LinkedIn: How to remove a network connection or contact (2013)
I have had a few LinkedIn Professional Profiles request a connection on LinkedIn only to turn out to be obviously fake and begin spamming me with some $13million dollar deal.
This guy was sending me weird emails, so I wanted to remove him from my network:-
Here’s how to “un-connect” or remove a contact from your LinkedIn network:- 1. Click on the “CONTACTS” in the top menu. 2. Click “CONNECTIONS”; 3. Click “REMOVE CONNECTIONS”; 4. Locate the connection you want… Continue reading
9 Tips to Effectively Marketing with Social Media
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve heard many marketing experts recommend small businesses use social media as part of their marketing strategy. The Internet is swamped with articles on using Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube and something called Pinterest, and a heap of other sites, to help promote your brand, products and services. For most small business owners, however, all this information is just causing a problem of overwhelm, and in some cases, just forces the small business owner… Continue reading
Facebook Page Cover Image 20% Text Rule Calculator
We’ve found a handy tool to use to calculate the 20% maximum text rule that Facebook imposes on Facebook Page Cover images.
1. First you need to upload your image to your Facebook Page;
2. Insert your Facebook Fanpage ID in the box below this image (eg this is the username part of the webaddress of your Facebook Page – https://www.facebook.com/TownsvilleSocialMediaMarketing , so our Facebook Fanpage ID is “TownsvilleSocialMediaMarketing” )
3. Click on all the cells that contain typed text… Continue reading
Adding Images to Facebook Page Events (March 2013)
Facebook have recently changed the Events platform, and I’ve noticed now you don’t have an option to include an image when you create Events as your Facebook business Page. But I worked out a word-around
- Create a banner using the image or .PSD template as a guide (click to download the image or the .PSD);
- Login to your personal Profile and ‘switch’ to admin your Facebook Page then create the Event;
- Switch back to your personal FB Profile and click… Continue reading
15 Best practice tips when designing a blog site
Recently, I have had a client ask me what the best tips were for designing a blog site for their business. So I thought I post my reply here…
Best practices tips when designing a blog site:-
1. Have a goal for your visitors and make sure it’s easy for them to navigate to what they are looking for.
. 2. Don’t overwhelm them with information or options, get to the point. See point 1.
. 3. Humanise your blog…… Continue reading
How to add yourself to a Twitter List you created
When you create Twitter Lists and allow others to subscribe to that list, there’s a problem… you can’t actually add yourself to that list using Twitter.
For instance, we created a Twitter List called “Townsville Businesses” and we want to add other Townsville businesses Twitter Profile to that list so we can filter on tweets from only Townsville businesses that we follow. This cuts down the noise and lets us focus on adding value to Townsville businesses, who are our… Continue reading
How to message all your LinkedIn Connections
Ways to message your connections on LinkedIn
There’s two ways to get a message out to all your connections at the same on LinkedIn.
Option 1 - “SHARE AN UPDATE” TO YOUR LINKEDIN CONNECTIONS
You can send a status update to your connections via their LinkedIn news feed and limit it to only your Connections:-
1. From your HOME screen, insert the text you want to send out and then select only “Connections”;
But your Connections may miss your message,… Continue reading
Social Media and Digital Marketing Training Townsville
Are you a small Townsville business struggling with marketing your business online?
Here’s a training package that will give you an understanding of everything you need to know to get your business online and effectively using the web and social media to market your business… and you could even get a subsidy from the Queensland Government.
“Get Up To Speed” program is a 12-week flexible training course delivered online and suitable for any sized business and any level of technical … Continue reading
Google Authorship – How to setup on WordPress
Get your photo to show next to your links in Google Search
Have you seen photos of authors showing in search results on Google? Are you more inclined to click on a link that has a thumbnail image of the author? Do you think it’s beneficial in creating an emotional connection with the searcher? I believe it is.
In this era of ‘relationship marketing’ it’s important to humanize your business and this is one way of creating that connection… Continue reading
How to use Friend Lists to control who can see your Facebook Posts and Photos
Sorting your Facebook Friends into lists is a great way to control who sees what status updates you post.
Say you wanted to post a photo of your baby, and you just wanted your Family and Close Friends to see it; or you wanted to post a photo of you out on the town with the girls.. and you didn’t what your Family or Business Clients to see it… there is a way. Create Friends’ Lists…
You can create any… Continue reading
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