
99designs.com Review and Logo Competition Case Study
November 14, 2011 by Leigh Hanney · Leave a Comment
Have you heard of the site 99designs.com? In 3 short years it has become the #1 marketplace for crowd sourced graphic design on the internet. Basically, 99designs aims to connect a passionate design community from around the world with customers seeking designs… This community then ‘compete’ to produce the best design for a given job. [...]

F-Commerce: Ogilvy on Facebook Commerce
July 31, 2011 by Leigh Hanney · Leave a Comment
The team at Ogilvy have posted an update for their f-commerce providers benchmark as well as a more general overview of f-commerce. I’ve posted on f-commerce before and I will continue to do so as it is going to be fascinating to watch it develop over the next 12-18 months. So, what is f-commerce? Essentially [...]

Q & A: Facebook Advertising Tips
April 4, 2011 by Leigh Hanney · 2 Comments
What is an average click through rate for a Facebook ad? I asked this question of someone once… Oh how naïve I was! No offence intended if you just asked this same question by the way. It happens. Did you know that, to date, the best average CTR I’ve been able to get for a [...]

Adwords Express looks like a safe bet for small business.
July 27, 2011 by Leigh Hanney · Leave a Comment
Some time ago I wrote about my frustrations with AdWords resellers and the crazy CPC mark-ups, poor results and resulting High churn rate in the local space. The economics and the business model are a challenge. Resellers have to pay sales teams who have to sign up as many advertisers as possible and account managers [...]

FirstClick Consulting acquires MediaMax
September 27, 2011 by Leigh Hanney · Leave a Comment
The news was out today that FirstClick Consulting have acquired digital marketing agency, MediaMax. Congratulations to Grace Chu, Mark Armstrong and team. Looks like an astute move. Will 2012 be the year of even more consolidation in the digital performance agency space? I think so, but we will have to wait and see! [...]

FirstClick Consulting acquires MediaMax
September 27, 2011 By Leigh Hanney Leave a Comment
The news was out today that FirstClick Consulting have acquired digital marketing agency, MediaMax. Congratulations to Grace Chu, Mark Armstrong and team. Looks like an astute move. Will 2012 be the year of even more consolidation in the digital performance agency space? I think so, but we will have to wait and see! [...]

Happy 13th Birthday Google!
September 27, 2011 By Leigh Hanney 1 Comment
Happy Birthday Google. Wow. 13 years old. Welcome to your teenage years. Angst, anger and rebellion to ensue.

sem samurai’s new digs!
September 25, 2011 By Leigh Hanney Leave a Comment
Today semsamurai.com has a brand new theme design thanks to the awesome team at Studiopress.com. I got interrupted by my 3 year old during the set up process so I’m sorry if you visited and the site looked a bit.. err… odd! All should be well now. Please let me know what you think in [...]
F-Commerce: Ogilvy on Facebook Commerce
July 31, 2011 By Leigh Hanney Leave a Comment
The team at Ogilvy have posted an update for their f-commerce providers benchmark as well as a more general overview of f-commerce. I’ve posted on f-commerce before and I will continue to do so as it is going to be fascinating to watch it develop over the next 12-18 months. So, what is f-commerce? Essentially [...]
Adwords Express looks like a safe bet for small business.
July 27, 2011 By Leigh Hanney Leave a Comment
Some time ago I wrote about my frustrations with AdWords resellers and the crazy CPC mark-ups, poor results and resulting High churn rate in the local space. The economics and the business model are a challenge. Resellers have to pay sales teams who have to sign up as many advertisers as possible and account managers [...]

TheWall.com.au – An Australian News site that doesn’t suck
July 6, 2011 By Leigh Hanney Leave a Comment
(Disclaimer: I work for the company behind The Wall) Last week, a new Australian news site, The Wall, launched into public beta… Why is this exciting I hear you ask? Well, The Wall, simply put, is a very different (and refreshing) take on the traditional news based web sites. The Wall describes itself as: [...]
Q & A: Facebook Advertising Tips
April 4, 2011 By Leigh Hanney 2 Comments
What is an average click through rate for a Facebook ad? I asked this question of someone once… Oh how naïve I was! No offence intended if you just asked this same question by the way. It happens. Did you know that, to date, the best average CTR I’ve been able to get for a [...]

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