Eco-Friendly Rentals: How Sustainable Upgrades Can Lower Costs and Boost Appeal

By Marketme | 5th June 2025

Are you thinking about making your rental more eco-friendly? Or maybe you’re just curious if that bamboo toilet paper craze has crept into real estate? Either way, welcome. Let’s talk about the green stuff (yes, money too) and how going eco doesn’t have to mean spending a fortune on solar panels and moral superiority. Honestly,…

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Maximizing Rental Income: Budget-Friendly Improvements That Make a Big Impact

By Marketme | 5th June 2025

Raising rent without actually improving anything is… kind of a jerk move. Tenants know when a place isn’t worth the price hike. And frankly, so do you. But here’s the good news: You don’t need a gut renovation or a second mortgage to boost your rental income. Small, budget-friendly updates can make a surprisingly big…

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Mastering YouTube: 5 steps for creating brand-driven content

By Marketme | 4th June 2025

By Molly McDonald, Blue Door Productions The purpose of social media content as a brand, is to create an all-encompassing public perception of your product or service – rather than just advertise it. For example, Red Bull uses social media to create a brand image extremely well. At its core, Red Bull is an energy…

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6 Key Steps to Build your Social Media Following.

By Marketme | 29th December 2013

We are quite sure that many of you using Social Media frequently look at rival accounts of those accounts of your close connections and why how those with high followers have managed to get others to follow them with such success? Let’s look at a few key pointers to increase your following on social media…

Twitter – 10 fun facts through the years.

By Marketme | 29th December 2013

Twitter – 10 fun facts. 1) The platform was supposed to be named ‘Twttr’, before they settled on ‘Twitter.’ 2) Every second there are 10 tweets that mention Starbucks! 3) Barack Obama’s victory tweet was retweeted over 800,000 times – the highest number of retweets ever recorded! 4) The average Twitter user has 208 followers…

Some Social Marketing Trends for 2014

By Marketme | 29th December 2013

Social marketing trends for 2014 1)      Videos – Videos are likely to continue as a top social marketing trend into 2014. With the new video feature on Instagram, it has become popular for brands to create short films showcasing different trends, events and promotions. As social media audiences are now used to this, it is…

Optimizing Social for Business.

By Marketme | 29th December 2013

Optimizing Social for Business Social media is a prevalent and highly discussed topic. Many businesses attempt to use social for business, but fall short of their expectations because they don’t develop a strategy. When used correctly, social media channels can boost your visibility and help you generate new leads. 1. Don’t Assume Every Platform is…

How does Twitter make its money?

By Marketme | 29th December 2013

How does Twitter make its money? Twitter has recently been valued at around $10bn. This massive figure has come from the vast amount of users which has grown so rapidly in the past few years. The majority of its revenue comes from marketing. Companies can promote an account, a tweet, or a trend. This means…

Chefs on Social Media.

By Marketme | 29th December 2013

Chefs on social media Cooking is a great way to link cultures and bring people together. Everyone likes to learn a little more about different recipes and traditions that they can indulge in themselves! Social media allows these connections to be made and chefs to share their work with everyone across the World! So how…

#ColchesterHour for Business in and around #Colchester #Essex

By Marketme | 29th December 2013

#ColchesterHour is a hashtag that runs every Tuesday between 4-5pm on Twitter and was founded by Marketme TV. The purpose behind the hashtag is for businesses, charities, events and those who live in Colchester to share Tweets using #ColchesterHour in order for others to see and share their content within their own network of followers.…

How do large retailers such as #Forever21 use Facebook and Pinterest?

By Marketme | 29th December 2013

How do large retailers such as Forever 21 use Facebook and Pinterest? – Facebook is used by Forever21 by mainly using visuals. Events, trends and promotions are advertised through this – sometimes exclusive to their followers! Forever21 also use Facebook to promote their other platforms, for example their “Love is Free’ Pin it & Win…

Will there be an increase in Social Media Ad Spend In 2014?

By Marketme | 29th December 2013

More than half of  advertisers in the USA plan to increase their digital marketing advertisement spend in during 2014, figures supplied from reports by eMarketer, referring to a new survey from Advertiser Perceptions. More and more businesses are looking at social media ads becoming a strong avenue to increase their online presence and new sales leads, 47 %…

How will Social Media Marketing change in 2014?

By Marketme | 29th December 2013

Social media continues to grow and with it attracting larger and larger audiences worldwide. Businesses are constantly working on improving their presence across the major platforms and to figure out how to use them to gain extra online exposure. Companies across the globe within all sectors are looking towards 2014 and  improving their current networks…