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The GottaQuirk eMarketing blogThe GottaQuirk eMarketing blogThe GottaQuirk blog is a great resource for information about internet marketing. Its an up to date resource on the happenings in the fast moving eMarketing industry. 
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Save the Designer
2008-09-15 11:52:00 Ah, the joys of Internet Explorer 6. Let me speak on behalf of web designers and developers across the galaxy - we loathe this dreaded browser. It’s a plague. It’s a curse. It’s outdated. It’s made by Microsoft. It’s the horrid browser that sucks up about 60% of the website creation process - and about half of that is spent on swearing. Sadly, we are but slaves to this web browser as a whopping 36% of Internet users still use this menace. So at the moment we can only succumb to its dark manipulative will. For the sake of all that is good (and my deadlines) break us free from these shackles. If you’re still using IE6, please, please, please (ad nauseum) upgrade your browser. If you really want to be wicked cool, use the incredibly sexy Firefox. I say let the revolution begin today! Save a developer by boycotting Internet Explorer 6! Death to IE6! Let it be hung for its insolence! Comment on "Save the Designer "
The Buzz Factor
2008-09-14 10:33:00 This viral has been associated with Tim Burton’s da... More About: Buzz , Viral Marketing , The Buzz , Factor
Samsung Killer Instinct
2008-09-13 08:28:00 Usually the people who label the Apple iPhone as overrated (like me) are the ones who can’t afford it (again, like me). Those who do care to listen to the rumours circulating about the iPhone are often caught up in what is essentially just pure hype. (I heard it can tell you what song is being played in a club by just holding it up near the speaker. I can’t even do that). So when Samsung comes along and puts out a series of YouTube videos that show off the functionality of its offering rather than simply endorsing its own hype, maybe a few more people will listen. Also, it helps that the videos are presented in an interactive narrative that reinforces the brand’s identity. Samsung urges the viewer to “follow their instinct” by using YouTube’s annotations (the two recommended/related videos that pop up after you finish watching a similar clip). Now you can guide yourself through a story which uses the Instinct phone as the focal point for crucial... More About: Killer
Crest Prenump - You Can Say Anything With a Smile
2008-08-02 09:53:00 When I stumbled across this little gem, I sent it to two of my colleagues. One of these was a girl and the other was a guy. The responses were as follows: Girl – “that is a super-weird ad. More ... More About: Viral Marketing , Smile , Crest
Friday Fact Box - Email Marketing
2008-08-01 15:14:00 Email Marketing is sexy. If this statement doesn't seem immediately true to you, then the universe has brought you to this post. We've provided you with some ... More About: Email , Email Marketing , General , Fact
The Microsoft/Facebook Database
2008-08-01 10:34:00 Yesterday morning, during the last session of the eMarketing over Breakfast sessions in Jozi, I had a brainwave. Yes these do happen every now and again… This brainwave was in rel... More About: Microsoft , General , Database , Facebook
Tony Koenderman's Cracking the Digital Code
2008-07-31 09:07:00 Being the caring, sharing kind of people we are in the online marketing industry, we often choose to find a way to share our knowledge and develop the online field. Digital agency longta... More About: General , Code , Cracking , Tony
Online Shopping - the Rise and the Fall (of the Environment?!)
2008-07-30 09:34:00 I read the following arti... More About: Shopping , Environment , General , Online , Online shopping
The eMarketing Textbook, Open Education and an Excellent Launch
2008-07-29 09:10:00 Friday was a busy, event filled and textbooky day. In the morning Kat, Lyndi and I found ourselves in a place we hadn't been in a long time - a l... More About: Education , General , Open , Launch , Excellent
Microsoft Powers Facebook Search
2008-07-28 16:13:00 So I'm sure that you were all shocked at the news about Yahoo and Google teaming up on paid search advertising… Well here is Microsoft s "In-your-fac... More About: General , Search Engine Marketing , Search , Facebook
Business success is...
