Newsletter issue #78 - 1st September 2010
This issue
Welcome to the September 2010 edition of the Webcredible newsletter!
In this issue:
- Feature article: Higher education and digital marketing – join the party
- Blog highlights in August
- New articles in August
- Useful program:
- Top link: Poll results - "When starting university what would be the most useful online activity?"
Enjoy!
Feature article: Higher education and digital marketing – join the party
Our feature article this month looks at how higher education can embrace digital media to influence customers and attract the right people to their courses. With the new academic year about to begin this couldn't be a better time for them to jump on the digital bandwagon!
Read this article in full
Blog highlights in August
Our most popular blog posts last month included:
Why Facebook is SO tempting to game developers
Facebook is the focus of a new gold rush for developers. Everyone is trying to find the next Farmville. The question is, why is Facebook so popular? I believe there are 3 key reasons...
Pre-university admin tasks should be completed online - poll results
I find it very hard to believe that 14 years on from when I went through the A-Level/Uni student application process, basic activities in the whole system are still not available...
If it works for Amazon, why wouldn't it work for your site
When creating a new ecommerce website, one of the key issues that is likely to come up is 'How to create a successful user interface?' An easy answer could be 'Do it like Amazon'...
Our other blog posts were:
- The relevance of digital marketing for higher education
- Moving to the other side: Nokia to iPhone
- Top 10 CSS3 commands
- Webcredible viewpoint on affiliate marketing – the importance of partnership
- What's happening at Webcredible
New articles in August
Partnership - the magic ingredient for affiliate marketing
A successful affiliate marketing campaign will only happen - and remain long term - with successful relationships. Discover exactly what you need to do to build up these relationships.
Useful program: Alexa Toolbar
The Alexa Toolbar has a range of features, the most useful perhaps being the traffic ranking. According to the toolbar, the Webcredible site is ranked no. 11,421 in the list of most popular websites in the world!
Top link: Poll results - "When starting university what would be the most useful online activity?"
Our latest poll looked to uncover what students really want from university websites. See how everyone voted and why!
Training courses
Come on one of our training courses and become a web guru! Our 18 courses are run across 5 training streams:
- Usability & accessibility courses
- Website optimisation courses
- Online copywriting courses
- Web development courses
- Online marketing courses
Training courses are held every 2 weeks in London and are fantastic - small class sizes, highly interactive and taught by experts.
