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So you’ve built a great Facebook page. You have a captive audience, growing numbers of likes and are achieving great results in the areas of branding and client interaction. Now how do you take this amazing work and turn it into a lead generation tool?

Over the past few years there have been a lot of speculation on whether social signals from sites like Facebook and Twitter and even Google Plus factor into Google’s search algorithm. Do things like the number of Facebook “Likes” , Twitter “retweets” and Google +1s have a direct impact on how you are ranked on Google Search?

As we explored in my last blog, Facebook have tightened their newsfeed algorithm reducing the organic reach of your posts (i.e the number of your ‘likers’ who actually see your posts).
This week it was confirmed that Facebook are looking at reducing this organic reach to 1-2% of your audience…ouch! This means up to 99% of your hard-earned likers may not see your posts at all. You’ve invested time and money in growing your page, so what do you do to counteract this?

Google is an ever-changing landscape of innovations and methods for businesses to promote their goods and services – but how do you keep up? What happens when your competitors start utilising these avenues before you? The key is to look before you leap. Just because it’s new, doesn’t mean it’s for you. Here are a few things to consider when doing market analysis for your online advertising strategy.

If you have noticed your Facebook ‘reach’, which is the number of people who see your posts, has been decreasing in the last couple of months you are not alone!

If you’ve been keeping up on this 5 part blog series (and I’d strongly recommend you read parts 1 & 2 for context if you haven’t) then you’ll be aware that we’ve been talking a lot about what is now meant by “content” and why it has been given such value as part of the
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This is a question we are often asked by clients, who feel that the higher the number of ‘likes’ their page has, the more credible it appears to their audience. In short, this is a bad idea! Bulk bought likes bring with it two major issues:

As 2013 draws to an end we’re left to reflect on what has been a year of unprecedented change for on-line marketing.

Although businesses are starting to come around to the benefits of social media, there have been quite a few casualties due to a lack of understanding where the PPC (pay-per-click) part of it is concerned. While organic growth and engagement is fantastic and should be encouraged wherever possible, if you’re starting from scratch then you
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Social networks can cop their fair share of criticism. Some call them time wasters, others complain about design or functionality. Often they are just seen as another form of amusement in our busy lives. But social networks can be a very lucrative commodity for business owners since they can connect real customers with brands and
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