Are you paying less than minimum wage for your #socialmedia content?

is your social media content as cheap as chips

If you are paying less than the minimum wage for your social media content (about £6.19 ph in the UK at the moment) why on earth do you think it should be good?  Get real.. this is someone getting the very best exposure for your company in a very … [Read more...]

Why on-line is the biggest time suck of all time… and how to control it…

You must create a map for your social media strategy says The Social Media Cafe

Well it's true... you go on thinking you will just spend 10 minutes on facebook or twitter at tea-time and before you know it supper time has passed and the cat is chasing furry creatures in the moonlight... It really doesn't matter what it is you … [Read more...]

How important is a social media policy to your business?

sad facebook - should your essex business have a social media policy

I ask the question "How important is a company social media policy to your business?" because it had come up several times in the past few days... once with a lawyer trying to put together something for his HR focused clients and with a couple of … [Read more...]

How are you watering your social media garden #socialmedia

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Every garden needs watering, feeding and some planning, although I do get accused of guerrilla gardening.. just scatter and see what happens... and actually you can also do that in your social media but you should have a focus of where you seeds are … [Read more...]

10 Tips to get more from your social advertising #facebook #socialmedia

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  It's all very well being able to target the very people at the core of your business model but are you doing it well?  Google (and myriad other) adword sites have been taking vast quantities of money from you for some time now to get your ad … [Read more...]

Size matters…. especially in… #socialmedia

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Don't you just love the posturing surrounding social media... you know those who have 5,000 "friends" on facebook... 30,000 connections on linkedin and whatever other massive numbers they love collecting.... So what?  Honestly... I don't care.. … [Read more...]

You wouldn’t do the marathon in one go… so why your #socialmedia?

Get serious with your social media management

      Trying to do everything at once social media wise is like running a marathon without any training.... would you really do it? Rubbish trainers from JB sports... the cutest shorts and t-shirt that are so … [Read more...]

Are you ever too old for #socialmedia for business?

Guest Blogging for The Social Media Cafe

    Today's guest blogger is serial entrepreneur Paul Norman of Orangetree Development discussing social media for business. Social Media in your 40’s So here you are, 47 years of age, getting on with running your business. … [Read more...]

On-line etiquette… 10 absolute no nos… #socialmedia

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There are just some things you absolutely do not do... from a female perspective my top (or should that be bottom?) 10 may be different to a mans but that is fine... Let's start with... 1.  No shouting... that is no capitals in your posts... … [Read more...]

Should you outsource your social media management? #socialmedia #essex

So should you outsource your social media management...?  If you add regular updates on your facebook fanpages, fill your twitter stream with quality tweets and manage the responses as well as add beautifully written blogs to complement your social … [Read more...]

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