SEO & Social Media Training Giveaway

By May.18, 2011

The SEO & Social Media Training Giveaway is now CLOSED! The winner will be announced on the 1st September 2011 at the SSMM Open Evening. This is a unique opportunity to join a course that is regularly oversubscribed – it is more than a Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) and Social Media Training course – you […]

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Manchester SEO and Social Media training – awaiting SAScon 2011

By May.03, 2011

Congratulations to Briony Gunson from Fast Web Media – the winner of the blog post presentations on 21st April 2011! Having written a blog post about the latest Google search algorithm update and presented to a panel of independent SEO and Social Media experts she picked up the prize of a free entry to Manchester’s […]

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“How to Become a Business Development Specialist in the Fast Growing Search and Social Media Industry”

By Apr.21, 2011

Dear Business Developer, Are you looking to get started as web marketing consultant within search and social media marketing? Then read on… I’m sure you’ll agree that online marketing is huge! Everyday you hear about Google, Facebook, YouTube or Twitter. These brand names – that have entered our lexicon – are like pesky mosquitoes buzzing […]

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Using social media to decrease teenage pregnancy rates Manchester – UK

By Apr.21, 2011

Despite a decrease in teenage pregnancy across England, UK – Manchester is still classified as the 4th highest city with under 18 contraception rate, escalating the rates of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs). Locally, Brook Manchester is successful in attracting young people but was missing an opportunity to translate their efficiency without having an evaluation tool-kit […]

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Website Marketing Companies In Stampede For University SEO Course Backlinks

By Apr.21, 2011

Internet and website marketing companies from all over the region have turned up en masse at the University of Salford as part of an initiative to combat recent cost cutting announcements. Under the guise of an intensive training course in SEO and search engine marketing, the University of Salford is selling .ac.uk backlinks to companies […]

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Google Panda Update – A Grizzly in the SERPs

By Apr.21, 2011

What is the Google Panda Update? How has it affected the SERPs? Which tactics might be taken to minimise the effects of the Google Panda Update? The recent Panda, or ‘Farmer’, update to the Google search engine algorithm has had some interesting and unexpected results in the Search Engines Results Pages (SERPS). Working for the […]

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How to create a fan page on Facebook?

By Apr.20, 2011

Starting the Facebook fan page Journey Creating a Facebook fan page may seem like an intimidating and scary thought for companies just starting out on the social media highway, this blog post will offers you step-by-step instructions on how to set up that initial Facebook fan page learnt from my time on a Search & […]

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SEO and Adwords outsourcing: 10 questions you should ask

By Apr.20, 2011

10 questions to ask before outsourcing your PPC and Search marketing. Based on my experience outsourcing Google Adwords and SEO, before I knew what I know now!

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Search Engine Optimisation and Me – A True Story

By Apr.07, 2011

My recent foray into the world of Search Engine Optimisation, PPC and Social Media with the Manchester digital agency Fast Web Media has been an intense and enlightening experience.  And the Search and Social Media Marketing course at Salford has allowed me to refresh and expand my SSMM knowledge. So I thought I would use […]

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An interview with Tom Betts, Head of Web Analytics at FT.com

By Mar.29, 2011

After completing the Search and Social Media Marketing course late last year I got involved in the Analysis Exchange – a free initiative to connect non-profit projects with SEO analyst experts and students. Via the project I work on – Plings (about Places to Go and Things to Do for kids) – I was lucky […]

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