Social Media

Musicians on Social Media.

9th January 2014

Musicians on Social Media Social media is a great way for musicians to promote their music and increase awareness of their name. To begin with, musicians need a website. This should contain everything anyone would need to know about you, including videos, events and pictures! This gives you easy content and makes you look a…

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Is anybody out there? Make sure you are not talking to a void!

9th January 2014

Social media often induces panic in the boardroom. Taking advice from their children and looking at the competition, managers and directors decide that the company needs a social media presence. The problem is, they don’t actually know why, and so begins the vicious circle of self-perpetuating social media, one where the means becomes an end…

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Parents: Lose the social media fear!!

8th January 2014

I often hear parents express fear over their children using social media. This is understandable – there are many things that could go wrong online. But at the same time, there are many things that could go right. I also find that the more parents know about social media, the less the fear consumes them.…

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Social Media – The Dragon Effect!

8th January 2014

The Dragon Effect So, the other day, and not for the first time, I was asked if, “…doing all that Twitter and stuff makes a difference?”. At the time, if I’m honest, I didn’t have a satisfactory positive response from the experience I’d had. Okay, we’d had the odd enquiry and various interactions with existing…

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So why do I need a Facebook business page and not a profile?

7th January 2014

So why do I need a Facebook business page and not a profile? Before we start delving into the technicalities of this question we get asked so often let’s make sure we are all on the same page.  So on the Facebook  platform there are two  types of accounts. Profiles and Pages. Profiles are for users…

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How to convert Twitter content into website traffic.

7th January 2014

How to convert Twitter content into website traffic Social media is a great way of increasing awareness of your business. However, how good is it unless it’s actually increasing your sales? These tips will help increase the chances of your followers actually visiting your website and generating a sale: 1) Link Link Link – The…

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4 Ways to Use Pinterest for Small Business Promotion.

7th January 2014

Pinterest has 70 million users and growing, according to Semiocast. Its popularity goes far beyond the U.S. market, with rapid growth internationally as well. When you’re looking into Internet properties well worth spending your marketing time and money on, Pinterest is a must-use site. In addition to an active and engaged user base, Pinterest supports businesses…

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How to create remarkable content that people share.

6th January 2014

How to create remarkable content that people share It’s a win-win. You create remarkable content. It gains momentum as it’s shared on social networks. The result: increased visibility of your services, more traffic to your website and improved sales. That’s the power of remarkable content and what it can do for your brand. But, how…

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Why you can’t fake it on Twitter.

6th January 2014

Why you can’t fake it on Twitter A couple of years ago, I was asked for input on the management of a CEO’s Twitter account. It had been noted that his opposite number at a rival company had built a strong following to whom he promoted his company’s work – clearly an audience existed. So,…

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Google loves Social Media.

5th January 2014

Google has undergone countless changes and updates to its mysterious algorithm(s) over the years. Long gone are the days when a few well-placed keywords would get you reasonable results in the rankings! Some would even try various ‘black hat’ methods to try and cheat their to the top and needless to say, Google had to find…

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Club Penguin in a Nutshell

5th January 2014

Unless you have a child who is between the ages of about six to fourteen, you have probably never even heard of Club Penguin. Basically, Club Penguin is a social game world for tweens that involves – you guessed it – penguins! I know a number of parents are curious about this highly popular site,…

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Social Media Meets Search Marketing

5th January 2014

In the not too distant past SEO was centre of the digital world, and everything in SEO revolved around link building. With the changes which have been made in the industry over the past 12-18 months the focus has shifted significantly so that these days link building is no longer a factor in the game.…

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