Blogging for your business: Where to start?
I had a colleague come up to me the other day asking what all this blogging palaver was about? Well let me tell you if you knew that having an active blog on your website could generate 67% more leads per month you’d think again. Having a blog allows you to develop quality content for…
Which areas of advertising are booming?
The face of advertising has altered dramatically over the last decade, and digital has become a crucial area of investment for any business looking to achieve success in this new and ever evolving market. As the consumer audience continues to embrace smart devices as a platform to communicate, discover and purchase, brands that have arrived…
Five ways to make your business card technology friendly.
It’s pretty much a given that, if you find yourself at an event where business cards are being exchanged, you’ll get absolutely inundated with them. This happened to me recently, and after sifting through the gargantuan pile of business cards that I had amassed, it occurred to me that I was simply skimming past most…
How to Get The Most Out of a Facebook Post
If you are managing a business’ Facebook account take a step back before posting your next update and have a think about what you really want from that post and how to further optimise it for that need. The following 3 metrics described are usually how you measure ROI (return on investment) on a specific Facebook post: Post Reach – The…
Is Image Everything?
It’s that time of year when all we want to do is get warm, cosy and comfortable. Staying in is the new going out, good TV and comfort food is the norm and girls secretly stop shaving their legs! For some people image is everything, for others, not so much. However, with day light dwindling,…
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Many would agree that the world we live in is becoming increasingly smaller and faster with modern day technology available to most people at their finger tips. We know the progress of the internet, social media and mobiles and mostly during our busy lifestyles, we are carrying around these modern day marketing / communication methods…
What buying fake social media fans and followers means to your brand.
We get asked very frequently if we sell fake fans and followers to help businesses on social media improve their profiles. It is something we do not offer nor recommend so we thought it useful to dedicate a blog to the reasons why you should not look to flood your social media accounts with fake…
What is the key to customer retention?
A business’s longevity and the quality of its customer relationships are often inextricably associated, so it’s no revelation that corporations are always re-evaluating how best they can hold onto their clients. And although there are always conditions of scale, there are some fundamental values of keeping your customers that can be applied to any business.…
Types of Word of Mouth Marketing
There are two types of word of mouth; immediate and ongoing. Both types are invaluable to brands but certain types are more important for certain products. Immediate Word of Mouth Immediate word of mouth takes place when you pass on information soon after you have learnt it, for example you see an advert for a…
Should you host your blog on a blog site or your own website?
Well of course, you should pop your blog on your website. That will mean that the content will be fresh, lots of people will visit your website and both parts will make you better in the eyes of Google, its great for social media and all that SEO stuff (SEO is Search Engine Optimization stuff…
The age of open source branding.
It is a bitter pill for many brand managers to swallow. It may even sound absurd but truth is stranger than fiction. No longer are brand managers in control of the brand but the consumer. Welcome to the brave new world of social media ushering in the power shift from marketers to consumers. It is…
9 Must have WordPress Plugins for everyone
Beginner / Extreme Techy / Geeky or Nerdy or Buffer between the two; WordPress CMS is ultimate for everyone. A simple class notes sharing website, an E-Shop or unlimited news publishing website, everyone uses WordPress for obvious reasons. Plugins make WordPress great. Here are 9 must have plugins for every size: 1. Backup WordPress Thanks…