The new cookies law (not the double choc ones!)

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If you haven’t already heard, the law on website cookies is changing. A new initiative brought about by the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) means that you will need to make some changes to your website in order to comply with new cookie regulations. Here’s our jargon-free explanation of what is changing. The Law on Cookies [...]

Facebook Timeline Apps Tabs – How to Change an Image

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Facebook now has Timeline published on all Pages, so now let’s find out how to make this work for us. App tabs now appear to the bottom right of your cover photo on Timeline, in a prime position, here’s how to change them so they stand out and look good on your Page. Check these [...]

Easy Blog Content – Tips for New Content

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A good starting point for you is to decide why you need to blog in the first place. Do you want a blog to: share family pictures and events, supply information that helps others in your industry, share an interest with others, books, recipes or model aircraft, direct people to your website, or share thoughts [...]

How to Twitter Your Way to New Customers

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“I’m a new business and I need to get clients. What do I do?” “Do clients know that I exist, what I offer and how my business is different from all the competitors?” “How do I get more business?” Here are the questions that are on the mind of most business owners. And here is [...]

Marketing Your Business on Facebook

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Love it or hate it, Facebook is a social media tool that has a wealth of opportunities for you to promote your business. With the following key features in mind you can use Facebook to talk about your business and communicate with your clients and prospects (AKA “fans”). Profiles vs Pages – which should you [...]

Facebook 60 Apps and More on the Way

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Facebook hit the headlines again with their announcement on Wednesday (Jan.2012) when they unveiled 60 new apps that will function with Facebook. The apps will allow Facebook users to share even more of their lives on the social networking site. Now Facebook’s 800 million active users can share food, fashion, design and all things they [...]

Promoting Your Business Page on Facebook

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Once you have your business Page built, it’s time to focus on attracting some fans. To start with… Start by creating an engaging Page by using tools within Facebook: there are 100s of free apps available (Discussion board, YouTube Videos, Blog, News, Links, Resources, Testimonials, Offers, Coupons, Ecommerce etc.). Provide a reason for a new [...]

Building Your Facebook Page

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Creating a Page is very similar to building a Profile, but don’t worry if you have never built a Profile page. Facebook have a special Help site and the search facility works very well when you need some advice. To get started Facebook takes you through the build with a simple step-by-step wizard. Creating your [...]

Don’t Make These Mistakes in Social Media

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Problem: It’s rather unfortunate but just because you have set up your shop/business and have all your products well represented, it doesn’t mean that people will automatically buy. Solution: You need to engage with your audience and create a dialogue where people can get to know you. So how do you go about this? As [...]

I’m a New Business, I Can’t Afford a Website. Or Can You?

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Let’s start with this first assumption that you can’t afford a site. What makes you think that? Have you heard some horror stories about “websites that cost a small fortune to build and then you haven’t the knowledge and/or access to keep the site up-to-date, which leads to paying for all the little sites changes [...]