10 Tips for Leveraging LinkedIn for Business3rd March 2014

Change your LinkedIn URL to your name. This way you have a public URL which you can promote and share on email footers or business cards – to showcase you.   And be sure to add other URLs such as your Website, Blog or Twitter URL too. Consider this your ‘personal PR profile’ where people can [...]

How to Set Up and Host a Tweet Chat28th February 2014

The chances are that you will have already come across an occasional ‘Tweet chat’ being held on the platform. Tweet chats are scheduled gatherings of people on Twitter who discuss a particular conversation and use a particular #hashtag to keep track of that conversation. The chats are usually recurring and on specific topics to regularly [...]

Competition – What Do You Love About Social Media?24th February 2014

With February being the month of love we hosted a competition where we asked our audience to share the social media love and tell us their 5 top reasons why they love Social Media. We shared the feature in our Newsletter, and now we’re pleased to announce our top 5 winners (in no particular order) [...]

Video – The Most Consumed Media Online! What’s Your Video Strategy?19th February 2014

I went over to Google’s St Giles office yesterday to talk YouTube, video and content strategy. Of course, when training for Business Training Made Simple, video content and YouTube (and Vine, Instagram and other channels) are covered as part of video content as part of our social media training courses. This means our knowledge of [...]

Are You Guilty of Making the Most Common Mistake on Twitter?17th February 2014

There is one major mistake that’s being made all the time on Twitter! The culprit is evident right at the very start of a Tweet. Starting a tweet with someone’s Username  (ie: their @ Twitter handle) is a big no no! For example if we tweet: “@BOBSthebook says…” without something in front of it, Twitter [...]