Archive for the ‘Online PR Sectors’ Category

An introduction to SMPR’s newest recruit Donna Liebenberg

I am Donna Lindsey Liebenberg, waving all the way from the Simply Marcomms HQ in Coventry. *Waves* I joined the SMPR team in the Summer of 2011 as Online PR & Marketing Assistant.  Originating from Cape Town, South Africa, I relocated to the UK two years ago. I am often asked why I moved and [...]

Google performs a #PageRank update

Earlier today, we noticed that Google has performed another PageRank update which has boosted Industry Today (press release publication and distribution service) up to a Page Rank of 4! This is of benefit to you because Google loves in-bound links from relevant sites with high Page Ranks and Industry Today allows you to publish news [...]

SEO’s importance in the construction market, and why it’s changing the rules of publishing

How important is search engine optimisation (SEO) to media, PR and marketing professionals in the construction and built environment market? Let me start by providing a statistic. While I was at ContractJournal.com, around 50% of visitors to the site found us via a search engine. (The remainder came chiefly from direct links, eg. newsletters, or [...]

The Tendering Process: Pre-qualification questionnaires (PQQs) and tender submissions – how to stand out from the crowd.

With the public sector bracing themselves for sweeping budget cuts to be announced later this year, 2011 is likely to be another difficult year for suppliers to local councils. Throughout the remainder of 2010, local authorities will likely be tripping over themselves to complete major projects while they still have the budget allocation to do [...]