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The Power Of One You can share one businesses social media post You can invite one business …
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06.17.19
4 Interesting Twitter Accounts To Follow – Part 1 (2019)
Since we started Altrincham HQ 10 years ago, it has been Twitter that I've had a constant love affai…
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06.17.19
SOCIAL MEDIA INSIGHT: The Levels Of Engagement On Social Media
Comments are where the great things happen on Social Media I really want you repeat that 7 ti…
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06.10.19
Indecision – something that really holds back a business
I posted this on Social Media last week "We've just had someone enquire about Social Media traini…
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06.10.19
SOCIAL MEDIA INSIGHT: The Importance of A Positive Social Media Culture In Your Organisation
Sometimes we have to play bad cop. Sometimes we have to play good cop It's often the case with so…
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06.05.19
SOCIAL MEDIA INSIGHT: Facebook Algorithm Updates 2019
Facebook has just announced new algorithm updates or signals that will influence the algorithm for…
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06.03.19
SOCIAL MEDIA INSIGHT: The Suggested Minimum Requirements for Social Media In The Workplace
The Lloyds Bank Digital Index Report 2019 was released last week And these were the key findi…
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05.28.19
Interview: Photographer Martin Hambleton talks about LinkedIn Profile Photos
If you're based in Greater Manchester you've either been to an event that Martin Hambleton has p…
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05.25.19
What Happens When You Say Yes
Everybody prostitutes themselves when they 1st start out in business Desperate for attention, y…
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05.25.19
How perfecting your LinkedIn profile is like online dating
If you think there is a tenuous connection between online dating apps and LinkedIn you’d be mist…
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05.22.19
How do you know if your LinkedIn profile isn’t perfect?
Perfect is something that is talked about in business and social media a lot, whether that be th…
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05.15.19
Everything is Marketing and Marketing is Everything
Everything is marketing and marketing is everything The reason I’m posting this is business…
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05.15.19
4 Reasons You Shouldn’t Use Social Media Automation
“It was the worst business decision I’ve ever made” I don’t think I’ll ever forget the …
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05.13.19
SOCIAL MEDIA INSIGHT: Outsourcing Your Marketing Does Not Mean Dereliction Of Duty
At Altrincham HQ I'm pleased to say most of our clients have been with us years and years When …
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04.26.19
Why We Need To Stop Talking About Towns Losing Retailers
I'm writing this blog a few hours after it's been announced that Debenhams is set to close in my…
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04.26.19
How To Remain Positive and Take The Stress Out Of Social Media
Social Media is neither good or bad - but how we use it can be Earlier today I heard …
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04.24.19
How To Stop Burning Your Marketing Budget
What I'm going to tell you in this blog is "How To Stop Burning Your Marketing Budget" It doe…
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04.15.19
SOCIAL MEDIA INSIGHT: Facebook Reactions, LinkedIn Reactions and How They Offer Clues To Great Social Media Content
"LinkedIn is not Facebook" has become one of the most overused phrases in the past 12 months An…
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04.12.19
Obscurity and How It Is Failing Your Business
Why are we talking about obscurity? And why is it failing your business? And what inspired this? Ye…
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04.10.19
SOCIAL MEDIA INSIGHT: Could Social Media Training Lead To You Losing Your Best Staff and Best Clients?
"If my employees are active on social media will they get poached by recruiters / head hunters / ot…
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04.09.19
A Day In The Life Of A Social Media Manager
"Oh you just mess around on Facebook all day" That is what my mum thinks I do on Social Media all d…
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04.09.19
Top Tips For Live Video On Social Media
My journey into Live Video started nearly a decade ago when Live Video wasn't even a thin…
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04.01.19
Marketers are liars, but at least they’re not scum of the earth recruiters
I was inspired to write this blog after I read "Recruiters: Scum Of The Earth" by Lucie Culley on L…
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03.28.19
Social Media Insight: The 2 Different Audiences on Social Media
Who are you posting for on Social Media? Before you read the rest of this blog I want you sit there…
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03.28.19
How to stand out from the crowd as a Me Too Business
Me Too has taken on a different meaning over the past few years We're not going to talk about Sexua…
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03.21.19
Social Media Insight: Nothing worth having comes easy – a warning against social media automation
"Nothing worth having comes easy" - Roosevelt could have been talking about Social Media in 2019 As…
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03.20.19
International Day Of Happiness: A guide to a happier life
Did you know the first ever international day of happiness was celebrated on March 20th 2013 It see…
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03.20.19
6 Things You Should Never Do On Social Media
I debated in 2019 whether I needed to actually write this blog And then I thought it's 100% essenti…
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03.18.19
The Exception To The Rule
There are some businesses who will open with no fanfare ... and be busy every day thereafter There …
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03.11.19
Business lessons I learnt from training for a 10k Race
Back in 2014 when I first started running I really really struggled to get a decent pace My 5k run …
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02.18.19
A 10 minute exercise to improve your social Media Marketing
I want to talk you through a simple 10 minute exercise to improve your social Media Marketing …
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02.12.19
How We Reached Over 1 Million Screens In One Month
If you're reading this then I want you to know you have exactly the same weapons of choice as I …
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02.02.19
A Short Note About Loyalty In Business
(Pic: Altrincham HQ and Altrincham Design Studio - working for 20 years together in various gu…
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02.02.19
5 Things People Said About The Big Altrincham Social
2019 is 10 Years Of Altrincham HQ and last night we had the 1st of 10 Events to celebrate our spec…
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01.30.19
4 Social Media KPI’s You Should Be Tracking Each Month
The secret to business success is small improvements on a regular basis It's as simple as tha…
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01.30.19
What I’ve Learnt After Writing 400 Blogs
A few weeks ago at Altrincham HQ I published what was to be our 400th blog on the website In …
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01.11.19
12 People You Can Invite To A Networking Event
I've been networking for 9 years now and there's one thing that remains true to this day - netwo…
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01.08.19
Pride, Empowering The Next Generation and The Importance Of Certificates
If you look around my living room you'll see running medals, fundraising certificates and qualificat…
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01.03.19
5 Things That People Expect Others To Do, But Don’t Actually Do Themselves
Treat others as you expect to be treated yourself It's one of those pieces of parental advice…
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01.03.19
2019 is 10 Years of Altrincham HQ: This is the story of Altrincham HQ
In September 2019 it will officially be 10 years of Altrincham HQ And I think apart from a fe…
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12.30.18
What exactly do you mean when you say you “want more sales”?
