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Are You Using Mobile Internet Marketing to Promote Your Business?

Terry Lane — Thu, 22 May 2008 14:21:27 +0000

The growing trend of using mobiles and PDA’s for internet business mobile services means that UK businesses need to reconsider any internet marketing services or campaigns they currently manage or are provided by internet marketing specialists.

To compete with Google & Yahoo, Microsoft have recently launched DeepFish, their own mobile browser which allows users with Windows Mobile phones to use sites that are more like those seen on PCs and laptops.

With more advanced mobile web browsers, offering better rich content viewing, the door for rich content mobile online marketing has been firmly kicked open.

Be sure to consider whether your internet marketing service providers are aware of the possibilities on mobile internet marketing.

Depending which business you are in, your online marketing budget may be best spent promoting your products and services via mobile phones and PDA’s.

IoD offer Microsoft CRM Solution for UK SMEs

Terry Lane — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:44:04 +0000

The Institute of Directors (IoD) has announced it has setup in partnership with Microsoft to offer its members in the UK a subscription-based version of Microsoft’s CRM (Customer Relationship Management).

The IoD has 52,000 members in the UK, many of them small to medium businesses who will be able to use this service at a reduced rate. The Microsoft Dynamics CRM offer will cost IoD members £35 per user, per month while non-members can subscribe for £45 per user, per month. There is an additional offer of one month’s service free if they sign up before June 2008.

For more information see IoD Hosted IT Services

“As the business environment becomes ever more competitive, our members need the tools and support to attract new customers while retaining their existing ones,” said Andrew Main Wilson, chief operating officer at the IoD.

The service will be hosted by Microsoft partner Rackspace.