On 10th December I hosted an online marketing Q&A on Twitter at @getuptospeed, and gave away one free signed copy per hour between 6pm and midnight to six lucky Twitter followers. On the sixth day of Christmas, I’m simply listing the six winners – a sort of early #followfriday. Congratulations to the following followers (I [...]
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Five-Day Email Course
On the fifth day of Christmas, I’m announcing that my 5-day email course Plan Your Online Marketing is ready! Sign up to download your free one-page online marketing plan template, and I’ll share with you my thoughts on how to plan your marketing, set your goals and complete your marketing plan with the tools, calls [...]
Four WordPress Plugins
Originally, the four “calling birds” of the Twelve Days of Christmas were actually four “colly birds” – another name for blackbirds. And the first of my four recommended WordPress plugin today is called Twitter Blackbird Pie. 1. Twitter Blackbird Pie Sometimes you want to quote a tweet in a blog post. To make it more [...]
Three French Books
On the third day of Christmas, I’m delighted to announce that, in just trois mois, Get Up to Speed with Online Marketing will be available in a French edition: Le marketing en ligne: Boostez votre activité avec les sites web, moteurs de recherce, réseaux sociaux, blogs et podcasts. And that is your actual French. French [...]
Two Twitter Birds
On the second day of Christmas, I’m giving you two Twitter birds! Or at least my thoughts on why two Twitter accounts are better than one. I often come across confusion about what authentic tweeting means. Just tweeting promotional messages is boring and won’t get you many followers. Telling people what you had for breakfast [...]
A Podcast in a Directory
It’s the first day of Christmas (I hope you’re having a very merry one!), so here is the first of my twelve gifts to you. How festive. And on the first day of Christmas, what else would you give but a podcast in a directory? (That just about scans, right?) OK, it’s not quite ready [...]
Twitterati out in force for #getuptospeed book launch
Despite the freezing conditions, the Twitterati were out in force for the #getuptospeed book launch tweetup – thank you so much for coming! Those helping me celebrate the publication of my first book included friends from the worlds of publishing, politics and social media – some old friends, and some new friends who I’ve met [...]
Signed copies of “Get Up to Speed” available to order for Christmas!
Don’t forget a Christmas gift for the entrepreneur in your life! And what could be more festive than a copy of Get Up to Speed with Online Marketing? I’ll even lower the eBay re-sale value for you by signing it if you want. OK, you can have one of the rarer unsigned copies if you [...]
Launch Events – December 2010
OK, I have finally got around to a launch event or two. Or three… Do come along, if you can – or simply follow along on Twitter! Monday 6th Dec – Book Launch – London Join me from 6.30pm at the Yorkshire Grey for a book launch tweetup to celebrate the recent publication of Get [...]
How an online shoe retailer tripled sales with YouTube
Sometimes with social media you don’t need to do it all yourself. Instead of starting a blog, you can comment on someone else’s or write a guest posting for a blog with a following in your niche area. Likewise with video, you can sometimes work with someone who already has a large YouTube following, and [...]
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