When you're a Social Media Trainer one of the most common phrases you hear is "I want more sales…
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12.30.18
4 Huge Advantages of Group Social Media Training
Should I do 121 Social Media Training or Group Training? It's a question many businesses ask …
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12.28.18
5 Reasons Twitter Is Still Relevant In 2019
It's coming up to the 10th year I've been on Twitter and it's still a key platform for our busin…
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12.27.18
How I Changed The Way I Used Social Media In 2018
Social Media is an ever evolving beast and from year to year we evolve in the ways we use it …
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11.13.18
What Stops Customers Spending Local At Christmas
Visa's Christmas advert has one clear message: 'Support your local high street' And trust me …
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11.13.18
5 Essentials For Your 1st Christmas As A Small Business Owner
I saw a post on LinkedIn earlier this week which inspired me to write this blog on "Things To Do…
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11.08.18
4 Reasons You Don’t Need Social Media Training
Reasons you don't need Social Media Training That's right I'm going to tell you exactly wh…
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11.07.18
Protecting Businesses In The Digital World
What are the very real consequences of negative social media posts? And which strategies do bus…
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11.05.18
5 People That Are Unsuitable To Manage Your Social Media
"In the future, everyone will be social media marketers for 15 minutes" Andy Warhol Ok - he mig…
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11.04.18
14 Big Picture Questions To Help You Understand Your Clients More
These are the 14 Big Picture Questions I've sent to clients this week as we head to the end of the…
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11.04.18
Hacking November For A Successful New Year
Hacking November for a successful New Year As we write this it's the 1st November and we know f…
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10.22.18
Social Media Trick or Treat: How to and how not to be Social
Social Media is about understanding people and understanding marketing, but there will always be…
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10.18.18
5 Key Stakeholders in Your Business That Should Be Empowered by Social Media
A businesses biggest asset are its people. Managing Director, Board of Directors, Heads of Depa…
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10.17.18
Selfridges, The Social Studio and The Instore Experience
There's something different when you walk through Selfridges Harry Gordon Selfridge promoted …
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10.15.18
9 Ways Social Media Can Improve Business Improvement Districts
If you want to understand what something should do in it's most simplistic terms you simply have t…
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10.15.18
Altrincham HQ work with Altrincham Unlimited to help Altrincham be more social
This month we worked with Altrincham Unlimited - the Business Improvement District for Altrincham …
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10.03.18
CASE STUDY: The Treehouse and their runaway social media success
As an ex-journalist I know what makes for a great story and so much of what we do at Altrincham HQ…
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09.28.18
5 Essential Blogging Lessons From Primary School
"Creatively is intuitively inside all of us. As children we produced content every single day" …
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09.28.18
Whatever Happened To Follow Friday?
