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Social Media. The Facts!

Posted on by Kim in Blogging, Digital Marketing, Internet Marketing, Social Media, Web News | 2 Comments

Social Media is still very much the buzz word of the moment but actually understanding what Social Media Marketing really is and how your business can embrace Social Media, should be at the top of your agenda.  Twitter, Facebook, Google+, etc. are great tools for communicating and pushing out content. I recently found a great video and found out some amazing facts about just some of the main social networking platforms that are out there. I couldn’t possibly keep them …

2012 is looking great following a strategic acquisition.

Posted on by Kim in Blogging, Business Development, Customers, Digital Marketing, Events, Featured, Online Reputation, Other stuff, Social Media, Web Design, Web News | 1 Comment

In December 2011, Generate UK were delighted to complete on the acquisition of Web on High, an 11 year old digital marketing agency based in Newbury, Berkshire. Following this announcement, Generate UK will be moving to new premises at New Greenham Park. Following the acquisition; Generate UK now have over 20 digital specialists ranging from creative designers, an award winning development team, experienced SEO Experts and a wonderful team of Account Managers. When you make a big move like this, …

Fabulous Flowers Goes Live

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Earlier this year, Generate UK was contacted by a company based in Abingdon and Oxford, Specialising in Flower Displays and Floral Art called Fabulous Flowers. This was a project that instantly caught our eye, as we spotted a great opportunity to let our creativity run wild, creating a great looking website for an amazing up and coming company. Thanks to a great idea by the owners of Fabulous Flowers, Gary Cooper and Matthew Taylor, we split the website into 2 …

The Poppy Factory Website Goes Live

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Earlier in the year Generate UK were delighted to be selected to design and build a brand new website for www.poppyfactory.org. For nearly 90 years, The Poppy Factory in Richmond, Surrey, has been making poppies, crosses and wreaths for the Royal Family and the Royal British Legion’s annual Remembrance Day appeal. Since 2007, The Poppy Factory has also been placing wounded, injured or sick veterans of all ages into jobs. Focusing on boosting employment prospects, The Poppy Factory has found …

Instant Flood Sandbags : The latest technology

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Generate UK recently purchased the rights to Instantsandbags and in doing so designed and developed a new website called Instantfloodsandbags. The product itself was not only innovative and new to the market but it’s ingenious space saving design and it’s real ability to keep the water out was exciting to us. The passion and drive behind the project from day one has been fantastic; symbolising the belief and high potential in the product. From the initial thought process Generate UK …

The Digital Etiquette

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Over the last 5 years technology has advanced so dramatically that it has allowed us to stay connected through the day and night. Despite the fact it has changed how people interact it does seem that the digital etiquette is alsoslowly being forgotten. Circumstances range from not answering an email quick enough, someone having a loud conversation on the bus right next to you, or having a text conversation over dinner.. I’ll get back to that last point in a …

Introduction to Twitter

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In the 3 weeks that I’ve been working at Generate UK I’ve had various new clients asking me What is Twitter? Should I have a Twitter account? Will Twitter benefit my business? However, when I first started out using twitter, about a year ago, I too was very skeptical regarding its actual purpose, as I found the concept of knowing what people were up to insignificant. “Going to dinner with friends,” or “Walking the dog in the beautiful sunshine.” Why …

How to cope with negative feedback on Facebook

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I  had a meeting recently with a new customer and without giving too much away they were having a problem with negative feedback generated by a very active group on Facebook. This was obviously causing frustration to the customer as they felt that the feedback was unfair, aggressive and very emotive…. The group activity was down to one or two individuals whom were able to create quite a bit of noise around the topic. The customer was at a bit …

Creating a Linkedin Account with Total Communication

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So Monday 10th October was the start of new and exciting time for me as I started my new role as Digital Marketing Manager at Generate UK, based in Newbury. Little did I know that come 9 O’clock I would be visiting my first client; BSL Interpreter Services. They are a team of highly and committed professional British Sign Language Interpreters and accomplished trainers in D/deaf Awareness. Generate UK designed and developed thier website which was launched 3 weeks ago. The …