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Michael Jackson will always be there

June 29th, 2009

Of all the videos that I have watched recently of Michael jackson, this one really rocked me. He reminds us that he will be there for us, always.

Rest well Michael.
P.S. I think its a Pepsi commercial

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22 Tips to Quickly Improve your Online Marketing Results

April 20th, 2009

Here are 22 things you can do to improve your online marketing right now that will cost you just time.

Practice a Purchase – Get one of your friends, and go onto your website and show them how a customer can go through the process of buying an item or getting in contact with you. Note [...]

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Emergency! Online Marketing Failure

April 15th, 2009

URGENT URGENT URGENT URGENT URGENT URGENT URGENT URGENT URGENT URGENT URGENT
 
The Sky is falling,
 
Trees are dying,
 
Banks are failing,
 
At precisely 12:34 on the 19th of April 2009, thundering blood raged hordes of people will appear at your door with golfclubs, axes and baseball bats demanding answers. Answers that you aint got right now. The tougher these [...]

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3 Online marketing trends to take notice of

March 20th, 2009

 
1. Engagement over content – Having just a great piece of content on your site that pulls in visitors once and then they just leave was fantastic. Although your bounce rate was shot and your web hosts can get annoyed. Sure the new links you got were great but if you could get 1/10th of [...]

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Online Marketing Gold Round Up

February 12th, 2009

This is a compilation of brilliant online marketing posts and ideas from twitter and other sources:
 
15 brilliant tools to test your blog/website - Test your accessibility, browser compatibility, how commercial your site looks to MSNs search engine and if you can see your site behind the great firewall of china and more. These tests will [...]

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Best Banner Ad Bloopers of 2008

February 2nd, 2009

When we make banners ads at Freestyle Media we always have a few off-cuts that don’t quite make it to the client. Although quite a few of them gave us a little chuckle, so we decided to compile together the bloopers we had in the making of this banner campaign.
 
Original Banner ad

 
Bloopers of Banner ad

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Why Telstra Should Win the National Broadband Network Contract

January 12th, 2009

I know Telstra cops a lot of flack and there might be some things going on that I don’t see, but I want to put something square in your mind when you think of Telstra.
“When you think of Telstra, Think of the future of Australia and Your wallet.”
Why is Telstra crucial to your future?
Where do [...]

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Interview: Ross Kilpatrick Owner StreetSmartShopper.com.au

December 22nd, 2008

Ross was recently featured on A Current Affair and his traffic sky-rocketted. Read his interview for some tips.
 
1. Who are you and how did you get into online marketing?
Ross Kilpatrick - CEO & Founder of StreetSmartShopper.com.au - Australia’s No1 Online Appliance and TV SuperStore.
 
I have been running my own [...]

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The only time you dont need to put extra sell in your advertising?

December 17th, 2008

Most of the time you are probably taking something and dialing it up in some way or form. Usually a benefit and then turning it into a massive promise.
 
The only time you don’t need to do that?
When the offer sells itself.
 
Checkout the creative above we just did for 3 mobile above. This is hands down [...]

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So I joined twitter

December 3rd, 2008

Its an experiment as much as anything. I am trying to figure out what all the talk is about this social media thing.
So if you want to follow me, browse through to here http://twitter.com/Schebesta

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