I remember my early days of Twitter Way back in 2009 Twitter was such a friendly helpful c…
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09.06.18
How to spot vulnerabilities in your Social Media Marketing
Have you ever for a moment thought how vulnerable you are? Have you thought that something co…
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08.27.18
How To Grow A Successful Instagram Following by Manchester Aviation
Adam is 17 years old and runs a successful Instagram account @manchester_aviation1107 which at the…
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08.24.18
How LinkedIn Changed My Life & Led to An £180,000 Order and Much More
A few days ago Joanna Davila posted an update ::: "LinkedIn has changed my life!" At the time…
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08.23.18
How to market your restaurant to Vegan Consumers
The vegan market is a growing market in 2018 with more younger people turning to a plant based diet …
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08.22.18
5 Classic Blogging Mistakes That Small Businesses Make
5 Classic Blogging Mistakes That Small Businesses Make I started blogging back in 1999 and blog…
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08.20.18
Top 10 Reasons Why Social Media Is The Answer
Make no mistake - this blog is for YOU The Top 10 Reason Why Social Media Is The Answer blog is…
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08.15.18
Bloody Yell: How to move from the Yellow Pages to the age of Social Media
The final edition of the Yellow Pages landed on my doorstep last week What a shadow…
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07.31.18
Why I Love NCS
As I write this blog I'm in the middle of my 2nd Summer working with Salford Foundation and NCS …
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07.30.18
Scroll Free September: Don’t Stop Scrolling, Change The Way You Use Social Media
Scroll Free September has been compared to Dry January for alcohol and Stoptober for stopping smok…
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07.16.18
10 Essential Things To Remember When Using LinkedIn
Just a few weeks ago LinkedIn celebrated it's 15th Birthday Party Never really having it's mome…
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07.09.18
Why you should always attend a speed networking event
Speed Networking - some people love it and some people hate it I'm in the former camp If I…
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07.09.18
Life Lessons from Running
Running is my escape As a social media manager it's my only chance to look away from a screen…
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07.09.18
Social Media And It’s Place In Town Centre Regeneration
When we talk about town centre regeneration we often talk about policies and initiatives, place ma…
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06.28.18
10 Things I Wish I’d Been Told When I Started Up
Today is National Freelancers Day - a celebration of the freelancers and self employed that make suc…
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06.27.18
5 Key Stakeholders in Education That Should Be Empowered by Social Media
A school's biggest asset is it's people. Head teachers, Leadership Teams, Heads Of Department…
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06.22.18
How Can Franchises Use Social Media More Effectively
Over the years I've worked with numerous franchisees for brands such as Zipyard, Bluebird…
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06.20.18
The Introverts Guide To Social Media
Statistics put introverts at 25-50% of the population Introverts you are not alone So what…
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06.18.18
Personal Branding For School & College Students
Over the past 18 months we've delivered Personal Branding Workshops to over 1500 young adults in…
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04.25.18
5 Huge Opportunities Twitter Gave Me
"What has Social Media done for you?" It's a question so many ask And my answer always is EV…
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04.25.18
5 Easy Ways Your Restaurant Can Win New Customers
It's always been a dream to open your own restaurant since you were a teenager It's what you we…
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04.11.18
5 Reasons You Should Use LinkedIn
LinkedIn has over 706 million users Over 60% of the UK workforce are on LinkedIn It's powerf…
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04.11.18
5 Common Misconceptions about LinkedIn
There are a lot of misconceptions about LinkedIn And most of these misconceptions on based on the…
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04.05.18
What Is The LinkedIn Social Selling Index?
The Social Selling Index On LinkedIn is where we often start with our LinkedIn Training sessions …
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04.05.18
5 Huge Opportunities LinkedIn Gave Me
"What has Social Media done for you?" It's a question so many ask And my answer always is EVER…
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04.03.18
TRIPADVISOR MONSTERS: A Guide To The Monsters That Inhabit TripAdvisor
Let's be honest - we all check TripAdvisor Even those who make such a huge point about on socia…
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03.27.18
5 Organisations Affected By The New Twitter Spam Policies
Over the past week Twitter has introduced stronger anti-spam policies to make the service more usa…
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03.21.18
Northern Restaurant And Bar Show 2018: Trends To Look Out For
The Northern Restaurant and Bar Show is the North's largest hospitality show For those that a…
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02.20.18
5 Of The Most Popular Reasons Businesses Invest in Marketing
What are the key motivational factors for investing in marketing? A recent poll by affilinet of…
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02.14.18
SUBS ALTRINCHAM: Building A Networking Group Via Social Media
In the past month alone SUBS Altrincham has reached over 100,000 screens and attracted 100+ book…
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02.06.18
LENT: The Value In Adding To, Rather Than Giving Up
A few years ago we wrote the blog "Should You Give Up Social Media for Lent" The basis of the blo…
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02.01.18
Untappd: Meet the app that’s like TripAdvisor for Beer
UnTappd is an app we've been using on and off for the latter half of 2017 If you're not famil…
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01.30.18
Altrincham HQ is a Regional Finalist in the 2018 Small Business Big Heart Awards
Altrincham HQ of Greater Manchester has been selected as the regional finalist for the North West …
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01.29.18
5 Essentials To Grow Your Social Media Followers
How do I grow my social media following? It must be the most often asked question by businesses…
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01.21.18
CASE STUDY: Matt Fox Physiotherapy – a journey from the NHS, Manchester City and Bolton Wanders to starting my own business
My career as a Physiotherapist started back in 2004 working in the NHS, doing evenings, weekends, …
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01.20.18
CASE STUDY: Violet Loves Vintage – Social Media For Boutiques
Violet Loves Vintage is a vintage inspired boutique based in Afflecks in the Northern Quarter of M…
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01.16.18
How to build a popular hyper-local Facebook group?
