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Linking YouTube Channels with Google+ Pages

by Mary Thomas | Jul 17, 2013 | Google+, Video

As you may know, YouTube is owned by Google+. When you create a YouTube account, a Google+ profile is automatically created for you. Up until the last couple of weeks there was no way to associate a YouTube account with a Google+ Page only a Profile which has been a...

Beginners guide to Hashtags

by Mary Thomas | Jun 26, 2013 | Facebook, Google+, Marketing, Social Media, Twitter

Hashtags have been used for ages on Twitter updates and Google+ updates and now they can be included on Facebook status updates. A quick beginners guide to hashtags…. What are Hashtags? Hashtags are a way of including a keyword within your status update. They...

Tools to monitor Social Media

by Mary Thomas | May 29, 2013 | Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn, Marketing, Social Media, Twitter

Last week I was asked to recommend tools to monitor Social Media for trending topics and mentions. True to my recent tweet that any question you get asked should form the content of a blog entry…… This really divides into three topics – monitoring...

5 reasons to use Google+

by Mary Thomas | Feb 28, 2013 | Google+, Social Media

Reasons to use Google+ I’ve been updating the latest version of our on line Google+ course this week. I haven’t looked in detail at Google+ for a couple of months and I’m impressed with the changes – the functionality seems to be developing...

Copyright Free Image for Blogs and Facebook

by Mary Thomas | Jun 28, 2012 | Facebook, Google+, Social Media, Website Design

We all know that you should use images in your blogs and on Facebook – they receive more engagement, can be posted on Pinterest and make your page look so much better. Where do you get your images from? You can’t just copy any image that you find in Google Search. ...

Social Media Buttons

by Mary Thomas | Jan 1, 2012 | Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn, Social Media, Twitter

As part of marketing your presence on Social Media sites, it is a good idea to create Social Media buttons on your website and content. It can be quite confusing though – which button to use in which circumstance. Once you have decided on the button that you...