Specialists in digital marketing, web applications and web design.
A mobile development dilemma We know instinctively the time is now to take mobile seriously. But as your prepare have you considered what exactly you’re preparing for? A mobile app or mobile site? Though mobile site browsing outnumbers app users, those app users consume 2.4 times more impressions! So what do you do? ... | Read more →
Here be dragons When First 10 get approached by clients who want an online shop, I know that pretty much the first thing we're going to have to do is scare the crap out of them. Which isn't something we generally like doing at First 10, because we like our clients, ... | Read more →
Would you use a knife to hang a picture frame? It might sound obvious, but if you used a knife to whack a nail, you'd end up upset at an incomplete job (and most likely covered in blood). Software is absolutely no different. Well, except for the blood. Most of the ... | Read more →
What is Stumbleupon and what are its benefits? StumbleUpon is another way of finding & consuming content online, just as Twitter, LinkedIn news, Facebook sharing / likes & Google do. Since web users are likely to use a number of tools as way of finding and sharing information, StumbleUpon may be worth ... | Read more →
The somewhat surprising Number 1 is eBay – really!? Well, according to the guys at Yomego (who run social media monitoring software from Alterian SM2) that’s the case. Certainly not the first brand to jump to mind, and not one of the company’s that we hear much off on the social ... | Read more →
Using internal links help your SEO rankings For SEOs, internal links are great since they will directly affect your rankings for these reasons: They control the flow of link equity flow (based on Google’s PageRank) around a site – pages within your site structure which have a higher PageRank tend to rank ... | Read more →
Facebook has begun rolling out the new Facebook pages design since last Friday, so these are the Pages for brands and organisations, since the Facebook profile pages were updated a few months ago. The up-shot is all good – Facebook are empowering brands to be more interactive, responsive and visible, we’ve ... | Read more →
Fascinating infographic from Pixable – more mind boggling numbers from Facebook… Related Posts: 5 Steps to Succeed with Facebook Advertising Example of new Facebook campaign launching today Giving your digital campaigns momentum – the McDonald’s Flavourhood example Using Facebook for marketing – 10 company examples and engagement tips Social media : Don’t Believe The Hype! Introducing ... | Read more →
Our review of a new free guide to link-building In January 2011 a guide oddly named ”Becoming a Clockwork Pirate” was launched. While finding the title slightly weird I then read the subtitle which reads: “A Field Guide To Creating Links For Search & Social Success“. Now this is something that ... | Read more →
Why your blog should be *the* focal point for building your brand online? I’m still surprised how little blogs feature in digital marketing strategy and planning — whether marketers run a corporate or brand blog as part of their web strategy, or leveraging third party blogs via blogger out-reach. Blogs can also ... | Read more →