"How we built up a popular hyperlocal Facebook group" is a question we often get asked when people…
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01.13.18
FACEBOOK’S NEWS FEED OVERHAUL: 6 Solutions That Solve The Facebook Problem
"What are you to do when your businesses success relies on Facebook and Facebook keep changing the…
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01.13.18
How To Use Facebook Competitions To Build Your Business
Each week Essence in Altrincham run a Facebook competition that reaches over 10,000 people, regula…
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01.11.18
Your biggest failure is 90% of your staff don’t understand social media
I mean this when I say "Your biggest failure is 90% of your staff don't understand social media" …
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01.07.18
3 Ways To Improve The Fortunes of Hale
When we started Altrincham HQ in 2009, Altrincham was a very different beast to what it is now It…
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01.05.18
10 Changes I’d Like To See On Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram In 2018
If you could write a wish list of improvements you'd like to see on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and …
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01.05.18
Altrincham HQ In 2017 – A Year In Review
The Altrincham HQ Year In Review is a chance to reflect on the positives We must not be afraid to…
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12.30.17
Altrincham 2017 In Review – What People Talked About On Social Media
Altrincham - it's changed a lot since we started Altrincham HQ in 2009 And being one of the most …
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12.30.17
Most Read Marketing Blogs Of 2017 on Altrincham HQ
If one line summed up the business world in 2017 it's ... "People Just Want Better" Every revi…
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11.27.17
20 Questions You Should Ask About Your Website
Whether you're B2B or B2C your website is incredibly important to the success of your business …
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11.15.17
5 Ideas For 280 Characters On Twitter
Twitter's 280 characters divided social media audiences when it was announced The key reason fo…
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11.02.17
5 Reasons LinkedIn is Awesome Right Now
LinkedIn is on fire now Seriously hot Over the past few months it's been transformed with …
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11.01.17
Remember Remember: The Core Disciplines Of Each Social Media Platform
In this week's blog we're going right back to the basics, the core disciplines, the things you nee…
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10.27.17
10 Social Media Wins You Can Do In Under An Hour
If you had 1 extra hour a week what would you do with it to enhance your businesses social media …
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10.24.17
9 Scary Things I Still Hear About Social Media
Social Media - it's a scary ever-changing world I wish was never invented say many Social Med…
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10.24.17
Social Media – What To Do Before, During and After A Networking Event
Networking and Social Media are perfect partners Doing both individually will help grow your bu…
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10.24.17
PERSONAL BRANDING: An Insight Into Branding Yourself
Over the Summer I talked to over 1000 teenagers about the importance of Personal Branding They …
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10.02.17
Altrincham And Sale Chamber Of Commerce Awards: Shortlist 2017
The Altrincham & Sale Chamber of Commerce have announced the shortlist for this year’s busin…
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09.05.17
Social Media Advocacy: Building An Advocacy Program For Your Business
Social Media Advocacy can massively improve your businesses social media marketing And it's for…
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08.25.17
The Top 13 Venues I’ve Spoken At In The United Kingdom
"My audience was my life. What I did and how I did it, was all for my audience" Cab Calloway Ov…
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08.22.17
3 Reasons That Keyboard Warriors On Facebook Are Irrelevant
There's a reason this blog "3 Reasons That Keyboard Warriors On Facebook Are Irrelevant" had to be…
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08.16.17
What I learnt working with over 1000 volunteers
Over the past few weeks I've been working with over 1000 volunteers on the NCS programs in Manches…
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08.16.17
Away Fans Guide To Altrincham
Altrincham has something to offer whether you're in town for the day to watch your team play against…
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08.08.17
5 Marketing Mistakes Established Businesses Make
Small businesses are agile and established businesses are slow and sluggish That's what we're…
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08.08.17
5 Marketing Mistakes Startup Businesses Make
Marketing a startup business is hard You're probably running a business for the 1st time and tr…
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07.17.17
Are You Demoting Your friends Social Media Posts?
It's only when you understand how social media works that you know your friends and family are d…
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06.29.17
Why I’m Going Back To College
Education Education Education It's kind of a big thing On a personal self-development level. O…
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06.24.17
Altrincham TripAdvisor Certificate Of Excellence 2017 Winners Announced
Altrincham TripAdvisor Certificate Of Excellence 2017 Winners Announced Altrincham has raised the…
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06.24.17
BID Awards celebrate customer service success in Altrincham!
Altrincham town centre businesses turned out in force this week to recognise the achievements of…
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06.21.17
Social Media Scheduling – The Pros and Cons
It's coming to that time of year when there are distractions every which way you turn Holiday S…
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05.24.17
Are we unjustly pressured into thinking that Social Media is the answer to all of our business problems?
The SUBS Altrincham Sales VS Marketing debate at the Cresta Court opened with a probing question…
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05.15.17
Twitter Personality Test – How To Find Out Your Twitter Personality
What are you giving away about your personality when you tweet every day Quite a lot it seems a…
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05.05.17
Thinking Like A Fan And Social Media Success
Is your business achieving the engagement and results you'd expect from Social Media? As a soci…
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05.05.17
6 Business Types That Benefit The Most From Social Media
Which business types benefit from Social Media? It's a question I'm often asked and whilst 99% of…
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05.05.17
Marginal Gains And Social Media
Marginal Gains is the buzzword of the moment in sport, but it's one that can be applied to business …
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04.20.17
10 Ways To Spring Clean Your Social Media
Spring has sprung and there's no better time to sit back, reflect and give your Social Media a Sprin…
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04.07.17
Altrincham VS Cancer Named As One Of The Most Successful Fundraisers By JustGiving
Altrincham VS Cancer has been named as one of the most successful fundraisers in March by Justgi…
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03.17.17
31 Questions About Blogging Success
I've talked before about our Blogging Success and how it's one of the 3 pillars of our success St…
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03.02.17
Should Your Business Give Up Social Media For Lent?
