What is a #Hashtag?
What is a #hashtag? Hashtags are used all over Social Media, it’s almost a sin not to use one now. Companies regularly create their own for their brand as well as advertising campaigns, so they can gather momentum over time. They are usually keywords but can also be slogans and adding the # hashtag symbol […]
Back To School – Safeguarding Against Social Media
With the new educational year about to start and students moving up to high school or going back to school, we wanted to revisit the topic of the impact that Social Media now has on our children as well as how safe they are online. We’re fairly certain that the majority of parents will use […]
Are Instagram Stories Worthwhile For Business?
As a business, you may be on various Social Media platforms and try to use them to connect to your primary audience in different ways. If you’re already on Instagram, have you gotten involved in stories yet? If not, maybe you’re still waiting for someone to tell you why they’re a good tool to use […]
National Fairtrade Awards
You may or may not know that we are active supporters of the Holme Valley Fairtrade group. We had a road trip to London on Saturday 17th October with fellow Holme Valley Fairtrade members, Helen Robinson and Sophie Bebb who are also our good friends from fairandfunky. We set off very early (5am) and all […]
How blogging can help your business & take you to the moon!
The word blog is derived from ‘web log’ and is basically an online journal or diary if you will. Weblog was first used by Jom Barger in 1997 then shortened to blog by Peter Merholz who jokingly broke the words down to “we blog” and then the term “blogging” was created by Pyra Labs. A […]
International Women’s Day – 8 March #IWDY
It’s International Women’s Day on the 8th March each year and to celebrate this year myself and Vera Woodhead are bringing together women from across Yorkshire and beyond to celebrate, share and connect with each other through the stories of inspiration submitted by ladies from across the world. We wanted to have a Yorkshire theme and […]