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I’m delighted to announce that my company, The Net Advantage, has been asked by Shropshire Chamber to deliver Social Media training workshops during 2012. The first 8 workshops are now live and full workshop content is available via the Shropshire Chamber website. The aim of these workshops is to provide advice and hands on training [...]

I have a pet peeve to share with you – businesses using a Facebook personal profile as their official business presence … it’s wrong so STOP IT (please). I’ve seen countless examples where they have amassed hundreds or thousands of ‘friends’ and they don’t realise what the price is that they may end up paying. [...]

I’m going to share with you my biggest gripe on LinkedIn – people connecting with me and not making an effort when they do – ring any bells? Zero effort = zero return in my book. I’ll also discuss how you can make the most of connection requests you receive.   Inviting people the right [...]

Ever wondered if you are on the right sites online for your business? Is it time for a social media audit? Well read on for an insight into why I’ve left Facebook business pages behind (well, almost). You may have already been on the receiving end of one of my ‘mini rants by minihane’ about [...]

When I first started out on twitter, I quickly heard about a feature within certain twitter applications (such as tweetdeck and hootsuite) where you could schedule tweets. ‘Schedule Tweets?!?!?!?’ Was my reply, why that’s the antithesis of what twitter is all about – uh hello, real-time conversations anyone?! Then over time I became a little [...]