The reality for many businesses is that if they gave up Social Media for lent it wouldn't make a s…
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02.27.17
10 Good Daily Social Media Habits To Get Into
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit" Aristotle How many o…
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02.16.17
10 Things You Do If You Love Your Home Town
When you come from a small town there's a big thing called home town pride We love our home town …
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02.14.17
10 Steps To Building A Successful Business
To build a successful business you really have to love your business Successful businesses are …
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01.31.17
10 Instagram Mistakes That Businesses Make Daily
Instagram Mistakes That Businesses Make Daily - so how can you make mistakes on Instagram if it's …
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01.30.17
Why Do Social Media Accounts Become Inactive
Inactive Social Media Accounts - we've talked a lot about these before Previously we've looked …
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01.26.17
Turning Your Health Goals Into Wealth Goals
Turning your health goals into wealth goals If you join the dots between your personal life and…
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01.22.17
What Is The Best Business Advice You Ever Received?
Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't It's with that in mind that we've asked the…
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01.22.17
The Parallels Between Fitness, Health and Marketing
We are living in a world where everyone wants to be an athlete and everyone wants to be an entre…
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01.17.17
NEWS: Altrincham HQ Have Been Shortlisted For Corporate Social Responsibility Excellence Award in The Greater Manchester Business Awards
(Pic: Altrincham VS Cancer - by Graham Douglas) Altrincham HQ have been shortlisted for the Cor…
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01.05.17
SOCIAL MEDIA EVENTS – MANCHESTER – 2017
Alex McCann of Altrincham HQ is a seasoned speaker on Social Media and here are the Social Media eve…
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01.05.17
5 Social Media Analytics Tools To Improve Your Social Media Marketing
"If you can measure it, you can improve it" - that's why Social Media Analytics are so important …
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01.04.17
Which Social Media Platform Is Right For Your Business?
One of the questions I'm constantly asked from businesses about Social Media is "There are so man…
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01.03.17
5 Things I’d Like To See Happen In Altrincham in 2017
It's now our 5th Year Of 5 Things I'd Like To See Happen In Altrincham In ... series 2017 has bee…
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12.30.16
Altrincham HQ in 2016 – A Year In Review
As I sit back at reflect on 2016 I refuse to accept that 2016 was a terrible year Like many the d…
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12.29.16
Altrincham 2016 In Review – What People Talked About On Social Media
Altrincham - it's changed a lot since we started Altrincham HQ in 2009 And being one of the most …
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12.28.16
Most Popular Marketing Blogs Of 2016 on Altrincham HQ
With nearly 50 blogs of free Social Media and business advice published this year on Altrincham HQ i…
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12.13.16
Social Media New Year’s Resolutions
If you've read our "Why I Ditched New Year's Resolutions (and what I replaced them with)" article yo…
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12.13.16
How To Write A Great LinkedIn Recommendation
Writing a great LinkedIn recommendation is an art form It isn't something that should be writte…
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12.13.16
How To Use Social Media To Find A Job
I always tell this tale whenever I'm doing a Business Talk - but in 1999, when some of you weren't…
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12.07.16
Altrincham HQ named the Best Social Media Company in Manchester at the Talk Of Manchester Awards
We're very proud to announce that Altrincham HQ have been named the Best Social Media Company at t…
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11.11.16
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Most people won't read this blog Most people won't open the email Most people won't read a boo…
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11.09.16
5 Ideas For Evergreen Blog Content
Whenever I sit in front of a keyboard and write a blog I have 2 aims 1. To add value to my audien…
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11.08.16
What businesses need to hear about social media
Before I get into this blog I want to give a massive caveat "Social Media has changed my life b…
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11.07.16
Inspiration From Year 5’s & Why You Can Learn Something In Every Scenario
With every interaction you learn something from the experience Last week I was invited with 3 o…
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11.07.16
Inspirational Words For Year 5’s Stepping Into Business
Yesterday I was invited back to Navigation Primary, my old Primary School, for an Inspirational Ta…
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10.14.16
Is Social Media Management And Family A Good Combination?
