If you’re sick of listening to me at this stage, not to worry! This week, I’ll be taking my inspiration from all over the world and finding articles which I know you’ll want to read. See below for my top 5 from the online marketing world so far in August 2012 1. I am a big fan [...]
As the latest social media star pupil, Pinterest has been gaining popularity steadily and looks set to confirm this status as the fastest growing social media platform of 2012. Think of a virtual pin board where users pin items of interest and make a real connection with someone else who may well share the same [...]
Would you start a conversation with a customer only to walk away halfway through? If you’re a retailer and on Facebook, this may be one of the things you are doing – without realising it.
Facebook is making some great changes recently – one of the most recent and possibly the one that will have the biggest impact is where you can allow people to subscribe to posts that you share publicly through your personal profile account. You may have noticed that when you are posting to Facebook you can [...]
I work a lot with the tourism sector and find that smaller properties like B&B’s are finding it increasingly difficult to increase their Facebook connections (likes). Here are some tips that may help (some of the tips are generic and could be used by any business): Promote your Facebook page in the rooms. Consider placing a [...]
After a long wait, Facebook deals is finally here - it is currently being tested with some of the leading brands A|Wear, AXA, Champion, Guinness Storehouse, Insomnia, Meteor, Milano and SuperValu. Facebook Deals means that (when out of the test stage) you will be able to offer freebies and discounts to people who check into your business using [...]
Facebook has just rolled out some new features to their pages which are interesting. 1. Notifications by email: you can now choose to get notifications by email when someone posts or comments on your page, this I feel will make it a lot easier to monitor interaction without having to log into the page several times a day. [...]
Yesterday Facebook Places finally went live in Ireland. Now we await the launch of Facebook Deals. This will allow you to make deals & discounts available to people who are using Facebook Places. It is very simple, click the check in button on your Facebook mobile app and a list of local businesses will appear (only ones [...]
Do you manage your companies’ social media? Are you finding it hard to find the time to update Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn? Did you know that the average office worker is interrupted by co-workers, emails or phone calls every 11 minutes and it takes the same time to re-focus? Does this happen to you? Millions [...]
Do you have a blog? Not sure how to optimise it? Using WordPress.org? Here is a list of my top 5 plugins that you should be using on your WordPress Blog to ensure your blog is well optimised and users can share the information easily on their social and business networks. All in One SEO Pack This is [...]
Just wanted to drop you a short email to say thank you so much for a brillant mentoring session last week. My head was reeling with info when I came out from you,which was just what I needed. With my hand on my heart you were thee best mentor I had that day – it was like getting a massive shot of caffeine for my business. — Caitriona Ellis
