Archive for the ‘Business’ Category
Thesaurus.com’s ad-tastic layout
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
I was just having a look at thesaurus.com to look up some nice alertnative words for a project and I suddenly realised the volume of ad-related content on each page: - vertical display ad - horizontal display ad - MPU1 - MPU2 - Google adsense - ASK search bar (leading to ads) - ASK related searches... read more
Tags: ask, display, google, MPU, search bar, thesaurus
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Auto blogging: tread with caution
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
So I set up WP-o-Matic, a wordpress plugin, which auto blogs using RSS feeds. This has caused degrees of pain around the BView blog however with a little hacking it is becoming useful. In order to share what I did and help stop others from repeating my mistakes here are some tips to auto blogging: 1... read more
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BView restaurant booking interface now live
Monday, October 12th, 2009
On Friday we released a great new feature: restaurant booking. OK, there are several restaurant booking services available so what makes our’s so different? Here are some features: - really simple, really easy to use interface - no registration required - we remember your details meaning fut... read more
Tags: booking, offers, restaurant
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iPhone app
Monday, September 28th, 2009
I am happy to say that the first two iPhone apps using the BView API are now live. First up is Local Sale Finder which is available to download here followed closely by London Offers (built by the good people from Rippll) which is available to download here. The BView API is free for anyone to ... read more
Tags: api, geolocation, iphone, vouchers
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Vouchers Revisited
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009
You might remember back in March BView made it possible for businesses to add vouchers and promotions to their listings. Our voucher directory has been growing ever since and now includes tens of thousands of vouchers, making us the largest single source of vouchers in the UK. If you’re business i... read more
Tags: Business, discount, google, maps, promotion, special offers, vouchers
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The Positives from the Negative
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
One topic that comes up quite often when speaking to business owners on BView is the impact a poor review could have on their businesses reputation. They shouldn’t be so worried though. This article tells how the odd negative review of a business can make a potential customer trust those other p... read more
Tags: bad reviews, customer satisfaction, negative comments, negative reviews, reputation, seo
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Steigenberger Nile Palace or Costa Del Back Garden, holidays in 2009.
Friday, May 1st, 2009
As the elusive British summertime begins its months long game of hide and seek, many of us begin to think of holidays and jetting off to sundrenched beaches and a brief escape from the rat race. In times of financial instability a holiday could be more than some can manage. For some, perhaps the ann... read more
Tags: BView, camping, caravans, competition, holidays, hotels, vouchers
Posted in Business, Competitions, Features, Findings, General | 1 Comment »
Discount night out
Friday, April 3rd, 2009
Luxuries, in all forms, have been the first casualties of the recession. People are tightening their belts, new car sales have dropped through the floor and property sales joined them. Non essentials seem to be all so yesterday dahling! We’ve almost begun a revival of ‘make do and mend’, the ... read more
Tags: cheap night out, cinema, discount, eat out, night out, restauraunt, save money, voucher
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The consumer trap
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009
Everyone likes the idea of something for nothing, however, where loyalty cards are concerned, the phrase ‘It’s too good to be true’ may hit the nail on the head. Loyalty cards came into common use in the mid 1990’s, a stroke of marketing genius which saw supermarket giants market shares ent... read more
Tags: discount, find a deal, loyalty card, money saving, shopping, special offers
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An introduction to online discount vouchers
Wednesday, March 11th, 2009
The recession is really starting to bite: high street stores with never ending sales, reports of shoppers “downshifting” in their weekly shopping and consumers becoming more conscious of how they spend their hard earned cash. It’s getting harder for businesses not just to attract new custo... read more
Tags: credit crunch, money saving, recession, shopping, voucher
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