Should You Let A Family Member Handle Your Social Media Marketing? It's a question that many …
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10.13.16
11 Phrases You Need To Stop Using If You Want Business Growth
Businesses that work with us at Altrincham HQ all want one thing - Business Growth Social Media…
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09.01.16
25 Spare Moments You Can Find Every Day For Social Media Engagement
If you're using Social Media for broadcasting and not for engaging then you're really really mis…
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08.24.16
Instagram For Business – How To Activate Your Business Profile and Why
Instagram for business has been talked about for a number of months and now it's here in the UK …
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08.23.16
5 Mistakes That Charities and Voluntary Groups Make (and how to fix them)
People only have so much time and so much money And Businesses only have so much time and …
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08.18.16
Why Town Teams Need More Of An Olympian Spirit
Can you imagine a world where Mo Farah, Laura Trott, Max Whitlock, Jason Kenny, Andy Murray and al…
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08.08.16
34 Marketing Ideas For Your Business and Where To Get Help In Manchester
It doesn't make a difference whether you're a brand new startup or an established business - Marke…
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08.01.16
20 Questions You Should Ask About Your Life At The End Of Each Month
When I wrote 20 Questions You Should Ask About Your Business At The End Of Each Month ... it fel…
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08.01.16
20 Questions About Your Business You Should Ask At The End Of Each Month
Ask the right questions and you'll get the right answers So often with Social Media it's easy…
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07.21.16
5 Mistakes Small Businesses Make With Experts
We are living in times where it has never been easier to get advice from experts If you're a yo…
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07.16.16
How To Cope With Social Media Over The Holiday Season
For many small business owners, Social Media Marketing is something they do as part of their day t…
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07.13.16
A-Z Of Of Social Media Marketing, Humans & Psychology
Social Media is emotional because Social Media is life A recent article in the Guardian on Teenag…
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07.06.16
5 Business Takeaways from Jose Mourinho’s Arrival At MUFC
(PIC: Ebay Posters) Watching the Jose Mourinho MUFC press conference yesterday - it was clear t…
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07.03.16
Why Social Media Is Important – A Reminder
I'm writing this blog in the last hour of Social Media Day 2016 - it's the only hour today that I …
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06.29.16
How To Grow Your Small Business In Uncertain Economic Times
How do you feel post-Brexit as a small business owner? Aside from the intense Facebook debates ov…
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06.23.16
How To Sell Your Services Via Social Media
One of the main objections I come against in relation to Social Media is "I can see how Social M…
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06.21.16
A-Z of Social Media 2016
Without further ado the Altrincham HQ A-Z Of Social Media 2016 It's a weighty one - so grab a b…
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06.13.16
Altrincham – A Truly Excellent Place To Eat in 2016
TripAdvisor have announced the annual Certificate Of Excellence Awards and the number of excellent…
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06.02.16
SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGEMENT / OUTSOURCED SOCIAL MEDIA – FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Which platforms can you manage for clients? Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and part management of L…
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05.24.16
Knocking Down The Barriers That Stop Businesses Accepting Outside Help
The businesses that need the most help rarely ask for it It took myself a long time in business t…
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05.23.16
An Essential Lesson on Why You Shouldn’t Stop Blogging
Here's an essential lesson on why you shouldn't stop blogging This is my 1st blog on our website …
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04.08.16
10 Reasons You Shouldn’t Be Afraid Of Selling
Selling doesn't come natural to everyone and it's one of the biggest obstacles when it comes to soci…
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04.06.16
The Competitive Advantage of Working With A Social Media Marketing Company
In previous blogs we've touched on 5 Benefits Outsourcing Your Social Media Will Give You and highli…
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04.04.16
5 Essentials For A Successful Start-Up Business
Start-up businesses have never had it so easy when it comes to accessing business advice and educati…
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03.24.16
10 Things I Did To Get My 1st 10,000 Twitter Followers
The core of what we've done at Altrincham HQ has never changed since our 1st tweet back in 2009 O…
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03.23.16
Love Twitter – Why People Love Twitter
LOVE TWITTER - WHY THE NORTH WEST LOVES TWITTER As Twitter hit's it's 10th Birthday we thought we…
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03.21.16
SOCIAL MEDIA EVENTS – MANCHESTER – 2016
SOCIAL MEDIA EVENTS - MANCHESTER - 2016 Alex McCann of Altrincham HQ is a seasoned speaker on Socia…
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03.16.16
Is Social Media Training or Social Media Management the best option for your business?
