May, 2009


Facebook, Twitter and Social Media in the Workplace

Friday, May 29th, 2009

A recent study by Deloitte found that nearly one-third of all business executives said social networking is a part of their business and operations strategy.

A smaller number of respondents to the Deloitte survey reported  that they were “leveraging the Web 2.0 tools to build their brand, communicate internally, recruit employees and engage the workforce.”
Over half of the [...] Read More

Does this Diploma Course Take Place in Cork

Monday, May 25th, 2009

Yes, we are currently running the course in Cork in partnership with the Cork Chamber. We will be running this online marketing course again starting in September 2009.If you are interested in applying to attend this course in Cork, Ireland, please complete your details here.
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Online Marketing Training Diploma Course Belfast

Monday, May 25th, 2009

We have recently added Belfast to the list of venues for the diploma in online marketing.  These  training courses are being run in partnership with Tibus and Ion Online Marketing.
The Belfast Diploma in Digital Marketing Course starts on June 9th.  Click for details and application form.
At the same time, we have added Gareth Dunlop and [...] Read More

Google Local Available in Ireland Google.ie

Wednesday, May 20th, 2009

Up to now, when you search for local results in the some markets, then Google would include a map listing in the results. So, for example, if you search for “hotels in belfast”, then Google woould supply the searcher with a map of Belfast along with a list of the (top 10) hotels and directions [...] Read More

New Online Marketing Training Courses Dublin

Tuesday, May 19th, 2009

The Digital Marketing Institute has just announced that our next Dublin based Online Marketing Diploma training course is due to start on 24th June 2009.   This course will  take place in our offices in Dublin city center (on Fitzwilliam Place)

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To register your interest for this course, visit the Apply page.
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Google AdWords Free Promotional Advertising Code

Tuesday, May 19th, 2009

Last week Google supplied me with a Promotional Code to help clients get up and running with their new AdWords campaigns. This code entitles you to €50.00 worth of Google AdWords.  The only catch seems to be that your account needs to be less than 14 days old.
This AdWords promotion code expires on 30th June [...] Read More

Online Marketing Course in Jurys Cork

Thursday, May 7th, 2009

Today we were figuring out how to create a YouTube Channel, create a video usinga phone and then upload it.  It is pretty simple  affair  and I will post a more comprehensive blog later on how to achieve this. But for now, what we would like to do is to see if we can use [...] Read More

Web Browser Market Share

Tuesday, May 5th, 2009

As I go around the country speaking at various events, I would tend to browse the web as part of the presentation. I invariably swap between the main browsers and someone ALWAYS asks a question about versions and products.  In summary, there are 4 main brands - Mozilla make a product called Firefox, Microsoft make [...] Read More

Finding Broken Links using Free Broken Links Tools

Friday, May 1st, 2009

When you manage a number of web sites and you are updating web pages and moving files, it is possible to generate broken links on the site.  Broken links happen when a page or file is requested by the browser and the destination path of file has been changed.
There are a number of excellent tools, [...] Read More

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