Archive for January, 2010
A picture paints a thousand words
Have you ever been involved in a project like this?
Sale of virtual goods continues to increase, despite recession
I just read a very interesting article on e-marketer’s blog about the sale of virtual goods in Second Life. It’s been some time since I was a Second Life user, I got into it back in 2006 after I was asked to research it for work. I actually ended up getting pretty into it and [...]
Quba launches cross platform campaign to raise awareness of Sex Trafficking
Exciting news, last week we launched phase one of the website, Facebook fan page and YouTube channel for a breakthrough campaign intended to raise awareness of the internal trafficking of vulnerable young girls in the UK into the sex trade. The centre point of the campaign is a 20 minute film called My Dangerous Loverboy. The [...]
Spotify (and YouTube): Quba FM
If you haven’t heard of it before, Spotify is a “peer-to-peer music streaming service that allows instant listening to specific tracks or albums, with virtually no buffering delay”. Basically, this means it is iTunes without the iStore. The service is free (if you have an invite and don’t mind ads) or premium for £9.95 a [...]
Quba launches Telegraph Legal Services website
Working with Irwin Mitchell solicitors in Sheffield, Quba designed and built the Legal Services website for the Telegraph newspaper. Launched yesterday, the site offers a range of personal legal services to Telegraph readers and can be viewed at:
http://legalservices.telegraph.co.uk/
The site uses a powerful Content Management System (CMS) that enables the team at Irwin Mitchell to keep [...]
Driving traffic to your blog
Happy new year everybody! Returning to work after the holidays I was excited to do a monthly review of traffic (geek!) to the Quba blog. I discovered that Nick’s Diadem post was the most popular, with 111 page views and Rob’s post on the Social Media X Factor had the most comments. Well done guys!
I [...]
World’s Largest Cutlery Business Asks Quba to Put The Steel Into Online Marketing
Online marketing and website design specialists at Quba have won the brief to plan and execute a campaign aimed at increasing sales for the world-leading cutlery brand Oneida.
The award-winning Sheffield-based digital agency has secured the six-figure, 12-month contract, which includes a pay-per-click Google campaign, the development of targeted email offers and the management of affiliate [...]
