I recently saw an advert promoting Gateshead College, its in most of the Metros stations around Newcastle/Gateshead and you may have seen it. The advert is of a guy dressed in football gear kicking what appears to be a car tyre, and the advert is promoting the new Academy for Sport at Gateshead International Stadium. […]

Outsourcing. You either hate it, or love it. But what are the business cases for outsourcing? You don’t have the time to do it yourself. Maybe you have so much to do that you can’t concentrate on the project you want to do. Or maybe there’s a product you want to develop and you want […]

If you’re a small business owner that uses “web marketing” to help increase credibility, visibility and trust – you’ll know that one of the most effective ways to drive traffic to your website is through making your website viral through using a variety of tactics, which include (but aren’t limited to) blogs, articles, whitepapers, RSS […]

Many people ask me why they should “bother getting a website”. It seems to me there is a lot of confusion as to why a website is needed. A website is a powerful marketing and business tool, one that should have a purpose, and that is to add value to your business. Typically, your business […]

Personal blogging is incredibly popular, however it still has the myth of being incredibly narcissistic, or a just a collection of “rants”, but if its done right – a blog can significantly improve your business image. Since 1999, the number of blogs on the Internet has exploded from a few thousand to to millions. And […]

A few hours ago, Rockstar Games presented a short high definition trailer of the upcoming Grand Theft Auto 4. The trailer lasts just under 30 seconds and has exquisste attention to detail. But will the game actually look like that? Or is it a video cut-scene that they are showing? If its the game, then […]

Trustedreviews has recently posted an article on how one of the worst kept secrets of recent technological times Microsoft has finally come forth and admitted the existence of the Xbox 360 Elite. More at TrustedReviews

Tonight see’s the start of the third series of the UK Apprentice. Every Wednesday at 9pm on BBC One, Sir Alan Sugar will be picking his newest Apprentice from 16 hopeful candidates. Links: BBC Apprentice Website Apprentice UK Blog

Search Engine Optimisation, or SEO, is an umbrella term often used to cover a whole breadth of subjects including Search Engine Submission (SES), Search Engine Marketing (SEM), Search Engine Placement (SEP) and so on. However, there is no “magic bullet” for SEO, as it’s is an ever changing animal, one where ideas, concepts and theories […]