Social Media

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How to work out your keywords
Keywords and SEO, most small business owners worry about them. They hear talk about how their Search Engine Optimisation needs to be ‘spot on’, or they’ll lose rankings and potential clients, as they can’t be ‘found’ on search engines such as Google. But working out your keywords doesn’t have to be a difficult process… if you stop focusing on SEO and start focusing on what you DO know.
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5 tips to getting started on Twitter
Twitter is now one of the biggest social media platforms around. Founded in 2006, it’s a fast moving, snappy tweeting, interactive hub that is favoured by busy entrepreneurs and celebrities alike… but for those very reasons it can also inundate those who are new to it.
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7 Top Tips for Outsourcing your Social Media to a VA
We all know how important Social Media is to any business in this day and age, and it’s only going to become more so in 2021. But it can be time consuming, confusing and downright irritating at times! You need to be Tweeting, Facebooking, taking part in LinkedIn, Pinning, Blogging and more – just reading about it makes some of us exhausted! You’re running a business, you don’t have time for all of that, right? But your competitors are doing it so you need to – what’s the answer?
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7 Top Tips for Outsourcing your Social Media to a VA
We all know how important Social Media is to any business in this day and age, and it’s only going to become more so in 2021. But it can be time consuming, confusing and downright irritating at times! You need to be Tweeting, Facebooking, taking part in LinkedIn, Pinning, Blogging and more – just reading about it makes some of us exhausted! You’re running a business, you don’t have time for all of that, right? But your competitors are doing it so you need to – what’s the answer?
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY YOUR EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
12 months ago today, I launched Your Executive Secretary, a Virtual Assistant Business located in Ferndown, Dorset. So today is the businesses first birthday.
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5 SOCIAL MEDIA BLOGS YOU SHOULD SUBSCRIBE TO RIGHT NOW
Here at Your Executive Secretary we are serious about sharing information and anyone serious about promoting their website in this day and age is reading and devouring everything they can about social media marketing. You included, no doubt.
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5 tips to getting started on Twitter
Twitter is now one of the biggest social media platforms around. Founded in 2006, it’s a fast moving, snappy tweeting, interactive hub that is favoured by busy entrepreneurs and celebrities alike… but for those very reasons it can also inundate those who are new to it.
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YOUR EXECUTIVE SECRETARY GUIDE ON HOW TO WRITE GREAT CONTENT FOR YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA
Have you ever wondered how everyone else seems to have an endless list of things to say on Social Media. Well at Your Executive Secretary, we hear it time and time again – content is King, write great content, it’s all in the content etc. etc. etc. But just exactly HOW do you write great content day in, day out? Where do you get your ideas from? How do you make today’s social media interactions different to the ones you wrote 6 months ago?we asked a Social Media Expert for their thoughts
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GETTING THE MOST OUT OF YOUR TWITTER ACCOUNT
Twitter has long been one of the favourite social media platforms for savvy entrepreneurs. Founded in 2006, Twitter is now one of the biggest social media platforms around – and is it any wonder? Giving you only 140 characters per ‘tweet’, it means you really do have to get to the point, if you want to attract the right followers. Twitter is a great way to raise your profile and interact with your ideal audience… but are you making the most of what else it has to offer?
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GETTING THE MOST OUT OF YOUR TWITTER ACCOUNT
Twitter has long been one of the favourite social media platforms for savvy entrepreneurs. Founded in 2006, Twitter is now one of the biggest social media platforms around – and is it any wonder? Giving you only 140 characters per ‘tweet’, it means you really do have to get to the point, if you want to attract the right followers. Twitter is a great way to raise your profile and interact with your ideal audience… but are you making the most of what else it has to offer?
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Why Your Business NEEDS a LinkedIn Company Page
LinkedIn is the fastest growing social media platform – that’s a fact. It’s growing faster than Twitter, Facebook and even YouTube, with two new profiles being created every second. So, are you making the most of this opportunity… or are you thinking it’s just for those businesses that are larger than yours, or those who sell business to business products and services?
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How Social Media is the New Water Cooler!
It can be a lonely place when you run your own business, especially if you are a solopreneur or work from home. No more popping by your colleagues’ desks for a quick chat, no more gossiping around the coffee machine, no more witty banter with the guys/girls from accounts and no more getting the latest updates from that one person every office has; the know-it-all!
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HOW SOCIAL MEDIA IS THE NEW WATER COOLER!
It can be a lonely place when you run your own business, especially if you are a solopreneur or work from home. No more popping by your colleagues’ desks for a quick chat, no more gossiping around the coffee machine, no more witty banter with the guys/girls from accounts and no more getting the latest updates from that one person every office has; the know-it-all!
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DOES YOUR WEBSITE HAVE THE RIGHT FOCUS?
Creating a great-looking website is often top of any new entrepreneur’s to-do list. They know the importance of being seen and building an online profile, in order to attract new clients. However, that same website could actually be repelling potential clients – if it’s too focused on you.
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YES LINKEDIN QUICK TIP: TURNING OFF ACTIVITY BROADCASTS TO UPDATE PROFILE
Not everyone needs to know you have updated every field in LinkedIn. So did you know LinkedIn allows you to turn off the Activity Broadcasts (you may think of this as the updates notification setting) – which means when your doing a mass update of your profile, everyone won’t see that you have just added your school etc……