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11th October 2013

Social Media Guidelines

Job seekers in today’s world have many facilities available to them, and one of the fastest growing areas is social media. Social media, such as LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, to name just a few, allows any member of the general public to follow, look at, poke and tweet their favourite companies online. If they know where to start, a job seeker can use these platforms to look for a new job. To read more of this post click here

18th September 2013

Manners Maketh the Social Media Professional

Everyone in business has to do an element of networking. A great way to network is by using LinkedIn, and making new connections through it has become a wonderful way to generate new business and meet more prospective clients. However, social media is not about the number of connections you have, but about the quality of your connections with those people. When you go to a networking event, you wouldn’t walk up to someone, thrust your business card in their hand, […]

22nd August 2013

5 Things to Consider before Cold Calling and how LinkedIn will Help

Cold calling is very rarely enjoyed by anyone, and is at best tolerated by most people. However, with the introduction of LinkedIn and social media, cold calling need not be all that bad. It is a reality that at some point as a business owner, or business development manager, you will have to get on the phone to obtain new customers. So, you may be wondering how LinkedIn and social media can help ease the burden of this job, and […]

9th August 2013

7 Tips to Increasing your Profits by up to 125% Using Social Media

So many businesses neglect their current customers in favour of searching for new ones. When thinking of their social media strategy, most people focus on sending their message out to new clients, instead of using social media to maintain satisfaction for their current customers. Social media can help you provide your current customers with reasons to want to come back and buy from you time and time again. To read the seven tips on how to use social media effectively, […]

9th July 2013

Social marketing strategies that bring customers running

The top ten tips on how to use social media to encourage more customers to use your business. Including making the best use of Twitter and LikedIn to making new friends who would have an interest in what you have to say. If you want to read more of this blog post, click here

22nd May 2013

7 steps to becoming unpopular on LinkedIn

It is said that manners cost little and are remembered; bad manners linger longer. Reputation management is about your behavious and actions, whereas brand management is about what you put out in the form of your e-mails, website, social media posts and buisness card. Are you giving out mixed messages? Read more about the seven ways to become unpopular on LinkedIn by clicking here

22nd May 2013

What does your ‘profile photo’ say about you?

Everyone in buisness uses social media, either Twitter, Linkedin, Facebook or all three, and they all allow us to upload a photo of ourselves. Most people’s first impressions of you come from this photo, so what is yours saying about you? If you want to read more about what does your ‘profile photo’ say about you, click here