How to create the perfect social media CAKE!

If you’re already familiar with Social Progress Ltd, you’ll know that we tend to talk about cake (and eat it) – a lot! But when it comes to Social Progress & cake, it’s not just about a love of all things sweet, spongey and satisfying! We often talk about how starting with a client’s social […]

We Mean Business With The Facebook #SheMeansBusiness Programme

Janet at Facebook, London with reaction paddles

On Friday 1st March 2019, We travelled down to Facebook, London for a “Train the Trainer” Event as part of the “Facebook #SheMeansBusiness Programme”. Although we’ve been to the Facebook Partner Centre in London before, we experienced the social media giant’s London HQ for the first time. You may have watched the Facebook Live video […]

Facebook introduce ‘GROW By Facebook’ Print Magazine

Facebook Magazine Grow

As you’ll have no doubt seen on our social media, We were down at Facebook’s Partner Centre at Brock St, London last week for the latest updates on the Facebook #SheMeansBusiness Programme with Enterprise Nation and other Social Media Trainers. While they were there Janet picked up a copy of Facebook’s new launch – a […]

International Women’s Day with Janet Bebb

International Women's Day

In anticipation of International Women’s Day 2019, we wanted to sit down with the SoProChief – Janet Bebb! Janet enjoyed a life growing up as part of a big family, got married and had kids, built a house and built a career. From banking, to training (lots in between) and now business owner to a […]

Are You Making The Most Of Messenger Marketing?

Mmmm, well are you? Have you been seeing more ads in your Messenger feed lately, I know I have? Do I open them? Sometimes, and apparently more so than campaigns sent to my email address. And I’m seeing less of those since the whole GDPR opt-in thing last year! Speaking of which, how does this […]

Facebook Spam!

It’s 2019, but this still happens far too much! What is Facebook spam? It might be that you know someone that is a serial Facebook status updater, but that’s up to them, and you can choose who your friends are…BUT, have you ever seen someone posting or sharing a competition that sounds too good to […]

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 […]

Take Control of Your Social Media

I’ll say it once, but I’m sure that I’ll say it another 1000 times before the end of the week. Asking people to ‘Like and Share’ is stopping your business being seen on Facebook. This is just a little unknown fact that every small business needs to know. There is a crucial reason why Facebook […]