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Social Retailing – Using the technology around you for growth!

Social Retailing – Using the technology around you for growth!

This isn’t a formula for success for every retailer, but lessons can be learned. Embrace the technology that is already available and emerging, be bold and creative with it, keep it simple and make sure you have a strategy to keep it alive and evolving. Make customer experience the top priority for doing it and turnover will follow. Make the store a ‘destination’, a place where we can tie our social needs into our physical shopping, make it interesting and worth the effort for us to come in – because unless you do, we will spend our money with your competitor that does!

Why use Cloud Backup?

Why use Cloud Backup?

Traditional media used for backup are prone to failure. Tapes, hard drives, CD-Rs and DVD-Rs have a surprisingly high failure rate. Online backup uses enterprise-grade infrastructure that is significantly more reliable, with built-in redundancy across multiple locations.

UK Government may gag social media such as Facebook and Twitter

UK Government may gag social media such as Facebook and Twitter

Gagging orders should be routinely served on social networking websites such as Facebook and Twitter, as well as newspapers, British lawmakers are expected to recommend next week.

Tesco pilots Clubcard tie-up with LivingSocial Group buying site

Tesco pilots Clubcard tie-up with LivingSocial Group buying site

Supermarket giant Tesco has joined forces with special deals website LivingSocial to offer people the chance to swap Clubcard points for offers.

“Green” up your website today!

“Green” up your website today!

The Internet uses vast amounts of energy — one Google search reportedly requires enough energy to boil a cup of water. However, the web is slowly but steadily “going green.” As always, there is an issue that going “green” means different things to different people. As more ways to lighten your web site’s environmental footprint are found, it becomes increasingly difficult to choose the combination of steps that is right for your business and for the earth!

#EVI – alternative to Siri or simply a bloggers nightmare?

#EVI – alternative to Siri or simply a bloggers nightmare?

HOWEVER this is where a simple blog post can destroy all the hard work spent building subscribers and confidence in your blogs integrity, The launch of Evi has been a disaster with early indications that more than 80% of users whom downloaded the app have been unable to use it due to “Server Issues” in fact for the past 12 hours it would appear that there has been absolute zero connectivity

Social Media Stats

Social Media Stats

*New* Facebook Hoax regarding new Timeline

*New* Facebook Hoax regarding new Timeline

5 social media sins companies should avoid

5 social media sins companies should avoid

Over the past few months, there has been a marked increase how often people ask me about the best way to participate on social media. While we are becoming more mature in how we use social media for public relations and marketing, there are still some common mistakes people make.

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