Social Media Tag

18 May

Posted at 08:45h in Business

There are so many factors to running a business, finances, security, insurance, marketing, customer satisfaction, reviews, websites, the list goes on. One of the main things we see when dealing with businesses is the lack of control business have over their ‘online presence’ For example, do a Google search for your business. Do you own your business listing? Even worse, does someone else? Heres an example,                 My Sister runs a Melton based business. Her business name is extremely close to at least tow other businesses in Australia (one of which is in...

18 May

Posted at 08:45h in Social Media

Facebook is still one of the leading social media platforms, with new features being added daily it’s important to remember some of the real life ramifications when using social media. Today we’re focussing on online safety, particularly in Buy, Swap & Sell groups and Facebook Marketplace. Buy Swap & Sell groups are an insanely popular way to clear out unwanted items in your home, just as you want to sell an item, there are buyers lining up to buy them. Facebook has no real way to ‘police’ online sales activity outside...

18 May

Posted at 08:45h in Facebook

Running and maintaining a Facebook group can take a lot of time & effort. Now, Facebook have plans allow group owners to charge for access to their pages. These new ‘subscription groups’ will allow group owners to charge anywhere from $4.99 per month to $29.99 per month. While this may sound like a great idea for group owners to pull some funds back into their pockets for their hard-earned work, we believe it will be a difficult sell to group owners unless they have something you can’t get for free...

18 May

Posted at 08:45h in Social Media

In the last 10 years, social media has changed the way the people use the internet. More people are using the internet than ever and social media is a major reason for that. Social media has been the target of good and bad news stories over the years and some people are simply reluctant to step into the new world. We believe however that every business should have some form of social media. So Why do we think social media is important for your business? Direct Contact It’s a direct line to your...

18 May

Posted at 08:45h in Social Media

It’s a jungle out there. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit, Pintrest, Google+ LinkedIn are all places your business should show up. It’s a difficult to keep up. How many of these platforms is your business on? Marketing your business doesn’t have to be that difficult, in fact your business can grow a following rapidly if done correctly. The challenge of course with a social media platform is getting it right. One wrong move and you could be running damage control. So… What are the top mistakes? Having no social media at all.If your...

18 May

Posted at 08:45h in Social Media

We have seen many people copy a Facebook status suggesting that they have had a copied Facebook profile and not to accept a new friend request from them. Just recently we got a friend request from someone that had infact had a profile copied. I immediately recognised the profile picture and sent a message to the first profile. She told me straight away, that a few of her friends had a friend request from this fake account too. I thought I’d play along a little, so I accept the friend...

18 May

Posted at 08:45h in Facebook

Have you ever shared a link on your Facebook page only to find the ‘meta description’ isn’t correct or has a spelling error? Once Facebook has showed a ‘preview’ of your link, the error or unwanted details are stuck in the Facebook cache. Seemingly never to be changed to the way you’d like it. The idea behind Facebook caching all information is to make yours and others news feeds faster by pulling details from their own servers and not relying on servers they have no control over.  Once Facebook has cached...

18 May

Posted at 08:45h in Social Media

For years now, Facebook has been a great ‘free’ way to advertise your business and connect with clients. When Facebook first started you could post something on your profile and it would be seen by almost all your connections. These days it’s a little different. Posts on Facebook are now reaching on average a shade over 8% of your pages likes unless there is interaction or boosting involved. This means on a page with 1000 likes, only 80 people are likely to see your post. Ouch. It gets worse, since...