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Activate 2009 is the first exclusive one-day summit providing a unique gathering of leaders working across all sectors of industry.
The main objective – to get a discussion started (right now) sharing, debating and creating strategies for answering some of the world’s biggest questions.
Due to Activate 2009 being so rich in discussion and prognosis I’ve decided [...]

Although the majority of our business at Tamar is natural search conversion, we are often commissioned to redesign our client’s web and micro sites.
In many cases the sites we are asked to redesign have been built without SEO in mind and therefore building the site from the ground up i.e. User Centered Design twinned with [...]

I think the above sentiment is particularly apt when looking into the ever evolving world of social media. Calculating the ROI companies are likely to receive as a result of partaking in some form of social media is a tricky business: for some, particularly the PPC evangelists will wax lyrical about the importance of quantifiable [...]

If only Facebook were so keen to keep their users happy!
Twitter unveiled some snazzy new additions to their site today, in the form of an improved experience for browsing your followers / friends list. The new feature gives you a lot more options when browsing these lists (an essential task when trying to find interesting [...]

Online Marketing Show 09 #OMS09
Today I attended the Online Marketing Show at Olympia, convienienlty just up the road. You can see me on their intro video head down while beach ball were kicked around. But more on that later. So on a hot and sunny day what were my impressions and what did I [...]

When it comes to online marketing, social networking is without a doubt on the up and up. Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and others can help you to boost the size of your mailing list and also help you to grow your business. An important aspect of online marketing is visibility, and what better way to increase [...]

Like most people my age, I was very saddened to hear about Michael Jackson’s death last week. And like most people of my technological inclination, I first heard the news through Twitter. Actually, to be fair I *first* heard it through a text message from my brother - but his message was pointing me towards Twitter [...]

More Tamar business cards arrived in this office this week! Tamar’s culture has always been centered around the talent and enthusiasm of the team. We’re a bright bunch, so we wanted this to be visible in the brand, and the business cards are definitely getting some attention… Great for a game of Pairs too!

To paraphrase Mark Twain: “Reports of the Internet’s death have been great exaggerated”. Unlike poor Michael Jackson.
Here on the Tamar blog we’ve remained relatively quiet on the subject of Michael Jackson up until now - mainly because we wanted to let the dust settle before looking for any trends or interesting outcomes. Now that the [...]

What do social networking companies care more about? Money or users privacy? Personally I believe they are all there to try and make money (and why not), however this primary objective means that when it comes to a choice between protecting consumers privacy or making a profit, consumers will most likely lose out. [...]