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And… Action! Enhance on and offline marketing

Amanda Daniels — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 07:31:32 +0000

Feel free to SHARE!Marketing is about keeping ourselves in the customer’s mind’s eye, making sure that they know we are the people to come to when they have a problem that we can potentially fix. Digital marketing as a whole has helped move the small businesses to the same level as large organisations by allowing ...click here to read the article in full...

100% Occupancy at North Wales Hospitality & Tourism Event!

Amanda Daniels — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 07:58:19 +0000

Feel free to SHARE!Over 80 delegates representing the broad hospitality & tourism sector gather to focus on a common goal ’to achieve UK top 5 visitor destination status’. Hosted by Business Point, Coleg Llandrillos’ business training unit in partnership with ‘People 1st Cymru’ sector skills council for hospitality & tourism, the event was held at ...click here to read the article in full...

Well LinkedIn, you got me but I liked it! #LinkedInBlueRibbonGate

Amanda Daniels — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 09:45:52 +0000

Feel free to SHARE!I, along with thousands of others have been sent an email from LinkedIn. Informing us that we are in the Top 1%, 5% or 10% viewed profiles on LinkedIn in 2012 and as you may have seen I shared it on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. I thought to myself isn’t that nice… ...click here to read the article in full...

Digital Alphabet: “H” is for Hashtag

Laura Allen — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 08:00:31 +0000

Feel free to SHARE!To my dismay I found myself watching a repeat of X Factor on Sunday and was shocked – not by some of the supposedly ‘talented’ performers as you may have at first presumed – but by the use of hashtags popping up on screen. Not being an avid watcher of the programme ...click here to read the article in full...

Basic Techniques Ranking Higher In Google – Part 1

Amanda Daniels — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 08:22:33 +0000

Feel free to SHARE!Bio – Written by James Crowe of Summit Online Marketing His SEO Liverpool blog provides advice for SEO’s, small business owners and those who wish to get higher rankings in the search engines. Content Is King Let me be clear, I’m not talking about the content you’ve already written for your website. The ...click here to read the article in full...

Digital Alphabet: “G” is for Google Analytics

Amanda Daniels — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 07:42:39 +0000

Feel free to SHARE!So, you’ve invested money in your website, perhaps launched a fresh and updated site, and paid for SEO (keywords to help people find your site) – now what? You wait and you wait, but for what? How do you know you’ve done enough, that you’re successfully reaching your target audience? That’s where ...click here to read the article in full...

Safe or controversial – what does your marketing say about you?

Laura Allen — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 12:18:49 +0000

Feel free to SHARE!Recently I visited to the Damien Hirst exhibition at the Tate Modern in London to see for myself whether the artist can in fact be regarded as such or if he is indeed an impostor inflicting his works of ‘art’ on the helpless public. After a couple of hours walking around a ...click here to read the article in full...

Digital Alphabet: “F” is for Facebook

Laura Allen — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 09:14:51 +0000

Feel free to SHARE!Well Facebook Timeline to be exact. By now all of you with a Facebook account for your business will have noticed a huge change to the look of your page and, like most people feel towards change, will probably have hated it, felt lost and most of all worried about the effect ...click here to read the article in full...

Sales are Up, New Members, New Suppliers – Houlden Members defy the Recession!

Amanda Daniels — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 10:52:21 +0000

Feel free to SHARE!One new aspect which members enjoyed was the Supplier “Stadium” Selling where invited suppliers were given the opportunity to “pitch” their product to members. First up was JSN Jewellery’s exciting launch of Canada Star Diamonds of Excellence, a new diamond brand exclusively for Houlden members. Canadian diamonds are widely regarded as the ...click here to read the article in full...

Upbeat reports at Houlden Group summer Event

Amanda Daniels — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 10:41:33 +0000

Feel free to SHARE! The Houlden Group celebrated growing membership and positive business results at its information-packed Summer Annual Management & Buying Event, held last week. At the Houlden Group meeting, which ran from June 18 to 21 in Horsted in East Sussex, chief executive, Stuart Laing, opened the event saying: “Despite the recession and ...click here to read the article in full...