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Why Bother with Email Newsletters?
I am often asked to present to networking groups about Social Media. To me, Social Media is all about engaging with your contacts using the tool or tools that are most appropriate for your business and your audience. An effective tool could be, if...
Excel – CountIF Function
Have you ever looked at the CountIF function in Excel? I think it is one of the most useful functions available for quickly analysing data - and it has become even more useful in the 2007 and 2010 versions of Excel. In its simpliest form, the...
Do Facebook Page Changes Affect You?
Have you looked at a Facebook business page recently? You may notice some changes! 1. MastHead Each page has been given a new masthead (top of the page) of the five most recently added images in a random order. With some thought, you can use this...
LinkedIn Company Profile
Are you using the Company Profile section on LinkedIn? LinkedIn has recently enhanced the Company Profile section of the application. This gives you more control over the company profile and allows you to highlight particular services or products...
Changes to HootSuite
If you have been on one of my Twitter workshops or had training from me, you may be using HootSuite to manage your Tweets. HootSuite has recently offered a paid version and is currently asking all current users to decide whether they want to go...
Should you upgrade to Microsoft Office 2010?
As you know, Microsoft released a new version of Office this year. Many people are using Office 2003 and did not bother upgrading to 2007, others upgraded to 2007. As I meet people at face to face networking meetings, I often get asked should I be...
Analyse Your Data with Excel
I spent last week with a lovely company doing some Intermediate Excel training for their staff. They were particularly interested in the different ways you could analyse a set of data - Excel 2007 has some different options so I thought a general...
Changes to LinkedIn Profile
Have you noticed when you go to edit your profile on LinkedIn, there is a section just above your summary entitled 'Personalize your profile'? This gives you the ability to add an additional five new profile sections to your profile: What are the...
LinkedIn for recruitment consultants
Many jobs are found using LinkedIn as a job searching, advertising and networking tool. I am surprised how many recruitment consultants aren't using this powerful tool to its potential. Recently, I was delighted to be asked to teach the staff of...