What is Social Media Marketing ? Social media marketing is a term that describes use of social networks, online communities, blogs, wikis or any other online collaborative media for marketing, sales, public relations and customer service. Common social media marketing tools include Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Flickr, Wikipedia, Orkut and YouTube. In the context of internet marketing, social media... [Read more.....]

This week witnessed our fledgling company’s first seminar and, judging by the feedback forms collected afterwards, it seems that our content was right on the money so to speak. Both Geoff and I would especially like to thank all of you who attended on the day as, without your support, there would have been no opportunity to share all of this information which is burning in our skulls. Onlineassist4u... [Read more.....]

I loved the following article so much I am including it in full (with the publisher’s permission of course) for you guys. It perfectly sums up our opinion (and most if not all of those providing quality Internet Marketing support services) with regards to the crooks, scam artists and swindlers sending small businesses solicitations via email to get their website on the front page of Google. I... [Read more.....]

As we have told you many times, the guys at Google want you (the user) to get the best possible response to any search you make using the Google search engine. Why ? because the better results Google gives you for your search the less chance you will go and use an alternative search engine such as Bing or Yahoo or the myriad of other smaller alternatives. More searches on Google means more advertising... [Read more.....]

WordPress has been awarded the Overall Best Open Source CMS Award in the 2009 Open Source CMS Awards. This is a landmark for Wordpress as marks a shift in the public perception of the system, from blog software to full-featured Content management System (CMS). This is a fantastic achievement as the Open Source CMS Awards received over 12,000 nominations and more than 23,000 votes across five categories. Every... [Read more.....]

The owners of a new luxury holiday villa in Bali known as Villa di Bucu (the villa on the corner) have entrusted their online sales drive to Onlineassist4u.com. Villa di Bucu is a luxury residence located centrally in Canggu which is available for rental at very competitive rates. The villa was recently built as a display by a western builder using the finest tradesmen in Bali and is regarded by many... [Read more.....]

Just had a rather tasty dinner of home made pizza and dropped back into my desk here to check my emails and my Twitter stream. What should I find when I checked my email other than a very polite email from an ‘offshore’ Search Engine Optimization expert called Reema (if in fact that is a real name). I have included the text of the letter below, however, to cut a long story short, I will... [Read more.....]

Most small business people know that marketing your business is essential to its success. After all, no prospect flow, no deal flow ! Depending upon our business model, industry, market segment, geographic location or demographic we all market our businesses in different ways. Some will place their emphasis on print, some on the Internet, some through business clubs or not for profit organisations,... [Read more.....]

Obtuse title I know but I just got through watching a video from Gary Vaynerchuk and I gotta share this with you because if you ‘get it’ soon before the others that will come along in the next couple of years you are bound to profit from it. What is the Thank You Economy ? Gary explains it much better than me in his video but I will give it a go anyway….. The thank you economy is... [Read more.....]

For those few of you that know me you will know I have Twitter happening on my screen all day and that I am a huge fan of this micro messaging platform. Why, are you besotted by one or more celebrities ? Hardly. I am the least ‘celebrity conscious’ person I know. Do you need to know what people eat for breakfast / lunch / dinner etc ? No, interaction at that level with people does not interest... [Read more.....]