I’m also expecting drifts of 7-inchers. Yes, it looks like it’s going to be an Android Christmas and while many will be thinking of how filling those stockings is going to be emptying their wallets, it’s got me buzzing from a web design and SEO perspective. In case you hadn’t noticed (and if you’ve been …
I’m dreaming of a G+ Christmas (Just like the ones we SEO…) Read More »
Thanks to a recent announcement on the Facebook for business blog, running a promotion or competition on Facebook just got a lot easier. Now, assuming you follow the rules (which, let’s be honest, not a lot of Facebook users do) up until now, if you wanted to run a competition on Facebook you had to …
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Dear Geek, I’m trying to grow my business by posting to LinkedIn groups. But in some groups, every time I post something, it disappears. Is LinkedIn broken? Social Media Guru Dear “Guru”, No. It isn’t broken. You are doing it wrong. You have been posting in the Discussions section. This section is for, …
Why do my LinkedIn Groups posts keep disappearing? Read More »
We all have them – perhaps I’m one of yours – those Facebook friends who say just a little too much. But how do you turn down their volume without hurting their feelings?
I am a proud member of my local BNI group – Herne Bay & Whitstable – it generates lots of work for us. Yes, even more than our website and social media presence*. But the two are not mutually exclusive. A couple of weeks ago, Jim (our Canterbury Electrician), gave a talk in his “Education Slot” …
Preparing your 60 seconds once, using it 4 times #BNI #my60 Read More »
Wow. My post on “Facebook Pages are NOT disappearing completely from your feed!” proved so popular, I thought I’d better clear up another false story doing the rounds at the moment. So, “hands up” time again – how many of you have seen this Facebook status? The next 2 weeks I will be posting this, and …
The “How to keep your Facebook posts private” hoax Read More »
Hands up if you’ve seen a post like this on Facebook recently… WARNING: Facebook is doing major updates and many pages are currently affected. VERY SOON we will disappear completely from your feed, check your page for a new tab on the left called ‘pages feed’ with a little orange flag. We are …
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I’ve met quite a few social media “experts” and suffered some of their presentations. Many of them like to show a motivational video to remind you just how important social media is. So when I saw this video, well, I just had to smile… I’m a big fan of social media but to cut through …
Are you a social media guru? You need this video. Read More »
Putting aside the purists’ argument that addiction can only really exist in the physical addiction to a chemical sense (I gave up arguing with him), the Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale has been developed to see if you are hooked to Facebook. According to the report by the University of Bergen there are six signs you need …
I saw this great post “How to Hack Your Facebook Profile Photo with Timeline” over on Gizmodo and had to have a go myself. The idea is, by playing around with your Profile and Cover pictures on Facebook, you can get a pretty nifty effect. I didn’t have the greatest of source pictures, but if …