PookyShares

I get quite a lot of people asking for advice on how to make the most of Pinterest when using it for business, so I thought it was well worth sharing this nifty infographic by Socially Sorted outlining the ten commandments of Pinterest for business.  They are: Don’t cut corners during the planning stages Always cite your [...]

This presentation is designed as a blogging tutorial, helping you to get the most out of your blog post ideas.  It walks you through the whole process from the moment inspiration hits right through to hitting the publish button, with all sorts of handy tips and reminders on the way. I hope you find it [...]

Twitter’s no fun without great people to follow but it can be a bit of a mission trying to hunt through the millions of tweeters out there to find the ones who are the right fit for you.  Here are a few ideas to help you along the way.   Use lists – but be [...]

The nice folk at Infographic Labs have gone all meta on us and created an infographic about infographics.  I think it’s rather splendid so I thought I’d share it with you along with some great posts for anyone wanting to create or share infographics. ROI = return on infographics – Cool Infographics looks at how [...]

As you may have gathered by now, I’ve got a bit of an addictive personality and every now and then, something comes along which entices me to spend every waking minute (and rather a few when I should be asleep) exploring it.  Not so long ago I was a new Pinterest addict, these days it’s [...]

Viral content is the holy grail of social media marketing.  It’s what we’re all hoping and praying for every day – but we aren’t necessarily taking the correct steps towards it.  This infographic neatly sums up the criteria that most viral content fulfills then takes a look at a campaign that executed a flawless viral [...]

If you’re working in social media marketing and want to keep up to date then blogs are your friends.  It can be difficult to find the best ones so here’s a list of really useful blogs you might like to try.  If you think something should be added please leave a comment and I’ll update [...]

Now if you’re wondering why I’ve limited the list to just five, the reason is because I only wanted to tell you about the REALLY good chats.  Maybe 15 or 20 chats would have made for a better blog post title but I thought it would be disingenuous to send you off to a twitter [...]

Hashtags can seem super confusing when you’re new (or even when you’re not so new) to Twitter so I thought I’d put together a guide to try and demystify them.  Here goes… What is a Twitter hashtag? The # symbol, called a hashtag, is used to mark keywords or topics in a Tweet. It was [...]

You know you should be ‘doing’ social media in order to promote your brand / business / self but you just don’t know how to get started… sound familiar?  Well these ideas will help you get off on the right foot. Work out what your social media aims are Know why you’re here – decide [...]