Time for a guest blogger … today Izzy Woods offers some crucial copywriting tips. If you write on a regular basis, you’ve probably found your flow – meaning that when you write, the words seem to just appear on the page. You may then simply send the writing to its final destination, assuming the job’s …
Have you ever been out late at night and fancied popping into a favourite restaurant for a meal, but you’re not sure what time they close? You reach for your phone, find their website … and by the time you’ve managed to track down the opening hours you’re too late, they’re shut. Frustrating, huh? What that …
I’ve been working with Ant Hodges as part of the HodgesNet internet marketing team for a few months now. I am the team’s official client blogger and I’ve been writing on topics as diverse as technology and internet dating! I’m really thrilled that Ant has taken the time to create a video testimonial about me …
Blogging is great for websites – it lets you target niche keywords, gives you something to share on social media sites and keeps you website’s content fresh and regularly updated. However, pages and pages of text with no images can look dull and off-putting – but stock image libraries can be expensive and it’s often …
Somehow I’ve missed the #sbs phenomenon that has had small business owners reaching for their phones and tweeting frantically on a Sunday evening. Fortunately, my friend and fellow business owner Neil Jackman of online underwear retailer Whites and Smalls has been following events more closely – and he was lucky enough to be one of the #sbs …
I came across this interesting infographic today that splits UK social media users by age groups. I’ve known for a long time that it’s not just something that teenagers enjoy – but this really demonstrates how much social media has touched every age group. It’s also proof that if you’re in business your target customers …
Yesterday I spent the day in London at the Business 2012 show. I booked my free ticket for this event a few months ago but was in two minds about going, especially after reading some very poor feedback for the opening day – tales of disorganisation, people being left to wait for hours, speakers giving …
It’s time for another guest blogger, and today Jez Hunt, the Client Relationship Guy has kindly written an article on .. well, on article writing! While Jez’s post is about writing articles for submission on sites such as ezinearticles.com or buzzle.com, many of the tips here are also completely relevant to blog writing too. 10 …
I read an interesting article today on why businesses are failing on Facebook. Basically it seems that while most businesses know that they should be on Facebook, they don’t really understand why – or how. The research, by social media company Recommend.ly, studied 1.7 million Facebook pages and found that 82% have fewer than five …
I was thrilled to be invited to speak at Networking Women‘s Cheltenham meeting last week. Considering how nervous I was when I did my first 4Networking 4sight a few months ago, I’m becoming something of a dab hand at this public speaking lark! Anyway, I talked to the group about blogging and gave them some …
