Work connexions is doing a month long competition where we will increase traffic to your website. In connexion with a special advertising campaign on the internet we are going to increase your page rank. All you have to do is write a blog post or put a link on your website about Work Connexions and then register on the site and post a free classified.

Our market is Businesses and Working professionals for our Wcx site. At present there is no social networking site that offers businesses this or the chance to interact with each other using Web 2.0 communication. Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, etc are all aimed at the individuals. While some of these social networking sites are used for business. We believe they are fatally flawed for business, in that they concentrate on the individual’s private life, and most professional people do not want to be exposed and interact in this type of environment.

A Manx website, Work Connexions, has been short listed for a prestigious UK national award following an awareness campaign lead by Netcetera, the Isle of Man’s leading web hosting company, to recognise and foster web design excellence in the Isle of Man. Work Connexions, www.workconnexions.com, the Isle of Man’s own social media website, has been short listed in the category of ‘People’s Choice: New Site of The Year’ in the .net Awards 2007.

The nomination follows a grassroots campaign launched in October by Netcetera in which the company encouraged the people of the Isle of Man to vote for their favourite Manx sites online at the awards website. A successful PR campaign coupled with a Facebook initiative and a dedicated web page all combined to make the Netcetera’s .net Awards drive a success.

“The Isle of Man boasts an innovative Internet culture and were happy to play a role in fostering creativity and excellence,” commented Dave Boswell, chief operating officer, Netcetera. “The .net 2007 Awards are recognised as the industry’ s most respected accolade, and this year we were determined to help Isle of Man web design receive the recognition it deserves. We congratulate Work Connexions on this achievement.”

In addition, Netcetera sponsored the Innovation of the Year category in the .net Awards 2007; Joost, Adobe Premier Express, Second Life and Google Calendar were all finalists. Google Earth was awarded the Innovation of the Year accolade.

The Work Connexions website offers interactive social media features, popularly known as Web 2.0, to both people and businesses. It includes online advertising, blogging, bulletin boards and a business directory among other services.

“Business is starting to understand the influence of social media and our site makes it easy to tap this powerful medium for people that may not have the technical know-how or the time to build their own interactive web presence, ” said Leo Cussons, operations director, Work Connexions. “It’s an honour to be recognised in the .net Awards, but doubly so because it’s in the People’s Choice category. We are delighted that so many people took the time to vote for Work Connexions and are grateful to Netcetera for their support.”

Netcetera is a full-service web hosting company with more than 10 years experience serving a broad range of customers from around the world. The company’s new data centre, the £10 million Dataport in the Freeport in Ballasalla, is the Isle of Man’s largest and most advanced.

Work Connexions blogger Marie Claire Cooper who’s recent personal finance management guide blog post climbed in Popularity on Digg. Demonstrates the power of blogging and just what it can do for your business.

Marie-Claire Coopers blog profile: http://www.workconnexions.com/blog/MarieClaire.aspx

Stats report: http://www.workconnexions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/pageviewsdec13th2007.pdf

Digg link: http://digg.com/business_finance/4_Simple_Financial_Rules_you_SHOULD_know_before_DIVORCE

While there are numerous ways to drive more traffic to your site, one of the most effective and far-reachings ways is to link build. Link building is simply the way you get more links to your site. The more links you have, the more traffic you’ll get, the better your SEO and the further your reach.

That’s why when I found this list of interviews on Manish Pandey’s blog, I had to share them with you. I haven’t read/listened to them all yet, but those I have are top notch. And just look at the quality of people being interviewed: Lee Odden, Seth Godin, Andy Hagans, Jim Boykin, Loren Baker, Bob Gladstein, Debra Mastaler, Eric Ward…wow…it’s like a who’s-who of link strategy experts. And the interviewers, themselves, aren’t too shabby.

