Archive for February, 2010
Quba Pool Season 3 Review
The closing stages of the Vancouver Winter Olympics. England versus Ireland in the Six Nations. The non-handshake between Wayne Bridge and John Terry. All big sporting events this weekend.
They all pale in comparison, however, to the finals of Quba Pool Season 3 which took place on Friday 26th February 2010. Could it live up to [...]
Grabbing your visitor’s attention with video
When a visitor first views your website it is important that they can quickly grasp what your site has to offer as well as identify where to go next.
Following a recent visit to TFM&A (Technology for Marketing and Advertising), an annual marketing event which focuses on Technology, it was evident from the amount of video [...]
How to write a great blog post
I bet that at least 90% of us are not natural ‘writers’. By natural I mean possessing the ability to quickly and effortlessly produce a fluent, well constructed article or blog that in some way resonates with and hooks our intended audience – or words to that effect!
I would put myself in the 90%. At [...]
Flipping your website analytics to reduce bounce rate
Website analytics do a great job of reporting on what is happening. It’s what isn’t happening that gives me cause for concern. Inspired by flipping pancakes on Tuesday, in this blog post I’ll provide some fresh ideas for reviewing your website’s traffic through Google Analytics.
Bounce rate matters
Consider a medium sized website that gets 5,000 visitors [...]
Social Media and Business
A presentation from Quba’s very own Rob Wilmot. A plain English introduction to Social Media for marketeers; including the size of market opportunity, practical business applications, dos and don’ts and measuring return on investment.
Social Media in Business
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You can’t please everyone
A man and his son were traveling to town with their donkey. The man rode the donkey as his son walked at the animal’s side. Before long they came across an old woman who said to the man “How selfish of you to ride that beast while your young son walks,” so the man climbed [...]
A Day in the Life of a Social Media Manager
One of the questions I get asked frequently is “What exactly does a Social Media Manager do?” As Kat French so rightly puts it “…because apparently, people think social media managers spend all day on Twitter/Facebook collecting followers and congratulating each other on getting paid to spend all day on Twitter/Facebook”. Her “day in the [...]
Quba launches Welcome to Yorkshire blog
Welcome to Yorkshire has just launched their new online magazine; This is Y Magazine. The magazine which celebrates all that’s great in England’s greatest region has been designed to provide visitors with engaging content about what’s going on in and around Yorkshire. The site has been developed in partnership with Welcome to Yorkshire’s design agency [...]
Finding Ada: Celebrating the achievements of women in technology and science
Last night I attended the Sheffield Geek Up -highly recommended for any of you Sheffield Tech people. The Geek Ups in Sheffield happen on the first Wednesday of every month at the Showroom. The events are “a grassroots knowledge sharing and networking social for folks involved or interested in the web and technology industry”. I’ve [...]