When we meet businesses looking to learn more about Social Media, we're often asked - which is the b…
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02.29.16
10 Facebook Mistakes That Businesses Make Daily
The last few weeks we've looked at the 10 Twitter and LinkedIn Mistakes That Businesses Make Daily …
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02.16.16
10 LinkedIn Mistakes Businesses Make Daily
Last week we covered 10 Twitter Mistakes That Businesses Make Daily This week we look at those da…
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02.08.16
10 Twitter Mistakes That Businesses Make Daily
Social Media is a wonderful tool ... it's just that sometimes the people that use it are, well, tool…
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01.19.16
Red House Farm – Social Media Case Study
Red House Farm – a busy and popular tourism destination situated in Dunham Massey, It’s a family…
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01.18.16
Our 17 Year Digital Journey ::: 5 Essential Lessons
I'm writing this blog on the day that Friends Reunited has announced it's closing and like many I'd …
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01.18.16
Why Free Can Still Cost Your Business
Whenever you choose something for free, you're often choosing over something else or delaying a deci…
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01.01.16
5 Things I’d Like To See Happen In Altrincham In 2016
2016 - This Is what I'd Like To See Happen In Altrincham In 2016 As this is now the 4th year of o…
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12.31.15
The Biggest Altrincham Stories of 2015
Twitter just released it's Top Trending subjects of 2015 so what better time than to look hyper-loca…
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12.31.15
Most Popular Blogs Of 2015
Seth Godin wrote a blog a number of years ago that highlighted that his most popular blogs this year…
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12.14.15
December Motivation – 12 Thoughts To Make December Your Best Month
Who told you that December had to be quiet? In years of running a business I've come across 2 typ…
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12.10.15
5 Social Media Lessons I’ve Taught Every Day This Year
There are business lessons that are so so important that I repeat them every single day As it com…
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12.10.15
IGR Electric – Social Media Case Study For Tradesmen
"Can't believe it's paying for itself. As an investment it seems like a lot of money for a small…
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11.16.15
How Social Media Changed My Life In Retirement
I think I’m addicted to social media - At least that’s what my nearest and dearest tell me! My…
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11.09.15
Top Five Regrets Of A Dying Business
We often talk about the Regrets Of The Dying - all the things people wish they'd done differently…
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11.06.15
7 Mistakes To Avoid When Leaping From Employment To Running Your Own Business
When you think of a small business owner, it's often easy to think of them as being born to do it …
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10.29.15
Are you really managing your Social Media?
When was the last time you looked in a dictionary - University? A Levels? GCSE's? Primary School? …
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10.29.15
The Myth Of Word Of Mouth Marketing For Startups
When Word Of Mouth Marketing works - it's an absolute dream - you literally can't ask for more tha…
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10.16.15
Altrincham HQ – Small Business Of The Year At The Altrincham Chamber Of Commerce Awards 2015
Altrincham HQ has been crowned Small Business Of The Year at the Altrincham and Sale Chamber Awa…
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10.07.15
Why Social Media Is An Essential Part Of Your Business Plan
This is a thought that is always in my head - "Social Media is not one channel - it's multichann…
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10.06.15
5 Ways To Use Periscope For Business
If you've logged into Twitter, LinkedIn or Facebook over the past few months, you can't help but h…
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09.21.15
Why You Should Learn To Love Your Finances
If you want to grow your business, you really need to learn to love your finances Finances are so…
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08.27.15
The Myth That Social Media Marketing Only Reaches People Using Social Media
I want to talk about the myth that Social Media Marketing only reaches people on Social Media B…
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08.27.15
Social Media Consultants: Practitioners Vs Theorists, Specialists Vs Generalists, People Vs Tech
If you do a LinkedIn search of Social Media Consultant in the UK you'll currently find 6111 in the…
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08.04.15
Lessons Learnt From Broadcasting On Periscope Daily
Periscope was something we were an early adopter of being there on day 1 when Twitter relaunched t…
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07.20.15
The 4 Different Types Of Twitter Engagement
Marketers like ourselves always talk about Social Media Engagement ... and we do so time and tim…
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07.20.15
Marketing Invisible Home Based Businesses
Everywhere around you can witness regeneration In our own town we've had a new transport interc…
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07.10.15
What Does Your Social Media Activity Say About Your Business
You've attended a networking meeting, had a 1 2 1 with a perfect lead and walked away with that wa…
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07.06.15
Why All Independent High Street Business Owners Should Use LinkedIn
When you think of LinkedIn as a social network you often think of super serious suited execs c…
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06.05.15
Why You Need To Start Taking Social Media Seriously Today (Rather Than Tomorrow)
Is your business future proof? Are you reaching your full potential on Social Media? What happens if…
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05.27.15
Why Social Media Training Is Important For Your Business
I fundamentally believe in any business, there are 2 options when it comes to approaching things t…
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05.26.15
Social Media, Holidays, Stress and the Fear Of Missing Out
Social Media is stressful ... there I said it - and that's from somebody who works in Social Med…
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05.20.15
TripAdvisor Announces The Best Places To Eat In Altrincham in 2015
TripAdvisor announced their annual Certificate Of Excellence this week and 11 Altrincham Eateries ha…
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05.06.15
4 Reasons B2B Businesses Should Be Investing The Time On Social Media
I hear excuses all the time from B2B Business about how Social Media won't work for their business …
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04.27.15
7 Reasons Startup Businesses Fail
Whether it's the death of the high street or the fact that suddenly those people you used to see at …
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04.23.15
The Huge Difference Between What Businesses Want And What They Actually Do
If I was to ask any business in the UK right now what they want - 100% of them would say they want m…
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04.13.15
A Beginners Guide To Periscope – Part 2
Hopefully by now you've read our Beginner Guide To Periscope - Part 1 to get the best of Perisco…
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04.13.15
A Beginners Guide To Periscope – Part 1
Last month we talked about Meerkat and Periscope (twitter's own live video streaming app) which …
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04.13.15
5 Steps To Make Sure Your Website Generates Leads
Without marketing your website - it could be the most expensive brochure you've ever paid for So …
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04.10.15
A Month In The Life Of A Social Media Company – March 2015
Sorry for the delay on last months - A Month In The Life Of A Social Media Company blog Part of t…
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04.01.15
5 Reasons Businesses Who Use Social Media Excel At Face 2 Face Networking
The 1st time I EVER went to a networking meeting I knew half of the room ... and that was all becaus…
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04.01.15
3 Steps To Successfully Resurrect Your Inactive Social Media Accounts
If you've read our 7 Assumptions Made From an Inactive Twitter Account blog previously you'll realis…
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03.30.15
FREE WIFI DIRECTORY: Where can you find FREE WIFI in Altrincham, Hale and Timperley?
