rebecca on August 17th, 2010

Re-using content in order to reinforce the search terms and SEO for your site is a smart move. This helps Google work out what is relevant for search strings that lead to your content, particularly if they produce several results from your site.  If they continue over time it strengthens your position in the search [...]

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rebecca on August 12th, 2010

Image by richardjingram via Flickr Ideas for campaigns in B2B are often focused around written content delivered by electronic media.  Content strategies are now an essential part of planning your B2B new business development. If your clients or company do not have an explicit content strategy – it’s time to get your pen out and [...]

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rebecca on June 22nd, 2010

There have been a few good quesitons around recently with Public Relations agencies in particular seeking ideas for competitions that can run on Twitter. Running a competition is a good way of building new followers for social media communication channels – it also helps for brand awareness.  A contest doesn’t need to be expensive, or [...]

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rebecca on June 14th, 2010

Image by Getty Images via @daylife Since the Apple announcement about not enabling Flash on the iPad, iPhone and other devices, it is now clear that if your marketing agency website uses Flash – it’s time to change. There are many problems with flash websites – not least being that SEO won’t work on the [...]

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Image via CrunchBase Anyone else notice that LinkedIn is really becoming the de facto source for business to business (B2B) personnel checking?  When you are doing demand generation for your business – do you use LinkedIn to background check? I have been doing demand generation for my clients this week.   And twice people I approached [...]

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rebecca on May 21st, 2010

Michael Gass has written the “post of the year” Social Media Philosophy and tips for new business in which he sets out his views and advice based on years consulting to creative agencies on how to do their business development. Read it. It is brilliant. Bookmark to: Hide Sites $$(‘div.d1320′).each( function(e) { e.visualEffect(‘slide_up’,{duration:0.5}) });

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Razorfish, the global marketing agency, has released “Fluent” a report on social influence marketing.  There is a big buzz on influence and perception or sentiment analysis towards brands going on recently – and I think it is a small red herring; a phase the internet is going through.  Whether customers buy is the really important [...]

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rebecca on March 26th, 2010

Image via Wikipedia Tom Ball is a good friend of CAS and we’ve just had his latest update about his vision of a “mobile boardroom” on a bus. After two years hard work my bus was on BBC1 last week! I got frustrated at how much time gets wasted sat travelling – so had the [...]

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rebecca on March 4th, 2010

Image by YEMAC_UNDP via Flickr The old cliche about “you’re only as good as your last job” can sometimes seem finding new clients a daunting task.  How can you show off your work when there are client confidentialities involved?  What ways are there to show that you are a really creatively-led agency? Well the answer [...]

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rebecca on January 8th, 2010

Image by _Zahira_ via Flickr If you work in a niche environment and want to do some “trend spotting” for the next year, here’s a great idea on how to engage your prospects, clients, staff and key influencers. Start by finding a hot topic of the moment as the focus for your trend spotting.  You [...]

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