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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The Rotary Club of Brentwood launch appeal for Saint Francis Hospice
Scheenagh Harrington2020-06-12T11:06:07+00:00Here’s a question. At this time when community and having each others’ backs has been pushed to the front of almost everyone’s minds, how much [...]
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 – [...]
Questions, Questions: How to use LinkedIn polls to drive engagement
Nicola Hatch LIghterness2020-05-29T08:35:19+00:00For many of us, social media is our platform for sharing. With our families, with our friends, with our clients. For many, it’s also the [...]
24 questions with Nick Cheshire, founder of multi-award-winning estate agency Nest in Essex
Scheenagh Harrington2020-05-25T16:32:15+00:00Cut her down the middle (not that we ever would), and we all know Emma would have Essex written through her like a stick of Margate [...]
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 [...]
24 questions with Tony Crawley, founder of VReptile International
Scheenagh Harrington2020-05-21T09:28:27+00:00https://youtu.be/DNxJk-4wU14 Emma celebrated her lockdown birthday not with champagne and chocolates, but by chatting with Tony Crawley of VReptile International. If you’re looking for an exotic [...]
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. […]
Using TikTok for Business: Why the Fastest-Growing Social Media Platform Isn’t Just for Teenagers
Scheenagh Harrington2020-05-20T08:13:23+00:00It’s a familiar story for parents of tweens and teenagers. You don’t see them for hours, their mobile’s gone missing and all you can hear [...]
15 Heartwarming Examples Of Marketing During The Coronavirus Crisis
Scheenagh Harrington2020-05-11T10:03:50+00:00If the coronavirus crisis has taught us anything, it’s that human beings are pretty decent when it comes down to the nitty gritty. From 100-year-old [...]