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Name: Nikki Pilkington Twitter name: @NikkiPilkington What is your main Change challenge at present? As the business that I run and the industry that I am in is ever changing, it is difficult to pinpoint one area of change that is a challenge. In Internet Marketing change is constant, as new and more effective [...] (Read More)
: The learning curve for internet marketing branding is so huge. I've recently joined the field and even the social networking required can be overwhelming. Before I began blogging and trying to draw readers to my site, my primary use for the internet was as a information tool. Social networking is a completely new genre. Be prepared to spend many hours networking yourself and your site.
Submitted by Nikki Pilkington:
It happens every so often - I’ll get an email asking me to work on a Pay by Results basis. This could be someone only wanting to pay when they achieve front page Google listings, or someone wanting to pay a commission on each sale achieved, each front page on Digg, each mention on Twitter, etc etc etc. On some occasions I’m (Read More)
Submitted by Nikki Pilkington:
It’s Friday again, which means #followfriday, where Twitter users recommend people they think are good to follow by sending a Tweet saying ‘#followfriday @username because blah blah blah’Well, to my mind, that’s what we SHOULD be doing - but in effect what tends to happen is this:“#followfriday @username1 @username2 @userna (Read More)
Submitted by Nikki Pilkington:
usually when I talk to potential clients about using Twitter as part of their social media marketing, I hear:“It’s just for kids and geeks”“Only IT and Marketing bods make money from it”and other such comments.With this in mind, here are a random 5 industries, each with 5 ways they could use Twitter to promote their busines (Read More)
Submitted by Nikki Pilkington:
It doesn’t hurt to laugh at twitter occasionally, and with that in mind, here are my 10 favourite videos poking fun at our new addiction. (Read More)
Submitted by Nikki Pilkington:
Twitter. Look one way and there are people saying how good it is for business. They’re posting about deals won, leads gathered, money made and more. Look the other way and there are people saying it’s a ‘waste of time’, that it’s ‘just people messing about’, that it’s ‘not sustainable’.Well I’m part of the first group of pe (Read More)
: we have started to use this service today and are already seeing the benefits of the basic understanding of what Twitter is and how we can use it drive our business forward - well done Nikki!
Submitted by Nikki Pilkington:
If everyone who donates £2 uses their Twitter name as their nickname, Just Giving automatically link to the Twitter profile page in question. I personally will follow and promote anyone who does this. I will thank them in my Twitterstream of 2400+ followers, which may get them more followers. Not bad for £2 eh?Now let’s sho (Read More)
Submitted by Nikki Pilkington:
I talk to people about Twitter a lot. A LOT. And that;s because I’ve seen how well it works; for gaining business, for branding purposes, for customer support and for credibility. I have had multiple thousands of pounds worth of business because fo Twitter, and I want everyone else to have the same!But invariably some of th (Read More)
Submitted by Nikki Pilkington:
I’m Su Butcher and I run a practice of UK Architects. I’ve been networking online for about 5 years and started using twitter about five months ago. Here’s my take on Twitter, why I use it and why I think it’s a great tool for construction professionals. (Read More)
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Submitted by Nikki Pilkington:
In the first of our monthly focus on the technologies our vendors provide, this month we take a look at the solutions provided for Virtualisation and supporting a virtual environment.Learn more about why with Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform you don't need VMware to virtualise because Red Hat builds it right into (Read More)
Submitted by Nikki Pilkington:
Guest blog on http://www.businessontwitter.co.uk/twitter:Twitter appears to be a marmite application – you know, you either love it or you hate (probably because you can’t see the point of it all).Personally, I love it – it’s great on a personal and business level.As a freelance copywriter, it allows me to broadcast my news (Read More)
Submitted by Nikki Pilkington:
Twitter is opening up new ways to quickly communicate with the world.Whenever you send a public messages it can be seen by millions around the globe , and of course by your intended audience.Your tweet can be found on Google and will stay there as a permanent record of what you tweeted. It also appears on web pages designed (Read More)