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Social Media Success Summit 2010 and a Tadpole Comes of Age
Posted by James in Glass Frog, Hints and Tips, Internet Marketing, Media, Social Media Marketing on June 9, 2010
What a month of information we had in May.
The Social Media Success Summit was in full swing and to be frank, I am still trying to absorb the wealth of information that was given out over two very intensive weeks.
The seminar revealed some real cutting-edge stuff; applications and methodologies that haven’t even raised their heads above the parapet in the UK.
Thankfully the seminar provided transcripts, slides, audio and video to revise , reabsorb and act on and this is the state of play with the Images team now; to pick over these pearls of wisdom, select the most appropriate for our clients then find ways to apply them to our other marketing activities.
Glass Frog?
You may have seen some obtuse references on these pages to ‘Glass Frog’. Well, the tadpole that was the Glass Frog is about to turn into the full blown adult version. Glass Frog is the name of our new company, that will focus more on New Media Marketing, all aspects of Social Media Marketing, and a whole raft of promotional and viral systems designed to increase your company profile, its footfall (physical and virtual) and ultimately profitability.
We have been around since 1994, through many ups and downs in the economy, and feel that while the current Government is promising us all cuts in services, this really presents a great opportunity for SMEs to really show the bigger guns how to perform.
If service cuts, which naturally means lesser and poorer services for all, don’t you think that the people out there will flock to an organisation that delivers an even higher level of service?
There has never been a better time to blow your own and there have never been as many tools to blow it with.
If you would like to know how we can help your reputation achieve 5 star status, drop us an email to fivestar@theimagesgroup.co.uk or call us on 0191 5197278, and we can arrange a time where we can meet with you over a cup of coffee in our downstairs Bistro and give you a free, no-obligation, one-hour consultation on how to create an exceptional company.
To Your Success
Kaspersky Internet Security blocking images
Posted by Gavin in Hints and Tips, Software on June 25, 2009
The Problem
Okay, so I’m working on a clients site and notice that the images used on the top of the page are missing. There is nothing special about them, quite a large jpeg image used in the site’s header or banner area. I clear my FireFox cache and check again. Same problem. I try Internet Explorer – same problem. I try Opera, Safari and Chrome – yep something is wrong here. I get my colleague Jim to check and he cannot see the images either. I log into FTP and check that the images are not corrupt by downloading them to my desktop, and sure enough they look fine.
The customer calls about not liking on of the photos used on a particular page – they can still see them! This reminds me that in our office we recently changed from the AVG 8.5 after being disappointed with its performance to Kaspersky Internet Security 2009. I’ve used Kaspersky at home for a while now (although just the AV) and prefer its interface and protection over AVG.
The cause
I click on the icon in the Task Bar and Pause Protection for a moment to check the page again. Hey presto, it worked! Surely I cannot go without protection just to view a few images. And why is it only certain images that are hidden?
A quick google search for “kaspersky blocking jpegs” led me to a post on Labrow Marketings blog discussing the same thing, only with a lot more detail as Peter actually had correspondance with Kaspersky Lab about the issue.
The solution
Download a newer Kaspersky release (not just an updated definition file), or to disable the feature under Settings > Content Filtering > Banner Ad Block.
I’m glad that’s sorted. Now, back to work.
About Gavin Cole
Creative designer at the Images Group. I spend a great deal of my day in Photoshop, Dreamweaver and the Webmaster Tools. Wing Chun Practitioner, part-time PC Gamer, Horror movie lover and a fan of technology & science fiction.
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