Just 13 years ago when Steve Jobs rejoined the company Apple was only 90 days from bankruptcy. Hardly anyone believed the company could even survive. But just look at it now. Last year it became the most valuable technology company in the world. Then it overtook Microsoft in revenues. And now it looks set to [...]
How to Increase Online Sales by Increasing Website Conversion Rates
Your website is one of the most important components in your business these days. But to be effective it needs to meet the needs and provide the information needed by any of your prospective clients when they’re researching the alternatives. A lot of websites, unfortunately, fall well short of this in ways that include: failure [...]
Understanding How and Why Facebook Users Interact with Brands
Facebook is a global phenomenon. It now has 600 million users, and half of them log on every single day. It is now the biggest destination on the web; some people spend hours every day there, and it’s not just the teens either. All that and whole organisation is still only 5 years old. A [...]
A Silicon Bubble Shows Signs Of Reinflating
4 December 2010: There’s an interesting article in the New York Times on a possible bubble building up around high tech start-ups. Less than a decade after the dot-com bust taught Wall Street and Silicon Valley investors that what goes up does not keep going up forever, a growing number of entrepreneurs and a few [...]
Six Keys To Being Excellent At Anything – Tony Schwartz
There was a great article in the Harvard Business Review recently on how to be excellent at anything. The article refers to Anders Ericsson, arguably the world’s leading researcher into high performance, who for more than two decades has been making the case that it’s not inherited talent which determines how good we become at [...]
10 Amazing Life Lessons You Can Learn From Albert Einstein
Besides his extraordinary contributions to the world of science, Albert Einstein shared many amazing lessons for success in life, including the following: Follow your curiosity Perseverence is priceless Focus on the present The imagination is powerful Make mistakes Live in the moment Create value Don’t expect different results Knowledge comes from experience, and Learn the [...]
Why Apple Wins the Smartphone War
Good article from PC World on why it will be almost impossible for other smartphone manufacturers to compete with Apple. It explains why Apple have gone from underdogs to very cleverly stacking all the odds in their favour. It would take a gargantuan effort from anyone else to even begin to approach the position Apple [...]
Landing Page Testing: How to test and what to test
Testing your copy and your landing pages can significantly improve your paid search results. This excellent article from www.ppchero.com lists a number of website and landing page elements you can test to establish what resonates best with your audience. Elements include your headline; body copy; call to action; contact form; trust/credibility symbols; different offers; and [...]
Are videos or static images more effective for landing pages?
Video production company Pixability carried out a test to discover when video landing pages work better than identical pages with static pictures. Their results varied depending on the nature of the campaign and the industry. An email newsletter campaign targeting high tech companies achieved 75% conversion from the video landing page compared to 29% from [...]
Craft a Killer Elevator Pitch in 6 Easy Steps
Some say that the elevator pitch is outmoded. But when you meet people and only have a few seconds to get a compelling message across it can be invaluable. I came across this excellent piece on how to craft a killer elevator pitch in 6 easy steps by Geoffrey James, and thought it would be [...]
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