How to Use Hashtags
In this 200 word post, we’ll find out just how to use Twitter #hashtags. Because some of you just aren’t getting it. At all.
An SEO Copywriter Walks Into a Pub…
An SEO copywriter walks into a pub, bar, public house, venue, beer, lager, wine, spirits, cocktails, pub food, gastropub, happy hour...
And how we laugh. Still. Every time this tired old joke wheezes its way around Twitter, we all drop to the ground, rolling about in paroxyms of laughter, attempting to hold in our ruptured and...
You’re Not a Ninja, You’re a Fool
Names and titles are important. When you've got a split-second to make an impression, you need to explain clearly and concisely just what it is that you can do for a client.
Is Social Media Entering the Era of Zero Tolerance?
How much of your time is spent on social networking sites? With multiple networks to maintain, have you really got time to waste on frivolous or low-quality user accounts?
Fancy a Personalised Twitter Infographic?
The nice people over at Visual.ly have developed a lovely infographic generator. I've seen what it comes up with based on my details, and I'm half-way impressed.
Where Should You Be Promoting Your SEO, Copywriting and Marketing Blog Posts?
Sphinn or SERPd? Facebook or Twitter? If you want to find readers for your SEO, Copywriting or Marketing blog, you need to have a read of this...
If You Don’t Promote Your Work, Nobody Else Will.
You're relying on other people to promote your work. And no matter how good your tremendously fantastic stuff is, you're going to be hard pushed convincing them to put in the effort that you're unable or unwilling to do.
Peeking Round the Paywall – Is The Times Being Very Canny?
Could the seemingly regular downtime suffered by The Times' paywall be a clever marketing tactic? Andrew certainly thinks so, and the evidence is mounting.
Grubbing Peons of Twitter, Bow Down to Your #TwitRelief Masters!
Comic Relief is a good cause. But has their ill-judged #twitrelief campaign turned the tide of public opinion against them?
Forgoing the usual bath of beans, the Comic Relief organisers have found a new way for the great and the good to demean themselves for charity. By talking to dirty, pointless scrubbers like you.
Was My Copyblogger Guest Post a Failure?
You may not have heard, but on February 22nd I had a guest slot on probably the most prominent copywriting blog in the world. But did I reap the benefits that guest posting is supposed to bring?
#FollowFriday – You’re Doing it Wrong
Back when the world was young and Twitter was new and exciting, a tradition developed. Every Friday, the users of the burgeoning social media site would take the time to promote their friends. They'd explain why a certain person was interesting, and tag it #FollowFriday.
How #guardianexclusive Caused the Twitter Hype Machine to Backfire
If I'd have told you 24 hours ago that The Guardian were the UK newspaper that used Twitter most effectively, you'd have believed me.
And then came the #guardianexclusive. Oh, well done Guardian Sport. To quote another sporting foot-shooter, "take a bow, son."
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