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How to run competitions on social media

How To Run Competitions On Social Media

Remember the times when the only way of entering competitions was to call a telephone number, or collect numerous bottle caps? In some cases this is still a prominent way for companies to run competitions, but they currently face an ever-increasing obligation to reach out to consumers
The best business social media management tools

The Best Business Social Media Management Tools

Social media is constantly evolving; we are accessing social media through new technology and for many different reasons. Tablet and mobile technology has provided a stage for new forms of social media platforms, apps and plug-ins. Consequently it has become harder to keep up with

Social Media Day Set to Return on June 30th!

Yeah, that’s right – a day dedicated to social media!  Amazing. It was set up by the amazing Mashable in 2010, as a way of recognising how social media is changing our world for the better.  Acknowledgment of how omnipresent social media is becoming is definitely

Is the Postcard Dead?

Just read an interesting article on the Telegraph website (here), and it made me realise that yeah… who on earth is still sending postcards?! With technology where it is now, people are using Skype, Facebook and email to keep in touch with their loved ones

Are you Ready for Facebook Home?

Facebook Home was unveiled to users outside of the US this week, so we’d thought we’d run an article on what the hell it is and what the reaction has been like. So here it goes… What is Facebook Home? Facebook home is a new
What does 'trending' mean and what is a hashtag?

What does ‘Trending’ mean and what is a ‘Hashtag’?

If you’re familiar with social media at all, you’ll almost certainly have stumbled across the terms ‘trending’ and ‘hashtag’ by now. But what do they mean, and why would you use them? We’re here to give you the lowdown. What is ‘Trending’? Before the development

Is Foursquare a Fad?

From time to time, I don’t mind informing others where I am in the world, especially if it’s on the other side of the planet, or somewhere which some of my friends would be envious of, such as a theme park… In comparison, some of
How can you make money from your blog?

How Can You Make Money from Your Blog?

Blogging is increasingly becoming more popular. With more and more people blogging it makes you wonder what they are all getting out of it. As well as the pleasure blogging can bring it can also create a few extra pennies for those rainy days. How?

If Social Networks were Celebrities who would they be?

Now for a bit of fun…who would each social network be if they were celebrities? Facebook – The Queen Who’s ruling us? The Queen or Facebook? These days I think both have as much power as each other. The queen of social networking sites, Facebook
Social media or SEO?

SEO or Social Media Marketing?

From our experience of working with a wide spectrum of businesses, helping them with their digital marketing, it seems that people usually feel like they need either SEO or Social Media.  You have some people who swear by SEO and they put all their money