Spec (speculative) work is a contentious issue in the field of design. You may have heard of it and not known what all the fuss is about. Or maybe it’s a totally new concept to you. Whichever camp you fall into, this article aims to explain the issues and give you some perspective on why […]
Archives for May 2013
When did you last clean up your Twitter account?
Every once in a while I will spring clean my Twitter accounts to make sure that I am getting the most value from my time on Twitter. Here is my 4 step process for giving a Twitter spring clean: 1. Follow People Firstly follow more people! A percentage of the people you follow will follow […]
3 Tools to Streamline your Twitter Updates (and Give you More Time to Build Relationships)
Often the biggest challenge of social media marketing is finding the time to do it. Fortunately there are some great low-cost tools available which can help streamline your activity. I use Buffer, HootSuite and SocialOomph to automate the more tedious tasks on Twitter, such as content distribution and following back, so I can concentrate on […]
3 Free Websites My Business Couldn’t Live Without
During an average business day I constantly jump in and out of a lot of different websites. Find out which Free websites I so use regularly in my business that I now feel I couldn’t live without them. And once you start using them you’ll probably feel that way too.
Why Content Sure Ain’t King
It feels like I’m reading the same post every day. “Content is king,” they shout. “Writing engaging content is the answer,” they drone. “Great SEO = Great content,” they bleat. And you know what? It’s rubbish! Let’s see if I can make it clearer. You can write the most bum-clenchingly awesome piece of content in […]
Is This Killing Your Facebook Ads?
It’s a good thing not all marketing stories have to have a happy ending by the first chapter! There’s the website that just didn’t work, those Facebook posts that never got shared, and all those fails in the first few months of the blog. For me one of these has been Facebook ads and it […]