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Great news! Jagex’s careers website just beat the likes of BBC, Jaguar, NPower and LV at tonight’s NORA (National Online Recruitment Awards)!!
You can view the full lineup here:
http://norauk.com/finalists-2012/
Jagex’ Careers website can be seen here:
http://www.jagex.com/careers/
Well done Jagex! 😀
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I am very pleased to announce that the new Visit York website has gone live today!
The website was designed by Our Agency in conjunction with Visit York and built by yours truly and Severine Vidal and is based on NVG‘s mobile modular CMS Pro. It features a host of new options and modules to maintain and update the site.
The site features some lovely content and imagery, so it is definelty worth having a look!
And for Christmas:
Click here to visit www.visityork.org
Good times 🙂
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About time! Earlier today, PEGI’s website lists a release date of August 14 2012, which is….yes, today!
Available from the Square Enix store, the RPG classic returns to PC, now with brand new online features.
On top of that, the remake re-release offers the following features:
The game will set you back £7.99 and is available on the Square Enix store here.
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I am very pleased to announce that we just relaunched the Visit Lincolnshire website!
The website features beautiful imagery and content about festivals, activities, accommodation and things to do in and around Lincolnshire.
This website was built using NVG‘s modular CMS Pro.
Click here to visit the visitlincolnshire.com website
Good times! 🙂
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As you may have seen when you arrived here today, there is a little (annoying) notification on top of the screen informing you that I use cookies on this website.
Aside from PHPSession cookies, I use Google Analytics for research and use journeys and AddThis for sharing my content I also use WordPress Jetpack which creates a cookie to track users in a similar fashion as Google Analytics I believe. More information about cookies can be found here.
We have just released the My Devon app!
My Devon is a comprehensive guide to things to do, events, shopping, attractions, eating out and where to stay across North Devon and Exmoor. The data is fully cached on the phone so you don’t need a signal to use it.
My Devon allows you to plan a day out or see ‘what’s nearby’ when out and about. The search functionality allows you to:
Each entry describes the attraction with pictures, opening times and full contact details, and if you’re looking for accommodation it even allows you to book!
If that is not enough, you can also add places to your favourites, email places of interest to your friends, and a quick link shows directions from your current location by car or on foot.
Screenshot:
Currently displaying content for North Devon and Exmoor, My Devon will shortly be expanding to include Devon wide content which you automatically receive free on the app!
Download the My Devon app here (it is free!)
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I am very pleased to announce that we launched the LoveSussex.com website today!
The website features beautiful imagery and content about things to do in Sussex, which is only an hour away from London. Be it culture, seaside, hertiage or countryside, the website offers something for everyone!
This website was designed by yours truly, and is built using NVG‘s modular CMS Pro.
Click here to visit the LoveSussex.com website
Happy days 🙂
A few months ago I gave a talk in London about the use of social media for travel and tourism industries, which I think was very well received (considering I received no complaints but follow-up questions I take that as successful), and one of the key questions that was asked a couple of times was – should brands monitor what is being said about them? Why should they? Is it worth the effort? What do you focus on? How would this be monitored? And more importantly, is there an ROI to be taken from this? So, I thought I’d begin a little set of articles about this.
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Before we answer this, let’s take back a step and talk about what we are actually talking about. Monitoring your brand is essentially the continuous discovery of conversations related to your brand with the purpose of engaging and supporting not only your brand, but also your (in many cases potential) customers. Typically, this is done in real-time to allow immediate response to particular topics or situations, e.g. when launching a product, quelling rumours or – just as often – providing support or advice.