Running a Facebook business page has always been about engagement - in other words, getting your followers to react, comment, click through and share your posts - but now it’s more important than ever before. The pages I run both for my social media and blogging business, and for my travel blog, …
Building your Facebook community without being a try-hard
One of the most fun places for me online is my travel blog's Facebook page. It works just how I want it to and I get to chat with a gorgeous range of fellow travel-lovers there. I know a lot of my clients complain about Facebook and the way they keep making it "harder" to play ... but I think that …
How to use our Facebook group for Perth bloggers – WABAK
One of my blogging students had the fabulous idea of starting a Facebook group for Perth bloggers who met in my courses, so that they could all keep in touch and follow each other's blogging journeys. WABAK: Western Australian Bloggers Amanda Knows was born in a hurried fashion as a result, and the …
Social media haters: what to do when people say mean things on Facebook or Twitter
When I'm helping clients set up their social media platforms, one of the most common questions I get asked concerns crisis management. What do we do when people leave horrible comments? they ask, nearly always. They're really scared of opening up the possibility for disgruntled clients or customers …
How to: Link Instagram to your Facebook profile or page
I started the #businesspics prompts on Instagram for several reasons, but a key one is to encourage both my clients and other Instagrammers to use the images they produce to support their business - Instagram pictures can be a fantastic way to give your followers a glimpse into the everyday life of …
Social media for artists, because artists amaze me
I am one super-lucky girl because I get to meet and work with some truly inspiring and fascinating people. And one subset of these is artists.I am not artistic. (If you want some proof, see some of my childhood samples on my travel blog - this was the *peak* of my drawing ability!) But I am in …