With it’s impressive scale of reach, many businesses flock to causal media and use it as one of their marketing channels. Before diving into your social media marketing campaign, there are numerous pitfalls, which I really don’t want to see you tumbling into. In this post, I’ll uncover the common … [Read more...]
Married at First Sight UK on Channel 4 in Unique Experiment
Channel 4’s ‘Married at First Sight’ is back for its second casting, and the ground breaking social experiment is looking for single people to see if they can be matched through science, with their ideal partner from within our matching pool. The top four couples found will get married, the … [Read more...]
Promote your small business using social media
Social Media has firmly established itself as one of the key marketing channels due to its ability to reach huge, targeted audiences whilst often offering a healthy return on investment. Social media marketing is therefore one of the best ways to promote virtually any type of business. One thing … [Read more...]
Currys, PC World Websites are Down Today Feb 9
Both the Currys and PC World websites are down and have been for a fair few hours now, and customers are not too happy because there doesn’t seem to be any explanation as to why on official social media channels from the group. When you visit both of the websites you will see the same … [Read more...]
Snapfish encourage users with Free Monthly Photos
Snapfish is known for offering their users a lot in return for signing up, but one of the most successful promotions this brand has offered would be in relation to giving away free photos every month to their members. It’s a simple plan and one their customers have jumped upon, it is as … [Read more...]
Update on HSBC Cyber Attack Internet Banking Hack
HSBC was at the front of a cyber attack where its Internet banking was hacked, leaving customers highly frustrated today. You will see many tweet updates on the official @HSBC_UK_Help Twitter page with the last saying, “We continue to defend our services against todays attack. For urgent … [Read more...]
Productivity tips for freelance social media marketers
Social media marketing and freelancing are fantastic bedfellows and there is often no better way to exploit your talent in that area than by going it alone. Staying productive, however, can be very tricky indeed and particularly when working from home. Freelancing presents a number of challenges. … [Read more...]
Land Yourself a Job in Social Media
With more businesses choosing to promote their goods and/or services via popular social media sites, there has been a boom in the demand for professionals who are skilled in working on these platforms. As the popularity of using social media to promote a business has grown, so has the number of … [Read more...]
David Bowie has died of cancer with children by side
David Bowie has died of cancer with children by his side leaving the world saddened with the loss of a great legend, after battling cancer for 18 months. So many people have taken to Facebook and Twitter to send their condolences; he has two children Alexandria "Lexi" Zahra Jones and Duncan … [Read more...]
10 Social Media New Years resolutions for Marketers
If you are currently using social media to market your business, you may want to consider investing more time and effort into it in 2016. Social media sites are an excellent way to increase brand awareness, drive traffic to your website and generate leads and business, furthermore they offer unique … [Read more...]
HSBC online Internet banking still down on day 2
HSBC online Internet banking is still down on day 2 even though things were fixed for a short period of time. Yesterday January 4th, 2016 thousands of customers were not able to login to their online banking accounts due to some sort of disruption that has not yet been explained. If you visit … [Read more...]
PlayStation Network down Jan 4 and undergoing maintenance
Thousands of PS4 gamers are not very happy at the moment because PlayStation Network is down and undergoing maintenance. The problem seems to surround Sony not giving out any warnings as to why they decided to do it; some are saying it could be because they were hacked. PlayStation network is … [Read more...]
New Argos 7 Day Sale Event ends Christmas Eve
The new ‘Argos 7 Day Sale Event’ has begun today where for seven days you will be able to shop the amazing deals they have up on offer. These deals will end on Christmas Eve and these items will sell super fast, such as the 1TB Xbox One console with Rainbow Six Siege game for only £344.99. On … [Read more...]
Will Phantom Squad take down PSN, Xbox Live on Christmas Day?
One year ago during the Christmas period PSN and Xbox Live were attacked by hackers known as the Lizard Squad, and now one year on it seems there could be a reenactment but this time round from new hackers known as the Phantom Squad. It looks like they could take down PSN and Xbox Live, which could … [Read more...]
Xbox Live status with purchasing, content usage
There seems to be issues with Xbox Live at the moment and social media networks are being inundated with complaints that gamers Xbox Live status issues seems to be with purchasing and content usage. Has the Phantom Squad already struck? What is your Xbox One and 360 live status? There are … [Read more...]
Tesco F&F in-store Half Price sale on clothing
Yesterday the beginning of the Tesco F&F; in-store 50% off sale on clothing begun, where men’s deals happened first, but for the next two days December 16 and 17 it’s the chance for you to shop until you drop in the kid’s and women’s section. Thanks to Event Next they have revealed Tesco is … [Read more...]
NASA ISS Santa sleigh tracker with live stream
It is nearly that time when all the little children will be able to see Santa and his sleigh fly high in the sky on Christmas Eve. So it makes perfect sense to provide the best NASA ISS Santa sleigh tracker with live stream, which will let you know with a few simple searches where it is. For the … [Read more...]
ParcelHero tracking of Christmas and gifts via infographic
ParcelHero would like for all to learn where they send to at Christmas and how much it’s gifts are worth, and thanks to an infographic we can all see the breakdown. So, what do they send where at Christmas and how much are their gifts worth? Well, for starters ParcelHero has reported in the … [Read more...]
Microsoft 12 Days of Deals 2015 begins with two laptops
The Microsoft 12 Days of Deals for 2015 begins with two laptops on offer. As we know Black Friday and Cyber Monday this year was huge when it came to sales but it is not over yet. Microsoft has begun its new 2015 “12 Days of Deals” sale that we all know very well, and each day for 12 days a … [Read more...]
Christmas Countdown to B&Q 12 Days of Deals
In just over 8 hours time on December 1 you will be able to enjoy the new B&Q; Christmas 12 Days of Deals, this is when you can get to enjoy the most awesome one deal per day for 12 days. B&Q; have many different seasonal deals and this year so happens to be the start of 12 days, 12 deals. At … [Read more...]
Join Lenovo Gamestate for 2016 indie game release
Would you like a brand new sci-fi Tower Defense indie PC game to release in 2016? Of course you would, and if the answer is yes you can help by joining Lenovo Gamestate. Lenovo has decided to join forces with Dark Rift to build the sci-fi Tower Defense game, which will be powered by the Lenovo Y … [Read more...]
Social media impact on tourism sector and hotels
Social media has had a wide reaching impact on the tourism industry. The channels that hospitality organisations choose to utilise range from Facebook to Twitter, and Pinterest to Instagram, as well as the most direct user-generated-content channel, TripAdvisor. Social media platforms are now … [Read more...]