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Why You Need to Join More than One Social Network

by LouiseBJ on July 15, 2010

Chatting to fellow business owners at local networking events recently, I’ve discovered that some people who use the social networks to make new business connections often favour one of ‘the big 3’ sites (Facebook, Twitter & LinkedIn) and ignore the others. This is a mistake as they could be missing the opportunity to reach a [...]

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Spring Clean Your Online Presence!

by LouiseBJ on April 8, 2010

in Blogs,Marketing,Social Networking

More and more people join the online party every day, and I love meeting new people! But I don’t ‘connect’ with just anyone, oh no. First, I like to find out a little about them. So I visit their different profiles, have a look at their website, read a blog post or two. Yes it [...]

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Why it’s important to fill in the blanks

by LouiseBJ on March 25, 2010

in Marketing,Social Networking

I don’t know about you but I’ve signed up for so many different social networks over the past few years that I’ve forgotten exactly which ones I belong to! The other day I was having a browse around a site I vaguely remember joining and clicked to view my profile page…… Oh dear, not only [...]

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How do you know if what you’re doing is working?

by LouiseBJ on March 11, 2010

in Marketing,Web Analytics

Whenever we run workshops or give talks to groups about the benefits of using the internet to market small business, there’s one question we invariably get asked. “Will social media marketing work for my business?” The short answer is you don’t know – until you try it! In our experience, owners of small businesses are [...]

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Why I’m still undecided about Twitter Lists

by LouiseBJ on November 26, 2009

in Social Networking

At first I couldn’t see the point of them. I’d already created several groups within Hootsuite (and in Seesmic and Tweetdeck before that) and was quite satisfied with them. I’ll admit that I didn’t ‘get’ how lists worked until I read a few blog posts making everything clearer. (see below for links) But I’m still [...]

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Getting on with Spam Filters

by LouiseBJ on November 19, 2009

in Email Marketing,Email Newsletters,Marketing

I was checking through my spam filter the other day, noting with satisfaction how it had trapped many messages from bogus contacts and then, to my surprise and dismay, saw there were also some from people with whom I had exchanged emails in the past. As I approved those messages I wanted to forward to [...]