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Sony Vaio Pro 13 – Marginally Less Broken Than Sony’s Website

Long time since I posted here! It would be longer still, but I feel the need to take to the blog as Sony’s website (and it’s flagship Vaio Pro 13 Ultrabook) have let me down to the point where there is nowhere else online to turn. Two weeks ago I took delivery of said SonyContinue reading “Sony Vaio Pro 13 – Marginally Less Broken Than Sony’s Website”

Discount SEO Workshop In Nottingham – 1st November

I’m pleased to say that the eBusiness Club have given me a special discount price of £150 +VAT for the Search Engine Optimisation: Getting Started workshop that I’m delivering this Thursday 1st November in Nottingham. This applies to non-Chamber members, saving you £50 on the normal price. For full details of the event, click here.Continue reading “Discount SEO Workshop In Nottingham – 1st November”

New eBusiness Club Events – What’s New In Search

I’m pleased to announce that the eBusiness Club has a new series of events lined up, starting with “What’s New In Search”, delivered by me! The first place that I’m delivering this new briefing is in Chesterfield at the b2Net Stadium on 4th May, followed by the Nottingham Belfry on 15th June and Derby PrideContinue reading “New eBusiness Club Events – What’s New In Search”

New Website For Video Production Company

Just a quick post as a favour to a friend: Andrew Clark of video production company Black Hawk Productions has launched a new website, with the novel idea of actually telling people what they might expect for their money. As well as showcasing Andrew and his team’s great work, there is a page showing whatContinue reading “New Website For Video Production Company”

Applegate Directory 30% Discount

I spoke to a nice chap called Sam at the Applegate Directory today, who very kindly offered to give all my blog readers, Twitter followers and anyone else who cares to ask a 30% discount off their new Mercury Listing. The Mercury Listing gets you this little lot: List your business in the top sectionContinue reading “Applegate Directory 30% Discount”

Figaro Digital Marketing Academy

I’m pleased to announce that along with my good friend Ann Stanley of Anicca Digital Solutions, we are delivering Figaro Digital magazine’s Digital Marketing Academy. This is a series of training workshops, held at London’s rather swish Hospital Club, based on the Customer Acquisition, Conversion & Retention model. The workshops will provide a holistic viewContinue reading “Figaro Digital Marketing Academy”

Nasty HMRC Phishing Spam

I received some very nasty spam allegedly from HMRC titled “Reminder: Please Resubmit Your Refund Payment” today, as you can see below: Rather than open the attachment, I saved it to my PC and had a read through the source code, as it’s a web page. The HTML revealed nothing much and references various online.hmrc.gov.ukContinue reading “Nasty HMRC Phishing Spam”

Driving Global Trade Through Internet Marketing

I’m speaking at the Metafocus “Driving Global Trade Through Internet Marketing” forum on 27th May at the Novotel Nottingham, J25 of the M1. To quote the marketing: This forum has been developed for decision makers in International & Export Companies to help them use the Internet to reach overseas markets, expand their business and driveContinue reading “Driving Global Trade Through Internet Marketing”

Leaders First Training Funding: New Criteria

I received an email from the nice people at Train to Gain/Business Link last Friday, informing me that they have lowered the staff requirement for businesses to be eligible for the Leaders First funding. To quote from the website: Leaders First gives strategic decision makers within an organisation, the opportunity to develop valuable strategic skillsContinue reading “Leaders First Training Funding: New Criteria”