Warrington-based digital marketing agency Latitude, valued at £50m when it changed hands just over two years ago, was sold for less than £1.1m after it went into a pre-pack administration in January. A newly filed administrators’ report reveals that equity investors lost nearly £40m in the collapse of Latitude Group Ltd (LGL) and Barclays, its bankers, lost £4.62m. Latitude, a search engine optimisation specialist, was bought back out of administration by its previous owners Vitruvian Partners, a London-based private equity …

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‘TweetUpNorth’ is the first meet-up for Twitter users organised by the BT Convention Centre Liverpool and follows on from the success of similar events held in London for event industry professionals.

Monday 16th November, 12.30pm to 1.30pm.

Facebook was valued at up to £6billion by experts but, until yesterday, had failed to make a cent in profit. Now, after five years and racking up 300million users, it is finally making enough money to cover its costs. The company’s income is on track to grow by 70 per cent this year.

18 months ago, I would debate the value of social networking for some of our more serious corporate clients. Now, almost all of our clients have some social networking presence. The data available makes it a necessity to at least have a flickr, facebook and LinkedIn profiles, even if to just to protect brand image. 93% of social media users believe a company should have a presence in social media. 85% of social media users believe a company should go …

Read how Liverpool-based SEO company Quba New Media delivered a 12 month strategy and started pushing Sleepmasters up the ranks for many popular searches in Google resulting in a tenfold surge in site traffic.

CL5 Search Engine Marketing has recently completed a six month organic promotion contract with Formby Hall Golf Resort & Spa. CL5 claims to have dominated local search results across highly competitive leisure sector keywords through a combination of online marketing techniques. The results include No. 1 positions for spa golf, formby spa, formby hall golf club southport, Top 5 pga golf academy, corporate golf north west, golf liverpool, luxury spa liverpool, health spa southport. Top 10 golf resort, luxury spa …

The private sector has had a wake up call on their marketing spend at the same time the national news has been flooding the country with the power, profitability and absolute need of the web for business. This type of great industry promotion also creates insecurity for those businesses that haven’t quite got a proper online strategy. Or simply more businesses are accepting in 5 years their business will be very internet dependant and it works better and cheaper than …

I have been to the site several times as a potential relocation for our business, but until 2007, I was more likely to hit tumbleweed than a potential client. It was always well kitted out but a soulless and sterile atmosphere, not a creative hub of energy and excitement. We moved to Castle Street.

On the 8th December 2003, The Northwest Development Agency (NWDA) unveiled the branding for Liverpool Digital, at the Edge Lane site. The Vision in 2003. Liverpool …

Like many things in life, digital and social media should come with an etiquette manual. Like first dates, job interviews, PR, and funerals there are some simple rules that, if we all observed, would make the whole business run smoother and more enjoyable for everyone.

BT announces the next generation of super-fast fibre-optic broadband exchanges across the UK, but Liverpool misses out on this much-needed investment in digital infrastructure.

Rippleffect is one of the fastest growing technology companies in Europe in 2009 and confirms for the second year its outstanding performance to be listed in the Deloitte Fast 500. Rippleffect have had recent and well deserved run of award victory’s and accolades including being short listed for Digital Agency of the Year, ‘Best Interactive Agency at the NetImperative Awards’ and ‘Digital Agency of the Year’ in the recent DADI Awards (Drum Awards for Digital Industries)

Where would you look to find out what’s going on in Liverpool’s Digital Sector? ACME and the Design Initiative represent the creative sector as a whole. ICDC law upon to itself and does little to float my boat. When you start have a proper look there’s not a public sector site that I think is well designed, current and helps showcase Liverpool’s digital sector.

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Rising stars Ph Creative have launched the Eco Environments website, July 2009. Eco Environments is a renewable energy specialist in Liverpool and the UK, seen an innovator in the energy field. The design is fresh, great use of flash and HTML. It feels easy and efficient so a perfect fit to its client brand. Some cool use of icons.

Online PR – Search Engine Marketing. Since the majority of us don’t have Google’s bankroll for huge Pay Per Click camapigns, you are left to find less expensive ways to drive visitors to your websites. Online PR could be part of your answer – sharing your company news and views directly over the Internet.

You can get decent online exposure starting from £60 using a news distributor such as www.prweb.com.

Access to finance has been the big issue for SMEs in the recession, obtaining public sector investment can be a useful alternative.

I started CL5, a digital consultancy specialising in search engine marketing in April 2009. To launch and then grow the business I needed more capital than I could afford to invest personally. I had been kicking at the doors of all the major banks for a good six months asking the questions, with only a set of …

Social media is transforming brand communication; in this article Mark Jones discusses the impact of this emerging medium on consumer and advertiser behaviour.

Ph Creative
12 Rodney Street,
Liverpool,
L1 2TE
Tel: 0151 708 2280
Email: liverpool@ph-creative.com
www.ph-creative.com

New Mind
Suite 101-108
Queens Dock Business Centre, 67-83 Norfolk Street,
Liverpool, L1 0BG
Tel: 0151 287 7791
Email: info@newmind.co.uk
www.newmind.co.uk

Mando Group,
131 Mount Pleasant,
Liverpool,
L3 5TF
Tel: 0845 365 4040
Email: open@mandogroup.com
www.mandogroup.com

Hit Search Limited
Liverpool Innovation Park,
Liverpool Digital, Baird House,
Liverpool, L7 9NG
Tel: 0845 643 9289
Email: info@hitsearch.co.uk
www.hitsearchlimited.com

Glow New Media
712 Gostins Building,
32-36 Hanover Street,
Liverpool, L1 4LN
Tel: 0151 707 9770
Email: info@glow-internet.com
www.glow-internet.com

Creative Liverpool
The Old Bank of England Building,
31 Castle Street,
Liverpool, L2 4GL
Tel: 0151 236 5797
Email: agency@creativeliverpool.co.uk
www.creativeliverpool.co.uk

Cl5 Search Engine Marketing
The Old Bank of England Building,
31 Castle Street,
Liverpool, L2 4GL,
Tel: 0151 236 3322
Email: agency@cl5.co.uk
www.cl5.co.uk

Brainboxes Limited
Unit 3C, Wavertree Boulevard South, Wavertree Technology Park,
Liverpool, L7 9PF
Tel: 0151 220 2500
Email: marketing@brainboxes.com
www.brainboxes.com

Bizarre Creations
The Studio, Leeward Drive, Estuary Business Park,
Speke, Liverpool, L24 8DA
Tel: 0151 494 4140
Email: NextGenJobs@bizarrecreations.com
www.bizarrecreations.com