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Social media etiquette: The dos and don'ts

2010-09-01 09:38 - 734 reads

How businesses should and shouldn't behave on social media platforms with specific advice for using Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and LinkedIn.

10 ways to use Twitter to engage with customers

2010-08-25 09:31 - 1022 reads

Companies of all shapes and sizes are using Twitter to engage with customers. But exactly how? Follow this guide to tweeting success.

10 ways to use LinkedIn to promote your business

2010-08-20 09:02 - 5657 reads - 3 comments

Many entrepreneurs have yet to fully exploit the business benefits of social network LinkedIn. Here are 10 ways to maximise your presence.

Video: Social media for small businesses - What's the point?

2010-08-18 09:34 - 2536 reads

Everyone's talking about Twitter and Facebook as valuable business tools but what can they do for small companies?

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Video: Kitchen table start-up to £25m business

2010-08-11 09:18 - 2670 reads

Will King speaks about growing men's grooming brand King of Shaves from a home-based start-up to a £25m turnover business.

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10 tips for running a successful business blog

2010-08-11 09:15 - 1748 reads

While blogging can be a great way to promote your company, there's no point in doing it if you've got nothing to say or no-one reads it.

Audio: BusinessZone.co.uk on BBC Radio Lancashire

2010-08-06 12:51 - 966 reads

Listen to a BBC Radio Lancashire interview with BusinessZone.co.uk editor Dan Martin on Twitter, young enterprise and business in the recession.

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Old Spice Man: The social media marketing lessons

2010-08-04 08:38 - 3080 reads - 1 comment

Procter and Gamble achieved huge success with its recent Old Spice social media campaign. David Holt looks at what other businesses can learn.

Tonight at 8pm: CommsChat social media and small business special

2010-08-02 10:44 - 856 reads

BusinessZone.co.uk editor Dan Martin will tonight steer a special social media and small business edition of #CommsChat, the Twitter chat focusing on marketing and communications.

Protect your brand: Turn your staff into social media superheroes

2010-07-14 09:32 - 1689 reads

Social networking can pose a threat to SMEs from staff not knowing how to respond. Here's how employees can be trained to react appropriately to customer complaints online.

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