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There’s a great independent coffee shop in Glasgow called Toro Coffee, and for most of lockdown they’ve been open five days a week. I’ve queued for that coffee, rain or shine, just about every single day.Read More
There’s a great independent coffee shop in Glasgow called Toro Coffee, and for most of lockdown they’ve been open five days a week. I’ve queued for that coffee, rain or shine, just about every single day.Read More
One of the topics that we get asked about the most often is social media – and we’ve realised that there are a lot of myths out there around using social channels that need to be busted! So, we decided to put together a blog answering those burning social questions.Read More
But don’t think you really need it? hmm… why should you pay someone else to do your digital marketing? You can probably just do it yourself, right? I mean – we all know how to apply Instagram filters, can definitely write some web copy with the help of our spell checker, Read More
You’ve got an idea. You’ve turned it into an event. But now you’re wondering how to spread the word like wildfire, so people actually attend.
Yes, yes, we know we’re not even past Halloween yet, but for your small business Christmas is coming quicker than you can say Ho, Ho, Ho. Even the supermarkets have had their chocolates and biscuit boxes in since the end of August! (Already way too much temptation there).
A (braw) wee thought of the day. As a small business, or be it a personal brand, have you weighed up how much time you are spending on online promotion versus the traditional activities? Second thought, do you find it hard to cover all the bases or even track what you’re doing?
‘Keep in touch’, ‘stay connected’, ‘let’s be friends’, ‘we’ve updated our privacy policy’. Like many others you’ll have noticed your inbox filling up with emails from other organisations, big and small. For all businesses, it can be a bit of head pickle but there’s no need to panic if you aren’t quite sure what it means and / or haven’t thought about a strategy for your company. With it coming into effect in the next few days, better now than never to start.
There’s still a lot of myth surrounding digital marketing and whether it’s really necessary, and I’ve seen it first-hand – particularly in more traditional businesses where there are doubts as to its value and why it can be expensive. I’ve been in meetings where companies don’t want to pay for the curation social media channels, or think that Facebook ads are too Big Brother-esque, and instead want to stick to print ads or word of mouth.
Just when we thought we’d gotten our heads around the last Facebook algorithm update, Mark Zuckerberg did again, last week announcing that, in what has been sold as an attempt to keep users connected with each other, Facebook will be further limiting the number of posts people see from brands, businesses, and media on their feed. Instead, they’ll be increasing the number of posts from friends and family that we see instead – apparently with the aim of making our time on Facebook, more valuable.