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The New Facebook Layout Explained

If you’ve used Facebook recently for your business page, you might have seen quite a few changes have taken place. Some of these changes can be tricky to get your head around as things have moved around and some new functions have replaced others, so in this blog I want to share with you how the Facebook layout has changed and where to find what you need. Read more

9 Things to Avoid in your Social Media Marketing

We’ve all seen the lists of things you should do for your social media marketing, the must try hacks and the time-saving tips. But what about the things you should avoid doing on social media? Read more

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Facebook Messenger Marketing – should you be using it for your small business?

According to Buffer, there are now more than 1.3 billion people using Facebook Messenger every month. You’ve probably used it yourself to keep in touch with friends and family, but have you ever considered using Facebook Messenger as a way of marketing your business and keeping in touch with your target audience? Read more

Things to Look out for with Social Media in 2022

We’re nearing the end of the first quarter of 2022 and now might be the time you’re starting to think about evaluating your marketing plans and making some changes for the rest of the year. One of the best ways to do that is by looking at what’s happening in social media marketing more widely, identifying those emerging trends and what might be declining in terms of strategy so you can tweak your plans accordingly. Read more

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3 Reasons Video Marketing Is Vital For Promoting Your Small Business

You can’t escape video marketing these days.

It seems that wherever you are there’s a Facebook live, Twitter video or an advert playing on your internet browser. Businesses of all shapes and sizes are using video as part of their marketing strategy and there’s a very good reason for that, it works! Read more

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Is it still worth using Facebook as a small business owner?

I get a lot of questions from business owners who tell me that their Facebook page doesn’t get much attention from their followers and is it even worth using Facebook for their business?

Algorithm changes that seem to favour likes and shares over anything else has meant that some business owners are struggling to get traction with their Facebook page, but I don’t think you should abandon it completely. Read more

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Claire Saxton’s Social Media Basics – Facebook

Today I want to explore using Facebook effectively for your business marketing. I think it’s fair to say that most of us have a Facebook account that we use to connect with friends and family. So, we naturally think that we must have a Facebook business page when we want to use social media for marketing, but this isn’t always the case.

In this blog, I’m going to guide you through using Facebook correctly, so you can get things off to a flying start.

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