This is your LinkedIn bible.

LinkedIn now has a business network of over 150 million users and is four times more effective at generating B2B leads than Facebook AND Twitter. Despite its popularity though, it still remains a social media platform that is solely for people in business – this is why it’s crucial, if you’re going to look good anywhere – you need it to be on LinkedIn!   Here are some hints and tips on how to make you and your business look great on LinkedIn, and how to create yourself some leads…

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6 tips for an invincible web presence

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In the heavy traffic of the virtual world (that only promises to get busier), what can businesses do to make a competitive dent and how do we make our mark?   Here are six vital principles to incorporate into your web activity so that you don’t disappear into the ether of online activity…   Great design: The first step to having a successful online site is having a good design! It doesn’t matter how fabulous you think your product or services are: If your website looks bad and is difficult to

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Top tips on good writing, and getting you FOUND.

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  If you are a good writer, people should be reading your work. However, in a lot of cases authors don’t get found because they are using the wrong techniques – or not using enough of the right ones. Here are a few pointers to help your work stand out.   1.)   Write with purpose. You need to write for a reason – if you have no reason to write your content won’t mean anything to others. Whether it be to amuse people, to gain a following or to

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Exceptional blogging: 5 bite-size tips

Are you following these easy steps to brilliant blogging? Read 5 quick ways to generate traffic, and be a master of the craft before you’ve even finished your lunch…   1. Enthralling Title   Something eye-catching, compelling, engaging: your blog posts need to be different. The title needs to shine through the murky sea of Google results and suggest it can do one better than the others. ‘How-to’ titles are some of the most popular, as the viewer instantly recognises that they can gain something from reading. Giving free knowledge

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4 things you didn’t know about Google+ and where it’s going…

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At the start of last year everyone was talking about the all-new social media platform that popped up. Alongside LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and blogging, the world was wondering whether it had time to get savvy with the all-new Google+, and whether it could be bothered to get to grips with something that could potentially be the same! Well, there is an answer. It’s not the same and what’s more it is worth it.     So what does it mean for you? What does it mean for business?   For

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