BAFFLED BY BITSTRIPS FOR BUSINESS?

If you have a Facebook account be it commercial or private, you will no doubt have seen all the recent cartoon ‘strips’ featured frequently in your timeline in what is the latest ‘online fad’ in sharing content… The BITSTRIP crew describe themselves as developing the software that allows you to create ‘Instant comics starring you…

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HOW TO BE GREAT ON PINTEREST

  “Helping people discover what they don’t know – they wanted”  With over 48 million users, Pinterest is one of the hottest top new online social networks. Yet, many business owners are still unsure about it. Pinterest is seen to be a scrapbook or pin board for saving images and links, but in reality for…

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HOW TO GET YOUR NEWSLETTERS READ

Most companies have some kind of email communication for customers & subscribers, be, it regular newsletters bursting with news or promotional eshots with a special offer – but are they getting opened and read? The reason people/ businesses subscribe to newsletters and email news is so that they can receive opt-in, interesting news, special features,…

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3 TIPS TO GET YOUR STORY PUBLISHED

For ambitious businesses, building a great story and enhancing reputation through the local media to any growing firm to reach new audiences and engage proactively through third-party promotion is a must! But, being in PR is not easy; it is known to be one of the most stressful jobs around… A PR executive is someone…

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KEEP CALM & MANAGE SOCIAL MEDIA

Managing a firm’s Social Media department, even for the smallest company is no easy task. When you consider what it really takes to effectively manage a corporate Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest or YouTube channel, juggling strategies, tools, apps, keeping up with the latest trends in online growing networks or tweet-chats, it’s easy a full time…

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OUTSOURCED MARKETING – THE BENEFITS

Outsourced marketing is the art of handing over the entire marketing demands of a company to a third party. Outsourced marketing involves using a marketing agency to manage the marketing for your organisation. Outsourced marketing can have many benefits. It frees up your time, gives you access to expert marketers and can reduce overheads.Your outsourced…

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USING #HASHTAGS ON FACEBOOK

Facebook introduction of #hashtags came into force in June 2013, with the aim to ‘tag’ onto what the rest of social media sites have been doping for years…As a new introduction from Facebook, hashtags are still somewhat incomplete with many users still not able to fully gain access to the searchable and clickable links, having…

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KICKSTART PROGRAM FOR YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR

Our good friends at Midland’s leading Accountancy practice, Baldwin’s Accountants have launched a fantastic program for young people looking to start up business and need a well-deserved ‘kick-start’ to get them moving forward…About the awardBaldwins Kick Start is an annual award program for young entrepreneurs who have a good idea and would like to start…

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HOW TO MAKE TIME FOR SOCIAL MEDIA

One of the biggest concerns raised by SME businesses that we deal with is ‘How do I find time to update my accounts and utlise the platforms effectively?’ Well have you ever heard the saying “Things worth doing are worth doing well?” This is so very true and in the case of Social Media, is the…

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