Our top social media trends of 2021
Scheenagh Harrington2021-01-13T15:49:15+00:00Last year was… how can we put it politely? Ah yes, a hot mess, what with all the disruption, stress and grief caused by the [...]
How to use Instagram Live for your business
Scheenagh Harrington2020-12-04T13:22:41+00:00There was a time, not so long ago, when watching live telly was a national pastime, from Saturday morning kids’ shows to special episodes of [...]
Emma Goode among the industry leaders taking part in the Freelancer Club’s Festive Freelance Fair
Scheenagh Harrington2020-12-04T13:50:20+00:00It’s finally December, and after a 2020 that has put us all through the wringer, many people are decking their halls with boughs of holly [...]
24 fingers joins Brentwood’s Excel Networking Business Group, launching November 2020
Scheenagh Harrington2020-10-25T10:59:32+00:00Former American football star Tony Dorsett once said: “to succeed, you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to [...]
How to use LinkedIn’s new Stories feature to boost your business
Scheenagh Harrington2020-10-21T12:01:48+00:00What do you get if you blend the glamour of Instagram with TikTok’s snappy video stylings and Snapchat’s ephemeral (content that disappears after a short [...]
Nominate 24 fingers’ Emma Goode for this year’s Enterprise Nation Top 50 Adviser Awards
Scheenagh Harrington2020-10-10T15:00:40+00:00It’s fair to say there’s been a LOT going on in the news lately, and there’s been no escaping who and what has been grabbing [...]
How to Manage Your Instagram Account from your Desktop
Nicola Hatch LIghterness2020-10-10T12:52:33+00:00Wondering if you can manage your Instagram account through your desktop? Wonder no longer. Instagram, as its name would suggest, was originally created to share [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
24 fingers’ Emma Goode named Essex Local Leader under Enterprise Nation’s national business support initiative
Scheenagh Harrington2020-06-01T21:58:49+00:00Small business support network Enterprise Nation has expanded its Salesforce-backed Local Leaders network into Essex – after an overwhelming response from small business owners – [...]
The Dos and Dont’s of Social Media in a Crisis
Scheenagh Harrington2020-05-23T11:10:54+00:00Boris Johnson is well-known for his fancy way with words when it comes to giving speeches, but he spoke from experience when he described Covid-19 as [...]
The top 10 creative apps as recommended by Facebook
Scheenagh Harrington2020-05-15T16:48:02+00:00As a business owner, time is as precious a commodity as money, and combining both to the best effect when creating ads can sometimes feel [...]
24 fingers goes global – James and Scheenagh Harrington join team
Emma Goode2020-05-12T22:09:46+00:00Say hello to James and Scheenagh Harrington, the latest additions to the 24fingers team. Or rather ‘bonjour’, for reasons you’ll discover tout suite. […]
24 Questions with Greg Rawles, Creative Fire
Emma Goode2020-04-05T11:23:39+00:00We’re here today with Greg Rawles of Creative Fire, an Essex-based design and branding agency, asking him our 24 questions. He answered and now we know all about Ben Ben [...]
The 10 best collaboration tools
Emma Goode2020-06-02T07:50:09+00:00Winston Churchill once said “If we are together, nothing is impossible. If we are divided, all will fail.” Seems highly appropriate right now, doesn’t it… [...]
5 Trends for the Future of Social Media in 2020
Nicola Hatch LIghterness2020-05-02T15:41:43+00:00It’s the start of the year, and, indeed the start of a decade, and if you’re looking to plan your social media campaigns for this [...]
Villene Hyam joins 24 fingers
Emma Goode2019-10-04T06:45:48+00:00Here at 24 fingers towers, we’re proudly Brentwood through and through. What does that mean? Well it’s not just Sugar Hut and stilletoes, community matters. A lot. We love helping [...]
How the LinkedIn Algorithm Works In 2020 And How to Make it Work for You
Nicola Hatch LIghterness2020-01-03T08:30:59+00:00When it comes to LinkedIn, we tend to find that most people fall into one of two camps: they either love it and use it every day, or they may-or-may-not [...]
How To Tell Your Instagram Story Effectively
Nicola Hatch LIghterness2019-08-26T17:14:46+00:00If you’ve spent any time on Instagram in the last year or so, you’ll no doubt have spent some of that time watching an Instagram Story. Ok, ok, you’ve probably [...]
24 questions with Jo Boxer of Boxer Creative
Emma Goode2019-08-26T17:14:47+00:00We're here with the wonderful Joanne Boxer of Essex-based business Boxer Creative - Jo's going to be sharing why branding is the key to a company's success, her favourite word [...]
24 questions with Kathy Ennis, founder of Little Piggy
Emma Goode2019-08-26T17:14:47+00:00Fab to be with the lovely Kathy Ennis today, founder of LittlePiggy. Kathy is a business mentor, entrepreneur and trainer. Let’s just call her Superwoman. […]
5 Key Ingredients of a Great Social Media Bio
Yasmine Marden2019-08-26T17:14:48+00:00Writing about yourself is a bit cringe, isn’t it? We’ve all been there – tasked with the horribly daunting job of summarising all of what makes you the coolest, greatest, [...]
How to Take Your Instagram Feed from Good to GREAT
Yasmine Marden2019-08-26T17:14:48+00:00Everyone has dreams of being #Instafamous. It’s elusive and painfully cool. But, what if we told you that you don’t actually have to be Instagram famous for your brand to [...]