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Twitter has hit the mainstream, it’s official. It started 2009 with 6 million users, and has now grown to over 16 million users today. If you’re not already using Twitter, then you should be. Check out these posts to learn why and how: Twitter: Small Business Success Stories – Will yours be one of them?  Guide [...]

You may think that you know enough about your business and the industry you work in, to not have a formal marketing plan or strategy. If you’re lucky enough to not be affected by the recession, and your small business is still performing well, you may take the stance of ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t fix [...]

I’ve been very busy this week – visiting clients and prospects throught the South of England. I’ve been to Guildford, Portsmouth, Southampton and Eastleigh! So I’ve not had a chance to write a proper blog post. The aim of this blog is to provide educational content, to help small businesses understand the various marketing strategies [...]

Okay, so I hope I’ve managed to convince you of the marketing benefits of getting your small business on Twitter. Now, as promised here is SMEketing’s guide to getting started. It’s extremely simple; however it does come with a warning though – Twitter can be seriously addictive! Create an account and set up your profile: [...]

Heard of a little thing called Twitter? I hope so! At SMEketing in Hampshire, not a day goes past where we don’t read some kind of article on it. They’re not always positive articles – like most success stories, there are people who love it, and people who loathe it. But at the end of [...]

Okay small business owners, I have some questions for you here: How many of you reading this, know what your logo is? (I’m really hoping you’re nodding along, safe in the knowledge that you know what your logo is! I’ll be scared if  you don’t, unless you’re just starting a new business and haven’t had a [...]

I was driving back to Southampton on the M3 the other day when I heard an interesting fact on the radio; did you know that 80% of research before purchase is done online. 88.14% of those searches are done using Google. So if you’re running a small business, your website must be found on Google to have [...]