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 [...]
What the Dickens! Our festive look back at social media in 2020
Scheenagh Harrington2020-12-17T16:12:55+00:00“Thank God it’s Kerrrissssmaaaas” sang Freddie Mercury, and ho-ho-so say all of us! Yes, we can barely see our keyboards for the tinsel and we’re [...]
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 [...]
Twitter launches 24-hour Fleets, jumping on the short-term content bandwagon
Scheenagh Harrington2020-11-26T15:18:04+00:00Nothing stands still in the social media world for long, that’s part of the reason we love it so much – there’s rarely a dull [...]
Facebook unveils Vanish mode for Instagram and Messenger
Scheenagh Harrington2020-11-20T13:44:10+00:00In October, Egyptian archeologists made headlines around the world after they uncovered more than 100 perfectly preserved ancient sarcophaguses, buried over 2,500 years ago. History [...]
Instagram enables new keyword search functionality
Scheenagh Harrington2020-11-20T08:11:05+00:00Humans have become pretty good at making life easier for ourselves, going right back to the discovery of fire (🔥) to the digital age, in [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
Introducing Facebook Shops: the free way to connect your Facebook and Instagram products
Scheenagh Harrington2020-05-25T16:34:31+00:00Social media has always bent over backwards to help small businesses spread their message and get the maximum number of eyes on their products. Facebook’s latest [...]
Online Reviews: How to get more of your current clients to tell your future clients that you’re fabulous
Nicola Hatch LIghterness2020-03-07T21:32:30+00:00Customer service is very much part of our online shopping experience nowadays. Whether we’re purchasing a beautiful new sofa or are looking for a fabulous social media agency to get [...]
Connect better: Instagram rolls out a new follower feature
Nicola Hatch LIghterness2020-02-16T09:51:11+00:00Do you ever feel like you’re scrolling through your Instagram feed and all you’re seeing are accounts that aren’t relevant to you? It happens. Usually after a while of following [...]
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 [...]
Express Yourself
Jack Theobald2019-08-26T17:14:47+00:00If you’re a social media guru and a whizz with words, but have had your genius hindered by the 140-character limit instilled by Twitter, then boy have we got news [...]
How to Conquer Negative Feedback Like a BOSS
Jack Theobald2019-08-26T17:14:48+00:00In a world where everyone has a phone, tablet, laptop and every other form of technology in existence nestled in their pockets or clutched firmly in their hands, it is [...]
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 [...]
How to Build a Killer Fan Base
Yasmine Marden2019-08-26T17:14:49+00:00One million. The social media milestone everyone wants to hit. It’s a dazzling number, but, as the saying goes, “it’s not the destination, it’s the journey”. Growing your fan base [...]
Food, glorious food
Laura Sadler2019-08-26T17:14:49+00:00Food glorious food aka my FAVOURITE subject. If I’m not talking about it, I’m eating it. I look forward to it, get excited by it and when I’m eating breakfast, I’m [...]
How to Manage Your Social Media Like a Champ
Yasmine Marden2019-08-26T17:14:49+00:00Constantly stressed trying to keep up with all your social networks? Overwhelmed by what to post and feeling like a fish out of water? Don’t fret – it’s time to [...]
Time to wave the flag
Emma Goode2019-08-26T17:14:49+00:00In a move original creator Gilbert Baker would no doubt applaud, the tech world has embraced the Pride flag in all its multicoloured glory this month with a newly-launched set [...]
Finstagram: what you need to know
Catty Holden2019-08-26T17:14:49+00:00We live in a generation where your Instagram feed defines you. We spend hours on end aimlessly scrolling through streams of infinite content, deciding whether to “like” it or not and [...]
The Billion Dollar Filter War
Yasmine Marden2019-08-26T17:14:49+00:00Instagram and Snapchat are facing off against each other in a battle for total social media domination. Quite literally. With Instagram recently dropping ‘Face Filters’ and several other spanking new [...]
Have You Been Shadow Banned on Instagram?
Yasmine Marden2019-08-26T17:14:50+00:00Another weird and wonderful term to make it onto the ever-expanding social media glossary, ‘shadow banning’ has been causing some controversy on photo-sharing app Instagram. So just what exactly is [...]