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May 2014

Online Marketing | Social Media | Search Engines | Mobile | Design | Promotions & Events

Caribmedia - issue 62

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We hope that it will keep you informed about new trends, projects, opportunities, as well as important tips and stats. We welcome your feedback at any time!

Online Marketing

Perfect length?

What's the perfect length?

Ok, so the question may be a bit tongue-in-cheek, but what we're asking is - what's the perfect length for stuff posted online? This article sheds some light on the ideal lengths for Twitter, Facebook and Blog posts, SEO phrases and more.
 

Social Media

Which social platform has the most retail potential?

Between Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest, which would have the best potential for boosting online retail sales? None of these appear to be shiny perfect examples for different reasons explained in this article, but depending on the approach taken each could provide value.
social platforms

Facebook Lets Restaurants Post Menus to Their Pages

Although this is a North American feature only (for now), its quite likely that it will be rolled out to other regions soon, and the next logical step would be ordering directly from the menu, for restaurants that offer takeout, or perhaps as a pre-order.
Facebook Restaurant Menus
Find CaribMedia.com on Facebook. Like our page and stay updated with latest news, services, promotions and special offers.
 

Google and SEO

Google Panda

Google Launches Panda 4.0

Another major update to Google's 'quality content' algorithm changes started rolling out on May 20. Here's what to look out for.
SEO Terms

5 Googley SEO Terms explained

Are a lot of technobabble SEO terms a bunch of gobbledygook to you? You're probably not alone in wondering what the Robots are doing in your website, and what Penguins and Pandas have to do with SEO. This article straightens some of these things out for you.
google pipelines

New Google Adwords features in the pipeline

Google recently announced several new features that are coming to AdWords. Here is a summary of what's in store.
 

Mobile

IKEA boosts in store traffic via mobile social geotargeted ads

The famous Swedish DIY furniture retailer recently ran a successful campaign that saw an 11 percent increase in store visits among more than 172,000 consumers who were served the ads compared to an otherwise identical group of the same size who had not seen the ads. Facebook ads are definitely working to drive in-store foot traffic to this retailer.
IKEA mobile
 

Design

Fully responsive De Palm Tours DMS website launched

The new De Palm Tours DMS is a sister website of De Palm Tours, dedicated to their destination management services. The site also uses CaribMedia's ContentXL CMS platform. Besides a responsive design the site features a responsive slideshow, custom gallery display modeled after Google images and embedded responsive YouTube videos.
Rancho Azul

Rancho Azul website redesigned in a responsive layout

The website for vacation rental Rancho Azul was recently upgraded not only to use a WordPress CMS platform, but also to a fully responsive, mobile-friendly design that automatically adapts to different desktop screen sizes, as well as smartphones and tablet layouts, while maintaining it's previous design features intact. The website features a Responsive Slideshow, Availability Calendar, Reservation form, Guestbook and a Gallery
 

Promotions & Events

Upcoming Events

Interested in attending a Social media, marketing, mobile or general business event? Check out the upcoming events calendar courtesy of Mashable. You can filter by event topic, location, and date range.
 
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