Email Campaigns and Newsletters


Email campaigns and regular enewsletters are becoming increasingly important to set your online presence apart from the proliferation of websites, google+ profiles, Facebook pages, twitter streams, pinterest boards and  other social media spots where so much information is being streamed every minute.

We send out two newsletters, every month, for this client.  One is focused on new car sales and the other on servicing.

We send out two newsletters, every month, for this client. One is focused on new car sales and the other on servicing.

Whilst being present and active on these platforms has many growth advantages for your business, it is not always the best way to keep in touch with your database as, despite what most people say, not ‘everyone’ is on Facebook or Twitter.  Your email database is a direct and personal way in which you can regularly speak to your client base and maintain good relationships.

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How does your timeline work?


One of the great mysteries of social media was revealed last Friday and shared on PR Daily:

The factors that determine what items appear in a Facebook user’s News Feed.

During a press event last week, Facebook News Feed Product Manager Will Cathcart explained these factors to a roomful of reporters.

TechCrunch’s Josh Constine was there to document the action and listed the four items:
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Coming to terms with technology terminology


At the heart of any ORM strategy should be good, effective communication.  It doesn’t help to have one message going one way and another going in the other direction…  and with the internet being so accessible, it’s easy to have this happen.  One person starts a website, another a page, and yet another gets you onto twitter without any strategies in place.

Without a good strategy, you can do more harm to your ORM than good…

The internet changes unbelievably fast.  Just track your Google ranking for a few days and you’ll see the fluctuations.  Along with these changes come the changes in jargon and terminology…  here are some great examples to help  keep you and your staff in the loop with the right words in putting your strategy in place!

(courtesy of PR Daily)

Your business has a “page,” not a “fan page.”

In 2007, Facebook first rolled out an option for businesses to get in on the social network. Your business could create an account, collect fans, and place ads. Today, however, “fan pages” are long gone. What your business has is simply a “page” or “business page.”

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