Christmas is coming – is your social media getting festive?

December, love it or hate it the festive season is upon us. For most small businesses, this is the busiest time of the year. How are you feeling about it? This Christmas is going to be a different one for sure and social media at Christmas, is huge! Fear not! With the right guidance and tools, … Read more about Christmas is coming – is your social media getting festive?

Facebook Ads – don’t be scared!

Social media is a fantastic tool for your business and for the first time, small businesses can interact and play on an even playing field with large businesses. But organic social media content is hard to achieve for many businesses without the support of advertising. Particularly Facebook … Read more about Facebook Ads – don’t be scared!

Your ultimate tools guide for your small business

As fellow business owners, I think we can all agree that sometimes we just need tools to help make our jobs a little easier. After all, we do EVERYTHING. We are gurus in all sectors not by choice but it is just the nature of small business life. One of the biggest factors of a successful small … Read more about Your ultimate tools guide for your small business

Breakfast Briefing – Google My Business

Hope you have a little time to come along to the latest Breakfast Briefing thanks to Hambleton District Council Business and Development Team. This time will be talking to the group about Google My Business, a free tool that offers so much to your business to promote it locally to your potential … Read more about Breakfast Briefing – Google My Business

Got embed issues? (What on earth is she talking about?)

Have a read if you are sharing your web blogs onto your social media, things are changing. Thanks to Yoast for sharing this info. This has just come across my desk and as many of my clients have Wordpress sites and active social media feeds, thought it would be of interest. Some time ago, … Read more about Got embed issues? (What on earth is she talking about?)

A new look and feel for LinkedIn

For the first time in five years, there has been a major redesign developed for Linkedin. With a new look and feel, here are the things to look out for. Their aim is to make the LinkedIn experience easy, inclusive, enjoyable, and most importantly to put your community front and centre. Its aim … Read more about A new look and feel for LinkedIn

Never stop learning!

It's always good to keep up the training, whilst working on a site for a client I thought I would just do some double checking on any new features for local SEO and managed to take this course! Very insightful and has enabled me to add even more to the clients SEO and website. Never stop … Read more about Never stop learning!

How to get your employees to engage! ?

LinkedIn is widely recognised as a useful tool for businesses in promoting themselves and getting their brand known. However, did you know Only 3% of employees share company content with their network, yet they will often actively share other content relevant to their industry sector. You need … Read more about How to get your employees to engage! ?

Blogging checklists – freebie alert!

We have recently blogged about blogging and reminded our readers that blogging is a little more than just writing and sharing on your socials. To help you we have put together some checklists, easy to view, print out and use when you plan and publish your blog. Click on the graphic below to … Read more about Blogging checklists – freebie alert!

Blogging – Do you know what to do with your blog, before you publish it?

So do you think blogging is all about blogging? You may be mistaken into thinking, you write, publish and are done! But no, there is so much to do before, during and after to get the most out of your blog publishing, read on to find out how. The focus needs to be on your audience and reaching a … Read more about Blogging – Do you know what to do with your blog, before you publish it?

Digital Women – Skill Share event

In June,  I was lucky enough to be asked to present at one of the Digital Women's Free Skills Share event. An online membership group of fun digital women - some business owners, some agency employees and some just starting out! (Currently all online due to - you know what!) As a Founder member of … Read more about Digital Women – Skill Share event

9 tips for writing the perfect Instagram caption

Loving Instagram but not getting the reach you feel you deserve? Could this be improved by doing some work on your captions, we have shared some top tips you might want to consider to improve your captions for your posts. Here are some of our favourites, and some new ideas we might try too! 1. Do … Read more about 9 tips for writing the perfect Instagram caption