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Here at Startacus there’s nothing we like more than a nice bit of data… we’re kidding obviously, but what we do rather like is when interesting data is laid out in an visually pleasing and easy to follow way. Twitter's own new and improved analytics tools are a nice example of this, and a marked improvement on their last offering which wasn’t very ‘inspiring’ ...
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Holly Rodgers of "coming soon" Peppy Creative has a background in advertising, marketing, social media and also the modelling industry. Holly’s experience has enabled her to build contacts in various industries across different sectors. Here she writes some handy thoughts on using social media to develop your SME..."For SME’s, big advertising campaigns and lavish PR events are jus...
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Millions of people are reliant on social media sites for all sorts of things. They use it to connect with friends and family, to share their thoughts with the world at large and even to get news and views. Some savvy businesses have leapt onto the bandwagon and used social media to connect with their customers and everyone else, but how can it be done successfully? Individuals and businesses shou...
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As many of you know, one of the core aims of Startacus is to connect people (aka Self Starters) and their ideas with the people, places and services that can help take said ideas forward. And likewise as this is a core aim of this year’s Social Media Week we’re taking a keen interest in all the happenings at this 6th such event. The biannual event is back on our horizon again running f...
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Here at Startacus we’re forever championing the benefits that having a comprehensive, effective and (most importantly) active social media marketing plan can have for your business. This is especially the case when it comes to startups, who can find that platforms like Facebook, Pinterest and Twitter can be really effective in increasing the market awareness of their brand and can be handy i...
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Within the last week, Twitter has announced that small and medium businesses and startups in the UK, Ireland and Canada can now use its platform for advertising. Prior to this point of course, advertising on Twitter was something that was firmly aimed at the big boys - the corporates. Now however, small and medium businesses can either use Promoted Accounts to help build a community of follow...
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You cannot escape them…they are everywhere.    They began as something of a novelty - a happy quirk adding a bit of variety to your news feed, but now they have taken over!  We are of course talking about the overused and much lamented social media competition. Some of you will be wondering why our tone is so aggrieved, as you glide past such competitions with hardly a secon...
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Wonderloop - The world’s first video profile platform... Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter, Pinterest…here at Startacus we love ‘em all! But (and it’s a pretty big but), the sheer volume of information that’s available about the people you connect with can actually make it very difficult to get a clear sense of what they are all about. That’s why we are very glad t...
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Those of you who are regular visitors to Startacus or indeed our Pinterest account will have noticed that recently we've had a renewed vigour in our musings about the image sharing site (check out our Pinterest Analytics article for info on how it can help your business). It seems our new interest in Pinterest could not have come at a better time as the site’s CEO Ben Silderman has just mad...
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In recent weeks, Startacus has gone a little bit bonkers over the wealth of new apps which are popping up all over the place to help feed the public's ever growing hunger for the merging of visual and social media. If like us you find yourself completely hooked on discovering new and innovative ways to interact and engage visually with people online then check out our recent articles on Pinterest ...
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