Posted May 22, 2013

Panmedia Ltd recently collaborated with a class at The College of William and Mary on a project to build a mobile app targeting tech-savvy users with diabetes. The application lets users better manage the disease and is built on the android platform. The application is compatible with mobile devices running version 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and later.

The collaboration was the idea of Daniel Graham, a Jamaican graduate student and teaching assistant at William and Mary who has worked with Panmedia before as a mobile consultant. As the TA of a class in...

Posted May 03, 2013

Lorraine Jones believes no one should grieve alone, especially children.  This conviction led her to establish Survivors Unlimited, a training and event management company specializing in bereavement support services.  “Especially in our Jamaican context, there are a lot of persons coming to terms with the loss of loved ones, and we want to provide a resource so they can relate to the experiences of others and realize that they are not going crazy, and they are not alone,” says Jones.

Survivors Unlimited supports the bereaved on their journey to healing because many find it difficult...

Posted Apr 17, 2013

Local businesses and consumers now have a new online space to make and get great deals at  Blastja.com, a local promotion of discounted products and services to consumers available at local businesses.
 
Blast is the brainchild of young tech entrepreneurs Alex Morrissey and Lauren McClure, who describe the new marketing platform as a Groupon-type site tweaked for the local market. It will provide advertising exposure for merchants and drive traffic to their businesses while bringing discounts and special offers to consumers....

Posted Apr 04, 2013

Like Google Analytics, Facebook Insights is a useful stats measurement tool to help you gauge the success of your page. It answers the questions: How many people are viewing your Facebook business page? How many fans are your posts reaching? What type of content is getting the best response? By measuring these returns on your Facebook efforts you can capitalize on what works and do away with what doesn't. So you can grow fans and interactions, improve your Facebook presence and get better marketing results. Emeric Ernoult recently shared in Social Media Examiner six Facebook Insights metrics page...

Posted Mar 14, 2013

The new Facebook Graph Search gives companies a powerful opportunity for businesses to reach prospective customers, build loyalty and drive news sales.

Facebook rolled out Graph Search as a small private beta earlier this year so it is not available to all users yet. When it becomes available to all of the social network’s billion-plus users it will be much easier for people to discover and learn more about your business.