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Gaining Twitter followers – Just a matter of timing!
With Social Media being such a fast moving beast its easy to get left behind when quoting this stat and that stat or using outdated figures that appear inthat YouTube video - you know the one ones 'If facebook were a country.........' 'linkedin gets a new member every...
Pinterest leads the way again with Place Pins
Pinterest has just announced Place Pins, which let you add a map to any and all of your boards. It’s now even easier to plan a holiday with friends, create a collection of memorable places or plot out any of your interests by place. So what do you do to try it out?...
When was the last time you asked for a Referral ?
It amazes me that as a nation in Britain we fail to ask the very people who can best vouch for us - our satisfied customers - if they can refer us to anyone they know ! You may have a feeling that your clients are happy with your service but having that in writing -...
How to get the best from Christmas spenders on Pinterest
Lazy blog from me this week - Seven ways you can catch customers in the run up to Christmas using Pinterest straight from the guys at Pinterest themselves - Thanks to Kevin Knight for his input Christmas is huge for Pinterest. So huge, in fact, that in the months...
Pinterest adds a funky new ‘pin-it’ button
A quick 'blog' post today just to pass on to you hot news from Pinterest - they have added a 'hover-over' pin-it button. For the addition of a few lines of code you can add this to your website - so speak to your web guys and get that on there now ! The full news from...
Social Media moves so quickly ! Twitter changes again
I'm reminded of a good friend of mine's Networking talk where he proudly proclaims 'you cannot know everything about your subject' - the fact is Terry Cooper Chairman of 4Networking is right. For those of you that read my last blog about pruning your Twitter followers...
Sometimes you need to prune !
Policing your time on Twitter is essential if its for personal or business use, you will want to keep it an enjoyable one. free from spam, tweeters who never listen, infrequent tweeters and abusive accounts which seem to be on the increase lately. You can do it...
Facebook to compensate for publishing individuals details
I was interested to read courtesy of the BBC Newsfeed that Facebook had agreed to compensate users for using their details in sponsored stories without permission Approximately 614,000 Facebook users whose personal details appeared in ads on the site without their...
You choose who you work with
When I first became self-employed I was less than choosy which Clients I worked with. Indeed getting any clients at all was the biggest challenge! I had enthusiasm a great service offering, knew I could do what I claimed but that wasn’t backed up by any tangible...
Why I might follow you on Twitter ?
Ten Reasons I might want to follow you on Twitter I thought it might be a good idea to write a post detailing good habits that will attract me to review and (hopefully) follow your account. I hope these tips and best practices help her ease into Twitter and discover...