At the BRAND New 2010 Conference and Awards, Belfast Telegraph owner Independent News and Media picked up an award for marketing excellence in the services sector. Additionally INM received a highly commended in the best online marketing programme. Visual Script congratulates Independent News and Media on their success!

We at Visual Script have contributed modestly to Independent News and media’s online success at these awards, as we provide ongoing technical, SEO, social media marketing, Google Adwords, and email marketing consulting and execution to the Belfast Telegraph and its network of sites.

Our SEO guy Barry was invited to join the SEO Dojo fellas for their weekly radio podcast, to talk about linkbuilding and SEO for Google News. It was a great show with a good discussion on linkbuilding and the various aspects of SEO for Google News. You can stream or download the podcast here (Barry’s contribution starts 40 minutes in):

» SEO Dojo Radio Episode 4
“In the second part of the show today we’re having Barry Adams from Visual Script in Belfast. He deals with some major newspapers and as such we’ll be asking him about his (extensive) knowledge of Google News.”

Our search engine guy Barry gave a talk last month at the Barcamp Belfast conference. The talk was about some technical SEO mistakes web developers occasionally make when building websites, that result in the site being significantly less search engine friendly than it should be.

If you missed the talk or want to absorb its content some more, here are the slides:

At the Newspaper Society Awards 2010 held on 21 April, the Belfast Telegraph scooped up the Digital News Service of the Year award from a field of nominations that included the Guardian and the Daily Telegraph. This award is granted to the news service that demonstrates the best use of technological innovation to encourage and enhance visitor interaction, and incorporates multiple platforms such as Twitter and Facebook.

The Belfast Telegraph also received a commendation in the Best Use of Citizen/Community Journalism category for user interactivity.

Visual Script has been a part of the Belfast Telegraph website for years, providing web design and technical expertise of the Escenic content management system. Several months ago Visual Script was also contracted to provide SEO consulting for the site, and to restart and manage the Belfast Telegraph’s social media campaigns on Facebook and Twitter. These campaigns are aimed at engaging with the paper’s readers and encouraging feedback on news articles.

We feel proud to be a part of the Belfast Telegraph’s online success, and look forward to many more years of close collaboration with their dedicated team of digital editors, publishers, and developers.

Read the official Newspaper Society press release here.

Visit the Belfast Telegraph’s website, Facebook page, and Twitter account.

It’s about time Visual Script started blogging, so here we are. On this blog we’ll be keeping you up to date on what’s happening with the company, as well as share our insights with you about web design & development, online marketing, and the Internet in general.

Our bloggers will be Kevin, Damian and Barry, each writing about their own specialities. We really appreciate it if you let us know what you think, so please leave a comment or get in touch with us.