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- Ciaran Norris
- E-Mail: ciaran.norris@altogetherdigital.com
- Web Page: http://www.altogetherdigital.com
- Profile: Ciarán has been working online since taking a job in a Sydney internet cafe in 1999.
He's worked in online marketing since 2000; firstly at two of the UK’s biggest business publishers, covering everything from online PR to subscriptions.
He took up the role of SEO & Social Media Director at new full service digital agency Altogether Digital in April, where he's worked with a variety of major brands, from Mintel to Vonage, Brylcreem to Future Puublishing, helping them put SEO & Web 2.0 at the heart of their marketing activities.
Ciarán has spoken at a variety of events on how the web is changing business, such as Search Marketing Expo (SMX) & the inaugural a4uExpo, as well as for organisations such as the IDM & RBI. He also blogs on digital marketing at SEOmoz and e-consultancy.
Author Archive for Ciaran
Superstar SEO Wanted
Ice Sculptures In Golden Square
I have a great many crosses that I have to bear & being a smoker is one of them. However, there are times when I’m glad of my trips outside to inhale nicotine & today was one of them.
Our office sits on Golden Square, which houses (much like Trafalgar Square) a number of empty plinths. […]
BBC, ITV & C4 Launch VOD Service: Is Joost Worried Yet?
A very quick post as TechCrunch UK has some great background, but essentially the BBC, ITV & Channel 4 have announced plans to launch a joint on-demand web TV service. As with all these things it has a stupid code name (Kangaroo apparently, possibly influenced by the marsupial nature of Google’s Platypus project), but I’d […]
Confusing Headlines Are No Joke: Why SEO Matters To Journalism
Last week there was an article in the Media Guardian, entitled Search for the perfect headline about the debate over whether publishers should change the way in which they write headlines when writing for the web. Whilst it was a very interesting article, the attitude of some of the figures from the world of traditional […]
Say No To Knives? Why Not Say No To Websites?
The Guardian reports that the Royal Armouries have launched a new site aimed at encouraging young people not to carry knives. No To Knives was created for ‘just’ £85,000 and the idea behind it, according to museum director Peter Armstrong, is
to do someonthing worthwhile & relevant for the community in return for taxpayers money
In order […]
Blog About The News To Get In The News
During my presentation on Viral Marketing at SMX last week, I mentioned the idea of piggy backing trends to gain coverage for your own product or service. Well it just so happens that we had a perfect example of that just last week, and we’ve finally managed to track down the evidence.
When Bebo announced the […]
Viral Marketing Presentation From SMX London
Last Friday saw me present at the inaugural SMX London on the panel Linkbaiting & Viral Marketing. A number of people asked me to share my presentation online, so I’ve uploaded it onto SlideShare. Meanwhile, as you can’t click through from SlideShare presentations, I’ve presented thevarious individual slides, with notes, below.
For those wanting the full […]
Live Tweets From SMX London
As I’m not the best at typing I’ll be sending Twitter updates from SMX London as opposed to live-blogging. Keep checking back for the latest news.
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BBC On Bebo: Nervous Times For Joost?
It’s a weekday so it must be time for another announcement from a social networking site threatening to revolutionise the world of media & business. Google & Facebook have both had their turns, so now it’s time for Bebo to step up to the plate and in many ways their new offering, Open Media, is […]
Live Twittering (Littering?) From SMX London On Friday
As I’ve mentioned before I’ll be speaking at the inaugural SMX London conference this Friday, and I had been planning to live blog from the other sessions. However, having tried this at SMX Advanced in Seattle back in the Summer, I found that I simply couldn’t type fast enough.
I’ve therefore decided to try something else […]
