Month: April 2014
Social Media: Uniting Local Businesses.
Social Media: Uniting Local Businesses At Polar we love working with local businesses, to help them create a brand image to boost sales and beat competitors. Your brand image is incredibly important to how your company is perceived and Social Media has now become the best way to get that image seen. Based in Great Baddow, in Chelmsford,…
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How to use and activate the new Twitter layout.
So, Twitter has had an update and it looks brilliant. I thought I’d produce a quick video on how to use the new update to find more customers and increase your market share. How to use the new #Twitter layout #update and how to increase your market share http://t.co/2d9fmiScZH pic.twitter.com/qdUN4seNvZ — Devon Digital Design (@DevonDigitalD)…
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Disconnected from twitter: can you afford to be?
Twitter has to be part of a CEO’s strategy The word disconnected is an interesting one. You can break the connection between one thing and another and it will no longer function. You can disable a device by disconnecting it from the main source of power. You can interrupt or terminate a telephone conversation.…
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How To Use Instagram Video For Marketing.
When Instagram introduced its video function there were a few negative voices out there questioning whether or not it would actually be a success, and whether it would serve any useful purpose for businesses. Would the video function simply be an extension of the photo function, dominated by rounds of endless video selfies from Justin…
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5 Myths About Social Media, Debunked.
The global machine that is online social media has swept the world into a frenzied current of perpetual communication, access to information, interactive marketing strategies and general puzzlement. Needless to say it has become so vast that all kinds of theories and predictions find themselves circulating the ethereal abyss of the World Wide Web. So…
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How to Use Facebook Ads: An Introduction.
Facebook is by far the largest social network in the world. It currently has more than 1 billion monthly active desktop users and a further 600 million on mobile. To put that into perspective, if those people made up the population of a single country, it would be the third most populated country on the planet.…
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Twitter Adds Images to Timeline – Free Template Download.
Earlier this week, Twitter rolled out an update to its timeline, adding previews of shared images and Vines. Public response to the update has been mixed, but it brings the social network more in line with rivals such as Facebook and Instagram in offering a more visual experience to users. The update affects the Twitter…
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A Beginner’s Guide to Twitter Lead Generation Cards.
Twitter lead generation cards are a great way to advertise on Twitter and gain leads from interested parties. Here is our beginners guide to setting one up. Start by logging into Twitter, then select the settings button in the top right of the screen and click on Twitter Ads. This will then take you through…
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How to Host a Twitter Party.
Holding a Twitter Party can be a great way to engage with your audience on a subject that is of interest to you or them. It can even be used to leverage opinion or gather audience information. The key is to pick a topic that will get your audience joining in. However there is more…
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Klood University – A Beginner’s Guide to Making Great Content.
We really mean it when we say that Content is King. Successful companies operating in the realms of social media are like buzzing cafes, except their version of content is of course, their coffee. They serve fresh coffee daily, they attract the crowds and they continue to serve up the good stuff. Resulting in a…
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SnapChat: What Parents Need to Know
What is SnapChat? SnapChat is a mobile app that allows users to take a photo – known as a “snap” – then caption it (or draw on it) before sending it to one or more other SnapChat users. The recipient of the SnapChat will only be able to view the snap for up to 10…
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Google+ and Circles
Google+ as the “new kid on the block” has many fans, and many that hate it. But very few seem to make full use of one of its best features. Let’s start with an admission – I like Google+. I like the interface, the look and feel and I like the level of interaction I…
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