Do you curate your social media feeds? What does that even mean? I don’t mean the things you post; I’m not talking about having one of those beautiful Instagram profiles where all of the images fit together nicely in a colour scheme or overall theme. I’m talking about the things Read more…
I love social media, and have been on Facebook and Twitter since they were fairly new. I spend quite a lot of time on them for my personal use, for my business and for the businesses whose social media accounts I look after. Social media can be great for those Read more…
Yesterday, I woke up feeling absolutely rubbish. It was 5:30am, and I had a stinking cold. I had to get up to catch a train to Blog On Win in Winchester, but I had a headache and was still awfully tired despite having had an early night. I toyed with Read more…
If you read my post yesterday, you’ll know that I love Instagram – and also that it’s an amazing social network that’s really active, and growing really quickly. It’s a great place to find like minded people, to get inspiration, to keep in touch with how people look or how Read more…
Anyone who follows me on Instagram will probably be aware of how much I love it. There are often days when I post 15 or more pictures! I’ve been on there since 2012 and have slowly increased my presence and my followers over that time. These days, I tend to Read more…
You may have noticed, but I spend a lot of time on Facebook. I’m really interested in engagement and connection on social media, and do my best to be open to meeting new people and interacting with them when I can. Sometimes, Facebook seems a bit like a popularity contest, with Read more…
When I attended Blog Camp last month, we were all invited to join Hiive beforehand, and join a Swarm that had been set up for the event. Hiive? Swarm? What? I signed up to Hiive, and joined the swarm and then toddled on to the event – which I then Read more…
When you write a blog, it’s easy to just plod along, writing a few posts here and there. Thousands of people have blogs and are happy to keep them going as they are, and that’s just fine. If you want to step up your blogging though, to gain more traffic Read more…
At an event a while ago, I attended a workshop about social media. As a part of it, we were asked to take a simple personality test which would reveal how we act online. The test is simple, and the results give you three out of six outcomes: Open Read more…
Yesterday I published a post about how you need to have a Facebook page, rather than a personal account. I know a lot of people prefer to have a personal account as they feel it somehow allows them to bypass Edgerank in some way, and that more people will see Read more…
The other day I published a post about how I climbed the Tots100 rankings. One of the major parts of that was getting more traffic – unique visitors and over all page impressions. With that in mind, here is a list of ways to promote your blog. This list is by Read more…
Do you use hashtags to promote your blog posts on Twitter? If not, you’re missing a trick! There are lots of blogging hashtags out there which you can use specifically to promote your blog posts. Here’s a handy list of my favourite hashtags… Monday: #MondayBlogs This tag was set up by Read more…
I love social media. I spend huge amounts of time on Facebook and Twitter and have made some wonderful friends in internet land. Spending so much time on social media, I have seen some reall boo-boos in my time – like a “parenting expert” who sent a #journorequest tweet when Read more…
Facebook is still the largest social network, with over 1.44 billion active users. If it were a country, it would be larger than the USA. In fact, it would quite possibly be the largest country in the world. This makes it a fantastic way of advertising your blog – even Read more…
Yesterday, I went to a talk by Thomas Power about social media. Before I went, I tweeted that I was going, and excited to see what I could learn. When I arrived at the talk, Thomas told me he had replied to my tweet, so I took a look. He Read more…
Everybody wants more traffic on their blog, right? Here are 15 ideas for how you can increase the traffic to your blog. 1. Follow your fellow bloggers on Twitter and Facebook and interact with them there, as well as on their blog. The more someone feels they “know” you, the Read more…