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Social media is a fast-paced, dynamic place where rules change by the minute. The better you are at adopting the habits of its users, and keeping up with trends, the better your results will be. So should you be using emojis in social media? Why use emojis in social media? Emojis help to convey a…

How should you choose a Website Designer? With so many options it can be overwhelming. The array of web designers available is huge! So are the different website platforms. Should you have a completely bespoke, coded website? A WordPress content management system? Or even a ‘do it yourself’ with a website builder like Squarespace or…

Did you take a Social Media break? Over the festive period, you may well have taken the opportunity to have a bit of a digital detox. It’s the time of year many people tend to focus on the family in front of us rather than our online connections. As a social media agency, we took…

Finding the best Instagram hashtags for your business account can be challenging, particularly if you are new to the platform and when everyone seems to have a different strategy. Using the right Instagram hashtags can help you reach your customers and build your network.   What is a hashtag anyway? A hashtag is where the…

Social media management may seem like easy work. How hard can it be to post content to a couple of accounts every few days, right? Why would you want to pay for someone else to post your content? If you are facing any of these common issues below then it’s time to reconsider and hire…

To help with SEO your website needs an XML sitemap. An XML sitemap is a list of your website’s URL (the address of each page on your website).  That’s why it’s called a sitemap. It maps out how the website is structured and what the website includes.  XML stands for “Extensible Markup Language”, a way…

Social media marketing is not about selling. You should be using social media to connect with your audience. People, even your existing customers, don’t follow you on social media to buy from you or to hear about your latest product or launch or webinar…. BUT when you talk about what goes on behind closed doors, they…

Website maintenance is never something you want to think about after you’ve had a new site designed. When website owners do think about it instead of it being viewed as a necessity, it’s often looked at as a chore. Unfortunately, it’s often a chore that never gets done. Your website was a significant investment for…

To grow your email list is an essential requirement for any business. By getting people to sign up for your weekly or monthly email marketing campaigns you can stay in regular contact with your prospects and customers.  Building a targeted and invested email list of subscribers is hands down one of THE most important things you can do…

Twitter does a great job of letting you know when someone mentions you in a tweet when they use your @username. However, it doesn’t notify you when someone mentions your website without using the @ handle. You might be surprised by how many hidden mentions you have! How to find missing website mentions: 1) Do…

Social Media image creation can seem quite daunting to the small business owner.  Graphic Design can seem overwhelming but now with free tools like Canva to help you get started, and social media images having more of an impact it’s certainly worth investing some time to create some social media images. Here are 7 simple social…

Social media has become a powerful force in terms of traffic and revenue. When implemented and executed properly, a good social media marketing strategy can uplift a brand and make all the difference between an obscure small business and burgeoning start-up. If 2016 is the year you set some lofty social media goals and you’ve…

Instagram is currently our favourite social platform at Purple Dog.  The reason? Because it’s the platform we see the most engagement on.  We have more of our audience liking our pictures, commenting and we find it easy to do the same with people we follow. So if you’re interested in starting out on Instagram or…

Social Media presence has become almost vital for all business – large, small or the self-employed.  Whether you like it or not, if you don’t take steps and manage your online presence, your customers and clients will!  And sadly, it’s normally the unhappy ones that will make the effort and announce their dissatisfaction.  Nowadays, just…

The age of the internet has afforded us an incredible amount connectivity. We can reach thousands, if not millions of people now through something as simple as social media. Marketing used to mean ad space in the local newspaper, but today it encompasses a variety of tactics, platforms, and strategies to reach and attract new customers. Platforms like Facebook,…

We have often recommended in the past to make full use of  Social Media Visuals.  In fact, all platforms are becoming more image-centric.  The reason being is we connect emotionally to images more than video, audio or text. People make decisions and take action quickly when prompted by images, rather than by reading a lot of…

Friday we discussed why it’s important to see if what you’re posting to social media is actually working for you.  We discovered this handy guide to social media analytics to get you thinking about what you are measuring….or not!

If you’ve been using social media for business for awhile, do you know what works on social media?  Have you learnt which content, timing, and frequency is right for you? It helps to have a sense of which social media stats to look for, where to look for them, and how to assess their success. Find your…

There are so many social media channels and so little time in business.  We’ve touched before on how to save yourself time on social media.  The secret is in the scheduling.  Then you’ll have time to engage with and listen to your audience – the social part! Schedule your posts and work in batches Scheduling is the…

Friday we discussed how you need to use emotions to help connect and engage with your audience on social media. Whist this infographic from Coschedule suggests power words for Emotional Headlines using these words in your social media updates can help you to make that desired connection.