Monday 20 August 2012
Tuesday 7 August 2012
Friday 3 August 2012
Really Interesting Blog Post On BBC Olympic Data Management
This blog posting on how the BBC organised the data services for the Olympics is really worth a good read.
Thursday 2 August 2012
Wednesday 20 June 2012
Momentum Hub Update
We are launching a number of new features in Momentum Hub.
First of all the interface has had a re-fresh using Twitter Bootstrap so the system now works on computer, mobile and tablet.
We have also updated the targeting options for all campaigns so we can now target campaigns within a specific radius of a postcode.
Finally we have a new voucher system so customer can send out marketing vouchers or vouchers customer can purchase directly through Momentum.
This is a big step forward for Momentum Hub and you can expect to see a lot more in press over the next few weeks.
First of all the interface has had a re-fresh using Twitter Bootstrap so the system now works on computer, mobile and tablet.
We have also updated the targeting options for all campaigns so we can now target campaigns within a specific radius of a postcode.
Finally we have a new voucher system so customer can send out marketing vouchers or vouchers customer can purchase directly through Momentum.
This is a big step forward for Momentum Hub and you can expect to see a lot more in press over the next few weeks.
Tuesday 19 June 2012
Interesting Infographic On Spending Levels For Stag & Hen Events
I thought this was interesting on the spending levels for stag and hen events from Lending Stream.
Momentum Coach Hire (MCH) will quote on over 36,000 stag events and over 13,000 hen events in the next year.
There is one big gap in the numbers and that is where most Hen & Stag events happen, you can find this on Momentum Hub.
Momentum Coach Hire (MCH) will quote on over 36,000 stag events and over 13,000 hen events in the next year.
There is one big gap in the numbers and that is where most Hen & Stag events happen, you can find this on Momentum Hub.
Monday 18 June 2012
Interesting Infographic On Customer Reviews
Obviously Momentum invest a lot of time in customer reviews and we see it as an essential part of the coach hire business and our cost comparison websites.
I am not sure I agree with all of these statistics and it does not take account of spam review activity.
I am not sure I agree with all of these statistics and it does not take account of spam review activity.
Friday 1 June 2012
Thursday 31 May 2012
Junk The Jargon
It is interesting to see the detrimental effect jargon has on recruitment communications, I would say these principles apply to all communications.
Wednesday 30 May 2012
Thursday 24 May 2012
Wednesday 23 May 2012
New Guide For Customers Using Momentum Hub
This is the new guide for customers to get the most out of using Momentum Hub, the first draft ready to amend and develop as we grow with our customers.
Tuesday 22 May 2012
The Importance Of Customer Reviews
I was looking at some research into customer reviews on econsultancy earlier today and I was not surprised by the results.
88% of people consulted reviews
52% said friend recommendations were important
48% said consumer reviews were important
But the one statistic that really stood out was 67% of people with concerns about trustworthiness of the reviews, believing positive ones were paid for and negative ones suppressed.
I think that a healthy question needs to be raised when look at reviews from customers and it is the responsibility of the publisher to check the source ... Trip Adviser don't do this and it has caused a lot of issues for businesses especially when your competitor has decided to attack your business.
We get reviews from all of our customers at Momentum Coach Hire (MCH) and try to respond as quickly as possible to service issues. it is not always perfect but we are trying our best to improve our levels of customer service.
We request reviews from all of the customers using CoachCompare.Com and we make sure that all reviews come from customers who have actually booked the trip. We do edit the reviews and we don't always publish the comment whilst including the score - this is to make sure the coach hire companies are not being unfairly treated.
Recently whilst working out how to deal with the Marketing warfare strategy our competitor was implementing against us we had to talk with Review Centre. They have put checks in place to stop fraudulent reviews from both sides and even though we still found a few issues they did resolve the problems well.
Reviews are good and so is a healthy distrust because every customer must make their own mind up based on the complete experience they have with an organisation.
88% of people consulted reviews
52% said friend recommendations were important
48% said consumer reviews were important
But the one statistic that really stood out was 67% of people with concerns about trustworthiness of the reviews, believing positive ones were paid for and negative ones suppressed.
I think that a healthy question needs to be raised when look at reviews from customers and it is the responsibility of the publisher to check the source ... Trip Adviser don't do this and it has caused a lot of issues for businesses especially when your competitor has decided to attack your business.
We get reviews from all of our customers at Momentum Coach Hire (MCH) and try to respond as quickly as possible to service issues. it is not always perfect but we are trying our best to improve our levels of customer service.
