Social Media Marketing Mentoring
If you don't live and breathe Social Media Marketing it can all seem a little overwhelming sometimes. Are you blogging about the right things? Are you sending out Tweets that enhance your reputation? Are you dong the best things to promote interaction and relationship building? Is your Facebook Business page worthwhile? Is your website SEO up to scratch? What could you be doing more of? How could you get better results with less time? Sometimes you need more than an ebook, more than a blog post and more than a quick exchange on Twitter; when it comes to organising and … [Read More...]
From the Nikki Pilkington Blog
Charities and not for profits – could you be eligible for a Google Grant?
Using their power for good, Google has launched a campaign aimed at raising the awareness of charities. Using their own Google AdWords programme, this grant entitles selected not-for-profit organisations to have free advertising alongside the usual relevant organic search results. In the past, these ‘pay-per-click’ – or PPC – adverts have been restricted to companies with a larger marketing budget... [Continue Reading]Business Networking in Thanet, Kent? Come to 4N!
When I moved back to the UK from France, I moved to the Thanet area of Kent, an area I’d never lived in before, and a place full of people I didn’t know. So my first business decision was to get back on the old networking horse and pop along to some meetings. BNI, 1230 Women,... [Continue Reading]
A very Merry Christmas to you all
I’d just like to wish all of my clients, friends, followers, likers, suppliers and everyone who has supported NikkiPilkington.com, a very Merry Christmas from me and my team. Without you guys we wouldn’t have had such a phenomenal 2011 and be looking forward to an even better 2012. Thank you so much, and I hope you have... [Continue Reading]
How our children will think the Christmas story was played out through social media
Having a not quite yet 2 year old, who will never have to rewind a video tape, keep a Bic biro handy for the cassette in the boombox, has never seen a telephone without buttons and won’t have to worry about leaving her records in the back of the car and warping them, this video... [Continue Reading]
5 Ways to keep your Blog updated over the Christmas period
You’ve worked hard all year on your blog, and your comments, visitors and Google traffic is reflecting that graft. But let’s face it, it’s Christmas week and you might not feel like blogging with a bellyful of mince pies, or nipping down in between basting the turkey and boiling the gravy to pop in a... [Continue Reading]
NikkiPilkington 12 Days of Christmas song
All together now! On the first day of Christmas, Nikki gave to me: A first place on Google for me On the second day of Christmas, Nikki gave to me: 2 new subscribers, and A first place on Google for me On the third day of Christmas, Nikki gave to me: 3 ideas for blog posts, 2 new subscribers, and A first place on... [Continue Reading]Is Franchising one of the greatest business models ever invented?
I’ve been speaking to a few people recently about possibly franchising my business in the next few years. I’ll be honest, I’m not sure it’s the right way forward for me, but I like to keep an open mind. With this in mind, I asked one of my recent new clients, Lawnscience Lawncare Franchise Systems (who... [Continue Reading]
Is your website breaking the law on cookies?
Someone want a cookie? Alas no, I’m not talking about the chocolate-chip variety, but instead the little bytes of memory that are stored on your computer by websites. Like how your computer remembers login details, or how adverts for ‘black shoes’ appear in a web page side- bar after you’ve just been doing a spot of retail therapy in... [Continue Reading]
Social Media Marketing: How Much Is Too Much?
- A guest post by Henry Fitzgerald From the consumer side, you know when enough is enough. Maybe you reach that point after reading 26 consecutive tweets from Café Le Nom about lunch and dinner specials. Perhaps you draw the line at 50 Facebook notifications from one vendor. Or maybe you call it quits when your Gmail finally figures out... [Continue Reading]
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