Finding ways to build High ranking Backlinks - domains that help.

There are still far too many legitimate website owners that falling for the guaranteed page one on Google for only $100 trick! The key to optimising your presence on the web is influenced by over 200 factors within Google's search algorithm, which is also being constantly tweaked. For the sake of...

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5 Ways to boost your Social Media Presence

Everyone is looking for new ways to boost their online presence and Social Media activity and there are without a doubt plenty of advice columns. Just in case a few people have missed them, here are another five hints. 1. Scoop.it! Yes  join scoop it and curate it daily. It only takes 5 minutes...

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Social Media and how agencies charge non profit clients

I have spoken out on how small business clients are brutalised over Social Media costs and how agencies charge them. For the first time, I have had a potential client that has objected to our charging structure. This post may or may not attract comments, either way and whether the comments are positive...

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SEO and Digital Media Is it all just a huge rip off?

As I sat across from a Business manager this morning, I nearly collapsed on the spot when I saw what this particular organisation was paying for a single digital media campaign. As I'm one that will not hesitate to tell people that you get what you pay for, I was utterly dumbstruck by the figures before my eyes.  I had been called in to offer some advice in a situation a little like shutting...

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Social Media and SEO

Something we always discuss with our clients is just how important a great all-singing all-dancing social media campaign is for their Search Engine Optimisation. In this day and age, the Social Web is driving everything forward on line, and a static website is just never going to cut it out there on...

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Keeping Your Reputation Out of the Jaws of Social Media

On line reputation management is becoming a big issue as the socialweb marches on. Here is another great article which makes some very good points. Keeping Your Reputation Out of the Jaws of Social Media | Small Agency Diary - Advertising Age This is why it's so important to take expert advice from a specialist social media consultancy when you design and implement your own social media strate...

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Social Media Integration - Maximise Your Online Business Potential

You have a website, and you get leads and information from this,perhaps even some data, and you might be thinking    "why do I need social media?"  and that's a good question. After all, what else can integrating social media into your business online presence do for your organisation?...

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How to design your social media marketing campaign

You know how it goes...you pick up the paper, surprised by it's weight. When you open it up, out tumbles a huge wad of advertising leaflets. We've all been there! The problem for businesses who still use this form of advertising is that hardly anybody reads them. The recycling bins are full of Pizza...

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Online Reputation Management - Protect your Brand

Recent food health scares have burst over social media like an atomic bomb. Horse meat scares have done the rounds on twitter and facebook and the other platforms and some big names have come under attack due to the way they did or did not handle adverse publicity on social media.  And it's not...

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5 Trends in Social Media for 2013

If you're in business and looking at how to maximise your social media activity, have a look at the trends for the rest of this year (and probably into next year too). It's a given nowadays that you have to have an active presence on social media just to keep up with your competitors, never mind getting...

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Why Businesses Need Google+...

I came across this great article today whilst doing some R&D for a client.It's a fantastic piece about the benefits of using Google+ for business. Now, we already know that Google+ is second only to Facebook in terms of users, but which is the better platform for business? I'd have to say that...

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Social Media may drive more traffic to your website than search engines...

We've been saying this for a while now. Well we would, wouldn't we? we're Social Media specialists, after all. But since Google changed it's search algorithms, it's interactions rather than the number of backlinks which makes your website stand up and take a bow to your customers and prospects.. Social Media May Soon Drive More Traffic to Your Website Than Search Engines | Entrepreneur.com And remember,...

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So, Why does my business need to be using Social media?

We get asked this question a lot! Prospective clients often feel confused and even scared of being active on the web, and think that having a website is enough... well, its not. Not any more. Websites are static and difficult to use for conversations. They are the 'Shop Window' for your business, but...

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Social Media - What we do

We've been asked a lot recently just what is it we do for our Social Media clients. So here it is.. We carry out a full review of a client's existing social media and web activity. We ask lots of questions about their business.Its important we 'get' their vision and mission to be able to understand just where they need to be on social media and what their market is. We would seek to understand...

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But what's the ROI ?

It's a question we are asked very, very frequently. In fact, its the one question every client or potential client of ours asks. Just what is the return on investment (ROI) from my business social media activity? This is actually a very difficult question to answer because to be honest, there is no...

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The Google workshop an introduction

Nomsindo is offering a FREE (You pay for your own coffee) Google workshop on Saturday mornings for any interested businessmen/women in Cape Town. Did you know that even a basic knowledge of the FREE Google tools at your fingertips can rapidly change your web and digital presence? If you are going to grow to the point that you need to appoint a social media professional either in house or...

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Why using Social Media for CRM is a priceless tool

I must start by emphasising that social media is by no means the only CRM (customer relationship management) tool a company should use and certainly in certain circumstances there are are other CRM tools that are more effective. It has however become clearly obvious that with the implementation of social media as a grass roots CRM instrument by medium and large enterprises, the cost effectiveness...

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How to bag your first Tiger....

You know how it goes...you've set up on your own, survived the first year and struggled through half of the second. Small accounts, but nothing big. And then all of a sudden, that first big deal lands in your lap, the saviour of your fledgling business. How did it happen? Tempting though it is to think so, this big deal was not, repeat not down to luck. It was all down to your absolute focus on business...

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Facebook-what they don't tell you but what you should know

With nearly one billion users, Facebook is a social media phenomenon which cannot be ignored by anyone seriously trying to market their particular brand or business. But just creating a Facebook page and thinking its going to do all the work for you would be a huge mistake! Successful Facebook marketing involves a lot more....advertising, refreshing content, finding new customers and clients, the...

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Job hunting and social media

So 89%of companies will be using social media as a part of their recruitment processes by the end of this year... Did you know that? No, me neither. But it's all here in a great article and info graphic I came across this morning. Have a look for yourself. - Posted using BlogPress from my i...

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