We request reviews from all of the customers using CoachCompare.Com and we make sure that all reviews come from customers who have actually booked the trip. We do edit the reviews and we don't always publish the comment whilst including the score - this is to make sure the coach hire companies are not being unfairly treated.
Recently whilst working out how to deal with the Marketing warfare strategy our competitor was implementing against us we had to talk with Review Centre. They have put checks in place to stop fraudulent reviews from both sides and even though we still found a few issues they did resolve the problems well.
Reviews are good and so is a healthy distrust because every customer must make their own mind up based on the complete experience they have with an organisation.
Friday 18 May 2012
Momentum Hub Interview On Marlow FM
John Whitehurst of Momentum Hub talking to Carla Delany about Momentum Hub following the Biz Buzz radio show on Marlow FM.
Monday 14 May 2012
Apologies To Customers
Please accept our apologies for the issues we have had with the email system over the last few days, customers have had a number of multiple emails sent to them.
This was not on purpose and I am trying to apologies to you all directly.
John
This was not on purpose and I am trying to apologies to you all directly.
John
Wednesday 9 May 2012
Second Release Of Momentum Hub
The second release of Momentum Hub is due to go live tomorrow and it is an exciting step forward for the business.
Those clever people in IT have been working on the development of the new proposal system to help people to plan the marketing campaign effectively.
Hub now has a local targeting tool, new contextual planning variables and an exciting reporting interface to improve ROI tracking.
I am looking forward to spending the day planning and getting new proposals out to customers.
Those clever people in IT have been working on the development of the new proposal system to help people to plan the marketing campaign effectively.
Hub now has a local targeting tool, new contextual planning variables and an exciting reporting interface to improve ROI tracking.
I am looking forward to spending the day planning and getting new proposals out to customers.
Tuesday 8 May 2012
Marketing Warfare Strategies
I have been dealing with a competitor who has decided to adopt a marketing warfare strategy against a number of our products.
The campaign has been targeted at Momentum Coach Hire (MCH) using Review Centre as the main medium, generally because it is easy to post reviews on the site.
It is the competitor because he does not hide his login when commenting on the website and secondly because he has taken to copying reviews from our website to put them live with a low score attached.
We know they have not come from the customer because we get the original review and talk to our customers on a regular basis. I also post on the reviews to ask the customer to call me with their complaint, shock horror we don't get any calls.
As a marketing strategy it can only be described as pointless, attacking our brand is not building your own brand. People can now see through the spam because the competitor constantly talks about our business model and does not even understand the model which is also open on all our websites.
The sad thing is that for real customers it can give them a skewed view of a company and is not reflective of the market place. We ask all customers to review our service, publish the results, we have open scores for all suppliers and a robust customer complaint process.
We still get things wrong at times and we have to deal with a lot of awkward customers, that is the nature of the business.
The funny thing is that the strategy adopted by the competitor has helped us to improve our internal and external processes.
So thank you for attacking us, it has made us better at our job and is starting to help us transform our customer management process.
The campaign has been targeted at Momentum Coach Hire (MCH) using Review Centre as the main medium, generally because it is easy to post reviews on the site.
It is the competitor because he does not hide his login when commenting on the website and secondly because he has taken to copying reviews from our website to put them live with a low score attached.
We know they have not come from the customer because we get the original review and talk to our customers on a regular basis. I also post on the reviews to ask the customer to call me with their complaint, shock horror we don't get any calls.
As a marketing strategy it can only be described as pointless, attacking our brand is not building your own brand. People can now see through the spam because the competitor constantly talks about our business model and does not even understand the model which is also open on all our websites.
The sad thing is that for real customers it can give them a skewed view of a company and is not reflective of the market place. We ask all customers to review our service, publish the results, we have open scores for all suppliers and a robust customer complaint process.
We still get things wrong at times and we have to deal with a lot of awkward customers, that is the nature of the business.
The funny thing is that the strategy adopted by the competitor has helped us to improve our internal and external processes.
So thank you for attacking us, it has made us better at our job and is starting to help us transform our customer management process.
Thursday 3 May 2012
Quality Of Media Processes
We have been doing a lot of work on Momentum Hub to improve the quality of the processes, campaign creation, creative creation, campaign delivery, vouching and reporting.
This development work, combined with the day-to-day process of managing the marketing and media relationships has really got me thinking about the quality of the media processes.
A lack of quality control seems to have never been addressed; poor processes are perpetuated through indifference and the shrug of the shoulders.
