Author Archives: Neil Parker

About Neil Parker

After completing his studies in Art and Design Neil worked as a graphic designer for national financial companies. This led him into web design and subsequently web development. This change led to Neil working for global software companies who's portfolio's of clients included Fortune 500 companies. This has been followed with over 3 years at Big Wave Media - a UK marketing agency providing creative marketing solutions for the sport, leisure, arts and entertainment sectors. With a wide variety of design, development and marketing experience Neil's main project areas include analysis, development, web design, e-marketing, social media integration and server management.

eMail Campaigns Part 2

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Neil Parker

So here we are in 2012, Happy New Year! And so to follow up on my December post eMail Campaigns Part 1 here’s the next tip on creating email campaigns. Avoid bad words in your subject lines There are some … Continue reading →

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eMail Campaigns Part 1

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Neil Parker

I’ve recently been sharing some pearls of wisdom on email campaign design with the designers here at Big Wave Media and thought it would be good to share this online too. So keep an eye out over the coming weeks … Continue reading →

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Google Maintains 90% Market Share

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Neil Parker

The latest figures on search engine market share are quite revealing. As you can see from the graph below Google has had 90% of the search engine market for at least the last 12 months making it the biggest player … Continue reading →

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Big Wave Launch New Website For Client In The Maritime Training Sector

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Neil Parker

We’ve just launched Bisham Abbey Sailing & Navigation School’s new website. Based within the Bisham Abbey National Sports Centre located by the River Thames, Bisham Abbey is a leading provider of RYA training courses.

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You No Longer Need 25 Fans To Get A Custom Page URL

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Neil Parker

Thanks to Chris Woods of Q Social Media for posting this, you now no longer need 25 fans to get a custom Facebook URL. Great news!  

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Beware of those statistics!

Posted on September 15, 2011 by Neil Parker

If you are one of those people who relies on your website statistics software to generate visitor reports for your management team then there are few things you should be aware of. Did you know…? No two web statistics software … Continue reading →

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New Childcare Website Goes Live

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Neil Parker

We have just gone live with another website developed for the childcare industry. Munchkins Day Nursery in Exeter provides a friendly and welcoming learning environment for children of local working parents.

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Google launches Facebook challenge

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Neil Parker

Google is about to fully launch Google+ which is a project designed to allow you to organise and share your personal social information in a way that reflects real life. It’s an exciting development for Social Media. The Google team … Continue reading →

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