Facebook treats us like guinea pigs and we do not care.
When the news first broke that Facebook had been using our timelines to run social experiments on us it probably shouldn’t have been as surprising as it was. However, what has surprised me even more is that they seem to have gotten away with it without recourse. The general public have just carried on posting…
Why Having A Great Website Will Increase Your Social Respect.
Why Having A Great Website Will Increase Your Social Respect You’ve built up an impressive social following, you’re posting all the right things at the right times, people are engaging, liking, sharing and commenting – you, sir or madam, deserve a huge pat on the back! But why is nobody actually following through with their…
The Fastest Ways to Increase Your Instagram Following.
Instagram is quickly becoming one of the biggest social media outlets. With more than 150 million users – and that number keeps growing larger each day – you have a large pool of potential followers. Whether you’re using Instagram for business or for personal use, you want to have a lot of followers. More importantly,…
The Importance Of Design In Your Social Media Strategy
It’s now common knowledge that Facebook posts tend to perform better where there is an image involved. Posting out a straight up status update as a brand is risky, and if you’re going for that approach, you’d better hope that what you’re saying is going to make people sit up and take note! To take…
5 Of The Best URL Shorteners Available
The road to social media success is a long and arduous one. There is no quick fix and it can become very time consuming. For a lot of businesses, social media has become one of the hardest marketing platforms to crack. The best place to start is with the simple things. Everyone shares their links…
David and Goliath: Small Businesses Benefit Most From Twitter
The Internet is making increasing inroads into our daily lives, with a large proportion of businesses now maintaining an active web presence in the hope of ensuring their place in an increasingly competitive marketplace. With such a focus on web presence, Digital Marketing is now seen as an essential aspect of any company’s business strategy,…
The Rise of The Twitter Party.
We’re a new fashion brand and we’d like to invite you to our party. It’s on Wednesday night at 9pm and we’ll be hosting it in Glasgow, plus it’s only on for an hour. Can you make it? Most of you will have read this statement and come to the conclusion that we’re either a)…
Timing your Tweets to Perfection
When it comes to the wonderful world of Twitter there are countless articles explaining the best ways to engage with your audience, who to connect with or how to hashtag. What I want to focus on is one aspect of one amazing tool. What does this tool do? It helps you to time your tweets…
Clippet: An Audio News Revolution?
It’s no secret that modern newsrooms face huge challenges. True, that at time when traditional media sees falling revenues and an even steeper decline in public opinion, the market for news providers has never been more open. But considering much of that gap is currently being filled by companies more insistent on ‘viral content’ and…
Kicking Your Marketing Imagery up a Notch.
In marketing, we’re often told – force-fed, rather – unique content is absolutely essential. Believe it or not, when they say content is king, it doesn’t exclusively refer to text-based content. Attractive, engaging and relatable images are also essential to a successful content marketing strategy. Visual content is even more important when you throw social…
5 Tips to Drive Traffic to Your Blog including sharing on social media.
We all know the disappointment of putting in the time and effort to write marketing pieces, statuses articles and blogs etc to find the views and visits are less than impressive. Here are 5 top tips to help improve the traffic to your website or blog. 5 Top Tips: 1. Be consistent If you don’t…
It’s Time To Incorporate Video Into Your Social Media Strategy
At this point, you’ve probably got your social media strategy pretty well managed. If not, to recap from every previous point in the last few years (seriously, where have you been?) it basically revolves around posting the right stuff at the right time. Content is of the utmost importance, as is timing and the use…