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How to get your band online, expand your fan base and sell records in 7 simple steps
If you want to connect your music with an audience, build a fan base and make more money from sales without dealing with record labels or compromising your craft, read on. Today I’m going to look at how you can take your creative hobby or passion and get it online in 7 simple steps. This…
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How to create professional looking images for your Facebook, Twitter or Blog using Canva
Canva is a free invite-only design/image creation tool that’s causing quite a buzz online. What’s all the fuss about, is it any good and should you be clambering for one of those elusive invites? Find out how you could get your hands on one at the end of this article Canva is an online tool that lets…
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How to monitor your social media impact
Here’s a simple (and free) way to monitor what kind of impact you, or your business, or your brand has online. Read on to find out what kind of ‘Klout’ or ‘Kred’ you have Before you ask it’s not a typo… ‘Klout’ and ‘Kred’ are tools that let you measure your reach, power, your overall…
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Why Social Media won’t make you rich… yet
Everyone always bleats on about Social Media marketing as ‘the next BIG thing’… Online ‘gurus’ would have us believe there is untold wealth and success to be made if you can just tap into the Social Media phenomenon. The problem is, the Internet is filling up with more and more Social Media tools for every…
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How to get 20,000 Twitter followers in under 24 hours
This is a quirky way to ‘get viral’ off the back of a popular news story or Twitter phenomenon. Eagle eyed readers of the Insider’s Edge blog will have spotted my post about Angelina Jolie’s right leg recently. If you missed it you can see it here. During the Oscars Angelina’s dress – or rather…
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What can we learn from social media and the London riots?
One of the most fascinating things about the riots in London and elsewhere is just how quickly information spread – and not just over days or weeks, but minutes. Everyone always talks about viral marketing, about social media and web 2.0, web 3.0… web infinity. Well this was a very real, very powerful example of all the…
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Could this powerful marketing technique be a Facebook killer?
Facebook. Chances are your relatives, primary school friends and pet goldfish are already on there. It has more than 750 million users and it continues to grow every day. Search engine juggernauts Google have had their eye on Facebook’s success for some time now (they would wouldn’t they) but what hope do they really have…