Prime8: The weekly GGA web roundup! 14/09/2015
This week we’ve mainly been hiding from Jeremy Corbyn. According to the likes of The Daily Mail, The Telegraph and The Sun he is the biggest threat to national security we’ve ever faced and causes cancer and hates puppies and makes fun of your babies to their faces etc. So if you need us we’ll be in our nuclear fallout bunker waiting for him to blow over.
Here’s this weeks web roundup…
We’ve ad enough!
Ad’s on the web. They are, without a doubt, a massive pain in the a**e. But did you know there’s a battle going on between the worlds biggest tech giants about how, why and when ads should be used? Without being overly dramatic this is one war that could be bringing about the death of the web as we know it.
Life can be a game…
… and I mean that literally. There’s a new movement on the rise that aims to turn life’s challenges into an actual game. Welcome to the real-world applications of ‘gamification’.
Make your Medium large
If you don’t use Medium as at least one of your blog platforms then you’re missing out on a whole new marketing pillar. Give it a go and then read this blog (on Medium funnily enough) about how to do it better.
How big is Google?
And we don’t mean financially, we mean in terms of software. Like, literally how big is it? Well, I think the technical term is ‘chuffing massive’.
Fried gold for startups
Seriously, this is easily the best resource on how to launch a startup/product/service we’ve ever read. Even if you’re not planning on launching anything it is still jam-packed with ace tips, tricks and tools for promoting and marketing your business. Get on it.
How to create a successful fake business
Here’s an interesting take on the power of social media. A story of how one journalist created a fake company and then used growthhacking techniques to gain a brilliant online rep for it without actually, y’know, selling anything.
GGA’s website of the week:
A bit of change this week. Instead of showcasing a site we think is cool, here’s an opinion piece from Basecamp founder, Jason Fried, as to why he believes The Drudge Report is the best designed site on the internet even though it’s clearly hideous.
… and finally.
I came across this article today on the best ‘how do they do that?!’ type Vines doing the rounds at the moment. We usually hate this type of thing but some of these are absolutely jaw-droppingly good.
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