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THIRD VERSION ON THE WAY
Project WORD are very happy to announce work for it's third version is under way!
Jamie says "The latest version is to include new technologies, new features and a new design. These improvements will help even more businesses benefit from the use of Project WORD".
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Project WORD would like to wish all it's members a very happy new year. Hopefully 2010 is a good year!
Sophie says "2010 will look to bring some exciting developments in Project WORD so please keep checking back from time to time".
15,000 KEYWORDS LINKED TO BUSINESSES
Project WORD celebrate its excellent achievement of now linking over 15,000 keywords to businesses in our business dictionary.
Jamie says "After a few set backs with our web server and time spent relocating, we are very happy to see such progress happening again. Our unique visitor count is higher than ever and growth just doesn't stop, it is just excellent".
AND THE 15,000TH KEYWORD IS...
BusinessRecoveryPlanThe 15,000th word was linked by a company called tenable-solutions
Tenable Solutions: Company Overview
Total Business Recovery & Turnaround Expert Help When You Need It Most We are dedicated to help businesses throughout the UK, to deal with and move on from situations in which they may face financial difficulties.
No one likes to think about the possibility of things going wrong, if and when the worst does happen, it`s reassuring to know that Tenable Solutions with its team of professionals are perfectly qualified to help you get through it.
Call now 0800 4 969594 or visit www.tenable-solutions.co.uk
FEATURED IN THE STUDENT POCKET GUIDE
We were very excited having received the Student Pocket Guide today having being featured on page 12!!!
The Student Pocket Guide was founded in May 2005 in Norwich. Since the early days; they have continued to grow at a very fast pace. They are a team of young enthusiastic graduates who have recently experienced student life and feel they can deliver what students of today require. They strategically plan all of our movements with 100% dedication in web design and print, whether it is concept, design, presentation or distribution. They believe in aiming high and interview top celebrities, offer excellent competitions teaming up with top companies in order to make them a must read for students. With this focused approach they have managed to find a gap in the market place and have continued to improve.
Read the article on Project WORD
10,000 WORDS LINKED TO BUSINESSES
Project WORD celebrate its excellent achievement of linking over 10,000 keywords to businesses in our business dictionary.
Jamie says "We are both very happy to reach such a milestone. We now want to use this as an incentive to do more, not to sit back and feel happy with ourselves. We are very excited to get working on further developments with Project WORD and promoting it to more and more people. Hopefully we can continue to see such fast growth and be at 20,000 in no time!"
AND THE 10,000TH WORD IS...........
'BartenderSoftware'The 10,000th word was linked by a company called I.I.D. Solutions.
I.I.D. Solutions: Company Overview
Through their extensive knowledge of the packaging industry I.I.D. Solutions are able to offer a very competitive solution to virtually any Labelling, Packaging and Identification needs.
Having over 25 years experience within this industry they have built up direct relationships with the worlds leading Hardware Manufacturers and Software houses to become one of the leading Auto I.D. Resellers within the UK.
Based on this they offer the most competitive prices available with their own manufacture and supply of:
- Plain or FULL colour Printed - Roll Labels/A4 laser Labels/Computer Labels/Swing Tickets/Barcoded labels/RFID Tags/Sheeted Tickets.
- (Minimum quantity 500, NO maximum quantity - price breaks depending on volume)
- Thermal Transfer Ribbons and consumables - Genuine & Compatible for all makes of printers.
- Thermal Barcode Printers - Toshiba/Zebra/Datamax/Sato/Intermec/OKI/QLS....to name a few!
- Thermal Transfer Printheads for ALL makes of thermal printers.
- Onsite Engineer Printer Callouts - 8 hour response and fix.
- Thermal Printer Parts supply - for self fitting.
- Labelling Software and programming.
For all enquiries, or if you simply wish them to beat a price on something you currently purchase elsewhere - please contact:
t: 01924 424 600
f: 01924 424 601
PROJECT WORD FOUND ONLINE
PROJECT WORD CELEBRATE 25,000 POSSIBLE BUSINESS LEADS!
It was seen that over 25,000 clicks through to businesses websites have now occured.
Jamie says "This is a great milestone for Project WORD, it just shows that people are using our business dictionary as a valid resource for finding businesses online".
ACCREDITED IN THE "MAIL ON SUNDAY"
After the release of a recent press release, Project WORD was accredited in the Mail on Sunday.The article written reads:-
ONE in three start-ups has no idea what role marketing has to play in developing their business. New research shows that almost 40 per cent of start-ups have no marketing plan, while nearly 50 per cent launch without any form of marketing or advertising.
Almost half of all new companies fail within their first year of trading, according to widely accepted estimates.
Jamie Delo, founder of online business directory Project WORD, which questionred more than 3,000 business owners, says: "These statistics establish that the downfall of many new companies if that they assume consumers will have heard of them or will simply find their website. In reality, thousands of companies are failing every year due to lack of marketing".
Project WORD were honoured to have been used in the article, for a recent start up company, this was an excellent achievment.
1 IN 3 NEW BUSINESSES DON’T KNOW WHAT MARKETING IS
Almost 40% of new companies do not have a marketing plan and almost half of new businesses launch without any form of marketing or advertising budget. Most worryingly, almost 1 in 3 new businesses don’t understand what marketing is or what role it plays for new companies.
A recent survey of 3,081 UK business owners shows that almost 40% of start-up companies have no marketing plan and almost 50% of businesses launch without any form of marketing or advertising.
5,000 KEYWORDS DEFINED!
Project WORD celebrate an important landmark of having linked over 5,000 keywords to businesses so far.
Jamie says "This is an important milestone and shows how well things have gone in the last few months, we will now be looking to double this figure in the next few months, reaching our next goal of 10,000 keywords defined".
To mark this occasion, Project WORD were featured in the Shopshire Star.
COUPLE COME UP WITH RIGHT WORD
An enterprising Shropshire couple has come up with a cost-effective and fun way for people to promote their businesses during the credit crunch.
Jamie Delo, 22, who has just completed a degree in Computer Science, set up Project WORD with his partner Sophia Luisada.
The web based business dictionary allows members to pay £1 to buy a keyword related to their business and then have it linked to their website.
The pair recently conducted a survey of over 3,000 UK businesses, which they saw showed almost 40 per cent of start-up companies have no marketing plan and almost 50 per cent of businesses launch without any form of marketing or advertising.
Jamie said: "These statistics establish the downfall of many new companies that just assume consumers will have heard of their website. When, in reality, thousands of companies are failing every year due to lack of marketing.
We have no linked over 5,000 keywords to businesses as our project continues to grow, providing a cost-effective way of marketing businesses throughout the UK"
"We have received great feedback from people who have seen an increase in visitors to their website after signing up to Project WORD".
For more details see www.projectword.co.uk.
PROJECT WORD V2 GOES LIVE!
After various market tests, improvements, updates and lots of hard work, we are proud to announce Project WORD's release.
Sophia says "We are both very happy to be launching Project WORD. After spending time testing and researching various aspects of Project WORD, it is excellent to be launching our project after working very hard to make necessary improvements"
PROJECT WORD FEATURED IN SHROPSHIRE STAR
Project WORD's first release made an excellent feature in the Shropshire Star this week. This initial release is said to be an excellent market test which will identify early development plans. Jamie says "We are very excited to be releasing our initial version of Project WORD, we will be looking to receive feedback from people and act on this ready for our official release".