1. Peter Da Vanjo interviews Fantomaster.
2. Aaron Wall interviews Dabra Mastaler.
3. Barry Schwartz interview with Jim Boykin.
4. Lee Odden interviews Eric Ward.
5. Sugarrae’s group interview on link development.
6. Patrick Gavin interviews Loren Baker.
7. Julia interviews Bob Gladstein.
8. Loren Baker interviews Patrick Gavin.
9. Aaron Pratt interviews Stuntdubl.
10. Scottie Claiborne interviews Mike Grehan.
11. Joe interviews Matt Inman.
12. Glen Allsopp interviews Lee Odden.
13. Aaron Wall interviews Andy Hagans.
14. Dev Lakhani interviews Seth Godin.
15. Aaron Pratt interviews Lee Odden.

So there’s a ton of great information. But what’s your own link strategy?

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It is available the new issue and includes many interesting articles, including the future of the Isle of Man by Chief Minister Tony Brown, work, humour, and the rise of web 2.0. You can also download an electronic copy of the magazine online.

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Included in this issue is:

Chief Minister Tony Brown - Future Thoughts Page 14

Page 4 Zen Motivation

……….PART 3

Page 6 Guest Blog - Inferno

……….THE RISE OF WEB 2.0

Page 8 Singer & Friedlander

……….TRANSPERENCY AND BANKING

Page 10 A Printer for all seasons

……….DEBORAH GWINNEL

Page 12 Respite

………..SUDOKU, FAST FACTS, WORK EXCUSES

Page 18 Central Software

………..MOVING ON UP

Page 20 Caroline Bull

………..NEED SPACE TO THINK?

Page 12 SO YOU DO SUDOKU DO YOU?

………..YOUR NUMBERS UP

Page 12 FAST FACTS

…………SLEEP WITH YOUR MOUTH CLOSED

Page 13 CLASSIC QUOTATIONS

…………YES, THEY REALLY SAID IT

Page 23 PHOTO FOR THOUGHT

…………I COULD NOT GET TO WORK TO DAY

Work Connexions has always been proud to publish different sorts of Articles, News, Marketing material – and we want that tradition to continue with our website. Only now we don’t just want your written contributions - we want your emails, pictures, audio files and videos too! Our website was designed with web 2.0 reader interaction at its heart. Many of our blogs will have the ability for you to add your comments at the bottom. Simple type your name and comments, hit ’send’, and your contribution will be published instantly.

http://www.workconnexions.com/Register.aspx

it’s easier than ever to post your thoughts and pictures by using the tools in the profile center. If you want to send a comment directly to the Work Connexions team or the editor then please use the contact form.

http://www.workconnexions.com/ContactUs.aspx

Work Connexions has always been proud to publish different sorts of Articles, News, Marketing material – and we want that tradition to continue with our website. Only now we don’t just want your written contributions - we want your emails, pictures, audio files and videos too! Our website was designed with web 2.0 reader interaction at its heart. Many of our blogs will have the ability for you to add your comments at the bottom. Simple type your name and comments, hit ’send’, and your contribution will be published instantly.

You will need to register to do this. If you have not yet registered, it only takes a minute to join

http://www.workconnexions.com/Register.aspx

it’s easier than ever to post your thoughts and pictures by using the tools in the profile center. If you want to send a comment directly to the Work Connexions team or the editor then please use the contact form.

http://www.workconnexions.com/ContactUs.aspx 

“We are a one stop shop for all your business development needs”. Advertising, PR, Web, Recruitment and Blogging. Online and offline.

The answers for Septembers magazine puzzle:

Work Connexions can offer 2 services for blogging. A standard blog entry, and platinum blog entry. The difference between the types of blog entry is significant. The standard we will do in house, and the platinum is done by a professional PR company. We recommend going down this route as it will enable your Company to build up content for your website, marketing materials, packaging etc. It is a very controllable system at prices one can afford.

Prices per blog entries:

Standard: £20

Platinum: £30

If you buy 10 blog entries we will do 10 percent discount. Contact us for more information using the Contact Us page.