Forgive me for yet another Pinterest post….. it seems almost impossible at the moment, to escape the consistent stories, articles and posts about this rising star of social media. But…. I have to confess that I am ever so slightly addicted!! And it would appear that I am not alone. According to this chart (created [...]
Feb
29
Pinterest for Businesses – Should they and how can they use Pinterest?
Feb
28
Pinterest – Still all the rage. Here’s our round up of all things Pinteresting this week
So we know that Pinterest is still a relatively new social network – but one that is growing at a staggering rate. Particularly now that every marketer and blogger is writing about it! We also know that Pinterest is image based and acts as a global notice board – allowing people to create and share [...]
Feb
21
Small Business Advertising and Marketing – For Free!! 5 Top Tips
A large part of running a successful business is knowing how to market it effectively. This means, as well as investing money into well planned and targeted advertising / marketing campaigns, you should be taking advantage of as many of the free opportunities available to you as possible. Here’s five essential tips to start you [...]
Feb
21
Small Business Advertising and Marketing – For Free!! 5 Top Tips
A large part of running a successful business is knowing how to market it effectively. This means, as well as investing money into well planned and targeted advertising / marketing campaigns, you should be taking advantage of as many of the free opportunities available to you as possible. Here’s five essential tips to start you [...]
Feb
20
LinkedIn: Back to Basics – How to build your Connections
How do I build my Connections? Within LinkedIn there are 1st degree, 2nd degree and 3rd degree connections: Your 1st degree connections are people you know and they are the centre of your network. Each person connected to your direct connection makes a 2nd degree connection and Those linked to your 2nd degree, make up [...]
Feb
14
Introducing DAA Marketing: New Brand, New Website, New Service!
It’s here! It’s new….. it’s exciting…. and we hope you like it as much as we do – it’s our shiny new website. Much like the advertising & marketing industry on the whole, the last few years has seen many significant changes for DAA. Long ago (well, very long ago…) we were a leading agency [...]
Feb
13
LinkedIn: Back to Basics – How to set up your profile
So you’ve decided you want to start using LinkedIn, you’ve joined and now it’s time to take the first step and set up your profile. Don’t panic, it’s pretty straightforward to set up – you just need to follow these 3 steps: List your current and past positions & education along with your tenure there. [...]
Feb
09
LinkedIn Back to Basics: What is it and Should I use it?
Even if you have not used LinkedIn before, you have no doubt either heard about it or even seen links to people’s LinkedIn profiles on the footer of their email signatures. But assuming you know nothing about LinkedIn but understand that it holds some value as a networking tool, we’ll give you some basic information [...]
Feb
08
Marketing Plan – Back to Basics: Summary and Marketing Objectives
Our Mini Blog Series: Marketing Plan – Back to Basics, provides a comprehensive, step by step guide to creating your own marketing plan. If you have never worked in marketing or are a business owner without a marketing team, this guide is a perfect tool for you to begin marketing your company effectively. Elements covered [...]
Feb
08
Pinterest is set to be the next big thing in Social Media….But what is it?
Pinterest is set to be the next big thing in Social Media. According to Tech Crunch and Com Score, they hit 11.7 million unique monthly U.S. visitors in January 2012 – crossing the 10 million mark faster than any other standalone site in history (Graph source – Tech Crunch). These stats certainly impressive and indicate [...]