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Concise Training Podcast Episode 12

The twelfth episode of the Concise Training marketing podcast. In this informative podcast series your hosts Mary Thomas and Di Dawson discuss digital marketing theory, techniques and tactics for marketing your small business better. In this episode Mary and Di talk about selecting the best...

Concise Training Podcast Episode 11

The eleventh episode of the Concise Training marketing podcast. In this informative podcast series your hosts Mary Thomas and Di Dawson discuss digital marketing theory, techniques and tactics for marketing your small business better. There are so many different ways to market a business. Past...

Concise News Podcast Dec 2019

In this monthly update podcast Mary and Di provide the latest on the happenings in the world of social media and digital marketing.

Concise Training Podcast Episode 10

The tenth episode of the Concise Training marketing podcast. In this informative podcast series your hosts Mary Thomas and Di Dawson discuss digital marketing theory, techniques and tactics for marketing your small business better. In this episode they discuss tips for measuring the success of...

Concise Training Podcast Episode 9

The ninth episode of the Concise Training marketing podcast. In this informative podcast series your hosts Mary Thomas and Di Dawson discuss digital marketing theory, techniques and tactics for marketing your small business better. In this episode they discuss brand voice and deciding what your...

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Simplifying Social Media With Spreadsheets – Part 1

Simplifying Social Media With Spreadsheets – Part 1

Here at Concise Training we love to use spreadsheets to organise work and to aid us in carrying this work out. In this series Steve will be looking at how you can use spreadsheets, specifically Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets to make your social...

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Google+ is three years old

Google+ is three years old

In my last post I gave 4 reasons that you should be on Google+ which got a good level of response across my social networks. In particular I was contacted by Eddie O'Driscoll from DPFOC who wanted to share the Infographic (below) his company had...

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Four reasons you should be using Google+

Four reasons you should be using Google+

Since Google+ arrived in 2012, there has been a great deal of talk around whether businesses should use it or not.  I have always liked the tool but there have been some issues, not least of which is that the Google+ audience is less engaged than...

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Excel 2013 – displaying data on maps

Excel 2013 – displaying data on maps

I've been doing some Office 2013 training this month, so it seemed a good time to point out one of the clever features of Excel 2013. Do you have sales data or other data listed by geographical area?  You can now quickly display this data in map...

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Taming the internet

Taming the internet

Look at the graphic below from Penny Stocks - the size of the Internet is amazing. How does this affect us running or working in our businesses in our local town? How do you tame the Internet to ensure you are concentrating your marketing effort in...

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Writing a book – is it worth the effort?

Writing a book – is it worth the effort?

It is just over two years now since I first published 'Social Media Made Simple'.  I always encourage my clients to reflect on how successful their activities have been - and I thought it would be worth sharing my thoughts on the value of writing a...

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Getting started with Twitter

Getting started with Twitter

I have been recently been asked for a beginner's guide to getting started with Twitter. 1. You can look at what anybody is saying on Twitter without having to sign up for an account.  For example have a look at my profile...

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Twitter Profile Changes

Twitter Profile Changes

Have you noticed the latest changes to Twitter?  As many of you know, I use and recommend HootSuite to monitor my Twitter conversations and schedule tweets, but the latest changes to Twitter are interesting and worth knowing about.  If you login to...

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