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Akubra Email Campaign

Recently I ran an email campaign for Akubra Hats, launching a new part of their website that was specifically targeted to an online audience. They do not send email campaigns regularly; this was the first contact point for many of the people we mailed to.

I created the email (see below) in a similar style to those that we send at work. Nice and simple, with just enough styling to be “on brand”.

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How RSS is changing

I wrote a post yesterday for hurolinan.com (my first) about RSS metrics, and how RSS has changed. A lot of the post is about Feedburner (Which I wrote about here). I actually forgot to mention the whole Feedburner Pro thing (ie its free!). A few components of Pro are included in the post though.

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Another (work) blog

I am making final adjustments to a new blog that we have just launched at work. This one is Hurol Inan’s website (about Web Analytics) - I worked with Andrew Boddy (Designer) and Christopher Jones (Developer) to move the existing site from a custom CMS circa y2k to a shiny new Wordpress install.

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Salesforce “Success on Demand” Sydney

I just got back from this event and decided to give a quick rundown.

Quick Stats:

  • Salesforce.com (SFDC) has over one million users worldwide
  • 2600+ companies using it in Australia
    • This number has doubled in the past 12 months

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SEM with Google Adwords - The clicks don’t matter?

Google’s algorithm is under constant debate. I can guarantee that as you read this there a number of forum topics speculating on how to get “Google Juice” and see your SERPs skyrocket. A few things are given - more links to you is always good. So is regular updating of the site. Recently I saw the effect of something that has been discussed, but only lightly.

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