With sites such as Twitter, Facebook, Vine, Pinterest and many more- social media has never been stronger or more marketable. Instagram is one such site. Recently bought by Facebook for an obscene amount of money, Instagram is an ideal example of a popular site that...
Hi Folks! It's the last day in November and the Christmas break will be upon us in a jiffy! Are you making the most of your customer Christmas buying power? I've thrown together a short and sweet collection of hints and tips for Christmas social media campaigns below...
As businesses look for innovative ways to grow in the current climate, they are faced with a whole range of options, challenges and choices. What technologies could I or should I use? How do I get business from larger companies and the public sector? How...
Punctuation in Blogs Just what is it about punctuation in blogs that gets us all on edge? Start a conversation anywhere, with anyone, and happen to mention errant apostrophes or misplaced commas and the debate will soon get heated. Yes, I know it's not one of the most...
Facebook Graph Search for small businesses Facebook recently introduced Facebook Graph Search for small businesses allowing it’s users to discover information quickly from across the Facebook network. How does it work? Lets say you're planning a holiday in Disney World, and you want to find out if...
Our technical writer Jane Holt looks at the development of Smartphone dominance. Mobile commerce, or Mcommerce for short is a rising star in the multi-channel marketing world. It is enjoying unprecedented growth in the UK with more than 38% of consumers using a mobile device such...
Our PR Liaison Emma Pugh explains what to look out for: When it comes to building your business profile and creating a positive image, PR is invaluable. But it’s about more than just sending out a press release and hoping for the best. It takes time to...
Thirty years ago if you lost something in a public place you could probably wave goodbye to it, whether it be your wallet or a pack of cigarettes. But in 2013 it’s a completely different story. If social media is involved that is… When Ryan Bodnar, a...
Facebook Status Update The long awaited update to Facebook is here or will be arriving on your computer sometime soon; some Facebook profiles may take longer to update than others. We are now able to update our status and tell people what we’re doing without having to...
Not everything is constant in today’s working life but hopefully, when you arrive at your desk every morning, your trusty, reliable and loyal stationery items will always be there to help you through the day! Whether it’s your pen, note pad, pencil or pencil sharpener...
Action For Business Live 5 put together by 10 Staffordshire Marketing Academy members proved to be a huge hit once again. Despite the snow, the marketing focused event, held on 22nd March at the Moat House Hotel in Stoke-on-Trent, went down a treat. But don’t take our...
Twitter and other popular social media websites are all very well and good but apart from including in Tweets and posts “from Staffordshire” or something similar they don’t really make the most of location based networking as some social media sites do. Whether you’re at The...
We love Twitter here at Market Avenue for many different reasons. From its simple to use website to its ability to allow you access of anything and everything that you search for with the infamous # and the search function combined. But, Twitter can also be...
Live Case Study | Marketing Manoeuvres | Networking | March 22nd *** Win a £2,000+ marketing makeover! *** One early bird ticket holder will win strategic, creative marketing input from our whole academy, before and during the event.* You could be featured as a live case study, adopting...
It has always been notoriously difficult to find what you’re looking for when using Facebook search. You were better off 'Googling' whatever you were looking for and then adding Facebook to the end of it! That is, until now. Now there are over 1 billion people on Facebook...
We can all remember our parents blocking us from certain websites when we were kids to stop us getting distracted from doing our homework (well only us that are young enough to have had access to a computer as a kid), or turning the television...
