Have you ever come across an article online that you want to read. You open it and after just a few sentences in, you find out that you can’t read the full article because you aren’t a member or something stupid like that. Well, it happens to me all the time and it happened to me yesterday so I decided to share a way around this when it happens to you. Now I must say this isn’t going work every single time, but it’s worth giving it a try. If it works, GREAT, you get to read the article for […]
Comments Can Now Be Pinned On Instagram
Social media is always evolving and there are always new features popping up. The latest feature on Instagram… the ability to pin comments. With a simple swipe to the left on a comment, you can simply click on the “Pin” image and have the comment pinned. I love this because you can now pin an awesome comments that you receive and anyone who views your comments will be able to find this pinned comment right at the top. It’s also a great feature for another reason. You could possibly have your comment pinned by someone giving your profile more exposure […]
I’m Offering a Free Social Media Audit For a Limited Time Only
Do you own a Social Media page that you are using for your business? Have you ever wondered if your page is actually any good or not? You aren’t alone… When I spend time scrolling through Facebook and Instagram I often come across pages that I feel could be doing a better job. They might not necessarily be doing anything drastically wrong, but there are things they could improve on. When I see these pages I’m sometimes tempted to message them and actually tell them or offer my advice, but I’m not sure how well that would really be received. […]
It Feels Wrong To Advertise Now, But Is It Really?
With coronavirus sweeping through the world and with us in a lockdown together with many countries around the world; it doesn’t really feel like the right time to advertise. There are so many businesses that are closed as a result of the lockdown. Unless they provide essential services, they have been required to close. For many of these businesses they have an extremely challenging time ahead of them financially; and these are businesses that could benefit from some of the services I have to offer, but it doesn’t quite feel right to market to them during these challenging times. I […]
The One Thing I Don’t Like About The Creator Studio iPhone App
I love using Creator Studio on my computer. I just about use it daily and I was excited to hear about the App, but there is something missing. *This article was correct at the time of writing – At the end of May 2020 Creator Studio did make the “create” feature available* Before I get into the app, I use Creator Studio on my computer to post and schedule most of my Facebook and Instagram content. It’s great and convenient to use because I create most of my content on my computer. sometimes I do create and edit posts on […]
How to Import Your Blog Posts to Medium.com
This is a great way to republish your blog posts and content on Medium without it affecting your SEO or search engine rankings. Now, before I get into this, let me make this clear – I don’t work for Medium and I’m not promoting Medium in any way… In fact I have taken a disliking to reading content on it and I have even written a post about this that I published on Medium itself. Read – The thing I hate most about Medium But, it is still a great site to publish and distribute content – it has the […]
A Treat For F1 Fans In South Africa
In just over a month Formula 1 fans in South Africa will get a chance to see and hear Formula 1 cars in action. LATEST UPDATE: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED. READ MORE HERE Today I read the news about the Heineken F1 Joburg Festival and it got me a little excited. The festival is taking place in Katherine Street, Sandton, on the 29th of March 2020 and there is a lot to look forward to… Mercedes, Red Bull and Renault are the F1 cars making an appearance with Valtteri Bottas and ex F1 driver David Coulthard taking to the […]
Facebook Insight Times, You Could Be Reading Them Wrong!
Facebook Insights provides you with an awesome graph that shows you the times that your followers are online, but you could very well be reading it wrong! The graph I’m talking about looks like this for one of my Facebook Pages: Now just looking at this graph, it appears as though this pages followers are mostly online between 10 PM and 10 AM, with overnight hours like midnight and 3 AM etc. being popular times with lots of followers online… THIS IS WRONG! It also seems like the worst times are between 1 PM and 7 PM with 4 PM and […]
Answer Questions in Your Social Media Posts and Captions. It’s a Simple Way to Create Content.
Make the most of your social media posts and captions. Use them as a way to share longer pieces of information and even as a place to answer questions!! Today I saw a post on Instagram that disappointed me. It was a post by a local law firm (I don’t follow them so you wont find them on my Instagram). The caption started off well – it contained two rather interesting questions. They explained that they have received those questions and that they had also received other similarly interesting questions too. But then they disappointed me by failing to answer […]
I Should Have Used This On My Website Years Ago
I’ve had this website domain since 2012. It was the domain for my law firm for a number of years, then it became my personal website but it was never as easy to use and update as it is now. My website has finally become better and easier to use thanks to WordPress. The first website I ever created for myself was created using some or other website creator from a Microsoft Office program – I can’t remember the name of the program. It was a very very basic website, but it was better than not having a website. The […]