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Facebook – Uses and Advantages for Businesses. Free Webinar - Mar 24th

The next WSI public webinar is entitled: “Facebook – Uses and Advantages for Businesses”.

Facebook is one of the fastest growing social networks available today. With over 4000 million users worldwide, Facebook has even surpassed email as the most frequently used tool online.

At this webinar, WSI will show you how you can use Facebook to enhance [...]

Is Your Target Audience on Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter?

Business Insider in the US has just published some great research analysing the demographic spread of the three major Social Media platforms. You can read the article here.

In summary: Which social network should be your priority? It depends who your target clients are!

For help and guidance in implementing the right social media strategy for your [...]

Workshop - How to use Social Media in your business - Advance Notice

WSI Internet Marketing will be hosting a half day ‘Social Media’ workshop in Chester at the end of February.

It will take delegates through planning and implementing an effective Social Media strategy for their business.

The workshop will help entrepreneurs, business owners, sales and marketing managers.

In fact it will benefit anyone who would like to understand more [...]

6 New Year’s Resolutions for the Social Media Age

Its that time of year to plan and start laying the foundations for 2010. So here’s my input with some simple Social Media New Years Resolutions:

1. Just Do it!
Get off the fence for 2010, the social media is here to stay and will play an increasingly important role for businesses of all sizes.
So aim to become [...]

Google shows real-time results

Last week, Google starting featuring real-time content from across the internet in its search results.

After conducting a search, you will now see live updates from sites such as Twitter, Facebook, Myspace  and Friendfeed together with headlines from news channels and blog posts.

And the results will continue to be updated in a scrolling feed area as [...]

Social media success for SME exporter

The major social networks – Facebook, Twitter, YouTube are not just playthings for the ‘younger generation’ but can be very effective marketing tools for SMEs.

A Devon-based exporter recently posted about his company’s positive experiences using social media on the UK Trade and Investment Blog site. His view is they are really useful tools for international [...]

The Social Media Revolution – In Video

Is the use of the Social Media just hype and fad, or is it changing the way people communicate and do business?

Eric Qualmann from Socialnomics has produced a great video documenting the impact of social media, through a wide variety of current statistics. These include:

Facebook added 100 million users in 9 months
If Facebook was a [...]

Facebook means Business

Facebook has quietly launched a significant upgrade to its Pages. These are ‘profiles’ for businesses, sports teams, and other ‘entities’.

Originally restricted to one page, Facebook is rolling out a multi-tabbed format similar to a personal Profile. Currently the new format will only become visible as administrators update their Pages, but shortly all Pages will be [...]

Facebook is for Business, not just for Pleasure

For many business owners, Facebook is still a ‘kids thing’ and I often need to explain to them why that is no longer the case and why Facebook and similar social networking sites will be increasingly important to their business.

The marketing opportunities that the Internet brings to business expand continually. From a simple beginning [...]

Separating the Public from the Private online?

Should you keep your business contacts separated from your social contacts when joining social networks?

Do you use Facebook for friends and LinkedIn for business colleagues?

There’s a great discussion kicked off by a post from Natalie on the FutureNow blog a few days ago on the benefits and pitfalls of the two strategies.

For many people, I [...]