• Should You Automate Your Tweets?

    To state the obvious, Twitter is a social networking platform – is it really possible to automate being social? Let’s face it being social is about conversation, spontaneity and reacting to the comments of others. To be able to do that you need to be present – so why do so many people think that […]

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  • Is It Possible to Sell Through Social Media?

    Yes. OK, leaving it there would make this the shortest blog in history, so let’s expand on that a bit. The belief that you can’t sell through social media holds many businesses back. They are under the impression that it’s full of people talking about what they had for lunch or what they’re up to […]

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  • Selling Through Social Media

    Most businesses will agree that social media is a great marketing tool, but few have worked out a way of getting a return from their activities. In a post on Freelance Copywriter’s Blog called The Money’s in The Relationship,  I looked at how your return through social media should be measured by the value of […]

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  • How to Get Your Social Networking Right

    There’s no getting away from the fact that social media and social networking are a great way to reach a global audience. But the thing you have to remember is that once you’ve put something out on the Internet, it’s there forever. That’s why it’s essential you get a strategy in place before you start. […]

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  • Companies Continue to Misuse Twitter

    After browsing through The Drum recently, I was absolutely astonished to come across this statistic: 71% of companies are still ignoring consumer complaints on Twitter I mean, come on, these are your customers. Just because they choose Twitter a their form of communication as opposed to a phone call, doesn’t make their complain any less […]

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  • Should You Automate Social Media?

    When using social media within your marketing strategy, should you automate it? That question usually divides opinion. There are those that think it’s fine to automate and schedule a stream of updates so they always have a presence on Twitter. But there are those that believe that social media should be social and an activity […]

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  • Social Media – Who’s Got Time For That?

    ‘I don’t have time’ or ‘it’s a complete waste of time’ (which usually translates into ‘I don’t understand it’) are 2 of the most common responses when people are asked why they’re not using social media as part of their marketing strategy. But those that have taken the time to understand the mechanics of social […]

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  • How to Find Followers on Twitter

    For many people, when they start to dabble in Twitter, there’s one question that springs to mind – how do you find people to follow? If you’re just searching for friends and colleagues, you’ll probably run out of people fairly quickly, so how do you find interesting tweeters? Well, I’ve been a tweeter since 2008 […]

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  • Social Media–Connect, Don’t Spam

    Everyone uses social media these days – or at least it seems like it. As a copywriter I use it a lot. Whether it’s tweeting for help (usually IT related problems), offering advice, promoting my blog posts, or just general chit-chat, I love using it as a way of connecting with other people. Did you […]

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  • Social Media–The Internet’s Marmite

      Most people will either love social media or hate it – with the odd few thrown in who simply don’t ‘get it’. But the problem is for those who hate or don’t ‘get it’, social media is here to stay and it will continue to grow. We’ve already seen Google join the party with […]

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