What makes Google happy (and gets you moving up the search results)

Feb 11th, 2016 in Content Generation, Online Marketing, Web content marketing

If you are actively involved with keeping your website relevant in the search engines, then you’ll have noticed that Google’s search algorithms have changed faster than it takes to refresh a page. So just when you’ve updated your website, cleaned up the clutter and landed yourself a whole page closer to the top of the…

Are you having a laugh? – Using humour in social media

Feb 7th, 2016 in Online Copywriting, Online Marketing, Social Media, Web content marketing

Engaging customers with humour is an easy way to win over your audience and gain a larger following, because people are a lot more likely to share content that makes them laugh. Nandos have built their brand around the witty remarks it makes about local news items that they link back to their product or…

4 clever ways to sell last-minute tickets online

Jan 5th, 2016 in Online Marketing, Social Media

Your event is in one week, tickets sales have gone well but it would be great to have a sold out event. This is how you can use online avenues to push last minute sales for those few remaining tickets. Google Adwords is like the friend with the vast social circle who always knows someone…

How to drive sales through online and offline marketing

Dec 29th, 2015 in Online Copywriting, Online Marketing, Social Media, Web content marketing

Until 20 or so years ago, the term ‘marketing’ referred only to offline campaigns. Yes, this even included technologically integrated platforms such as television. Ad agencies had no idea that in just a few short years after the arrival of the internet, it would become a catalyst that would not only offer an entirely new…

Niche travel marketers are moving up

Dec 17th, 2015 in Content Generation, Online Marketing, Social Media, Web content marketing

There is a lot of competition for online travel sites, the industry is huge and turns over billions in annual revenue.  There are literally thousands of travel sites all using keywords, links, hashtags and SEO practices in an attempt to stand out against the myriad choices for travel opportunities.  If you’re a small business your…