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by lesley | Jun 22, 2015 | Social media
Twitter is a bit like Marmite – people tend to love it or hate it. Some people see it as an amazing network where you can talk to anyone and get pretty instant responses – a bit like text messaging on a global scale. Other people just don’t get it...
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by lesley | Jun 8, 2015 | Websites
I’m always reading new books – the web is constantly changing and I need to keep up. However, some things don’t change for the better and I’m a big fan of common sense when it comes to putting things together for my clients’ websites. If...
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by lesley | May 26, 2015 | Writing Skills
The simple answer is ‘someone who writes’, but there are all kinds of writing and designating someone as ‘a writer’ creates more questions than answers! If someone is introduced as a writer most of us immediately think ‘novelist’ or...
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by lesley | May 17, 2015 | LinkedIn
Logging in daily isn’t enough to count as active – it’s better than doing nothing except responding to the occasional LinkedIn email, but just looking is definitely more passive than active. If you want to transform your activity on LinkedIn follow these tips: Don’t...
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by lesley | May 16, 2015 | LinkedIn
Are you jack of all trades or a specialist? Many people make the mistake of trying to get as many skills as possible into their portfolio in the hope that everyone who connects with them will find something of interest. This is a challenge on LinkedIn as the system...
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by lesley | May 15, 2015 | LinkedIn
Someone else saying how amazing you are is always a much more powerful pitch than you telling people how good you are. It’s known as ‘third party validation’ and, understandably, most company owners are keen to let their potential clients what great things people...
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by lesley | May 14, 2015 | LinkedIn
There are different kinds of LinkedIn profile – it all depends on your role. Are you job-hunting? Are you an employee? Are you a business owner? Each of these situations means a different approach to completing your profile. For instance: If you’re a business owner...
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by lesley | May 13, 2015 | LinkedIn
Of course you’re not – every human being is unique, but if you’re a business supplying products or services there’s a reasonably good chance that what you say about your business is pretty much the same as your competitors. This makes it hard to really stand out from...
by lesley | Apr 20, 2015 | Marketing
Can you answer these three questions – easily? What would your ideal client look like? What is their biggest problem/frustration/challenge – that you can solve for them? What are the benefits that they’d get from working with you – instead of...
by lesley | Apr 6, 2015 | Marketing, Reputation, Social media
I created the RAVE acronym to help people to see the value of promoting their company – here are 12 tips to build your RAVE factor Reputation Check your online security – Facebook privacy settings, notifications from your various platforms and change...
