The Fubra Blog
Calling all aspiring Ad Sales Executives…
Still feeling triumphant after our first Fubra Bootcamp and with our successful candidates now working away at creating a big buzz around Fubra and pushing the great sites that we have, we are now ready to embark on our second Bootcamp!
This time around we are looking for enthusiastic and go getting sales executives to sell the advertising space that we have on our network of sites. Beginning with the travel network we have made a start on selling the advertising and have a proven process in place which has helped us achieve excellent results so far. Feedback from our current advertisers has been really encouraging and for the right person this job will be especially rewarding. Read the rest of this entry »
The importance of blogging
I wanted to write a quick blog post the importance of blogging as a company on the web. Fhoke – another local web company – recently wrote a blog directed at their clients on how important it is to make time to blog.
“Updating your site regularly gets you noticed, your competitors and clients may be watching, and when you update something it might get their attention and they’ll come look.”
They also listed a total of 19 tips on how to drive traffic to your blog, including these:
I would like to add one of my own tips to this list that I think is most important when blogging:
Our first Fubra Bootcamp!
What’s Fubra Bootcamp?
Fubra Bootcamp is a new way of hiring employees that we came up with and decided to try out to find out if we could achieve our hiring goals such as:
- Hire the best employees
- Hire people who want to stay with the company for the strong career prospects and don’t just want any old job
- Find hard working, smart, creative and individual people who are eager to learn new skills and be part of our growing company
- Increase employee retention through better assessment strategies
- Create a buzz around wanting to work at Fubra
Over the last month or so we have been busy here holding our first Fubra Bootcamp in which 5 potential employees were put through their paces competing for 3 spaces in our growing team as Online Marketing Assistants. Read the rest of this entry »
Calling all start-ups
Fubra is looking to invest in more successful web start-ups than any other UK investment business in 2010. So if you are running a business online and think you could grow it bigger with our help or investment then you should think about getting in touch.
Before you approach us though, I thought it would be good to give some hints of what we are looking for and what we can offer to you in return for shares in your business. In addition to reading about our company and investments on our site, to see what we are doing, these hints should give you more of an idea what to expect in a meeting with us.
Did you know? In 2009 Fubra invested £250,000 into private companies. In 2010 we want to invest double that if we can find enough good prospects.
But why are we special? Read the rest of this entry »
Igloo: the movie
With most of our staff stranded at home, the few of us that were able to come in undertook an epic igloo construction project.
It took nearly 8 hours, 6 staff members and over 100 snow blocks to create, as you can see the result was pretty fantastic.
My fellow designer Harry has prepared a brief video of the event complete with Hoff/Pingu soundtrack enjoy!