- The Future of Marketing Communications and Social Media
According to a new report from Gartner, companies will learn to embrace social media in the future not only for external marketing and brand-building but also for internal communications. Earlier this month, Gartner released its five predictions for social software in 2010 and beyond. They are: By 2014, social networking services will replace email as the [...] - Search Engine Brands Attract Unique Audiences
A study by WPP of 17,000 search engine users reveals quite a bit of information about search engine brand loyalists. The complete report will be released later this month, and is certain to bring some interesting insight that could help advertisers connect with more targeted audiences. For example, take a look at the chart above which [...] - Hello JobDeck! Plus–Twitter Productivity
I recently received this tweet from Skellie, one of my favorite idea sources: Productivity in 11 words: One thing at a time. Most important thing first. Start now. So–I promptly threw out my entire library of David Allen and Stephen Covey books, closed my Nozbe account, and trashed my Pomodoro. Not really. But I do recognize that if [...]
- Dietary Specials, Tesco and Good News
An update on the launch of some frozen Dietary Specials products into Tesco stores… Adam Protheroe, Frozen Foods Buyer for Tesco, has sent the following email: As recently communicated, I have launched a selected range of Frozen Dietary Specials products into a number of Tesco stores. In an attempt to save you having to trawl the country looking [...] - Diagnosed Doctor Supports Coeliac Petition
Dr Chris Steele handed in a petition to 10 Downing Street today, calling on the UK Government to help improve the diagnosis of coeliac disease – a condition with which he has just been diagnosed. 8,783 people (yes, including me – did you sign?) are asking the Government to find the half-million people in the UK [...] - Gluten Free Cake Decorations
If you’re lucky enough to live in the States, you might be interested in these… Ticings. Gluten free cake decorations, ideal for those of us who aren’t expert cake decorators. They’re offering a range of different decorations, such as sprinkle mixes and circus party images for children, Twilight decorations for teenage girls (both Team Jacob and [...]
- CSS for beginners - changing the fonts
So you have a blog, probably set up using a free theme that you’ve chosen and installed, but there are a few things that have been bugging you. You’d like to change them - and while you’re not going to break out into a cold sweat at the very thought, you haven’t tried this [...] - Book Review: What No One Ever Tells You
A while back, as a result of this post about Amazon plug-ins, Ted Demopoulos sent me a copy of his book, What No One Ever Tells You about Blogging and Podcasting - thanks Ted! I saved it up, to take on holiday last week - and it was stolen from me by my non-blogging husband before [...] - 8 Benefits of Blogging for Home Business
My name is Lucy, and I work from home. There - confession made. Why do I feel awkward about working from home? Why do I sometimes spend time browsing the ‘offices to let’ section of the local paper? None of my clients have ever seemed to mind. At least partly, this is because I [...]
About
I'm Lucy - I spend my working day on the internet, either blogging, researching and reviewing corporate websites, or designing websites for small businesses.