2008-07-27 09:53:00 This is an old one, but it always makes me chuckle… However it doesn’t look like a lot of people have seen it. Might it be because of the quite ordinary, left brained heading? “The Financial Daily Commerc... More About: Business , Success , Viral Marketing
Scruff?s WorkWear
2008-07-26 09:45:00 First off - be warned. This clip is not for the conservative and contains footage of a graphic sexual nature. Secondly, I was not the one who found this clip. As hard as it may be to believe, most of us don’t spend all... More About: Viral Marketing
Friday Fact Box - Online Video
2008-07-25 15:19:00 Given just how much everyone loves online video (or 73.7% of everyone rather), I wasn’t too surprised at the plethora of stats available online. When you have over 4 billion videos being watched on YouTube alone, you know that there&... More About: Video , General , Online Video , Fact , Online
Accuracy of the Google Keyword Tool
2008-07-25 08:14:00 I’ll admit, the Google AdWords Keyword tool has always been my personal favourite tool for researching keywords - but then I work mostly in AdWords PPC, so you can i... More About: General , Tool , Affiliates
Buy the eMarketing Textbook Online Now
2008-07-24 16:11:00 Quite a few GottaQuirkers (strange word for our readers I came across in the Quirk glossary) have been asking where to get hold of a hard copy of the textbook. In our over-excite... More About: General , Online
Facebook Connect -"Holy Cr*p This Changes Everything"
2008-07-24 14:52:00 Facebook Connect , launched yesterday, signifies a huge step forward in socialising the Web. It's not the first initiative in this direction, as we've mused on Google’s Open Social (... More About: General , Facebook , Holy
Can You Put the eMarketing Textbook in the Hands of Someone Who Needs It?
2008-07-23 10:35:00 The QuirkStation is buzzing this week, with the formal launch of our eMarketin... More About: General , Hands
6 Ways to Get Yourself an eMarketing eDucation
2008-07-23 06:41:00 So, your varsity days have come and gone, leaving you reminiscing with your increasingly large friends about the good old days - when your minds were fresh and the walk from one lecture to another didn’t feel like a failed attempt at the Comrades Mar... More About: Education , General
Ewok's are Scary
2008-07-20 09:50:00 I consider myself an average Star Wars fan - while I'm not likely to dress up as an alien anytime soon, I grew up watching the movies and so do appreciate som... More About: Viral Marketing , Scary
Mr. T Pities Those without Nuts!
2008-07-19 08:58:00 Food manufacturers, Mars Incorporated, have recently launched a new viral campaign for their famous chocolate bar Snickers. In a series of videos, Mr. T urg... More About: Viral Marketing , Nuts
A Birthday Message from the QuirkStars
2008-07-18 12:50:00 Happy Birthday Tata Mandela you have been an inspiration to all of us to strive to be better South Africans by working towards a better life for all. May you enjoy your special day in full knowledge that you have played your role. Long live, our Madiba, long live! ... More About: General , Message
Google and Radiohead Get Creative.
2008-07-16 10:00:00 This post is for one purpose only. CHECK OUT THIS PROJECT A first as far as I’m aw... More About: Google , Creative , General , Radiohead
Ideas and Money Moving Online. Credit Slow to Follow.
2008-07-15 09:07:00 Let’s talk about ideas. I cut my teeth in ‘traditional’ advertising where ‘the idea’ i... More About: Ideas , Credit , Money , General , Moving
Who Said A Baby Starts Out With No Social Networking Skills?
2008-06-09 07:47:00 I have always had issues with baby books. My sister has many of them, painstakingly documenting everything from her very first nappy change to the time she stuck a pea up her nose. Me, not so much - not even my own dedicated photo album. I have however suitably gotten over... More About: Social , Baby , Social Networking , Networking , Skills
Critical Customers Should be Your Best Friend
2008-06-05 12:51:00 Business Week’s March edition dealt with consumer vigilantes – the people who take a step up and demand better service from companies. While I realise the edition is two months old, I find the topic so... More About: Customers , Friend , Critical
Can there be only One?
2008-06-02 15:34:00 When we think about the Internet and about search engines specifically, the majority of us think… Google, Yahoo! and MSN. When you’ve searched for something online do you remember what website you got the information from? Chances a... More About: General , Search Engine Marketing
Mobile Marketing and New Media Law over Breakfast
2008-05-29 16:05:00 Quirk’s Breakfast Briefing in Cape Town yesterday, and in JHB this morning, featured two exceptional guest speakers. First up was Allan Kent, who spoke on Mobile Marketing . He’s the head o... More About: Media , General
5 Tips for Email Marketing
2008-05-28 08:11:00 Email Marketing gets a bad rap, because of its perceived association with spam, which, like an STD, will infiltrate your inbox as soon as you let your... More About: Email , Email Marketing , Tips
Artists and Innovators on iGoogle
2008-05-27 08:03:00 Google launched their new iGoogle Artist themes in New York this month. The designs have been contributed by a number of Artists and Innovators, among them ... More About: Design
Taking your site to the mobile Web
More articles from this author:2008-05-26 13:14:00 The mobile Web is much discussed and a point of contact you should be taking advantage of. Below are some basic points you should consider when looking at how your site will display on the mobile Web. Mobile phones have small screens an... More About: Site , Mobile Web , Taking 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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