Social Media

The Department for International Trade (DIT) has launched its new Internationalisation Fund for eligible businesses in England. Looking to sell internationally? Project size £2-18k and get 50% paid for. Example project Modify existing website / design a brand new website …

Regular readers will know I’m a big advocate of LinkedIn. I get around 30% of my new business from the platform, which now has more than 660 million global users. I know it’s not everyone’s cup of tea and has …

With so many social apps and platforms to choose from, which of these popular apps should be included in your brand’s social media strategy? In this blog post I look at some of the more popular, high growth or established …

Part 5 of my LinkedIn Series. There are a number of different LinkedIn business development tools. If you’re new to using them and want a quick overview to establish where you should focus your energy, then read on. LinkedIn Premium …

Part 4 of my LinkedIn Series. So, you’ve drafted your LinkedIn content strategy, compiled your keyword list, pimped up your profile and connected with loads of great people. You now need to work out how you’re going to engage with …

Part 3 of my LinkedIn Series. How often do you do a Google search and see a LinkedIn profile? Answer: quite often! How do you get into that search? And furthermore, when someone is searching on LinkedIn, how do you …

Part 2 of my LinkedIn Series. There are many different ways to grow your network on LinkedIn. If you’ve read part 1 Why LinkedIn needs to be part of your content strategy, you’ll understand what a powerful tool LinkedIn can …

Part 1 of my LinkedIn Series. 30% of our business comes from LinkedIn. It’s an astounding figure. And yet so many people still don’t get power of LinkedIn for business development. It’s the top rated social network for lead generation …

I’d like to share some thoughts with you from a recent event I attended. Held in Leeds city centre and hosted by Breadwinner Agencies and award-winning insight consultancy, Trinity McQueen, the session focussed on the topic of Influencer Marketing. To …

The start of October marked the fifth anniversary of one of the biggest business events outside of London, Leeds Business Week. I had the pleasure of getting it off to a flying start with the annual ‘Social Media on Toast’ …

Last week I was invited by CHS Group to speak at one of their events on how to keep visitors flocking with great storytelling, using PR, SEO and social media. Having worked with events industry clients for a number of …

There’s no debating that social media is one of the most powerful tools available to businesses today. Giving your brand the opportunity to reach almost 3 billion people around the world, social media is every business leader’s dream. This year’s …