Social Media

We frequently get asked about some of the awards we have won on Twitter as well as questions on hashtags such as awards and business hours. We currently have our very own #ColchesterHour which we run every Monday evening between 7-9pm for businesses and events in and around Colchester, Essex to shout out about themselves.…

We understand that many companies and their owners are cautious when it comes to embracing Social Media marketing. At Marketme, we work with many of those that are new to the likes of Twitter and Facebook and we help them embrace at their own speed, all the benefits this new innovative marketing avenue holds for…

Being able to convey the right message for your business on your website is vital, especially when browsers now spend merely one or two seconds perusing what you have to offer before leaving to visit a competitors website! With animation videos you are able to instantly intrigue browsers to watch your video and if done…

Another one of the common questions we get asked is what is the difference between a Group and a Fan Page on Facebook or why should you concentrate on gaining Subscribers on YouTube or on Linkedin, why should I have a professional Group? So Facebook and Groups / Fan Pages: Facebook Group: Groups let you…

Relatively a new comer to the ‘Social Media’ scene, Pinterest is a fantastic and engaging platform that allows for image sharing and pinning and best of all, tremendous for SEO and brand awareness for businesses. “Pinterest is a pinboard-style photo-sharing website that allows users to create and manage theme-based image collections such as events, interests,…

Now over a year since we launched the #SmartSocial Award on Twitter and we already have had such a great collection of winners to include those from sectors such as Estate Agency, Gardening, Insurance, Cup Cakes, Art Galleries and Crowd Funding Agencies. Each Sunday morning the hours between 9-12pm see a host of entries received…

Welcome to this blog post that will give you extra ideas to further expand your social media reach to help drive interest in your business and brand. It is now commonly known that a random and inconsistent presence on Social Media will not get you results and the kind of interaction that drives target audiences…

It is a craze on the likes of Twitter that you will undoubtly come past whilst browsing Tweets – The likes of #TeamFollowBack, #FollowForFollow and similar hash tags which are trending in order to acquire account holders more followers, likes, subscriptions, views etc. Anyone using these hastags simply wants to be followed and in returns…

Now that Social Media is a well established form of marketing for businesses across the globe, how do you decide which of the platforms is the best for your business? Our suggestion with business marketing advice is that businesses need to “really invest time and money in order to be present wherever their target audiences…

With the rise of social media, the beginnings of the fall in popularity of traditional media such as newspapers, magazines, radio and television has been more and more evident within the results of recent surveys and polls carried out within the industry. More advertisers are moving their marketing budgets from off line activities to on…

Facebook now recognises the #HashTag – Are they too late and have Twitter got ‘Market Saturation‘ on this commonly known social media icon. What we all know as the ‘Social Media’ hashtag is known to orginate from Twitter in 2007 and was soon formalized by the patform making ‘highlighting’ it and making it clickable. The…

Twitter… Twitter! This great platform is growing in popularity and increasing all it’s figures and firmly catching up with other marketing / social platforms. USA is the biggest user of Twitter with approximately 51% of members. UK is in second place with 17%. Approximately 24 billion searched performed on Twitter per day. 1 Million Twitter…