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Okay, name the last time you had a video chat using your social networking account on Facebook and Twitter. No, no, fancy add-ons don’t count. Just straight video chat without having to put in the extra effort. Anyone? Anyone? Well, so long Facebook and Twitter, GooglePlus just took the lead. GooglePlus If you haven’t already noticed, GooglePlus is hitting the various Google vices and seeping into our lives sort of the way you cook a frog. Start slowly and before you know it the…

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When you line up your web agency for the first meeting or read their tender document, you’re hoping to be wowed a bit. You want to walk out of the presentation, having read their submission, and know full well that these folks can do the job for you. But are you being fair to them?  Are you giving them enough information in your website brief about you and your business so they can bring their ‘A’ game to the table? The more informed the agency is, the happier you will be with your site…

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This post highlights the top 5 rocking social concepts (and digital) to hit the internet pre-Christmas 2012. You’ll be amazed how the theme of ‘giving’ has spread across the internet like viral wildfire to include weekly giving offers, yearly charity crusades and one off hyped up events. # 1. Grow your Mo for Movember  (Prostate Cancer) The Movember social concept is simple – grow a moustache for the month of November in aid of Prostate Cancer and make a donation. The social aspect…

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Hopefully by now your business has joined one of the fastest-growing social networks, Pinterest. The holidays are swiftly approaching, and with them, one of the biggest consumer periods of the year! Follow these five simple steps to compete in this new arena for the holiday season! # 1. Convert to a business account While they lagged behind on providing some key features for businesses, Pinterest recently made it possible to create an account as a business, not just an individual. Among the…

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You have been working hard on your personal branding of late, and stumble across the many trials and tribulations associated with defining “my brand.” For example, do you use your company name or your own name for your twitter account? Do you work on building up your own name or a business brand name? Which has more longevity? Are they mutually exclusive? Personal Branding – can it hurt? Oh the questions, the conversations with your friends, colleagues, marketers, and yourself. Where…

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Mark Shaw is an author, Twitter consultant, trainer and enjoys speaking to large audiences as a public speaker, in fact the larger the audience the better. He also loves a good radio or tv interview, all on the subject of Twitter. So I thought I would ask Mark how he got involved with Twitter and who his idol is plus what he has planned for his new venture. He also gets to share some Twitter tips on the way. What did you do before Twitter came along? I used to sell  medical products to the…

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Brochures may be perceived as outdated marketing tools that fill up the space at shops or inside mailboxes. Regardless of your feelings towards brochures, they remain a viable choice for your marketing strategy. If used correctly, brochures can help spearhead your print marketing plan as a way to build branding and familiarise the marketing with your products and services. If you have your social media covered, then you could try covering another marketing avenue with these advertising…

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The Typical Scenario: You’re a Webmaster, in-house developer, marketing director or SEO of an e-commerce site. The constant releases of both Google Panda and Google Penguin have virtually wiped your website off the face of the planet. Now your website is no longer receiving organic traffic from Google and you’ve learnt that content marketing is the way forward, but there are only so many articles you can write about “packaging and storing / <insert boring niche here>” . The…

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Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) is an organic science. It grows and reacts to the atmosphere around it. That atmosphere can be the search engines themselves or it can be the changing habits of internet users. Today, we’re taking a look at five issues and how you can work on ways to improve your search engine ranking. It’s DIY SEO you could say. Here are my SEO tips. Research your Target Phrase Research target phrase and target long string search terms – these typically have three or…

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I came across Nick Kellet of Listly on Twitter so thought I’d have a look at what was going on there. Listly is a simple way of curating lists and embedding lists into your blog encouraging sharing and interaction. The community has grown so rapidly I wanted to hear more from Nick about how it all came about, his background, GiftTRAP, tips on having an invention and even his ideal dinner party guests. You’re originally from Britain – how did you end up in Canada? Long story. The…

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