Instagram Reels: To reel or not to reel
Villene Hyam2020-09-24T09:37:45+00:00This time last year, life was very different on social. Some of us thought a dancing puppy GIF was as snappy as a piece of [...]
How one 24 fingers 1-2-1 session boosted Glenys Chatterley’s Pinterest visitors by 172%
Scheenagh Harrington2020-09-20T13:49:52+00:00There isn't much that fazes Glenys Chatterley. She's done everything from being a member of senior management at the Post Office to serial entrepreneur, running an interior design business, [...]
How can women entrepreneurs support other women? Emma Goode leads the discussion in Facebook’s Virtual Conversation
Scheenagh Harrington2020-09-07T13:21:00+00:00The Covid-19 pandemic has thrown many things into sharp relief, from work-life balance to why more women entrepreneurs are still having to juggle their careers with domestic tasks than [...]
Stand out from the search engine crowd: 10 ways to optimise your Google My Business listing
Scheenagh Harrington2020-09-04T08:20:54+00:00There’s no escaping the fact the vast majority of people, whether they want to know what’s on at the local cinema or where they can [...]
24 Questions with Emma McNally, creator of Achieve Your Greatness
Emma Goode2020-08-26T14:17:59+00:00Here today with Emma McNally of Achieve Your Greatness who’s going to be helping us all be great… well, more great. Greater than great. All [...]
Fit for Business: Essex’s BlitzFitMe and 24 Degrees launch online programme for young women aged 16-21
Scheenagh Harrington2020-08-11T13:22:02+00:00In the words of the famous 1966 song: "this is a man's world, but it wouldn't be nothing without a woman or a girl". More than half a century [...]
The power of the hashtag: your 101 guide to using hashtags in your social media
Nicola Hatch LIghterness2020-08-06T09:17:40+00:00Hashtags: we’re all so used to seeing them on our social media feeds nowadays that they’ve become a part of our everyday lives. But using them effectively? Now that can [...]
24 questions with Clare Horsley, founder of award-winning Excel Elite Business Networking
Scheenagh Harrington2020-08-06T10:59:07+00:00https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm5wo3e6_0I Emma bounded out of bed not just to celebrate 24 fingers’ sixth birthday recently (don’t worry, cake and candles were sorted later [...]
Eight tips to running a successful social media group
Scheenagh Harrington2020-07-30T21:40:23+00:00The American author Ken H Blanchard famously quipped: “none of us is as smart as all of us”. That’s a sentiment we hold very dear [...]
Volunteer organisation Brentwood Mutual Aid is here to stay after being recognised as Charitable Trust
Scheenagh Harrington2020-07-30T21:19:08+00:00Almost four months after it was created to support vulnerable and isolated local residents at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, Brentwood Mutual Aid (BMA) has become a permanent [...]
24 questions with Rachel Taranaki, author of children’s self-help book The Worries
Anne Lacuna2020-07-30T21:10:37+00:00https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcoymAaAI0Y&feature=youtu.beOur Emma’s ready to rock at any time of the day, but she was up and at ’em early doors for 24 questions with Rachel Taranaki, [...]
Instagram tests Messenger integration as part of Facebook’s cross-app communication plans
Scheenagh Harrington2020-07-24T09:35:27+00:00Imagine a world in which the messages you receive on Facebook also appear in WhatsApp, or Instagram. Simultaneously. We’re not fans of jargon at 24 fingers [...]
24 questions with transformational coach Cynthia Moore
Scheenagh Harrington2020-07-24T10:30:50+00:00https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jljQFD_nJE&feature=youtu.be Proof, as if it were actually needed, that social media really can live up to its name, came as Emma recently got a hefty [...]
Five secrets to webinar success
Scheenagh Harrington2020-07-16T16:00:57+00:00We’ve all become a lot more savvy with video technology in recent weeks thanks to lockdown, from Zooming clients or colleagues to posting Facebook Lives [...]
Changes afoot: Instagram allows selected marketers to run ad campaigns without a Facebook page
Scheenagh Harrington2020-07-16T13:33:34+00:00Strange things are afoot in social media land… After spending years knitting together the two platforms, Facebook-owned Instagram recently announced it would allow new advertisers [...]
