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Make Social Media your business’ BFF During Lockdown
Have you dared to check the average daily screen time on your phone recently? For most of us, it might be quite a shock 😬! While the world is on pause, we’re all living our lives online and social media is a huge part of lockdown. While we all realise social media...
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Google 📦 Unpacked
Did you know that Google began in 1998, since then it has grown experdentially. Here are a few interesting facts: Google’s original name was Backrub, based on the system finding and ranking pages based on back links. Since the founders weren’t looking to start their...
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BR7 Baking Case Study
Brief: Create a monthly blog series called BR7 Baking with Aprils Kitchen. Each month April published a new recipe and blog, in partnership with other local businesses, and I captured the series using photographs and video. Project: For 10 months we published a...
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Twitter 📦 Unpacked
Twitter began in 2006. Here are a few facts: 330m monthly active users 707 is the average number of followers (I have 709, I must be above average 😁) Katy Perry has the most followers, with over 106m, followed by Justin Bieber and then Barack Obama There are 500...
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LinkedIn 📦 Unpacked
As a business, being present on social media is as important as having a good website, sending mail campaigns or advertising on Google. However, whilst it is a vital cog in your marketing plan, the social platforms you use, or how often you post, will vary from...
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Getting your videos noticed
We love video Did you know that 80% of internet traffic is now video based? 5 billion videos are watched on YouTube every day. 100 million hours of video are watched on Facebook each day. 85% of videos are watched without the sound on Facebook. If you love looking...
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Facebook 📦 Unpacked
Like it or not, being present on social media as a business is as important as having a good website, sending mail campaigns or advertising on Google. Whilst it is a vital cog in your marketing plan, the social platforms you use, or how often you post, will vary...
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Instagram 📦 Unpacked
Plan-Do-Review At the start of the month, I like to chart the progress of each of my social media platforms, noting the results on a spread sheet and then summarising on a post-it-note. This process is something I adopted many years ago when learning HighScope...
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Three Mid-Week Musts
It's Wednesday, you have a to-do list as a long as your arm, and on top of that, you need to think about social media. Here are my Three Mid-Week Musts to help get you noticed on social media this week. They really work! 1. Tag Movers and Shakers IDEA Whatever the...
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Clare’s Top 10 Checklist
If you have a new business, there are so many things to think about, that social media can often feel like an extra pressure. Here are 10 top tips to help keep your head above water and ensure you are looking good online. 1. Consistency You can go wild and post...
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Something about charity shopping
Friday Flashback - Written in 2015 Today is ‘what I call’ my High Street day. Having worked for Chislehurst Youth For Christ for almost 9 years, managing the 2gether charity shop, the trustees have recently allowed me one day a week to fulfill my other roles on the...
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Something about Lindy Lou
As many of my friends know – I love cafes, you will often find me supping tea in some of Chislehurst’s cafes and tea shops or trying somewhere new further afield. Today was no exception, a good friend had enthused about a relatively new tea room in Crayford. Yes...
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