Supporting Businesses to Reach their End Goal

Great News! We are running a FREE to enter prize draw from now until the officially launch of End Goal Marketing – 18th January 2011 – where you can WIN a custom built Facebook Business Page Worth £200 for your Company. (This prize has been kindly donated to us by TV News Videos) Here’s what you have to do to enter:* 1. Visit the End Goal Marketing Facebook Business Page, 2. Click the like button, 3. Leave a comment on our wall explaining … [Read More...]

It’s been another busy week for the End Goal Marketing team with lots of progress having been made, but before I tell you all about this, I want to tell you about the fun we had on Wednesday evening as I tried to record a short video to welcome everyone to our Video Based Directory. Making a video isn’t as easy as it looks and I take my hat off to anyone that can sit in front of a camera and create a video that they are happy with within … [Read More...]

Well the week is quickly coming to an end so before the last minute rush of Friday hits me I thought I’d give you a brief update on what’s been going on at End Goal Marketing HQ this week. It’s been a busy but really enjoyable week – the team have made great progress on the development of our website. It should be completed by the end of next week – fingers crossed. As you may have picked up, if you’ve already had a look around the … [Read More...]

It’s Early Days at End Goal Marketing but the concept is getting stronger by the hour. Concepts are funny old things especially in the early stages of a project when you’re trying to get what’s going on in your head to materialise in a way that you’re happy with. I had the idea for End Goal Marketing several months ago but like many of my ideas it got put on the back burner section of my mind whilst I pressed on with a few other projects. … [Read More...]

Strong reputations take time to build and add significant value to the bottom line. Brands come from creative development and investment; reputation however has to be earned. With the right leadership and customer ethics, a business will become sustainable and profitable. A good reputation also acts as a buffer should a crisis occur, Steve Job, Chairman and Chief Executive of Apple knows this well. He has transformed Apple from a company selling … [Read More...]

Three months ago I needed to buy a present for my niece’s birthday and knowing that she’s into fitness I decided to buy her a skipping rope. I popped into a sports shop on the way home and picked up a great skipping rope that had a counter in one of the handles which I thought, was a great invention. As I was paying for the skipping rope I got into a conversation with the owner of the shop who told me that his business was doing really badly and … [Read More...]
What’s an Avatar? Well as far as I can work out there are two types of Avatars. One type is a nine foot four inch tall blue monkey tailed being living on some outer galactic planet trillions of light years away from earth. The other type is a small image that sits next to any comments or posts that you’ve left on forums or blogs. It’s the second type of avatar that I want to talk about here – I'll leave James Cameron to fill you … [Read More...]

Here is a quick SEO tip that should hopefully increase the amount of traffic you get through to your website. Here’s the short version of the tip: Add a clickable link to your website underneath each of your YouTube videos! Here’s the long version of the tip: Make sure that all of your YouTube videos – the one’s you have done for you business that is – have a clickable link underneath them so that viewers can easily visit … [Read More...]

I’m just getting into Alexa and am still learning about it so please forgive me – all of you Alexa experts out there – if I’ve got a few things mixed up (please post a comment below if I have). Well, here goes… my understanding of Alexa so far: In a nutshell, Alexa is a web information service, founded in 1996 and owned by Amazon.com. It provides its users with an intelligent toolbar, which is free to download, that makes suggestions … [Read More...]

If you're trying to get your website ranked on the treasured first page of Google then here's a great video tutorial explaining 10 basic link building techniques that you can use to improve your SEO (Search Engine Optimization). In video below the Creare Team explain 10 Top Tips on link building: 1. Give something back to the community 2. Create a list of resources 3. Social network – target a correct audience 4. PPC to generate related … [Read More...]

As a marketing consultant I’m always looking for new marketing ideas to stimulate my thinking. I spend time scouring newspapers, scrutinising every billboard I past, and accepting every flyer that’s thrust upon me. I’ve made it a habit never to dismiss anything on first impressions and firmly believe that there is always something to be learnt from other peoples marketing material, no matter how good or bad it is. This approach has … [Read More...]

I’m just getting into Alexa and am still learning about it so please forgive me – all of you Alexa experts out there – if I’ve got a few things mixed up (please post a comment below if I have). Well, here goes… my understanding of Alexa so far: In a nutshell, Alexa is a web information service, founded in 1996 and owned by Amazon.com. It provides its users with an intelligent toolbar, which is free to download, that makes suggestions … [Read More...]

This video is about a piece of footage that George Clarke discovered whilst watching a Charlie Chaplin film from 1928 called 'The Circus'. In one of the scenes you can see an old woman talking on a mobile phone - how can this be possible? This is a great example of a video that’s gone viral virtually overnight! What are your views on why this video went viral? Did it all start with a few comments and re-links by friends and family … [Read More...]

Are the Yellow Pages still a good way to advertise? It seems to be affordable, but who is using it? It would be great to hear your comments on this. Link Sponsored by TV News Videos … [Read More...]

In September 2010 Google released their latest version of their Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide – click here to get a copy. As boring as its title may indicate – for all of us non-SEO types – it actually is a very interesting read if you are currently developing a website and want to get as high up in the Google rankings as you can. I’m not sure why but for some strange reason I read it from the last page up – I tend to do … [Read More...]

We are pleased to announce that this week’s winner of End Goal Marketing’s coveted ‘Featured Video’ award goes to the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) for producing a fantastic video explaining the power of video on the internet. It’s well worth watching especially if you are serious about marketing your business online using video. The IAB is the trade association for online advertising. The IAB have more than 540 members and focus … [Read More...]