Especially For You: How the TikTok algorithm personalises content and how businesses can avoid falling foul of it
Scheenagh Harrington2020-07-16T13:25:00+00:00Getting to grips with social media and figuring out how it can best support businesses is our raison d’etre (or why we get out of [...]
Facebook tests new plans sticker feature that could be great for announcements
Scheenagh Harrington2020-07-15T08:20:38+00:00“Life moves pretty fast”, said Ferris Bueller in the 1986 John Hughes comedy, and crikey do we know what he means. Facebook’s ongoing integration of [...]
24 questions with Lisa Appadurai of The Wellbeing Musketeers
Scheenagh Harrington2020-07-11T08:41:28+00:00https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jss2jzX0LzU&feature=youtu.be […]
24 ways to create cracking viral content and boost your social media engagement
Scheenagh Harrington2020-07-10T05:54:54+00:00We’ve all seen them. Viral social media posts that bounce across the screen, scooping up likes, follows, reposts and engagement like a shopaholic let loose [...]
Caveat emptor: Facebook takes legal action against firms selling fake likes and followers
Scheenagh Harrington2020-07-09T08:17:30+00:00Caveat emptor, or let the buyer beware, so the saying goes. Never was a truer word spoken when it comes to anyone entertaining the thought [...]
24 questions with transformational relationship coach John Kenny
Scheenagh Harrington2020-07-10T11:28:10+00:00https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxYMyU0B6zg Proof that you can be busy and still enjoy yourself came when Emma had two interviews in one day. Not only did it keep her off [...]
Google seeks to seduce Pinterest devotees with new sharing app Keen
Scheenagh Harrington2020-07-03T04:03:14+00:00God loves a tryer, so they say, and they don't come much bigger than Google. It's dominated the world of search so completely, it's hard for any single company [...]
24 questions with Lorraine Williams of The Thyroid Trust charity
Scheenagh Harrington2020-07-03T05:49:11+00:00There’s nothing like catching up with old and very good friends, and our Emma was delighted to do just that when she chatted to former publisher [...]
Calling all artists: Essex creatives Brennan & Burch want your submissions for an exciting art book
Scheenagh Harrington2020-07-01T11:17:16+00:00Lisa Brennan and Majida Burch, founders of thought-provoking interiors brand Brennan & Burch, have long been brightening up our world with their colourful, quirky designs, [...]
No more flashing the cash? Seven out of 10 customers will stick with digital payments post Covid-19
Scheenagh Harrington2020-06-26T07:50:08+00:00"Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change", quipped Frankenstein author Mary Shelley. As life ever-so-slowly returns to normal after the Covid-19 outbreak, [...]
Check your tech and know when to say nothing: Five ways to help you rock video conferencing
Scheenagh Harrington2020-06-26T07:06:00+00:00We’ve learned a lot about ourselves during lockdown, from our capacity to deal with enormous amounts of disruption to how many biscuits can legitimately accompany a [...]
The top 10 places to get a dose of good news on Positive Media Day
Scheenagh Harrington2020-06-20T11:58:45+00:00It would be so easy to think there’s only doom and gloom going on in the world at the moment. Whether it’s the coronavirus health [...]
24 questions with psychic warrior Stella Phillips, founder of Stella’s Holistic Services
Scheenagh Harrington2020-06-26T11:16:13+00:00Just when she thought her day couldn’t get any better, Emma was delighted to chat with her good friend Stella Phillips. She’s a psychic warrior, healer, [...]
Consent and compliance: 10 tips about “data-day” GDPR and how to master it
Scheenagh Harrington2020-06-13T13:10:22+00:00We all know data is the new gold in this digital age, and many people are – quite rightly – more protective of their personal [...]
Looking to build a lasting relationship? Our six best places for an email sign-up to woo customers
Scheenagh Harrington2020-06-13T12:58:22+00:00Building a meaningful relationship – from that initial sizzle of attraction to forging a deep and lasting connection – takes time and effort, we all [...]