
Social Media is one of those things that small business owners know that they need to do, but despite the best of intentions it always seems to be put on the long finger or it can be confusing where to start in the first place.
Here are some top social media tips for small business.

When posting on social media, you should ensure that you are using the right size images, so that they show up correctly to your visitors.Firstly, you are maximising the space available from each post or update and secondly your images look as you intended and not off centre with only half the words showing up.

Are you guilty of this? You take out your smart phone to look something up, then 10 minutes later after being distracted by Email, Facebook, & Twitter, you forget why you took it out in the first place!

Running a Facebook contest can increase visibility of your page and engagement with your customers, however if you don’t do it the right way you can have your Facebook page taken down and banned by Facebook and have your months/ years of work wasted.
More & more Irish businesses , even national well known brands are running Facebook Like & Share competitions directly from their Facebook pages (we’ve all been bombarded with them), but this is against Facebooks strict terms and conditions. When they decide to take action against you, there is little or no recourse and you can loose all your fans, posts and images overnight. Ignorance is not an excuse….

There’s no doubt about it. The Internet has become the social meeting place for people from all walks of life. Whether they’re looking for a new place to have dinner, need information on a certain topic or just want a little laugh, they’re turning to the social web to get what they need. In addition, search engine giants like Google are using that same social web to deliver relevant search results to their users. As a business owner, that means it’s becoming ever more important that you get involved in social media.

People often put a great deal of thought, energy, time and money into launching a website, only to be shocked when no one actually comes to visit. There is no point in having a website if no one comes to it. While there is no upfront payment for these methods, although generating traffic does take time….

Here’s a quick tip. If you’ve ever wanted to download a video from YouTube onto your computer, there’s an easy and free way to do it. Step 1. Find the video you want to download on YouTube Step 2. Copy the URL from the top of the screen Step 3. Go to www.KeepVid.com Step 4. Paste…