October 6th, 2008 Posted in Great ideas, Isle of Man, advertising, business, creativity, customers, marketing, small businesses, word of mouth | No Comments »[caption id="" align="alignright" width="240" caption="Image by Sanctu via Flickr"][/caption] How do you put a value on your shop window display? How many people come in to your shop off the back of what they see in your window? I wouldn't have ...
Island Seafare’s Wall of fame
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 Posted in Great ideas, Isle of Man, customers, small businesses, word of mouth | No Comments »We have been really busy at CREATE. over the past few weeks especially working alongside Island Seafare on some great initiatives that will happening very shortly. One thing I did notice when I was down at the factory on the quay ...
Really Simple explanation of RSS
Thursday, February 7th, 2008 Posted in RSS, Search Engine Optimisation, Social Networking, Website, blogging, blogs, internet, internet advertising, marketing, web, web sites, website advertising, word of mouth | No Comments »Just read Ed Lee's post on What is RSS? A simple way of explaining the benefits of syndicating your content.
Great books for marketers
Monday, January 7th, 2008 Posted in blogging, blogs, business, business resources, customer retention, customer retention strategy, customer service, customers, marketing, word of mouth | No Comments »Just had the luxury of a week on holiday and took advantage of the chance to chill out a bit. Got through two books that I'd recommend to anyone. The first book I read was Naked Conversations by Robert Scoble and ...
Personalised service in the Lake District
Monday, January 7th, 2008 Posted in business, customer service, customers, marketing, word of mouth | No Comments »On our recent trip up to the Lake District I was really impressed by the effect that a bit of simple personalisation can have. We stayed in Ambleside at the Elder Grove Guest House and on arrival received an A5 slip of paper ...
