Archive for February, 2009
Cigarettes and alcohol: marketing matters
(The Herald) - I WOULD like to take issue with the claims made by the tobacco industry that there is somehow no evidence underpinning the new legislation to end tobacco advertising in shops (”Anti-smoking bill aims to ban vending machines”, The Herald, February 27).
We know the impact that tobacco branding and marketing has on young [...]
Network Marketing: ‘A relationship business’
(Ocala.com) - Drs. Manal and Riadh Fakhoury have busy schedules. While Riadh spends long hours at his chiropractic clinic, Manal gets up about 6 a.m., gets kids off to school, keeps the books for Riadh’s practice and then goes to her own job as clinical coordinator for the pharmacy department at Ocala Regional Medical Center.
If [...]
Retailers Find Silver Lining in E-Commerce
(kiplinger) - In 2009, online sales will buck the downward trend at retail outlets.
Growth of 7% to 8% in Internet sales this year looks astronomical compared with an expected drop of at least 1% in total retail sales. Even during an abysmal holiday season last year, many retailers saw significant sales growth in their online [...]
How to Avoid Redundancy During the Credit Crunch - Get a Boob Job
Statistics show that breast augmentation is on the up and Transform Cosmetic Surgery Group is seeing a rise in requests as women do everything they can to look their best for the Credit Crunch.
London, UK (Transform) February 27, 2009 — Transform (breast augmentations, has seen a massive 28% increase in boob jobs in the last [...]
Virtualization Jobseekers Increase During VMWorld Europe
VM People, The Global Virtualization and Cloud Computing Job Board is reporting increased website traffic and job seeker registrations since the start of this years VMWorld Europe.
London, UK (PRWEB) February 27, 2009 — VM People, The Global Virtualization and Cloud Computing Job Board is reporting increased website traffic and job seeker registrations since the start [...]
Adsnu Offers Lifeline for Sellers after Text Link Ads Pulls Gambling Links
Link broker Adsnu has come to the aid of link sellers worldwide after Text Link Ads reveal that they will stop trading in gambling related links.
London, UK (PRWEB) February 27, 2009 — Link broker service Adsnu is offering site owners a lifeline after it was revealed that Text Link Ads is to squeeze its site [...]
Trinity Mirror scraps final dividend after plunge in advertising
(guardian.co.uk) - Trinity Mirror axed its final dividend yesterday as the newspaper group warned that advertising revenues had fallen about 30% in the first two months of this year.
The group, which owns the Daily Mirror and more than 140 regional newspapers, also revealed it had made 1,200 people redundant since the start of last year [...]
Open Source E-Commerce: Survey Rates the Best in OSC
(e-commerce guide) - What a difference a year makes. Rarely does an industry landscape change so radically in just 12 short months. This year the upstart New osCommerce Project was crowned Best Open Source Commerce program by respondents in my Second Annual Open Source Commerce survey. It was followed by CRE Loaded, the original osCommerce, [...]
E.ON uses mobile marketing to improve apprenticeship diversity
(PT) - E.ON apprenticeships offer training for jobs such as electrical and mechanical fitters, overhead linespeople and cable jointers.
This highly popular scheme attracts mostly male applicants, however E.ON was keen to promote its schemes to wider social groups that reflect the community in which it operates, especially a female demographic.
To meet this specific need TMP [...]
Latest Free Viral PDF Branding Software Packs More Power
Dan Blackburn and Alex Jordache are proud to announce the release of a greatly improved version of the popular viral marketing software PDF Power Brand. PDF Power Brand is a free software application that allows preset “tags” in a PDF document to be edited. The main purpose of the software is to enable merchants to [...]
