New Hosting Prices
Purple Dog is pleased to announce a range of new web hosting packages. Web hosting is something that Purple Dog has been offering to clients for some time now – as you would expect from a web design company! So…
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Email Newsletter Demo Account
If you send email newsletters – or if you are thinking of doing so – you need a robust and proven email marketing system that will ensure your message performs for you in the following ways: gets delivered – beat…
Google stops censoring search …
Google stops censoring search results in China http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8581393.stm In the the latest twist of the David and Goliath battle, Google has taken the dramatic (yet clever) step of diverting all Chinese Google traffic to their Hong Kong search site. It leaves…
Privacy and Database Marketing
Every now and then, the “privacy” debate crops up, there’s a flurry of discussion about how personal details are gathered, kept and used, and then the debate seems to fade away again. Currently doing the rounds (at least locally here…
Purple Dog In The News
Sol Harris and Purple Dog are interviewed for the Waiheke Island Gulf News this week. And thanks to some great writing from Gulf News journalist Julianne Evans, the piece is a welcome PR boost for what promises to be, the…
Goodbye to The Naughties
Now that the ‘naughties’ have gone – and we are entering a new decade, what lessons have we learned? One thing is certain: consumer purchasing patterns and consequently, modern marketing trends and techniques, have continued their shift to the internet,…
PR Gone Wrong?
At St Matthew’s Church in Auckland, New Zealand, staff are wondering what all the fuss is about. A humorous poster intended to “provoke debate and get people thinking about the Christmas story” – has attracted global media attention and put…
The Power Of Social Networks
A producer from Uruguay who uploaded a short film to YouTube in November 2009 has been offered a $30m (£18.6m) contract to make a Hollywood film. The movie will be sponsored by director Sam Raimi, whose credits include the Spiderman…
45% of kiwis buy online
New research data released recently shows that the online shopping trend in New Zealand has finally started to jump upwards, as Purple Dog predicted it would. 45% of Kiwis now spend their hard earned money online buying 1) books, 2)…
Growing up with computers
Recently I had reason to re-consider my youthful computing experiences when I was asked the question “what was your first computer?”. I thought it would make a very interesting article to briefly sketch my background and the technology I’ve grown…
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