115 Facts about Social Media

115 Must Know Facts about Social Media

  • January 10, 2017May 12, 2021
  • by kim

Social media has become our environment. In the era where social media websites have the power to directly influence our opinions, attitudes and behaviours, it is important to be knowledgeable about the social media phenomenon. This knowledge provides a deeper understanding of the ways in which social media influences our everyday lives.

The number of people who use social media has exceeded 1 billion and the trend of growing social media usage is expected to continue to grow over the coming years. While most users of social media know a lot of information about their favourite platforms, there are still a number of facts about social media that are bound to come as a surprise to many. Click on the image for the full Infographic.

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Communicating with NLP

Persuasive Communication using NLP

  • December 15, 2016May 12, 2021
  • by kim

I’m sure you’ve heard of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) but what is it and how can it help you in your business communication?

At a recent WiRE networking meeting we learned some very useful techniques from Claire McKeown, a professional Intervention Specialist, Clinical Hypnotherapist and Certified NLP Practitioner. She explained NLP is a very big subject but she gave us a very useful definition:

NLP is a way of influencing brain behaviour (Neuro) through the use of language (Linguistic) and other types of communication to enable us to recode the way our brain responds to stimuli (Programming) to enable us to create new and better behaviour.

In other words, NLP is way of building up rapport. What you say and how you say it affects other people, you can easily influence and persuade them by communicating with NLP in mind.

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Posting your event details on social media or websites

#TopTips for Promoting your Event – Part 2

  • November 1, 2016May 12, 2021
  • by kim

You’ve got an event to promote and you don’t have much of a budget – but that’s not too much of a problem these days with so many on line and social media options.

Following on from my earlier Blog on getting everything in place to promote your event, here’s a few tips of where to promote your event and some posting etiquette. Most of the examples are links.

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Top tips for promoting your community or business event

#TopTips for Promoting your Event – Part 1!

  • November 1, 2016May 12, 2021
  • by kim

Years ago, to promote my Charity Dinner I would drive around with posters pinning them to notice boards and leaving them in receptions of local companies. The poster was either unprofessional because it was printed at home or expensive if we had one done professionally.

Today things are so much easier! Social media including Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn are by far the cheapest and quickest ways to get the message out about your event. There are a few things that will save you time before you get started:

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