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This photo is taken in Blackpool on a beautiful summer day, its a bit of a surreal place, but definitely worth checking out on a sunny summer day!

I attended an evening at the Cube Gallery that was hosted by Vision Media and The White Room last week, it was a evening about how to make money online. Three very interesting companies from Manchester that are starting to make an impact on the web talked about their experience so far.
I have talked about Myebook in a previous post, and it was very interesting to hear how it has been founded and their (more…)

Photo by Magnus Blikeng
The photo is taken in East Berlin and in my opinion represent the area very well, because of the fusion and splash of colors.
If you are visiting Berlin this spring the RAW area is highly recommended, especially if you are interested in street-art. The picture was taken in that area, and is just one of many extraordinary creations.

Digital Marketing is changing the playing field for marketers, and academia is struggling to keep up with the pace of the industry. Should the sandwich year be compulsorily or should the student loan be given for twelve months a year, so that the student could afford to work for free in the summer? A solution could be to subsidies the salary for graduates, and give them a bit more of a breathing space when they are entering the job market. I think the two last options would be a much better then the sandwich year, because it makes the student become more independent and establish in an earlier age. (more…)

The first thing you notice when you start using GA,is the amount of options that you can choose from, and that its difficult to figure out which tools that are useful for your website.
There are several sites that is created with the intention of getting noobs to understand GA and I would highly recommend having a look at the links below in the order they are placed. I know they are all Google sites, but they will give you some really good hands-on learning, especially the Google Conversion University which have video tutorials for the majority of the options in GA. (more…)

The decline of the printed newspaper” industry in the UK has been prolific throughout the century so far, and it’s seems that the industry is starting to  take measures to sustain further decline.
It’s only been a couple of days since the News corp. announced that the UK Times and Sunday Times would only be available if the reader pays for the content. Its still questionable if this is the right way reduce the decline in revenue and start making profit, so its quite interesting to see that “The Reporter” in Scotland with 15,000 sales a week have announced that they are also starting the to follow this model. (more…)

Pic#1:Lady in control

A new feature of the blog is Photo of the Week, these shots will be taken from the photos I take on a weekly basis. Please comment on these shots; if you like them, think they’re below the quality of a exquisite image or if you want to have your photo in this section!

Lightroom 2 is one of the best photo editing programs on the market,and have an incredible way of speeding up the work-flow. The pre-sets and the organized layout is one of the main assets of making it an essential tool for photographers. I’ve have been using Apple’s Aperture program in the past, and it’s a good software, but it’s clear that Adobe have much more experience when it comes to developing photo editing software.

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The online video streaming market is well cluttered, but is it there a monetary value in the market?
The amount of consumers that use the different streaming services as their main media channel to is booming, so the market is there. The biggest players in this field are YouTube, Hulu, 4 on demand and iPlayer.

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CEO Simon Whitehall with substantial financial backing launched myebooks.com on the 30th of January last year. The site has a great potential for freelance artists in many directions of art. The interface of the site is well designed, and the product that you can create is a blend of a regular flash document and a video multimedia portal.
The service is free and can be a great way of promoting your work, and could also be used as a promotional tool from a marketing perspective, one of the most profound examples of this is the Biffy Clyro ebook, which has 12,000 views. Their ebook is built as a cataloged of their social media accounts, music videos, a short bio and a range of pictures of the band, so its basically a complex myspace with a slick layout. (more…)