A Big LinkedIn Feature!
Do you use LinkedIn? It’s a rapidly growing platform and an incredibly powerful tool! Networking is important for building your business and connecting with people within your industry that can add value to you, your business and your network, so being able to do this online can be invaluable. A lot of the recent additions […]
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 […]
Are You Missing A Simple Marketing Trick?
Many people think that marketing and social media are confusing and scary. However, we’re often explaining to our clients that social media really isn’t rocket science. Sometimes, we just need a bit of guidance to use it more effectively and efficiently. There are a few tips and tricks we share during social media training and […]
Social Media Age Restrictions
Did you know that 80% of internet users own a smartphone? We have information available at our fingertips and faster than ever before! A study by the UK Council for Child Internet Safety found that “children predominantly access the internet at home and through mobile devices”. With this week marking Internet Safety Day, we thought […]
SEO Masterclass – Women and Broadband
Superfast West Yorkshire held an Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) Masterclass for fourteen delegates of the Women and Broadband Programme which was skilfully presented by Pascal Fintoni. Esther was one of the delegates who attended the SEO Workshop hosted at The Media Centre in Huddersfield and this is her overview of the presentation. Pascal Fintoni split the SEO […]
We’re Finalists for The UK Blog Awards 2016
You may or may not know that at the back end of 2015 Janet entered the Social Progress Blog into the UK Blog Awards 2016. We’re not usually very shout-y about our work or the clients we work with – unless we appear in the Close Up Magazine, Topic UK Magazine or in the local […]