Posts Tagged ‘twitter’

Blogging | why is an SEO blog such a stress?

Everything Else | Posted by Katie
Mar 09 2010

i-love-bloggingYou will see from the most recent posts that it hasn’t been me putting fingers to the keyboard it has been that hardworking husband/business partner of mine who clearly finds things he wants to blog about or rant about or talk to the world about.  So why do I have such a problem?  It’s not for lack of wanting to tell you about our new customers …. more blog posts to follow on these, it’s not for the lack of interesting stuff I read online or for developments that mean something to us.  To be honest I think it is laziness.  You have to get into a routine with blogging I think, actually I think I need a routine for every bit of social media integration otherwise I just keep putting it off.  Why do I do this when I know that people interact with me more the more I blog, Tweet, Facebook…. again laziness is the answer.  But, do I just want to blog for the sake of it or should I wait until there is something useful to say?  Well if I was blogging as a hobby then I guess I would just blog about everything and anything, but this is a business blog so I don’t want to be frivolous do I?  Ok ok we all know  I am the human face of Aviemore Business Solutions so perhaps I should just carry on being me and do a flurry of blog posts as and when I am in the mood.  Anyone else feel the same way?  Answers on a blog post ……

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Twitter Search … what search?

Client News, SEO Scotland, Technology | Posted by Gavin
Feb 26 2010

Using Twitter is becoming a larger part of our daily business practice, but I find it bizarre that the ‘Twitter Search’ facility on the site is of little or no use at all. 

Twitter is all about building a following and following like-minded people, whether for business or pleasure.  As this is such a core part of the whole Twitter-thing, why is the search facility so poor?  In my opinion, the essential part of connecting with other businesses, is to be able to find them in the first place.

We run an SEO & Internet Marketing business in the Highlands of Scotland and there are not many businesses (in the grand scheme of things) that embrace the whole ’social media’ thing in our area which makes the Twitter’s inability to provide concise search results more frustrating.

However I recently came across an extremely helpful article with tools and tips at Mashable – http://bit.ly/mnQ1g - Have a read if you get the time.

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Is Twitter really all that?

Client News, SEO Scotland | Posted by Gavin
Feb 26 2010

Twitter has really come to the fore over the last twelve months, revolutionising the way we communicate and interact with others on the web.  It allows you to ‘follow’ and be ‘followed’ by other like-minded people who will in turn see the 140 character posts (and you theirs) that you can make at anytime.  It has heralded a totally new set of words, abbreviations and subsequent tools which allow use, monitor and manage your account.

A benefit to your business, or just another fad in the confusing world of social media?

Speaking from experience, we have definately got business from Twitter, outsourcing our SEO services to Scottish development & graphic design companies from Ayr to Dundee. It has taken many months to work out just how to focus our Twitter campaign, interacting with potential customers and just being there to help and answer queries that arise daily.

The key is the structure, quality and frequency of your posts  – I have read many articles about using Twitter, in both the newspapers and online, and recently read an article at Search Engine Journal which I think will place any beginner ahead of the game:

read the article at http://bit.ly/at7qex

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Social Media lead generation can help with SEO in Scotland

Business News, SEO Scotland | Posted by Katie
Jul 10 2009

hubspot-logo-300x114Yesterday I watched a free webinar from Hubspot called Social Media Lead Generation.  It was a very down to earth and basic introduction into the world of social media and I cant say I learnt anything new, however, it is quite good to take 1/2 hour out sometimes and just refresh your knowledge.  We have been delving into the depths of social media and you can get a bit lost and very sidetracked so having someone just spell out the obvious every now and again is quite refreshing.  Hubspot has been a rare find for us and their webinars are always informative….. just remember the time difference if you are in the UK – it has been known in this household for expletives to be used when ‘we’ have realised that we missed the live event by a couple of hours.  Anyway, they always post the webinar after the event so you can view at your leisure and I would recommend you take a look.  When you have done that and you would like us to help you set up something for your own business then you know you just have to contact us and we will gladly talk Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn with you!

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How do Twitter & SEO Scotland combine? Well there is a question…

Business News, SEO Scotland, Technology | Posted by Katie
Jun 16 2009

can Twitter and SEO Scotland combineIf you are anything like me and have decided to go down the Twitter road to more traffic and more success then you might also be like me in that you seem to have 101 Twitter gadgets, Twitter plug ins and Twitter widgets…. I am losing track and wondering which ones are actually being effective in bringing me followers that I actually want to follow back and who are likely to purchase our services in the future. 

The way I see it is, what is the point in having 100’s if not 1000’s of Twitter followers, when none of them will ever use our services?  Surely the whole point of using Twitter in a business sense is to get people to your website or blog?  Or have I missed the point?  So, below are the gadgets that I am using at the moment.  Tweepular was recommended to us by the boys at G2 Outdoor, Twello and Twollo receommended to us by David at Severn Internet – thanks boys, keep the recommendations flowing.  I am very interested in what other people’s views on this are and please bear in mind that not only are we in the UK and not America, but we are also in a fairly isolated spot in the Scottish Highlands as well so again I ask… is Twitter the way forward for my business?  Comments gratefully received!

  • Tweepular you can bulk follow, bulk unfollow and all sorts of other interesting things
  • Twello basically yellow pages for Twitter
  • Twollo put your search phrase or word in and tell it how many people you want to follow and it will automatically follow people within those categories.  Quite a good idea but I wonder if I have set my search words up properly as I seem to be following some complete randoms!
  • Tweetdeck Have heard great things, but am not using it yet – anyone care to review it?

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