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Sunday Catch Up – The Making Content Work Edition
There’s so much happening right now and not enough time in the day, I thought I would take a leaf out of Bonnie’s book and do a quick round up of articles that caught my eye that may help you too. This week, the focus is on content marketing and content production because it is […]
9 Google Reader Alternatives to Manage Your RSS Subscriptions
You can imagine the scene when I logged into Google Reader this morning to be greeted with a pop-up saying Reader will close on 1st July… I LIVE in Google Reader, it’s how I read so many blogs online. With 261 subscriptions in folders ranging from blogging to marketing to SEO, Google Reader is perhaps […]
What the Heck is a QR Code and Why Would I Want One?
I’m really pleased to have Evelyn Cucchiara as a guest blogger today. I met Evelyn through the Biztopia challenge. She creates wonderful personalised QR code jewellery, which is really useful if you go networking for your business. People who know me will be looking at me sideways now saying, “But Jan, you don’t go networking […]
New Google Plus Cover Photo and Profile Changes
In the midst of Facebook Timeline announcements, Google Plus was in stealth mode last week making changes to the Plus Profile and Pages cover photo and about pages. Perhaps I had my eyes shut most of last week, as I didn’t see much of a song and dance about it. There was a brief G+ […]
How To Run A Facebook Competition (Or How Not To Get Your Page Shut Down)
Who doesn’t love a simple Facebook competition? Click like and share and you can win… Simple Effective Viral Win-win all round… NOT Over the last couple of weeks, I have spoken about Facebook competitions more times than I care to count with various small businesses looking to get their name out there. Many have seen […]
Blogging for small business – do you want to feature in my interview series?
Are you a small business owner who uses blogging to generate leads and clients? I’m looking for a variety of businesses to feature in my interview series. The interviews will be collated and used as a bonus to my forthcoming small business blogging online course and will be published on Kindle. Every business that takes […]