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 'Finish your marketing year on a high note' package’ 

80% of sales occur after the 5th contact with your prospect…but most business owners only reach out to new potential leads two or three times 

That’s where the ‘theMarketingblog  '10 article 'Finish the year on a high note' package’ plays its part.
  • 80% of sales occur after the 5th contact with your prospect…but most small business owners only reach out to new leads 2 or 3 times.
  • Average websites only convert 1-2%
  • Most small businesses waste over 75% of their marketing & advertising budgets because they don't follow up well

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SMS Text marketing / FireText help online stores get personal with customers / Insite Digital,

For more information please visit www.firetext.co.uk or www.insitedigital.co.uk

In a time of rapid mobile commerce growth with 25% of eCommerce businessessmartphone owners now making mobile purchases at least once a month, it is little wonder that online stores have been scratching their heads trying to make the most out of this opportunity.

eCommerce businesses have however received a welcome boost this month with the news that FireText, a leading UK provider in SMS text marketing, has launched the first of many eCommerce software extensions allowing online stores to send order notifications via SMS.

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Morrisons, TheEword & T J Hughes, Fast Web Media, Richard Branson, Hotel du Vin, Performance Marketing Insights, Dan Machen and Felix Morgan, URBAN eat, Jonathan Ross


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TheEword snaps up a deal with TJ Hughes TheMarketingblog Enjoy - Really Fresh Social Business News Scoopit
Manchester-based digital marketing agency, theEword, has been appointed by discount retailer, TJ Hughes, to lead their SEO and content strategy. theEword

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Mark Lewis, Online Director, John Lewis - Innovation and investment are key to omnichannel success / Internet Retailing Conference 14th October 2014

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PR / ‘So, what do you do?’ ‘I work in Public Relations’ Or right, is that the same as advertising? ‘Eh, no’

When discussing my work with a stranger, the conversation usually goes like this:

‘So, what do you do?’  ‘I work in Public Relations’ Or right, is that the same as advertising?  ‘Eh, no’

Even now, after many years of telling friends and family about how my day was, I still get the question of, ‘Niamh, what exactly do you do all day?’

The answer is anything and everything. As anyone working in PR will know, no two days are ever the same, and this is why I love what I do. Sitting at your desk and writing a ‘to do’ list out for the day is sometimes a useless task, as you can end up spending the day doing everything that wasn’t on the list. No day can ever be planned.

This week we have had some extremely busy days in the TravelMedia.ie office. Here is how one of them panned out…

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