Blackglass Blog

Why Wont You Read My Email?

There are a few points to remember when putting together a HTML email newsletter. Why do some emails fail while others are opened and read? We will cover some points below on what can be done to increase deliverability. Hopefully overtime these points will see email open and click through rates increase which will see [...]

Posted November 16th, 2011

Why do ad server and web analytics stats differ so much?

After running a campaign on a new ad network recently, we were very excited to be getting a good volume of clicks at a cost per click well below what we were buying in Google. On the click volume and the CPC metric we were meeting client’s objectives. However on closer analysis – looking through [...]

Posted September 22nd, 2011

The rise and rise of Mobile

The continued growth and use of mobile

Posted September 8th, 2011

Blackglass Takes On West Australia with Appointment of General Manager

Rob Donkersloot was announced as GM of WA as an expansion of services

Posted August 31st, 2011

Google+ – Silicon Valley’s Nazca Lines?

Will Google+ take off?

Posted July 29th, 2011

Google+ – Facebook Killer?

We take a detailed look at Google’s newest release

Posted July 19th, 2011

Google-Fu Panda Strikes Again

Google announced the advent of a new algorithm aimed at reducing rankings for “low-quality sites.” even though Google told only 11.8% of United States queries were affected by the update; it was enough to do some dramatic changes (in some cases, organic Google traffic losses of up to 80% were noted) to multiple unsuspecting online [...]

Posted July 15th, 2011

Mobile Commerce Trends

Do you know what you can do with your mobile phone? Gone are the days of just calling and texting and we’re now in an era of smart phones. Phones that are no longer just a phone – it’s your camera, computer, TV, reading device, game controller, connection to your social network AND now it’s [...]

Posted July 14th, 2011

An Introduction To Group Buying

Also known as collective buying, group buying involves the offering of products and services at considerably discounted prices on the notion that a minimum amount of consumers will purchase the offering. Due to the more prevalent nature of digital marketing, group buying websites have developed as a vital component in the online shopping business. These [...]

Posted July 1st, 2011

Mobile Advertising…The Future

Australians are attached to their mobile phones, advertisers have started tailoring their marketing strategies to include the integration of mobile

Posted June 20th, 2011