A colleague of mine pointed out an article to me recently that he has read in the .Net magazine highlighting unconventional business practices put into good use. The article was an interview conducted by Oliver Lindberg on David Heinmeier Hansson, a partner of 37signals’ and co-creator of Basecamp and many 37signals’ apps. Being a Managing [...]
I honestly can’t. Facebook for me is my window to the world. It is a place where people can meet virtually to share information. I can ask my friends any question, share with them what book I am reading or make them smile by simply being silly… It is an amazing Social Media tool that [...]
Truffle is a real treat… http://www.truffleherefordshire.co.uk It doesn’t matter if your first association with the word “truffle” is a chocolate sweet or posh, expensive fungus. Truffle is what you need if you live and work in Herefordshire. And we at V8Media are proud to be part of the Truffle scheme as a business. So how [...]
Looking outside the window in my office there is sleet coming down so I am sat here with my hands around a warm cup of tea when I stumble across this artcle ‘Is a tea break at work good for productivity?’ on the BBC website by Tom de Castella. Reading the article and thinking about both [...]
The BBC (or more specifically Michael Blastland) have written an excellent little piece about whether or not the trending topics searched for in the main search engines can give us useful data that can be used to exploit. For example, is the reason Lady Gaga is the most searched for music act because we love [...]
Automated messages sent from business owners to their Twitter followers, customers and potential customers is a great tool. But it is important to know how to do them and when to send them. Usually an automated email comes straight after you follow someone: “Thanks for follow, visit our website at www…..” – they say. This [...]
Have you ever thought how average consumers behave? They not only meet in real life, they also meet up on the Internet, on blogs, social networks like Facebook or Twitter, on forums, by email, the list goes on. The most important thing to consider is that they spread the words by sharing opinions, content, links, [...]
Working in IT for the past 10 years I thought I was quite a savvy and knowledgeable person when it came to buying goods online, to be honest I do most of my shopping online. So when back in May I decided to buy tickets to go and see Peter Kay on Tour for November [...]
If you take a pen and blank paper, and just spend the next five minutes capturing ideas on the most important project right now for you to make some progress on, you will likely come up with at least one, if not several, “Oh yeah, I could…” items. – David Allen The above quote is [...]
Videos are fast becoming a very important part of the internet and how we view things (litterally) online. At V8Media we are always looking at what the latest or future trends will be so that we can keep abreast of our competitors and video is developing in such a way that we couldn’t ignore it. [...]