It the current climate people should be looking to improve the return on investment but the focus is on cutting budgets and not improving the return by eliminating errors.
This development work, combined with the day-to-day process of managing the marketing and media relationships has really got me thinking about the quality of the media processes.
A lack of quality control seems to have never been addressed; poor processes are perpetuated through indifference and the shrug of the shoulders.
It the current climate people should be looking to improve the return on investment but the focus is on cutting budgets and not improving the return by eliminating errors.
Tuesday 1 May 2012
Monday 30 April 2012
We Are Recruiting For A Sales Executive
Momentum Hub is one of the fastest growing events
and technology companies based in the Thames Valley. Our cost
comparison/reverse auction sites quote on some £100m of events a year.
Momentum Hub has a unique involvement in over 225,000
events in the UK & Ireland. With a full understanding of the type of event,
the dates and times, the location and scale, we are able to promote specialist
service providers to the event organisers.
Targeted
E Mail campaigns to the event organisers and this would typically involve
a special promotion to Momentum Hub customers on a pay per email basis.
Links from over 25 Momentum
Hub group websites, which
have some 8 million clicks per annum from over 200,000 group event organisers.
Service
Comparison Sites where the specialist service providers are asked to quote
for events on a pay per quote basis.
This is a
challenging and complex role that demands a confident person in an ever
changing sales environment. The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate the
ability to successfully create new sales opportunities and build lasting
customer/industry relationships.
The day to
day role will involve dealing with a mixture of inbound and outbound sales
activity to agreed targets and business objectives.
The ideal
candidate will have the following competencies:
Customer
Relationship
·
Customer
Service Orientation – understands customer needs and responds promptly and
appropriately.
·
Influencing
Others – persuades, convinces, or influences others to change their viewpoint
or accepted course of action.
·
Networking
– develops contacts and relationships to facilitate getting work done.
Managing
Sales Process
·
Results
Orientation – focuses on improving performance, meeting goals and producing
results.
·
Initiative
– sees opportunities and acts on them.
·
Information
Seeking – gathers facts, ideas and opinions needed for analysing situations,
solving problems, or making decisions.
·
Problems
Solving – identifies problems and tests alternative solutions to achieve the
best outcome.
Managing
Yourself
·
Self-
Confidence – possesses confidence in one’s ability to meet challenges and make
the right decisions.
·
Resilience
– deals positively with adversity.
·
Self-Control
– recognizes and manages one’s self in demanding and stressful situations.
Thursday 26 April 2012
Momentum Hub In The Press Again
The Momentum Hub deal with Billions Row has made it into this weeks business pages in the Maidenhead Advertiser.
Tuesday 17 April 2012
Single Customer View Infographic
This is an interesting infographic on having a single customer view from Experian.
Monday 16 April 2012
Momentum Hub YouTube Channel
We have set up a Momentum Hub youtube channel to hold all the video assets for the company. It is starting with a couple of videos for Thorpe Park & Chessington.
We are going to be adding in a weekly video blog, the Momentum Weekly Echo will now be part video, we will also have monthly tech talks & product demonstrations.
We are going to be adding in a weekly video blog, the Momentum Weekly Echo will now be part video, we will also have monthly tech talks & product demonstrations.
Friday 13 April 2012
Thursday 12 April 2012
Adding Video To Momentum Coach Hire
We have been adding some video content to Momentum Coach Hire (MCH) about Thorpe Park and Chessington.
Tuesday 10 April 2012
Thursday 5 April 2012
Momentum Coach Hire (MCH) In The Press Again
Our next little venture into PR has Rauf quoted in B4 Berkshire magazine, he is talking about the optimisation of the quote screen on Momentum Coach Hire (MCH).
Tuesday 3 April 2012
UK internet adspend increases 14.4% to £4.8 billion
It was good fun to wake up this morning and see Tim Elkington From the IAB on the BBC talking about the latest adspend figures in the UK.
For anyone who is interested you can see the full details on the IAB website.
For anyone who is interested you can see the full details on the IAB website.
Thursday 29 March 2012
CoachCompare.Com Google Positions
It has been three months since we put CoachCompare.Com live on Google, look at these positions we have now reached.
Wednesday 28 March 2012
Website Traffic Growth CoachCompare.Com
This just shows the power of semantic mark up on websites, looks at these growth figures and we have not even done any marketing or link building yet.
CoachCompare.Com traffic over the last month.
CoachCompare.Com traffic over the last month.
Tuesday 27 March 2012
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