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Business to Business Content Marketing
According to the latest report by Holger Schulze for Optify, content marketing is becoming more popular. A massive 83.5% of business to business marketers are said to be increasing their content marketing production over the next year. The 2012 B2B Content Marketing Trends Survey also found that of the members of the B2B Technology Marketing…
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Internet Explorer security flaw – Action you should take.
Historical security notice: the incident and temporary workaround below relate to Internet Explorer in September 2012. Do not treat the old workaround as current protection. Use a supported browser and your organisation’s current security guidance. On 18th September 2012, Microsoft released a temporary fix for a discovered software vulnerability. The security flaw in question allows…
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‘Social media is vital for business’, says Harvard
If you’re wondering whether dedicating time and effort to social media is really worth it, this new research may just make your mind up! The Harvard Business Review recently published a great article about social media that we think all Chief Executives and Managing Directors NEED to read! The latest report from CEO.com and business intelligence firm DOMO has confirmed…
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R.I.P Adobe Flash Player – August 15th 2012
Historical context: the August 2012 date here concerns Flash on Android, not the end of all Flash Player support. Adobe ended Flash Player support on 31 December 2020. Do not install an old player to view archived material. Not so long ago, the only way to have a half-decent looking animation on a website was…
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Google celebrates Robert Moog’s Birthday
Here at Seven Creative, we think that Google’s celebration of Robert Moog’s 78th Birthday is their best Doodle yet! Robert Moog was the founder of Moog Music, and an American pioneer of electronic music. He is best known for his invention of the Moog synthesizer, and his memory has been celebrated today in a brilliant Google Doodle.…
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How to use Gmail as your SMTP server using Outlook
This tutorial will show you how to use your Gmail SMTP address to send emails from your personal email accounts using Outlook (this example uses Outlook 2007 but still applies in principle to the other versions of Outlook and other local email clients)
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How to Add Users to your Google Analytics Account
Give someone access to Google Analytics through their own account rather than sharing your login. First decide whether they need the whole account or just one property. Choose the right level Sign in to the correct Analytics account and open Admin. Under Account or Property, choose Access Management. You need the appropriate Administrator role to…
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We increase visitors to your website. Here’s the proof!
Here at Seven Creative we believe in doing a good job for our customers. One of the things we don’t tend to shout about, however, is our search engine optimisation (SEO) activity. When we build a site, it wouldn’t really be fair for us to not build in search engine optimisation features, as once you have an…
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What the D***ens?!
This week, Virgin Media’s electronic programming guide saw offence in innocent words and names, causing them to be censored. The likes of Charles Dickens, Alfred Hitchcock, Arsenal and Jarvis Cocker, became Charles D***ens, Alfred Hitchc**k, A***nal and Jarvis C**ker. And it didn’t stop there. Even the kids were watching D*** and Dom. Virgin Media blamed…
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Social media: A personal touch in an impersonal world
Seven Creative’s well established and new customers are recognising the growing importance of social media. We’re proud to say that we can now offer customers new and innovative services ranging from writing blog entries, Twitter posts and Facebook updates, to designing and personalising social networks. Ellie Storey, Social Media Manager at Seven Creative, said “There is so much competition on…
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Short-cut to easily clear formatting from text in a Word document
Here is a really simple and easy way to clear formatting from text in a Microsoft Word document, for example, when you’ve cut and pasted from a website or another document Very simply highlight the text, press and hold CTRL then press the ‘space bar’ Highlighting the text can be done easily in one of…
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Outlook 2007 – adding SMTP authentication
When using a laptop or mobile device, you’re potentially going to be sending emails over many different internet networks. In order to make sure that only the allowed users are using a particular SMTP to send email, they commonly require a user-name and password to log into the SMTP server every time an email is…
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Most common causes for emails not going through
Are the occasionals emails not going through to the recipient? Here is a list the most common causes: Are your emails simply ending up int he the recipients spam folder? Sounds obvious but this is the final main cause of emails not going through that make up the ‘big 3’. Check there first – it’s…