How Great Leaders Create Environments Where People Can Do Their Best Work

By Marketme | 10th June 2026

Great leadership, it is fair to say, is about wa more than setting targets and managing performance. The most effective leaders are the ones who understand that people do their best when they feel supported, valued, and able to focus on their responsibilities without unnecessary obstacles being placed in their way. In today’s workplace, creating…

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How Forest Schools Can Help Families Survive the Long Summer Holiday

By Marketme | 9th June 2026

As the summer holidays approach, families across the UK are preparing for the annual challenge of keeping children entertained for six long weeks. Whether balancing work commitments, childcare arrangements or simply finding enough activities to fill the days, many parents and guardians find the long break can quickly become a juggling act. Screen time often…

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If We Want Things to Stay as They Are, Things Will Have to Change

By Marketme | 22nd May 2026

By Mark Hayward, founder of Sway PR   The past ten years has seen unprecedented changes in the world of Public Relations, and while 2025 was nothing short of transformative, the first half of this year has already proven itself to be a year of change for the industry. Emerging technologies coupled with an ever-shifting media…

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True Networking or Buying Followers.

By Marketme | 17th April 2014

So often you see adverts to buy followers for Social Networks on various sites for a price. It’s a method which some users apply to swell their following but very much paints a false picture and highlights a lack of a good, professional and honest Social Media strategy. One of the greatest benefits about Social…

Advantages of using a Freelancer for social media

By Marketme | 17th April 2014

  Social media marketing has become an integral part of our daily business strategies, especially in today’s modern technological age.   However to be really successful and utilise social media to its full potential, you must be able to do it alongside your full time job, or not bother at all. First of all if…

What are the basics of an effective social media campaign?

By Marketme | 17th April 2014

When I talk to customers about how we make Facebook and Twitter effective tools to further their brand I find that the answer is very simple. RELEVANCE! What is the point in posting campaigns that have nothing to do with your company or what you are trying to market? Relevant marketing is Content Marketing. I…

5 ways to use social media to sell more effectively

By Marketme | 17th April 2014

A new financial year means a new start right? You’re looking for new prospects, new business and new deals. Everyone starts a new year with the best of intentions to make this year the best one yet. On a professional level, we want this year to be our most profitable and there will be a…

Tools to Get More Retweets

By Marketme | 17th April 2014

If you’re a blogger, you probably want what you’re writing to be read. After all, what’s the point of writing great material if nobody ever reads it? Here’s the thing: we live in a very loud, noisy world where everyone is trying to talk at once and capture the attention of an audience. In order…

Estate Agency tips for using Social Media.

By Marketme | 17th April 2014

A recent article that I wrote received a few positive comments from estate agents in my email inbox so I thought I would share some of these tips for those agents who do not receive this popular trade industry magazine. “How should you present yourself to your local community”? Use social media to exhibit your…

6 Things not to do on Twitter.

By Marketme | 16th April 2014

If someone’s following you on Twitter, you have some amount of responsibility to behave in a certain way. Mis-behaving will have your followers abandoning you in droves and kind seriously harm your reputation. So make sure you’re not doing any of these: 1. Talking like a child It’s always an interesting experience when someone finds…

What you need to know about Facebook’s crackdown on SPAM.

By Marketme | 16th April 2014

Whether we love them or hate them, Facebook’s updates are all designed to improve the experience of its users. Next on their target list was the Pages posting huge amounts of Spam. This is the stuff that users have been hiding from their news feed and complaining to Facebook about. These have been defined in three…

Facebook as a news source.

By Marketme | 16th April 2014

We all know that Facebook is a great source of social communication and coordination. For ten years I have used it to privately chat with friends, plan birthday parties, view family photos and just generally stay in touch with people who I would not otherwise see. However, recently, I have found a new use for Facebook…

Social Media: Uniting Local Businesses.

By Marketme | 15th April 2014

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,…

How to use and activate the new Twitter layout.

By Marketme | 14th April 2014

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)…