Remember Bebo? After 16 years, it’s back
Scheenagh Harrington2021-02-05T14:04:24+00:00There are some things that, no matter how hard you knock them down, they just keep coming back, again and again and again. Social media [...]
Instagram unveils its Professional Dashboard for businesses
Scheenagh Harrington2021-01-29T11:49:50+00:00For millions of businesses across the country, 2020 was pretty much one to forget, and this year isn’t panning out quite as many had hoped. [...]
24 fingers joins the South Essex College supported internship programme
Scheenagh Harrington2021-01-19T15:02:10+00:00We’ve said a million times that social media gets our blood pumping unlike anything else, but we’re also massive believers in the idea of ‘tribe’ [...]
Introducing Clubhouse: a voice-only platform set to make a social media splash
Scheenagh Harrington2021-01-15T08:29:25+00:00We all love a good chinwag here at 24 fingers towers. We’ll natter about anything, though it’s mostly shoes and social media. Chatting about what [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Shop while you Chat: WhatsApp adds a Shopping Button
Nicola Hatch LIghterness2020-11-17T13:39:53+00:00In just a few short years, WhatsApp has become a hugely mainstream part of how we communicate. The app, which is owned by Facebook, allows us to chat either [...]
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 [...]
How The 42 Club achieved a 650% increase in Facebook visits in just four weeks
Scheenagh Harrington2020-10-10T14:52:30+00:00“Alone, we can do so little: together, we can do so much,” said American author Helen Keller. She made a good point: everyone in business [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]