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		<title>QR Codes</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 16:15:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[QR (Quick Response) codes are those two dimensional barcodes that you will see cropping up all over the place. They are quirky, fun and very useful, best of all they are free and people with smart phones love them. What happens is when someone with a smart phone scans them they immediately see the information [...]]]></description>
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<p>QR (Quick Response) codes are those two dimensional barcodes that you will see cropping up all over the place. They are quirky, fun and very useful, best of all they are free and people with smart phones love them. </p>
<p>What happens is when someone with a smart phone scans them they immediately see the information hidden within the code which in this case is a link to my website.</p>
<p>Great for printing on laminate posters, T shirts, posters in windows etc.</p>
<p>If you are using QR codes then you had better make sure your website is optimized for mobiles!</p>
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		<title>Mobile Ready Websites</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 02:13:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since June 2010, there were 264.5 million data-capable wireless devices, including 61.2 million smart phones or wireless-enabled PDAs in the United States. Microsoft estimates that by 2014, mobile internet usage will overtake desktop internet usage. Yet less than 1% of all businesses have a mobile-ready website. Chances are high that this includes your website. Just [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Since June 2010, there were 264.5 million data-capable wireless devices, including 61.2 million smart phones or wireless-enabled PDAs in the United States. Microsoft estimates that by 2014, mobile internet usage will overtake desktop internet usage.  Yet less than 1% of all businesses have a mobile-ready website.  <strong>Chances are high that this includes your website.<br />
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<p>Just because people can still view your desktop site with a mobile device, the user experience is degraded to such a point that <strong>many users will click away and go to a mobile friendly competitor.</strong>   However big the device screen, viewing a PC Website requires scrolling left and right and up and down.  However good the mobile connection, large images will be slow to load, and sites that use flash will not work on some handsets.  Take a look at this comparison between a mobile friendly website and a normal desktop website and you&#8217;ll see the differences immediately: </p>
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<p>A well listed, useful mobile website ultimately gives you the best chance of having local mobile device users find your business.  It allows you to give your mobile users the information which they need while on the go.  Include <strong>maps and driving directions</strong> to your place of business, <strong>click-to-call phone numbers</strong>, and information to entice your customers to contact you.  Your mobile website will also serve as a destination to which you can send mobile marketing campaign respondents.</p>
<h2>Contact Us Now To Have Your Mobile Site Built TODAY!</h2>
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		<title>Why SMS Text Marketing?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jun 2011 22:49:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve developed a text messaging system that will work like gangbusters for restaurants and many other types of businesses. It is simple, relatively inexpensive, and can deliver a terrific ROI – much better than many of the traditional advertising methods you may be using today. If you are currently spending money advertising, keep reading&#8230; First, [...]]]></description>
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<p>We&#8217;ve developed a text messaging system that will work like gangbusters for restaurants and many other types of businesses.   It is simple, relatively inexpensive, and can deliver a terrific ROI – much better than many of the traditional advertising methods you may be using today. </p>
<p>If you are currently spending money advertising, keep reading&#8230;</p>
<p>First, let&#8217;s run through a few stats. If they don&#8217;t make you realize the importance of mobile phones marketing your business, then I don&#8217;t know what will.</p>
<p>The growth in mobile usage over the last few years has been staggering. And the features now available on “smart” phones and other mobile devices such as iPads make mobile the most effective method of marketing!</p>
<h2>In the US, over 96% of the population has a mobile phone! In fact, mobile is bigger than Google and Facebook… Combined!</h2>
<p>91% of cell phone users keep their phone with them all day long. </p>
<p>97% of text messages sent are read within the first 5 minutes.</p>
<p>Inquiries from mobile users are 3 times more likely to result in a sale than inquiries from a computer!</p>
<h2>73% of mobile phone users actually WANT to receive offers and coupons on their mobiles (most emails with the same offers would end up in the Delete folder!).</h2>
<p>95% of SMS text messages are opened and read compared to around 10% of emails!</p>
<p>And TEXT marketing messages have a higher open and read rate than ANY other message delivery system… bar none!</p>
<p>At any given time, 46% of people on social media sites are accessing it through a mobile device.</p>
<p>Google says that 30% of all searches are now made on mobile devices. Given the earlier stat that mobile users are 3 times more likely to buy, you should sit up and take notice!</p>
<p>Hopefully a light bulb has just switched on in your head and you are beginning to see just how powerful a medium mobile is for marketing. If you thought the internet was big, this is set to completely dwarf it. And get this last statistic…</p>
<h2>Less than 5% of businesses have used mobile in their marketing strategy!</h2>
<p>Get a step ahead of your competition and implement a mobile marketing strategy right now!</p>
<p>Just imagine for a minute that you were one of the internet pioneers. It’s easy to say after the event, oh, I can’t compete on the internet. There are too many similar websites about. Well, you can compete on the internet, but you can compete even easier on mobile, because there is almost no competition!</p>
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		<title>We Will Set Up Your Text Marketing Campaign&#8230;  FOR FREE!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jun 2011 19:53:27 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Contact us today and we will set up your personalized SMS text marketing campaign free trial. Play around with it for 7 days, make sure it fits your needs, then decide if you would like to keep it. No credit card needed, and no obligation. </p>
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		<title>Beating The Competition</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jun 2011 19:51:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While it is becoming increasingly difficult to compete on the internet, mobile text (SMS) marketing is WIDE open. In fact less than 5% of US businesses currently use it at all. This gives savvy business owners who do use SMS a distinct advantage over their competition. Get a step ahead of your competition and implement [...]]]></description>
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<p>While it is becoming increasingly difficult to compete on the internet, mobile text (SMS) marketing is WIDE open. In fact less than 5% of US businesses currently use it at all. This gives savvy business owners who do use SMS a distinct advantage over their competition. </p>
<h2>Get a step ahead of your competition and implement a mobile marketing strategy right now!</h2>
<p>Just imagine for a minute that you were one of the internet pioneers. It’s easy to say after the event, oh, I can’t compete on the internet. There are too many similar websites about. Well, you can compete on the internet, but you can compete even easier on mobile, because there is almost no competition!</p>
<p>So I guess you are now thinking “that’s all well and good, but how do I actually go about using mobile for marketing?”<br />
There are many options available to you and we will cover the most popular and effective methods here.</p>
<p>Just as internet marketers will (or should) tell you “the money is in the list”, the same can now be said about mobile marketing. The only difference is that instead of collecting names and email addresses, you are collecting mobile phone numbers.</p>
<p>In fact, it’s EASIER to do this on mobiles than on the internet!</p>
<p>You’ll have seen messages like “Text DISCOUNT to 88100 to receive 25% off…..”. What these “savvy” marketers are doing is building a database of the mobile numbers of people interested in their product or service. You can do the same and it’s not as hard – or expensive – as you might think.</p>
<p>Let’s take an example of a beauty salon.</p>
<p>Bookings are down and the next month is looking a bit bleak!</p>
<p>What if you could send a quick text message to all of your existing customers saying “Quote code XYZ when you book before dd/mm/yy and get a free manicure with every hair styling”</p>
<p>Do you think that might bring in a few extra customers? Of course it would.</p>
<p>And it’s easy to set up. All you need to do is hand a card to customers when they pay, and the card might say something like “Text BEAUTY to 88100 to receive special offers and discounts”. Simple, and most people will go ahead and text the message. Everyone loves a discount!</p>
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