Learning from The Shed – An Exercise in Social Media Manipulation
London’s top-rated restaurant didn’t just have fake reviews, it had fake everything. But what can we small businesses learn from this?
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Social Media Image Sizes Cheat Sheet
If you want your social media images to look their best, you need to optimise your sizes. Keeping on top of what sizes are best for which site isn’t always easy.
How to hide your address on Nextdoor
Nextdoor is the replacement Streetlife.com and I’m distinctly unimpressed so far. In particular, they think it’s acceptable to display your home address for all to see. So if you want to give Nextdoor the benefit of the doubt but not reveal your full address – here’s how…
Plenty more Phish in the sea… it’s not just emails from your bank
Most people nowadays have got themselves into the habit of not trusting every email they receive. We’re constantly reminded that just because something looks like it came from your bank it doesn’t mean it really did. “Don’t click the links!” we’re told – sensible advice.
What are the best times to post on Facebook, Twitter etc?
Ever felt like you’re talking to yourself? That fantastic blog you’ve just shared on Facebook being greeted with a deafening silence? Perhaps you’re just posting at the wrong time.
Why Facebook Like Ladders are worse than a waste of time
If you hang around any of the business groups on Facebook, you’ll probably see Like Ladders pop up now and again. If you comment on the post with a link to your page, and Like the page of everyone who has commented before you, they will all Like your page. It’s just like any chain …
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Pick your featured images with care!
Having the right image appear on a shared post on Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn can make a huge difference. Have you ever seen one that was just completely wrong?
Finally some good news for Facebook Page managers!
Lots of people have had a downer on Facebook recently, and it seems every time they change something there is uproar. But the recent changes for Page managers on the browser client make such a difference, it’s a shame more people aren’t shouting about it.
“Hardly anyone sees my Facebook posts any more.” Good. That means it’s working.
If everybody saw everything that everyone else posts on Facebook, the world would end in zero productivity oblivion. Sorry, but not everything you post will be seen by everyone.
Perfecting your cover photo for the new Facebook Page layout – complete with template
While the latest changes to the Facebook page layout may not have affected image sizes, they have changed the way things overlap your cover photo. This Photoshop file can help you perfect your appearance.
I hate “blogging” and I’m not alone – I need a Social Media Mentor
I had a lovely meeting with a lovely lady this week. We were talking about the need for a social media mentor – she’s in a great place for me, she knows that blogging and sharing is really important but needs a little help and encouragement in turning that knowledge into practice. I know it …
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Facebook kill Page status updates – make sure your links don’t go the same way
Facebook have just announced a change to their ranking algorithm (what we used to call Edgerank) that will definitely affect how many of your Page’s posts get seen by your fans. We always knew a plain text status update by a page ranked low and that it was better to post links, pictures or videos. …
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