Podcast: social media strategy, community and building a business.

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On the “Scale Her Up” podcast, Dr Brenda Hector MBA from ActionCOACH UK talks to female business owners who are building, scaling and redefining business success; and each episode brings conversations with founders and leaders who share real experiences to help you grow with confidence and clarity. I was recently interviewed by Brenda for the … Read more

Social SEO in 2025: How to make your content more discoverable.

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It feels like I have been talking about “social search” forever, having written an Instagram post on it back in September 2023 sharing an example of how I “searched Instagram” in Glasgow in 2018 to find a place to have brunch in … fast forward to today, and searching social media has become second nature … Read more

Your 2024 social media trend predictions.

It feels a little irresponsible for me as a digital marketing specialist and senior professional to share a trend predictions blog with you without a bit of a health and safety warning – or disclaimer of some kind if you like. Mostly as, although I work in the marketing industry, I don’t have a crystal … Read more

What’s it like working with a Freelance Digital Marketing Strategist?

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I worked with an Aberdeen-based business over the summer on their digital marketing and social media strategy, it was a four month project and it was pretty darn great. I didn’t even have to say that myself, I asked the business owner for feedback and a testimonial after our project finished and she said the … Read more

How to use ChatGPT in your digital marketing strategy.

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I’ve spoken before on the difference between something trending and a trend in the digital marketing industry, and how sometimes it’s worth a business owner’s time to just sit back and watch before jumping right in. Think Clubhouse, Threads and TikTok as examples of this … We don’t have to take on every new thing … Read more

A coffee date Q&A with Harley from Hive + Co.

It’s coffee date Q&A time! The blog where I share a bunch of answers from questions I’ve asked a business owner around how they use social media for business. Any industry, any answer and anything goes on this coffee date … The idea is that we can all take some inspiration from each other on … Read more

A coffee date Q&A with Nicola from Freshly Ground Copy.

Welcome back to a new blog in the coffee date Q&A series! The blog series that reveals all the secrets of how business owners use social media for their business and the kind of chat that is usually reserved for the coffee dates only …. Our special guest today is Nicola Scott from Freshly Ground … Read more

Likes, followers and your social media strategy.

Ah vanity metrics! “How many likes did we get?” It’s a question anyone working in social media dreads and one that can make you a little crazy as a business owner. Danielle from Greene Creatives recently asked me to be on an Instagram Live Q&A with her talking about vanity metrics, why they don’t define … Read more

New Year Resolutions for your social media strategy.

When it comes to my non-work life I am not one for resolutions, I am way more of a “make the move whenever you like” kinda girl. Ties into those rebellious / creative aspects of my personality! But, business and marketing… totally different story. Spontaneity needs to be planned for and risk needs to be … Read more

How to take a social media break.

We often hear from social media experts on how to do “more social media” but very rarely on how to take an effective social media break. And I’m not talking about the 3-month digital hiatus kind of break – which frankly requires a whole other level of business communications discussion – but the kind of … Read more

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