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What’s blocking the growth of digital marketing in Ireland?

Friday, March 26th, 2010

whats-stopping-digital-marketiongIt was startling last November to read that spending on online advertising in the UK had for the first time surpassed spending on TV advertising. This watershed was more incredible given how far behind Ireland is in terms of adoption of Digital Marketing. Spend is the ultimate litmus test of where an industry is in terms of its embrace of a particular channel. And while we await propper figures from the IAB I would like to gaze into my crystal ball and predict that spend on digital marketing in Ireland as a percentage of advertising budgets still won’t pass 10%. Why do I make this prediction? For digital marketing to spend in Ireland to come anywhere near UK levels we must overcome 3 hurdles…. Read More

Google Launches URL Shortening Tool

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

Google has launched a tool that allows users to “shorten” URL’s.  (For readers not familiar with these types of applications,  you might want to have a look at this description of URL shortening tools).
By far the largest player in this market is Bit.ly.  And, of course, we have a local (Irish) player called Short.ie. Now [...] Read More

Social Media and Email is where the money is for SME’s

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

75% of SME’s and  small businesses will increase their spending on email marketing next year.  70% of themn will also spend more money on social media and social marketing. This is all according to a survey conducted by VerticalResponseand email marketing provider.
Less that 4% of those business surveyed will NOT be using email marketing [...] Read More

Free SEO Tools

Friday, November 20th, 2009

As we mention in our various lectures, whether they are on social networking, wordpress or any other aspect of online marketing, there is a vat range of digital marketing and SEO tools available.  These tools can assist you in all aspects of your online marketing campaigns, from initial keyword research through to campaign delivery.
I recently [...] Read More

New Diploma in Online Marketing Announced

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

As you know, this week we are running the latest Boot Camp. This is the compressed version of our 12-Week Online Marketing Diploma. Well, such is the feedback and demand for this format of the course that we have announced that we are running the same course again during the week starting Monday October 12th 2009. Read More

LinkedIn Adverts in Ireland?

Monday, August 24th, 2009

I was trying to place an advert on LinkedIn to advertise the online marketing course in Dublin. However, when I looked into advertising on LinkedIn I found that it is not possible to place and advert with them that display in Ireland only. I contacted LinkedIn directly and asked them what their plans were for [...] Read More

Import Google Analytics Goals into AdWords

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

You can now import your Goals from Analytics directly into your Google AdWords account.
If  you use Google Analytics to trackl your web site  stats, you can now track the return on investment (ROI) generated by your AdWords campaigns directly inside the AdWords USer Interface - even if you have not yet implemented Conversion Tracking.
By importing Google [...] Read More

What is Google Wave?

Monday, June 15th, 2009

Every year, Google hosts a major conference for Developers of products around the Google product suite. This is called Google I/O. This year, the even took place over 27th-28th May in San Francisco. You can get all of this years I/O sessions from here.
One of the session that really caught my eye was the one [...] Read More

Make Your Keywords Relevant and Boost CTR

Friday, June 5th, 2009

Getting your keywords right is an absolute must for a PPC campaign. The more relevant your keywords are, the more likely they are to get potential customers to click when searching for your products and services. Here are a few pointers to consider when researching and selecting keywords. Good research will have an impact on [...] Read More

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

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