Friday 22 April 2011

3 Hours Before the Bristol Riots

Yesterday evening I was in Stokes Croft visiting a client, and the blazing evening sun invited a brief photo shoot using my phone. This morning I got an email from one of the guys who works at Foo Magazine, where I'd been, saying: "You got out of Stokes Croft just in time last night. There were riots on the streets. Very hectic!" Below are some of the photos I took: you might recognise one or two of them if you live in Bristol. It's strange to think that just a short time

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Tuesday 19 April 2011

Facebook ads for nearly free?!

When someone posts a sales page claiming that they've got Facebook ads for near zero cost, I'm interested. Now we both know there are scammers out there, but the *one* place on the internet where you can't scam people easily is the Warrior Forum. In one sense, what Spence has produced is a superb product - and I'll be using it over the next few weeks in my Facebook marketing and advertising strategy. Be warned though - $10 for an information product may deceive you into

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Sunday 17 April 2011

50,000 optins in 7 Days?

  Mike Koenigs is releasing Main Street Markting Machines Fusion Monday. Over 50,000 people have signed up for the pre launch, and he's got so much buzz going on in social media it's crazy. With over 2,900 wordpress comments, over 3,000 Facebook likes and thousands of tweets, everyone is talking about Main Street Marketing. And there is good reason for this. It actually works for everyday people with little or no marketing experience. You

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Thursday 7 April 2011

How to Do Local Video Marketing: Jerry Holliday Interviews Dez Futak

Part 1   Part 2 Notes of Local Video Marketing Training Videos As usual, it's a very good idea to leave your preconceptions behind: video marketing allows for creativity in what you do, as I exemplify by the social media savvy ice cream van example. You don't need a significant budget; a flip camera of Kodak Zi8 will be more than adequate in terms of producing good quality films in daylight conditions One of the keys to success in video marketing is the

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How are You Branding You? (Google Will Tell You)

I finally left my 16 year old teaching career recently, to work full time on the internet. When the head teacher gave the traditional speech at the end of the school term, he said this: "I'd heard about Dez Futak doing 'something on the internet', so I thought I'd find out for myself. Well, when I Googled his name this morning just to check, I discovered 7 pages of links with his name, so I guess what he's doing must be working!" So how do you brand your

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How are You Branding You? (Google Will Tell You)

I finally left my 16 year old teaching career recently, to work full time on the internet. When the head teacher gave the traditional speech at the end of the school term, he said this: "I'd heard about Dez Futak doing 'something on the internet', so I thought I'd find out for myself. Well, when I Googled his name this morning just to check, I discovered 7 pages of links with his name, so I guess what he's doing must be working!" So how do you brand your

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