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  • 10 reasons to start blogging

    14th October 2010 in General

    Ever heard of blogging? Think it’s just a fad and it won’t help your business at all?
    Think again! Here are just a few ideas on how a Blog can really work with your website and build your business.

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  • How to respond when Social Media Attacks Your Brand

    31st August 2010 in General, fl1, marketing

    No business is perfect and you can’t expect to please everyone all the time, so the best trick is to be prepared for how to handle things if your company finds itself under attack in the social realm. Here are three examples of companies who were attacked by social media and how they handled the situation…

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  • 10 reasons to start blogging

    1st April 2010 in Search Engines, Technology, marketing

    Ever considered what a blog is, why you need one and how your business could benefit?
    Here’s some reasons you may want to consider before taking the plunge in to the world of “blogging”

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  • 5 tips to improve your blog and engage your reader

    8th December 2009 in Technology, fl1, marketing

    You’re a natural blogger and can always think of lots of engaging articles to write, not only that you’ve always got time to blog. Is that you? It’s certainly not me, and it’s certainly not most people who have a blog, so how can life be made easier? Make a series You’ve probably thought of [...]

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  • Advanced Social Media Seminar, Friday 26th November, 2 places left

    26th November 2009 in Seminars, fl1

    Blogs, Pods and Wikis is a fun and un-techie seminar that will introduce you to some of the new, advanced social media marketing tools that businesses like yours are using to expand. Next generation social media tools have bought huge opportunities for small companies to compete nationally or internationally with large organisations. Many of these [...]

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  • Is there anybody there? six reasons why no-one is commenting on your blog posts

    3rd November 2009 in General, Search Engines, Technology, marketing

    1. not enough traffic to your blog/website Like all communications and marketing, if people do not know about your content they won’t be able to participate. There are very few shortcuts to building significant traffic levels but the most consistent solution is an email database. It takes time to grow your own list but quality [...]

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  • The seven golden rules of social media

    30th September 2009 in General, Technology, fl1, marketing

    It is critical to start by evaluating whether social media is right for your business. Just because a marketing tool exists it does not mean that you have to use it! Think about where social media could fit into your business strategy. Often with new marketing techniques there is a risk of running ahead of [...]

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  • This month at FL1

    23rd June 2009 in General, Seminars, fl1

    There have been quite a few developments in the internet world, and quite a few developments within FL1. To check out the latest developments on the web and in FL1, follow us on twitter at twitter.com/fl1group.

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  • Why start blogging?

    8th June 2009 in Technology, marketing

    Why should you blog? Because it is a key marketing tool now for businesses of all sizes. In general terms if you blog you are perceived as an expert – important for PR and brand building. You can create a dialogue with your customers and you can impart news and industry information. Blogging improves search [...]

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  • Are you in a relationship?

    21st March 2009 in General, marketing

    That’s quite a question isn’t it? Niall used to tell me about how turning up at a potential customer wearing his leathers would instantly start a conversation, relax the meeting and start building a relationship. He often found that more often than not, the person he met used to be or still a biker, and [...]

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