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15 th Nov 2012

Christmas shoppers are expected to spend a total of £86bn this year

Advent Calendar from Greenlight provides digital marketers with tips to make Search and Social Media campaigns successful in time for Christmas 2012. With online sales in 2012 predicted to account for 10.6% of the total retail spend, retailers need to ensure their sites are optimised and offer a good experience.
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15 th Nov 2012

UK: Online sales expected to account for 10.6% of total retail spend

Christmas shoppers are expected to spend a total of £86bn this year, according to a report* just published. With online sales predicted to account for 10.6% of the total retail spend, retailers need to ensure their sites are optimised and offer a good experience.
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31 st Oct 2012

Top 10 Twitter Tips

The infamous Waitrose Twitter Campaign #WaitroseReasons which asked consumers to complete the sentence “I love shopping at Waitrose because…” (with some fantastic answers!) showed how successful Twitter can be when used as a marketing tool. Here are our tips for insights into what you can do to enhance your Social Media campaigns.
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30 th Oct 2012

5 essential Paid Media tips to stand out from the crowd

Integrating Paid Media campaigns into other channels like Social Media can help brands stand out from the crowd and in the lead up to Christmas could help pay dividends.
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30 th Oct 2012

Five Essential Paid Media Tips for Christmas 2012

Having a well thought out Paid Media strategy, can make all the difference between having a successful online campaign and falling behind. However, to stand out from the crowd, why not think about integrating your Paid Media campaign into other channels, such as Social Media.
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19 th Oct 2012

Top five tips for a successful SEO Christmas

The traditional logic around Christmas SEO goes something like SEO takes 3-6 months to take effect therefore,to be on the safe side, SEO for Christmas keywords should start in July.Today, freshness is usually the focus of at least 3 or 4 Google algorithm updates every month, which shows us just how important it is. It means that search engines are much more reactive to what we as marketers do, and as a result “slow and steady wins the race” isn’t always true anymore.
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18 th Oct 2012

Holidays: Travel Republic and Sunmaster step into Greenlight's top 10

Greenlight's latest holiday report highlights the most popular terms consumers used to search for long haul and short haul holidays on Google UK in August. It analysed which brands, retailers and review sites were the most visible in both the Natural Search and Paid Media results and therefore had the greatest share of consideration.
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