7 reasons why your business should be leveraging social media

Posted by Fiona Powell on Oct 28, 2009 in featured, Social Media | 1 comment

Social media isn’t a fad – Twitter boasts six million unique monthly visitors, Facebook has 300 million users, 80 percent of employers use Linkedin as a primary tool to find employees, in January alone internet viewers viewed 14.8 billion YouTube videos. In fact, Social Media has overtaken p*rn as the number one activity on the Web. Here’s why social media is important for your...

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Introduction to social media and blogging for business

Posted by Fiona Powell on Oct 20, 2009 in Blogging Courses, featured | Comments Off

Introduction to social media and blogging for business You’ve probably heard about Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn (and lots of others!) and business blogging. You might be wondering what all the fuss is about – and you may have already dabbled with social media. This full day course will answer the ‘why is social media important to my business’ and address the ‘how do I get started and...

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Twitter: 10 tips to get started on twitter for business

Posted by Fiona Powell on Oct 15, 2009 in featured, Social Media | 1 comment

Own your name If you only do one thing, then this is it – join twitter and grab your name and/or your business name before they’re snapped up. Learn from others Find a couple of people you admire, and follow them and see what and how they’re tweeting. Be strategic Decide on the purpose of your tweeting; is it to build followers, be an information conduit, search what customers are...

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