We all know that brands are switching on to social media in a big way but with the latest problems that can and have beset these platforms lately are they the safe bet we think they are? As we all know not so long ago some people and businesses awoke to find their Twitter accounts [...]
View PostSocial Media, Content, Advertising and the future?
Looking over the big three, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn it’s really surprising just how many adverts, and I don’t mean paid for advertising, are starting to creep in. Do you want to buy this and have you heard of that it’s not worrying at the moment but I have to say it’s not the direction [...]
View PostAre we still on track and getting it right?
I wrote a post a while ago asking if Cumbrian businesses were getting it right when using social networking / marketing tools? So I thought “let’s open it out to the wider world”. Has this process help you win any new business or anything you could say that all your efforts are worth it? From [...]
View PostWhat’s in a name?
It’s been a little while since my last post but things have been busy. My good friend Mike Stuart @Lucifermyk and @j8myk named Workington’s newest Café Lounge establishment Lucifer’s, which seemed to anger some folk, not least our friend’s across the pond. So how do you choose a name, and the right one, for your [...]
View PostAre Cumbrian businesses doing it?
I was thinking the other day just how many Cumbrian businesses are using Twitter, LinkedIn and maybe to a lesser extent Facebook as part of their marketing strategy? If you are a Cumbrian based business and use social marketing / networking daily or even weekly in your business how do you find, or more importantly, [...]
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