This post first appeared on BSK’s Kent Growth Newtork blog, which is now no longer available.
How many brand names have become the verb or noun for what they represent? Hoover? Biro? Add Google to that list now, once you’ve finished googling other brand names and googled yourself into a frenzy.
That’s why you should be using Google Plus.
I love Twitter. If you’ve been connected with me for a while, that won’t be news to you. I can honestly say that most of the projects and work I’m doing now have come about directly through connections I’ve made on Twitter.
I found a new tool to play with, one that makes curating content even easier than sharing direct from emails, or re-tweeting.
Whatever your output online, the experts all agree – it should be accompanied by a visual image of some sort.
Genes: Family lookalikes through the ages
Environment: Children’s playgrounds to make you wish you were 10 again.
Learning: How to grow smarter
Time to hit the slow way …
Animals: Cutest parenting moments
Travel: Breathtaking photos from the National Geographic Traveller Photo Competition 2015
Content Marketing: How to wish an ex-employee good luck in their new job. WARNING: Bad language!
I’m often asked how I’m able to do all the things that I do, to which I usually reply: “?”
Having given it more thought, I’ve come up with a list of the apps and hacks that work for me (after much research and frustration).
With Facebook throttling the organic reach of posts so that very few (approx. 15%) of those who’ve liked a page will actually see them, are paid ads the only way to go?
There are certain benefits:
You do need to spend money to be widely discovered – but then you need to bear in mind that the more ‘likes’ your page has (50k plus) the more FB will throttle, bizarrely.
So promote to a specific and targeted audience, define your goals and approach, and remember, quality not quantity, always. (And don’t forget to end the campaign – Facebook will continue to collect payment!)
SMEs, charities and community groups today require a digital mindset if not to be left behind by the competition.
Everyone is on the internet nowadays, aren’t they? Open 24/7, 365 days a year, it’s hard to avoid.
But you’ve been putting off creating your own on-line presence. Why? Time? Money? You don’t see the point of social media – why would you want to know what other people had for breakfast? Trust me, it’s so much more than that!
This week’s lazy Sunday selection …
Art: Sort of – people who didn’t know they were art until it was too late!
Business: 5 Reasons Darth Vader made a great leader
The physics of productivity: Newton’s Laws for getting stuff done
For writers: 10 Blunt Tips from Geoff Dyer – who has to feel like he’s bunking off from something!
Film: Raiders of the Lost Ark sweded – by 11 year olds
Jaye Nolan 