How to keep your social media activity light, tight and bright!
For businesses, social media is crucial to engage with their fan base or followers. The tricky part can be to keep your content fresh, interesting and shareable. A simple strategy can be based around 3 basic factors: light, tight and bright. Light: In a digital world of mobile devices and fast-moving information, it is understandable […]
Men Vs Women social media users
Although social media may still seem relatively new to some, it has actually been around for years and is evolving quickly. The question is are you on board and riding the wave of social change, engaging with followers, making new connections and opportunities every day. Interacting with friends and family across long distances has been […]
How to keep up with social media while on holiday.
You’ve been looking forward to it for months and it’s finally arrived! You may be desperate to get away or just need time to chill out away from your hectic lifestyle. Those last minute arrangements need sorting before you pack your things: clean the house, cancel the milk or the papers, set your emails to […]
Overcoming the barriers to using social media for business
As I network with other businesses and discuss social media, I hear the same comments from potential customers. It usually goes something like ‘Oh yea, I need to do my twittering or I need to find some time for that’. The main thing I hear is that businesses realise the need to organise their social […]
How to use a Social Media Surgery to get organised
If you have finally got that Facebook page set up or you have sent your first tweet on Twitter then you’ve made a good start by you are by no means ready for the relentless nature of social media. You may have feel you’ve got the hang of it and even have a good number […]
How to keep your social media clean and why it’s important
Since the explosion of social media across many popular platforms, freedom of speech has evolved. We are free to say anything to anyone at anytime without the fear of actually saying it to their face. In the last few years, cyberbullying has been on the increase with people, particularly teenagers being able to send nasty […]
Spring clean your social media
Spring has sprung or may be springing sometime soon in your area. In any case, there’s no better time to do a little spring-cleaning of your business or brand’s social media presence. This may require taking a few minutes out of your busy day to make sure that your social media activity is doing your […]
Pinterest – get pinning this Easter!
If you are thinking of getting started on Pinterest, now is as good a time as any! Especially with Easter coming up and people will be searching for product ideas or gifts. Pinterest has become increasingly popular due to its visually appealing style. Users enjoy the website environment, where they can view beautiful images and […]
Why your business needs to do the Harlem Shake to drive traffic to your website?
The Harlem Shake sounds like an interesting cocktail, well it is in terms of social media. YouTube has been taken over this month with over 40,000 uploads of people doing their version of the Harlem Shake. There aren’t specific rules but going from the original upload – one person dances alone to the electronic music […]
Top 3 reasons why you should not give up social media for Lent!
Lent has begun and there will be a lot of people giving up smoking or other bad habits but could you actually give up using social media? Many people get their daily fix on Facebook, Twitter or YouTube for example, and they feel that if they don’t have a look then they will miss something […]