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  • The true value of good design to your business

    PoLR are always interested to hear of any research that independently shows the importance of design or internet marketing and any facts that can back up what we do! You can imagine our delight at reading a recent report from the design council that showed 30% of businesses now see design ...

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  • Digital 2011 Conference in Glasgow’s SECC

    Digital 2011 Conference in Glasgow's SECC

    Yesterday myself and Calum headed along to the SECC for Digital 2011. It's a 2 day conference (though day 2 is invitation only) which consists of seminars, workshops, networking opportunities and a healthy dose of coffee drinking and eating. The first part consisted of 3 talks followed by a Q&A session ...

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  • Social Media Week 2011 – New York

    Social Media Week 2011 - New York

    I'm a workaholic and I freely admit it so when I was on holiday destined for New York and discovered it was Social Media Week I thought 'oooh, now, I am so going to that'. I logged on (still in the airport and pre-flight at this point) I found a ...

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  • E-commerce survey in the press

    E-commerce survey in the press

    Just a very quick post, but a Google Alert came through this morning that we are quite proud of. Rhodri Marsden of the Independent newspaper noticed our Online Marketing survey and mentioned it and a few of our findings in a central, two-page spread! View Independent article here >> Now as you know ...

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  • Free Guide to Google Analytics

    Free Guide to Google Analytics

    Do you know how much traffic your website is getting and where that traffic is coming from? If not why not? Knowledge is power right? And yet we at PoLR all too often come across websites for businesses which don't have tracking software installed that can give the owner ...

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eCommerce Expo Manchester 2011

June 1st, 2011 | Written by

“would you like to go to Manchester for the Ecommerce Expo on Thursday Lisa?”

“Would I? Em yeah…!”

“Great the train to Preston leaves Glasgow Central at 5.40am.”

“eekk!”

Brilliant my first company trip away to an interesting and exciting sounding exhibition in Old Trafford football stadium no less; I was very excited. Even the thought of getting up at 4am and getting home at midnight couldn’t deter me…no way. I was a little apprehensive of how the world looked at that time of the morning. Would I be able to function normally? Would I be able to speak? Just about was the answer to those two questions! So off Calum and I sped on the 5.40 train from Central full of anticipation with the amount of new knowledge we were going to came back with and have at our disposal when the time came for dazzling with our E commerce know how. Read more…

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Comparing SEO and PPC: Which should you choose?

May 13th, 2011 | Written by

Google is the most visited website on the Internet. Fact.

Approximately 80% of new website traffic is discovered via search engines. Also fact.

As a result, Google is the place to be if you are wanting your website to be discovered. There are various ways to ensure your website lists in Google’s search results. You have the option of SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) or PPC (Pay Per Click). Both of these options can be incredibly useful, but how do you choose which one to focus on? Should you choose just one or should you combine both? Read more…

SEO and Internet Marketing

Digital 2011 Conference in Glasgow’s SECC

March 31st, 2011 | Written by

Digital 2011Yesterday myself and Calum headed along to the SECC for Digital 2011. It’s a 2 day conference (though day 2 is invitation only) which consists of seminars, workshops, networking opportunities and a healthy dose of coffee drinking and eating.

The first part consisted of 3 talks followed by a Q&A session then 3 further talks followed by another Q&A session. Read more…

Team News

We Thought You May Also Like – Online Advertising

March 31st, 2011 | Written by

Let me just throw some facts at you straight away and promise you won’t be blown away by them and will hang around to read the rest of the article…ok? The following statistics were taken from a BBC news article regarding advertising spend in the UK

The internet now accounts for a quarter of all advertising spending in the UK, according to figures.

Wait for it that’s not all…

They show that the value of online advertising grew by 12.8% in 2010, breaking through the £4bn barrier. Read more…

Industry News, SEO and Internet Marketing, Social Media

Museum exploring made easy with the AMNH iPhone App

February 15th, 2011 | Written by

We were recently at the American Museum of Natural History and prior to going we’d heard stories of how you need loads of time or umpteen visits to see everything. We had about 3 hours so were keen to make sure we saw everything we could and not miss the good bits – if you’ve every watched Night at the Museum than you’ll know there’s certain exhibits that you just wouldn’t want to miss! Read more…

Social Media

Advertising on the Net – The ASA’s New Powers & SEO

February 14th, 2011 | Written by

I woke on Sat morning to news on the radio that from the 1st March the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) will be giving Internet users the ability to complain about advertising on commercial websites.

The ASA will be able to react to anything on a commercial website or indeed any space that is under the companies control (including Facebook, Twitter etc) that is deemed to be marketing.

“From March 1st, the ASA’s online remit will be extended to cover marketing communications on organisations’ own websites and in other non-paid-for space under their control.”

So for example, if a company claims on their website that they will guarantee you a No. 1 position in Google (which can’t be done – No one can guarantee a #1 ranking on Google) then the ASA will be able to challenge that claim. Exciting times I feel. Read more…

Industry News