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First House Norway

Oslo, Norway, 24th October 2009 – FIRST HOUSE is a focused strategic advisory firm with Norway and the Nordic countries as its home markets. The firm is founded on the belief that the strategic importance of excellent, insightful and honest advisory within financial communication and public and governmental affairs is a crucial value creator for clients within the public and the private sector.

The two pillars of FIRST HOUSE services are governmental affairs and financial communication:

Governmental affairs: • Strategic advisory and governmental advisory consulting • Research, analysis and advisory related to strategic challenges • Issues management • Confederation, trade council, associations and labour union communication • Public affairs and issues management

Financial & corporate communication: • Strategic advisory and business consulting • Financial communication and investor relations • Equity story development • Restructuring and recapitalisation communication • Strategic communication services related to M&A and capital market communication – in close cooperation with the leading investment banks, brokerage houses, the private equity industry, and first class legal expertise Read more…

Knexus Digital, the digital marketing resource, will host live insights on ‘Online PR’ to help marketers optimize their Online PR activities using blogging and microblogging. This content will deliver the latest insights and market intelligence on the importance of smart blogging for building brands through online networks.

The programme is created in conjunction with ‘Online PR’ expert Katy Howell (Immediate Future) who will deliver insights and take questions live online. The content will also be available On Demand via video and downloadable podcasts.

Ashmi Ahluwalia, Knexus Digital Product Manager commented, “Blogging is increasingly becoming a powerful tool to develop new business Read more…

WebCertain, the multilingual search agency, hosted its second International Search Summit at the British Library, London, which took place on Thursday 20th November.

The event featured an impressive line-up of experts from around the world who tackled some of the current ‘hot’ topics facing international marketers. Speakers included: Stephanie Kidder of Avid Technology; Alex Burmaster of Nielsen Online, Eugene Lomize of Yandex, Ed Pushman of Microsoft, Christer Pettersson of Eniro, Shari Thurow of Omni Marketing Interactive, Michael Beck of Divolution, Anne Kennedy of Beyond Ink and Andy Atkins-Krüger from hosts WebCertain.

“Our International Search Summit was once again a great success, with delegates attending from around the world. It proves that there is a growing need for international search marketers to gain a greater understanding in this specialised and fast-changing area,” comments Andy Atkins-Kruger, Managing Director of WebCertain. “As the credit crunch continues to bite and European companies seek to explore overseas markets, we expect to see a continued growth in demand for international search expertise.”

WebCertain will stage another summit in London next May which will focus on global social networking and also has plans to host Search Summit in other countries. To find out more, visit www.internationalsearchsummit.com

WebCertain is a dedicated multilingual search marketing agency offering the full range of search services in all the major web languages, including pay-per-click campaigns, organic SEO, online PR and web development.

For more information, visit www.internationalsearchsummit.com