Why Twitter? Why Facebook?

 

Many people ask themselves this question every day; what is the point in Twitter/Facebook? What benefits could it bring to my company?

 Simple.

 The point of Twitter and Facebook is to interact with your customers, to build a trusting relationship with them. If you think about it, if you’ve been interacting and building rapport with a customer for the past month, and he’s looking for a company like yours to purchase from, then it is more likely that he will purchase from you, not your competitors. The reason for this is that he trusts you, he sees you not as a company but as an individual. This is very important.

 

Twitter Tips and Tricks

Twitter is rapidly becoming one of the most-used social networking sites for businesses.

 But what is it that makes Twitter so good for businesses?

 There are many reasons; the first would be that it is great for getting your message across to a lot of people. Twitter currently has around 6 million active users per month; many are businesses and many are individuals. In this post I am going to tell you how to make the most of this site.

 

Driving Traffic to your Website

Nowadays, a lot of businesses are using the internet to promote themselves and their brand. In fact, around half of small businesses in the UK have a website. This means that getting traffic is going to be very competitive. I will tell you here the best ways to outsmart your competitors and get a lot of traffic, which could then develop into clients/customers.

 

Ten Email Marketing Tips

In this post, I will tell you how to make the most out of your e-marketing campaign. There are ten tips, and all will prove helpful to you. Read on!!

National Insurance – A Map through the maze

All rates in this article are for 2009/10.

NIC for Employees

For employees Class1 National Insurance (NI) primary contributions are deducted from their salary each month as part of the PAYE system.

They are paid on earnings between £110 and £844 per week at 11% and then an extra 1% on any earnings above this.

4 Must-Dos for a Successful e-marketing Campaign

The internet has opened new opportunities for small business owners, as well as entrepreneurs, to broaden their reach and build a relationship with their clients, or soon-to-be clients.

 

In this post, I will tell you the 4 Must-dos for a successful e-marketing campaign.

Why Blog?

You may, or may not be aware that the word “Blog” comes from “Web Log”, which is obviously a log of some sort on the web. That’s what blogging was initially intended for; a way for people to tell their friends what they’re doing. But, since it started, more and more businesses are realising the potential that blogging has in relation to growing their company. There are many different reasons to blog, and I will tell you some of them.

The Advantages of using YouTube to Market your business

Millions of businesses have already started using YouTube as a marketing tool, but this post is directed at those who haven’t yet, because in this post I’m going to describe to you the advantages of using YouTube to market your business.

Should you build your own Social Networking site?

Should you make your own Social Network?

That depends on many things. First of all; have you got the time to set it up, and then interact with anyone who is on there? I have just started setting up a Social Network that we are calling KeepNet. In this post, I am going to explain the benefits, and the drawbacks, of owning your own Social Network.

Twitter Tips – How to get ReTweeted

Previously, I wrote about what a Retweet was, and what the benefits of it were. As I promised, here are the tips on getting yourself retweeted.

5 Top Tips to beating the Recession

We are all still feeling the recession, and that will likely continue for some time. So, keep reading to find out 5 top tips to beating the recession.

Why SME’s should invest in e-marketing

A lot of SME’s (Small to Medium-sized Enterprises) have already embraced the idea of e-marketing, and are welcoming it with open arms. In this post, I am going to tell you why I think that SME’s should invest in e-marketing.

What is e-marketing?

I have written a lot of posts about e-marketing, and I realised; I haven’t actually wrote a post about what e-marketing actually is.

Some more Tax breaks

1. If your sales, excluding VAT, are less than £150,000 per annum, have you considered switching to the flat rate VAT accounting scheme? Tip: Not only could this system be simpler to administer, but it could also result in you paying less VAT. It could also cost you more, so professional advice is essential.

What is a Retweet, and why do we do it?

In this post, I am going to explain briefly what a Retweet is and why we do it.

Increasing your Cashflow

We all know the importance of maintaining a positive cashflow from month to month if we want to avoid a liquidity crisis, and all the misery that entails.

HMRC announces ‘light touch’ approach to VAT rate change

HMRC have said that it will be applying a ‘light touch’ approach if businesses make mistakes on their returns following the upcoming change in the standard rate of VAT.