Best female horror characters... 8th September 2010 2:58 PM
Boudicca, Lucretia Borgia???
Postssuggestions for free web advertising? 7th September 2010 12:45 PM Dunno whether this would work for you ... My "username" on all business-related posts (in the Guardian, HR Review, Personnel Today, etc is always CareersPartnershipUK. I hope my approach spreads "brand awareness". If I can discreetly do so, I include a "hook" within the post to catch my target visitors - eg mention of a blog title, offer to provide further help, etc. As sjr4x4 says, this PR stuff isn't cost-free and probably much of it is wasted effort. Best wishes, Linda When, oh when?????? 3rd September 2010 4:25 PM Thanks for your advice. You're right about me stuffing keywords, I know I overdo it sometimes. I work on the principle - if I've stuffed in the keywords but I've got to Google pge 1 and the text is still reasonably OK, then I'm not going to worry. If my text item (often a blog item) doesn't appear anywhere when I think it should, then I try removing some of the stuffing. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. When, oh when?????? 30th August 2010 11:45 AM Yup! Am now on Google pge 1 (UK and I think web) for career planning assessment and career planning advice!  Potentially another 1,000 local visitors!Thanks for your advice and help. There's still "way to go" on the site but it is at least going the right way. Best wishes Linda Video marketing - would you use it? 26th August 2010 9:47 PM “Very interesting stuff. I've been thinking a lot about getting a video made for our site. My idea was to have 2 cars exactly the same, but one had the ECU remapped and the other was bog standard. The cars would be taken through tests to show the extra power, and also fuel economy you would get. The trouble is the money. I had thought about bribing some media study students into doing it for their practical course work?? I do agree that with some companies it would be a complete waste of time though. What does everyone think to my hair brained idea then? lol” Like it! Are you going atmospheric with 2 cars going up into gorgeous but isolated hilly country (hills too hilly for the bog standard ECU car), a rainstorm coming on and the sad occupants of the inferior car walking home through the deluge?????? Do you still believe in offline advertising? 26th August 2010 9:32 PM “I am really trying to decide what to do with mine,, as a new company you need to get out there, I am spending Good news for online business - sales are up 26th August 2010 9:24 PM Depends on whether you most want to avoid feeling guilty or being in the red I suppose .... Pay Per Click (PPC) 24th August 2010 3:48 PM How true! Something to "think on" about! Pay Per Click (PPC) 24th August 2010 3:05 PM “Just set your monthly budget to the value of the offer, ie Pay Per Click (PPC) 23rd August 2010 11:27 AM “Have used both Bing and Google, Bing have very high privacy standards, so do not take all the ads you want to place. Have always been happy with Google and get a good return on our investment to date. One contract has sent thousands with us from one small ad, but you need to practice and learn from the keywords and what you have to spend, learnt most of my knowledge with google by their free offers.  ”Have the usual free Adwords offer from Google. Is it possible to limit in advance a PPC effort that only uses the "free money", plse? At this stage, I think PPC would be near-useless for me (as lots of people want career counselling and help with CVs, training in interview techniques etc but very few realise what it costs to provide worthwhile help) - but I could be wrong!!! Best wishes Linda |
