Month: April 2014

Mistakes to be avoided by Beginners on Social Media

22nd April 2014

Beginners who are new to the field tend to make a lot of mistakes when it comes to social media. By avoiding these mistakes, they can save money and time and also avoid frustration in the future. Not only this, by implementing the best network plans, you can gain success and achieve good results. Listed…

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How can Twitter make our business fitter?

21st April 2014

  It would be a tough call to  justify using a strapline such as ‘Twitter makes you fitter!” but that all depends how you interpret the word ‘fitter’ we guess. Yet being alert and ready to react is both a physical and mental process. Having an active presence on Twitter can give you more insight…

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The Reality of Being a Work At Home Mum

20th April 2014

A couple of weeks ago I was asked a series of questions by one of the lovely Mollie Makes journalists, about how Social Media affects one’s creativity. Before I really stopped and thought about it, I always viewed social media as a stupendously good thing. Okay, yes, there is the fact that I have limited…

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True Networking or Buying Followers.

17th April 2014

So often you see adverts to buy followers for Social Networks on various sites for a price. It’s a method which some users apply to swell their following but very much paints a false picture and highlights a lack of a good, professional and honest Social Media strategy. One of the greatest benefits about Social…

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Advantages of using a Freelancer for social media

17th April 2014

  Social media marketing has become an integral part of our daily business strategies, especially in today’s modern technological age.   However to be really successful and utilise social media to its full potential, you must be able to do it alongside your full time job, or not bother at all. First of all if…

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What are the basics of an effective social media campaign?

17th April 2014

When I talk to customers about how we make Facebook and Twitter effective tools to further their brand I find that the answer is very simple. RELEVANCE! What is the point in posting campaigns that have nothing to do with your company or what you are trying to market? Relevant marketing is Content Marketing. I…

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5 ways to use social media to sell more effectively

17th April 2014

A new financial year means a new start right? You’re looking for new prospects, new business and new deals. Everyone starts a new year with the best of intentions to make this year the best one yet. On a professional level, we want this year to be our most profitable and there will be a…

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Tools to Get More Retweets

17th April 2014

If you’re a blogger, you probably want what you’re writing to be read. After all, what’s the point of writing great material if nobody ever reads it? Here’s the thing: we live in a very loud, noisy world where everyone is trying to talk at once and capture the attention of an audience. In order…

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Estate Agency tips for using Social Media.

17th April 2014

A recent article that I wrote received a few positive comments from estate agents in my email inbox so I thought I would share some of these tips for those agents who do not receive this popular trade industry magazine. “How should you present yourself to your local community”? Use social media to exhibit your…

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6 Things not to do on Twitter.

16th April 2014

If someone’s following you on Twitter, you have some amount of responsibility to behave in a certain way. Mis-behaving will have your followers abandoning you in droves and kind seriously harm your reputation. So make sure you’re not doing any of these: 1. Talking like a child It’s always an interesting experience when someone finds…

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What you need to know about Facebook’s crackdown on SPAM.

16th April 2014

Whether we love them or hate them, Facebook’s updates are all designed to improve the experience of its users. Next on their target list was the Pages posting huge amounts of Spam. This is the stuff that users have been hiding from their news feed and complaining to Facebook about. These have been defined in three…

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Facebook as a news source.

16th April 2014

We all know that Facebook is a great source of social communication and coordination. For ten years I have used it to privately chat with friends, plan birthday parties, view family photos and just generally stay in touch with people who I would not otherwise see. However, recently, I have found a new use for Facebook…

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