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It’s very frustrating when someone has sent you a recommendation on LinkedIn but the pending requests notification at the bottom of the Recommendations page does not update itself. There is clearly a glitch in the system somewhere sometimes. It makes it incredibly hard to keep track of who has responded Read more [...]

It was a question that came up during one of my High Visibility Social Media training courses in Essex and again when I was doing some one-to-one tuition with Synergise. But the answer is not obvious. If you click on the padlock at the top of your profile page, it doesn’t mention photos. If you Read more [...]

Hi Jo I have created my facebook business page  – I wonder if you can answer a few questions Do I try and ‘get friends’ ?? Does it work the same way as personal facebook? Is it linked to my personal facebook in any way? – ie will all the friends posts from personal facebook appear on business Read more [...]

Lollipop Local run social media courses in Essex and Birmingham. Is Social Media Not Working For Your Business? Have you set up your profile on Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn and then wondered what to do next? Have you worked hard to gain some likes to your Facebook page, put up lots of status Read more [...]

I really enjoyed attending the ForgeXpo Virtual Trade Show yesterday – even though I’m not into forging. The event was staged to coincide with timezones all over the world, so here in London it ran from 12 noon to 5pm. There were several webinars about the industry throughout the day held in the Read more [...]

At today’s Google I/O here were the updates on Google+ which are going to start rolling out today. Every day, we connect with others with a smile or a laugh, but the meaning often gets lost. So the G+ project was designed to share the things you love with the people you love. To explore the stuff Read more [...]

Many small business owners are a bit confused by the term Engagement. They hear it used all the time by social media managers but they don’t understand really understand what it means. Why Engagement Is Important Not all of our posts get into the newsfeed and not all of our fans see everything we Read more [...]

Facebook changed the rules on cover images back in March. Whilst we are now allowed to include calls to action like ‘Like our Page’ and ’40% off’, QR Codes and contact information in the cover image of our Facebook business pages, Facebook’s rules say that it can include only a maximum of 20% text. Read more [...]

In this quarter’s, FSB Magazine, I learned about Theo Paphitis’s Small Business Sunday initiative on Twitter. It was in a snippet about a real life entrepreneur who is making the news. Lyme Bay Cabins in Seaton, Devon, were picked by Theo Paphites, the Dragon’s Den star as one to watch in his Small Read more [...]

In the same way that you can add a Facebook Admin to a page, there may come a time when someone needs to be removed. They may have left the business or it may be that you have changed your social media manager. Or, as a social media manager, it may be that you are no longer helping that business and Read more [...]