06 July 2012
Social media and work (how social media can get you fired)Employment Solicitor James Carmody looks at the impact of social media including Facebook, Twitter and blogs on the world of employment in the UK, and how it can be a minefield for the unwary.All the world?s a Twitter it seems nowadays. Love it or hate it, social media seems here to stay....
01 November 2011
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19 April 2011
The hitchhiker's guide to the cloudDon't Panic! Following on from yesterday's bemusing story into the general public's view on cloud computing comes a slightly less ridiculous, but equally abstract offering from one of Gartner's ?Coolest Cloud Vendors of 2011?, US-based Abiquo, on how to create a private cloud. Let's just hope some of the respon...
13 July 2009
How to build loyalty via social networkingSiim Vips from CMS and CRM software company Modera discusses how an open social web can facilitate conversation between brand and consumerIn challenging economic times and with an extremely competitive online environment, brands need to do more than create (and sustain) awareness. They also need to...
30 June 2009
Social media - Over-hyped or under-used?With several high profile social media campaigns in the public domain, Simon Wayne, managing director of Parity Solutions discusses the impact upon organisations and consumersFrom the moment Barak Obama made use of social networking in his presidential campaign, it became strikingly clear to all that socia...
18 June 2009
Retaining business with a solid web presenceSiim Vips from CMS and CRM software company Modera, discusses how brands can retain and build new customer bases by maintaining a strong web presenceWith many brands (from SMEs through to well-known and established organisations) looking for inventive ways to stay ahead of recession, competition is fie...
27 January 2009
Semantic branding - Creating a brand with the semantic webGreg Wolejko frontend Web developer for software development consultancy Cognifide discusses how and why the semantic web may have an impact upon brandsThe subject of the semantic web is so broad that I split it into three parts. The first article, ?Are we there yet? Why we need the...
21 July 2008
Semantic web - Trend or a future standard?Greg Wolejko frontend Web developer for software development consultancy Cognifide discusses what is the semantic Web (also referred to as Web 3.0) and explains how brands are getting involvedThe semantic web (or Web 3.0 as it is also being called) is being hailed as the next big development of the inter...
28 April 2008
Are we there yet? Why we need the semantic WebGreg Wolejko frontend Web developer for software development consultancy Cognifide discusses what is the semantic Web (also referred to as Web 3.0) and asks why brands should be interested?Blogs, mashups, tag clouds and content sensitive ads (not to mention the rest) have ingratiated themselves into ...
30 April 2007
In the domain of brandsSimon Halberstam from Sprecher Grier Halberstam discusses how brands and even celebrities should be looking to safe guard their proposition and even careers from squatters taking appropriate steps to secure their off and especially online presenceI don't want to give any readers evil ideas but what if one of you decided to...
29 March 2007
Viral marketing - Legal Decent Honest & Truthful?Simon Halberstam looks at how viral marketers may fall foul of the law, and the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) Code and trading standards requirements If you?re a marketer, the whole viral marketing phenomenon is highly attractive. There are many that still believe that you produce your...
21 March 2007
YouTube and social media site legal spatsFollowing recent reports of Viacom suing YouTube for $1bn for copyright infringement, Simon Halberstam looks at how the web will cope with the challenges of copyright protection.Viacom, better known as the owners of MTV & Nickelodian claim that about 160,000 unauthorised clips of its programmes have b...
15 January 2007
Search - Who has the power? Is it with the user the search provider or the advertiser?Gavin Somers, marketing director at InfoSpace Europe discusses another prolific year in search and who hold the power; search engines or the advertiser.It?s been another magnificent year for search with a raft of great advancements to set the scene for another ...
05 December 2006
Preparing your site for social media Tim Gibbon, founder and director of Elemental Communications, offers some advice on preparing your web site for social media Social media has engulfed us and the way we communicate. User-generated content (UGC) lies at the heart of the temptation to lure brands to possibly stretch the way they communicate the...
20 November 2006
More than a Domain - Protecting your BrandSimon Halberstam, partner and head of e-commerce law at Sprecher Grier & Halberstam LLP and Weblaw, outlines some scenarios to help you protect your brand online.The right domain name is vital in any online branding strategy but is only one part of the jigsaw. For example, if you own a domain name bu...
06 November 2006
The buying and selling of social networksAs the acquisition battle in the social network sector heats up, Rachel Hawkes, account director at Elemental Communications, casts an eye over some of the key movesSocial networking sites, in their many differing shapes and forms are ?cool? because they empower the user. In some cases, user?s feel ...
23 October 2006
Public relations versus search engine marketing versus marketingIn the face of increasing media convergence, Tim Gibbon, director of Elemental Communications, argues that being able to bring together the core elements of public relations, search marketing and marketing is essential to a successful integrated online strategyIt?s obvious that many...
18 September 2006
Social Networks and what they can and can't do for brandsSocial networks can be a valuable tool for brands, but only if companies don?t try and control contentSocial Networking is indeed a phenomenon and holds much the same (but more) fascination that reality television once did, and one that will stay with us for the foreseeable future. S...
07 August 2006
Chinese WhispersGoogle?s decision to operate within Chinese censorship laws has raised questions about how free the internet really is writes Simon Halberstam, partner and head of e-commerce Law, Sprecher Grier Halberstam LLPUntil recently, many people believed that Google, with its ?Do No Evil? mantra would not even consider compromising free s...
27 June 2006
Search engine marketing and SEO PR - Time to take control It is time for communications professionals to step up to the plate and take advantage of search engines writes Rachel Hawkes, account director, Elemental CommunicationsBy now most of us have a good understanding of what SEO PR is, and why it?s important, but, as a business looking to und...
08 May 2006
SEO PR - What is the difference between aggregators, newswires, news sites and portals?To fully take advantage of the opportunities afforded by SEO PR, marketers need to understand the difference between the variety of online news services on offer, writes Rachel Hawkes, account director, Elemental Communications Marketers and PRs need to unders...
13 March 2006
Homepages - The great divideThe nature of the web is changing and websites need to adjust their homepages accordingly, argues John Knight, director, User-LabIf you were to sit down and think about it, how many sites would you estimate that you visit in a day? I hardly ever venture further than The BBC and about four work-related sites and ...
13 March 2006
What is SEO PR it and why should we care?With the growth of search engine optimisation comes the rise of SEO PR. Rachel Hawkes, account director, Elemental Communications explainsSearch engine optimisation, commonly known as SEO, is widely known for optimising content in order to get the best placement possible in search engines. However, we all...
07 November 2005
Changing Times - Diversity comes to the usability marketThe usability market is starting to diversify, writes John Knight, director, User-LabWe recently saw the announcement of another usability company, Flow Interactive, diversifying its service range. There seems to be change in the air in the usability community. The current deman...
04 July 2005
Why usability needs design?John Knight, director at User-Lab discusses the relationship between designers and usability professionals and why they need to work with each otherThree years ago I carried out some research on the usability profession. At the time there was an ongoing battle between designers and usability people. Designers were angr...