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We share the latest news, industry insights and more from the team as well as news and views on all things ecommerce & digital marketing.

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April 18, 2017

5 Quick Ways To Improve Your Emails Today

Marketing

Here at Venture Stream we know how important it is to get your email marketing right. To help make sure you’re maximising your potential on your next send we’ve put together 5 quick ways you can start improving your emails today from rethinking your pre-headers to dissecting past emails. 1. Include Pre-headers By not including a stellar […]

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April 10, 2017

4 Reasons Why Your Ecommerce Sales Won’t Grow

Ecommerce

We’re based in the North East of England and one of the biggest local employers is Nissan. When it first arrived in the North East, it revolutionised manufacturing processes largely through the Kaizen technique. Kaizen is about continual review and reflection – 100’s of incremental changes that add up to big improvements over time. You […]

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April 3, 2017

4 Things to Expect As A Digital Marketing Intern

About Us

Internships are an attractive and highly sought after way to begin a career in the modern jobs market, both for junior and entry-level graduates looking to gain experience and test the waters of different workplaces, and for employers looking to find their next new talent. But, as with anything unknown and new in the world […]

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March 27, 2017

An Introduction to Inbound Marketing for Universities

Marketing

Should Universities use inbound marketing to improve student recruitment? We introduce the principles of inbound marketing and apply them to education.

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March 16, 2017

3 Ways Digital Marketing Can Boost Student Recruitment for Further & Higher Education Institutions

Marketing

How to spend your school, college or university marketing budget most effectively: Three digital marketing points to consider in the education sector.

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March 13, 2017

How We Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Version Control

Website Design & Development

A range of opinions and methodologies in the realm of version control can cause some serious headaches. Make sure your version control game is on-point.

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February 8, 2017

Google Tests Card-Based SERPs

Marketing

It’s rare that I feel so compelled as to put my cup of tea down, pick my laptop up, and show what’s on my screen to someone else in the office, but today was one of those rare occasions. The reason, if you haven’t guessed already by the catchy title of this blog post, was […]

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January 27, 2017

Venture Stream Does the Double at the Northern Digital Awards

About Us

We were delighted to be one of the big winners at the Northern Digital Awards 2017 last night, scooping not one, but two awards!

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January 16, 2017

Top 10 Blogs for 2016

About Us

We enjoyed quite a year here at Venture Stream in 2016. From new ventures to new partnerships, we kept you updated throughout the year via our regular insights. So in true New Year style, we thought we would collate our most popular posts over the last year and share them with you here again. It’s […]

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December 9, 2016

That’s Champion Pet, A New Online Market Place for North East Businesses

About Us

Early in 2017, Venture Stream will be launching a brand new online marketplace called “That’s Champion Pet”. With over 50 years’ experience in the field of start-up businesses as well as vast knowledge on how to support and grow SMEs, this venture aims to promote businesses in the North East and build a community of Northern […]

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December 8, 2016

Venture Stream Nominated for Best Ecommerce Website at Northern Digital Awards

About Us

We’re delighted to announce that we have been shortlisted for a Northern Digital Award – ‘Best Ecommerce Website’! The awards are in their third year and recognise the very best in digital campaigns, e-tailing, website development, video and, most importantly, the talent in the North. Over 200 entries were submitted and we chose to put forward […]

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December 2, 2016

Black Friday / Cyber Monday Weekend in Numbers

Strategy & Consultancy

As ecommerce specialists, the Black Friday / Cyber Monday weekend is certainly one of our busiest times of year. It is, quite literally, our job to crunch the numbers and make sure that our clients websites are performing to their best all year round, but no weekend is more exciting for us than the last […]

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