How to write your own social media strategy.

What does the word “strategy” mean to you? The usual response is that it’s a top-tier jargon word straight out of business school, i.e. scary as hell.  Truth is, a strategy is pretty important and helps give us purpose and achieve our business goals.  And guess what? For social media, it’s no different.  Diving into … Read more

Your guide to Christmas content planning.

Ok. I don’t want to freak you out, but it’s that time of year again.  And I know that you’re thinking you want to light the bonfire for Bonfire night first, but soon we’ll be donning our cosy festive jumpers and digging into the Quality Streets. Before then, let’s just take some time to talk … Read more

Social media trends in the food and drink industry for 2021.

Towards the end of last year, I worked on a social media strategy for a business based in central Scotland (I call Aberdeen home), they are in the food and drink industry but their social media channels were brand new.  That is both a good thing and a bad thing as brand new means no … Read more

How to plan your social media content.

“Help! I just don’t know what to post on my social media channels” is one of the most common problems anyone who runs social media for business will run into. Here are some of my favourite content ideas and a bit of insight into the content planning process I use.

A coffee date with Megan from Xana Creative.

With the “making video for social media” workshop just two weeks away, it was the perfect time to do a Q&A blog with Megan from Xana Creative! Megan and I will be running the workshop together on the 7th November, using our different skillsets to collaboratiely run the sessions; and it’s the very nature of this type of partnership that is the crux of the coffee date series.

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Using social media at an event or exhibition.

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In 2019 I think you know that using social media for business is more a prerequisite as opposed to a nice to have; and the only thing you have to question is which platforms to use relevant to your audience and how you are going to use those platforms to deliver to your business objectives.

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How to work with a marketeer on a small budget.

Last week, I saw a post in a Facebook group that someone was looking for recommendations for some marketing support; they gave a description of their business and said they had a very small budget but know they needed to start with something.

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How to be a self-employed and go on holiday.

In April, my daughter and I had a mini-break abroad. Doesn’t sound like a big deal right? Expect it was. This was our first holiday abroad since 2015, it seems being a freelance Digital Marketer and working from a home office are not the usual buzz words associated with going on holiday.

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