What is Social Media? My sister asked me this question over the weekend. Well, her exact words were, “What is social media? Is it Facebook and stuff?” That question was quickly followed by something along the lines of, “In business, why would you want to be poked? I’ve been told I should be on LinkedIn, […]
Twitter for Small Businesses: How I Went From Hate to Love in Six Months
I’ll hold my hand up here, it’s only fairly recently I have seen the point in using Twitter for small businesses, well honestly, using Twitter at all… If you read my last post, I don’t text. So micro-blogging in 140 characters or less just seemed pretty pointless. Really, I don’t care what you’re having for […]
No Social Media Please, We’re British
“Social Media for Small Businesses.” There, I said it out loud. Have you run screaming in terror or muttering to yourself that, “it’s all just a fad,” yet? If you are using social media to gain clients in your small business, believe it or not you are still in the minority. I’m currently working with […]
Half of British Businesses Ban Social Media on Works Time
A study of 2,500 employees reported in The Telegraph today suggests that almost half of British businesses have banned the use of social media at work, such as Facebook and Twitter. The main reason for a social media ban? Well you would think it would be wasting Company time, but apparently most businesses fear that […]
Social Media for Small Business: 7 Status Updates to Avoid.
There are a lot of advantages to using social media for small business but it does have its pitfalls too. One of which is being over familiar with what information you choose to share on the social networks. I don’t know about you, but I still get rather uncomfortable at the thought of sharing far […]