July 2013
A lot of companies have moved away from direct mail in recent years and focused their marketing activities online. However the opening rate for direct mail is still high which means it is an efficient tool for drawing in...
July 2013
Email Marketing is a cost effective tool for promoting you business and building loyalty, trust and brand awareness. Newcastle web design agency Urban River takes a look at Ten Top Email Marketing Tips to help you get the best...
July 2013
Top Ten Blog Tips At the end of 2011 there were 181 million blogs reported around the world. (source Nielson). It’s no surprise that number is constantly increasing because blogs are an effective online marketing tool that gets information...
February 2013
5 Eye Catching Job Ads The number of people out of work in the UK at the end of November 2012 was 2.49 million according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). With so many people looking for jobs...
February 2013
A lot of organisations are now focusing all or most of their attention on online marketing activities and completely forgetting about their offline marketing presence. In The Marketing Budgets 2012 Report, published by Econsultancy in association with Experian Marketing...
January 2013
Drupal, an open source content management platform which powers millions of websites and applications, came into the world back in 1999. A developer called Dries Buytaert first put finger to keyboard building a messaging board, but shortly interest started...
January 2013
There were 181 million blogs (source Nielson) around the world reported at the end of 2011 and as that number constantly increases it’s no surprise that more and more businesses are using blogs as an effective online marketing tool....
January 2013
Viral marketing is basically an idea that spreads which helps market your business as it continues to spread. There are various mediums you can utilise to create a successful viral marketing campaign and the best campaigns are the ones...
October 2012
Over the last few years Urban River have worked with Kids 1st, who were named as the highest quality childcare provider in the UK by Nursery World in 2011, as well as a large number of youth and education...