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An alternative to PowerPoint

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An introduction to Prezi

This is an introduction to Prezi an alternative to Microsoft PowerPoint presentations.

What is Prezi

Prezi can give a dynamic looking format to your presentations it allows you to zoom in and out around a presentation. The creation process is really very simple and this can all be done for free at Prezi.Com.

There is a premium version that allows you to have a desktop version of the software and this removes the logo from the presentations. However, we found the presentations to work just as good on the free version.

Give it a go

Prezi differs from PowerPoint in that you are able to zoom around the presentation on one screen, essentially there is only really one slide. You can embed text images video PDF you can also spin the page around which can give you quite a sea sick feeling if you do it too often.

However even though viewing around the page is quite dynamic you are not able to fly images in as you can collect how point presentation.  But we think it is an excellent alternative and something quite different to grab the imagination.

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If you need a helping hand with your digital marketing strategy, get in touch with us at Smart Cow Digital Marketing for expert advice on how to conduct an effective digital marketing campaign!

Services we offer include web design and development, SEO, Pay Per Click (PPC), social media management through to CRM and marketing automation.

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Flotation of Facebook

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So what’s our feelings around Flotation of Facebook on the stock market?

Smart  Cow Marketing Ltd is a sales and marketing company based in South London.

We believe in building strong trusted relationships between business and so would like to share some of our in-depth expertise and knowledge with you.  This Blog is about the recent flotation of Facebook on the stock market.

Adverts

For the first of all, we are no financial whiz kids and we also appreciate what a good product Facebook is.  However, Facebook is a social media tool and there are many people that we have talked to who have not looked at the advertisements placed on Facebook.  So how will Facebook make its money can repay its investors?  Well, we can see a couple of avenues: first of all is the game’s experience such as Farmville and secondly is to the increased the amount of advertising.

Impact on users

We have recently seen motions towards paid posts within Facebook which means if you want to pay for your messages to be displayed above the others then you can do so.  Now at the moment this is not in place but feel that it will be the way to go.

As with all these technologies that float on the stock market they need to realise their financial impact.  And so to repay their investors one of the easiest ways is through advertising income revenue.  And as we can’t see how successful the adverts from the side of the Facebook page are, we feel that they are going to be more intrusive ad placements within your daily stream.

Where do we go from here?

We, therefore, feel in turn that this will affect the overall Facebook experience, changing from a social tool to a promotional tool.
When this happens we can see a loss of appeal and Google moving to new platforms.  However, Facebook or he has such a grip on the market it will take a very strong to knock it off its perch.  But inevitably a new product will arrive one day.  In the meantime keep enjoying using Facebook and look out for more posts on our blog.

We hope that this article is of use, feel free to forward it to whoever may find it useful.

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Mooooving on up

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Smart Cow prepares to launch

So here we are, the new sales and marketing company already with years of experience and a wealth of skill. Smart Cow marketing ltd is here to provide a bespoke sales and marketing campaign for your business. Pulling in SMART CO-Workers with a wealth of skill and experience to proved a tailor-made solution for your business.

Our services include:

  • Web development and design. Developing on Content Managed Systems (CMS) systems to provide a site that works for you.
  • Telemarketing. Specific: measured and targeted telemarketing campaigns
  • Social Media Management: Raise the profile of your business without spending all your working hours doing so
  • Pay per click (PPC) advertising: Placing paid for adverts in the correct places on the web for you.
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Will your website be legal?

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Smart cow marketing ltd is a digital marketing company based in South London.

We believe in building strong trusted relationships between business and so would like to share some of our in depth expertise and knowledge with you.  This Blog is about the new law on website cookies that is coming into effect on 26th May 2012

What is this Law?

From 26th May 2012 websites in the UK must comply to new regulations that means if they use cookies they must notify the user who can accept or deny the use of the cookies. So what are cookies? Well, cookies are small text files that are placed onto your computer when you visit a site. The majority of site have them and they are generally harmless. So what is the problem with them? Well they can track information on how you use the websites, which pages you visit, which buttons you press etc… This is generally used for analytics to provide the site owner information on how to best improve their sites and how many people visit. It can also be used to transfer information from one page to another. However in the era of data protection the Information commissioners office (IOC) states that all sites must notify their users if they use cookies.

Does it affect me?

  1. If you run a web site it most probably does affect you and there can be some hefty penalties that could be imposed (up to ÂŁ500,000). There are a few exceptions to the law where for the sole purpose of carrying out or facilitating the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network;
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  2. where such storage or access is strictly necessary to provide an information society service requested by the subscriber or user.

Google Analytics

The main point is that if you use google analytics to see how many people visit your site then yes you use cookies.
The use for analytics has not been deemed essential as per the 2 exceptions mentioned so you will have to take action.
There is still a lot of uncertainty on how this law will be deployed and who’s responsibility it will be. There has been a fair amount of talk over the past year that the browsers themselves (firefox/chrome/ internet explorer) should be responsible, however that has not yet been confirmed and doesn’t look to be the case.

What action do I take?

There are 3 things you can do:

  1. Do nothing. There are so many sites out the that use cookies will you really be picked on just because you use analytics? Well even though this may be the case we do not recommend this line.
  2. Do something. Add some script to your site to let people know that you are using cookies. This could be seen as bit of an intrusion and discourage people from using your site.
  3. Stop doing something. Stop using cookies such as with Google analytics. You will lose a lot of information but will be compliant

What is our recommendation?

Well we suggest that you either take option 2 or 3 so that you are compliant. Contact us if would like to know how.
We hope that this article is of use, feel free to forward it to whoever may find it useful.

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If you need a helping hand building an digital marketing strategy, get in touch with us at Smart Cow Digital Marketing for expert advice on how to conduct an effective digital marketing campaign! Digital marketing tactics we offer include web design and development, SEO services, Pay Per Click (PPC), social media management through to CRM and marketing automation.

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