GDPR: Tips On Managing Your Subscription Rates

Posted on June 8, 2018 by Jacques Van Den Wijngaerd

After a two-year-long transition period, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was finally implemented two weeks ago. GDPR now enforces and permanently changes the way you, as a business, collect, store and use customer data.

Most online advertising companies collect huge amounts of user data and while some followed best practice, many didn’t. They’ve been known to exchange and sell user data to third parties, which may seem unethical but a ‘necessary evil’ as this data helps target ads to the right users at the right time and place. While this does maximise return on investment (ROI) for publishers and advertisers, it comes at the cost of user privacy.

Some of us had a good idea of what GDPR could mean for subscription rates but we did not expect this. Continue reading →

Save Your LinkedIn Data Before It’s Too Late

Posted on November 30, 2016 by Rob Thomas

Whilst, LinkedIn announced back in September that very soon there are going to be some major changes, it looks now that those changes are not only imminent but could have a big impact on your existing data.

Should you be scared?

I remember not so long ago how LinkedIn, without warning, wiped out several years of hard work for us and our clients when we had built-up a high ‘expertise ranking’ through answering questions on LinkedIn when they were removed and eventually replaced with endorsements.

Similarly, I’m sure many of you will recall when recommendations on company pages were wiped out without much notice (April 2014). Luckily we wrote an article at the time and grabbed several years testimonials and placed them here and others did the same to avoid losing that data forever!

I’m not scaremongering for the sake of it, as I believe that during the ten years we have been active on LinkedIn it has been a major source of leads for us and our clients and that’s why I think it is worth taking action now. Continue reading →

Social Media Trends and News Q2 2016

Posted on May 31, 2016 by Rob Thomas

As we near the halfway point of the year there is still no sign of recovery for Twitter though Instagram seems to have stopped its slide and its engagement rate is beginning to creep back up. Here are the key social media trends and news items from the last 3 months.

Twitter’s Troubles Continue

Twitter’s stock price has continued its tumble amid renewed accusations of censorship, missed revenue targets and a number of changes to it’s senior staff. Despite achieving slightly above the forecasted increase in user base Twitter fell short of its revenue target by 2.2% equating to roughly $13 million. Continue reading →

Social Media – Digital Minds 2016

Posted on April 21, 2016 by Rob Thomas

Digital Minds Rob Thomas Social Media

Despite what some naysayers thought 3 or 4 years ago it’s become clear that Social Media is now a core element of Digital Marketing. Whether it’s simply maintaining a brand presence, creating brand awareness, utilising a Social Media platform for Reputation Management or simply to show off your product it’s undeniable that Social Media provides a whole host of advantages.

Simply ‘doing Social Media’ isn’t quite as simple as just setting up a Facebook Page or Twitter Profile for your business and posting about your products. There’s so much more that can be done and there are a few things that you really should avoid. Continue reading →