After I published my last articles Tweetdeck Power Hacks and Which hashtag should I use? I was inundated with messages and comments on my Facebook page from followers confessing that they really don’t understand hashtags. I feel guilty for skipping a step so here we go with my latest article hashtags for beginners … Feel free to …
So you’ve vowed never to eat cake again (well, perhaps just one piece) and promised to quit smoking (tomorrow). New Year’s Resolutions are great aren’t they! What about your digital marketing resolutions? Here are my five 2016 New Year’s Resolutions For Social Media Managers that you can actually keep! Start Tracking Links If you’re not …
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As 2015 comes to an end I’m already being asked for my social media predictions for 2016. I remember writing a similar article last year but my goodness what a difference a year makes! Last year we were talking about new platforms, new page features and Ello… yep… remember Ello? This year things heated up …
Christmas 2015 is coming but for social media managers there is no chance of anything slowing down… if anything we get more notifications,campaigns and an increased workload over the festive period! So in honour of all those social media managers who work 24/7 to keep their pages running smoothly I proudly present my 12 Days of …
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If, like me, you are tasked with managing more than one Twitter account you may feel a little overwhelmed. Scratch that… you may be having a meltdown! Twitter is fast paced and with tweets lasting a mere 20 seconds on average before joining the millions of others, you need to be busy. So how do …
Remember the days when your boss was your boss and not your friend on social media? You said goodbye at 5pm and then didn’t hear from him/her again until 9am the following day? Well… those days are gone because now your boss is your social media friend! In fact it is now true that 75% …
You know the feeling… you see a racist, sexist or homophobic remark on a thread and you simply have to comment. Before you know it, you’re furiously replying, reloading the page, checking facts on Google and getting yourself worked up…. right? I’m not an argumentative person and tend to refrain from commenting on social media …
Social media managers are probably the most distracted human beings in the workplace. I can’t begin to tell you how many distractions arrive every single minute… notifications, chat messages, internal requests, ongoing campaigns, emails, breaking news, the latest trends… ARRRGGGHHHH! So how can you stay focused as a social media manager? Firstly I won’t pretend …
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Ok, before I start I want to say that I am aware that girls also do creepy things on social media. Things like checking out their ex-boyfriend’s new girlfriend? Indeed when it comes to creepy online behavior I believe its equal opportunities however in this article I will be looking specifically at the behavior of …
Summer’s great right? Lazy beach days, ice cool drinks … that summer soundtrack you can’t stop listening too! Summer is awesome but from a marketing perspective it can be a bit of a dead duck. Many potential clients are on vacation and not checking emails whilst others feel they don’t want to talk business in …