Everyone loves Free Wifi - we use Social Media a lot, so we know how much data can be used just keep…
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03.27.15
Meerkat, Periscope and Live Video Streaming
Up until 2 days previous to writing this blog I had what I now see as a rubbish old iPhone 4. Don't …
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03.22.15
5 Benefits Outsourcing Your Social Media Will Give You
Last month we looked at 5 Signs You're Ready To Outsource Your Social Media Marketing and how you ca…
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03.22.15
ALTRINCHAM VS CANCER 2015 – Another Successful Fundraising Event For The Christie
Altrincham Vs Cancer, organised by Pure Gym Altrincham and Altrincham HQ, raised over £2300 for th…
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03.09.15
5 Do’s And Don’ts For Twitter In 2015
It's reported that the prime lifespan (i.e when people RT or engage with a tweet) is just 18 min…
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02.23.15
4 Reasons You Should Stop Autoposting to Twitter From Facebook
Ok, I'm a little biased - I totally love twitter. I love the opportunities it brings for small bu…
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02.23.15
Business Networking in Trafford / South Manchester
Are you looking for Zoom Networking Events in Trafford or Manchester? Many of the networking ev…
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02.11.15
5 Signs You’re Ready To Outsource Your Social Media Marketing
If you want to grow your business there are 2 ways to do so A) Delegate tasks to other people i…
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02.01.15
A Month In The Life Of A Social Media Company – January 2015
In many ways I think January can set the tone for the rest of the year. A successful January spur…
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01.26.15
How To Strategically Use Multiple Twitter Accounts To Promote Your Business
For smaller businesses the team of 1 person often prevents a business from running more than one t…
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01.26.15
The Secret To Our Success – Being Present, Blogging, Networking
What is Success? What does it look and feel like? How do we measure Success? Since 2010 (extended…
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01.18.15
How to use Social Media to strengthen long distance Business relationships
When it comes to Social Media, businesses automatically think about Selling via Social, but it's not…
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01.12.15
10 Ways To Make Your Local Towns Twitter Search Less Noisy
Having a town in a our twitter name, it's no surprise we take a keen interest in all things Alt…
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01.12.15
10 Reasons You Should Choose Altrincham HQ for Social Media Marketing
Social Media is an art form and for the unsuspecting small business it's hard to separate the wheat …
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01.01.15
5 Things I’d Like to See Happen In Altrincham in 2015
The 5 Things I'd Like To See Happen In Altrincham have become one of the most popular blogs of the y…
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12.31.14
A Month In The Life Of A Social Media Company – December 2014
One thing that can be said universally across our Small Business Network in Manchester and Cheshire …
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12.29.14
Most Popular Blogs of 2014 on Altrincham HQ
Seth Godin wrote a blog last year that highlighted that his most popular blogs this year weren't n…
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12.29.14
Why the Social Media C-C-C-Changes Rocked In 2014
C-C-C-Changes sang David Bowie back in the day and rare a day goes by that something doesn't chang…
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12.15.14
Altrincham Social Media Highlights Of 2014
In our 1st round of all things Altrincham we looked at the Biggest Altrincham Stories of 2014 and wh…
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12.10.14
The Biggest Altrincham Stories of 2014
Twitter just released it's Top Trending subjects of 2014 so what better time than to look hyper-loca…
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11.28.14
Is the Busiest Period Of The Year The Best Time To Market Your Business?
At the time we're writing this blog it's coming up to the busy festive period for many of our retail…
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11.26.14
A Month In The Life Of A Social Media Company – November 2014
November for us, like any business, is a time of reflection - to look at our business model and work…
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11.16.14
What To Do When The “New” Opening Buzz Wears Off?
We talked last week about the 4 Classic Social Media Fails and how so often start up businesses can …
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11.14.14
Social Media – What Next After The Big 3?
So often when we talk about Social Media Platforms it's about the big 3 - Twitter, LinkedIn or Faceb…
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11.09.14
Classic Social Media Marketing Fails For Startup Businesses
In my hometown I see a lot of Startup Businesses open ... and like many towns I see a lot closing le…
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11.03.14
4 Reasons Your Customers Don’t Talk About You On Social Media
Let's face it - we all loved to be talked about. We all love our customers to heap praise about u…
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10.14.14
Information Overload – How To Cope With Social Media?
Information Overload Day (October 15th this year) is described as thus "In a world of around-the-…
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10.13.14
The Lifetime Value Of A Customer – Why It’s Important For Small Businesses
Sometimes with clients I'm aware I totally undersell the value of what we can do for them in ter…
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10.06.14
3 Reasons Start-Ups Should Work With A Local Business Over A Government Funded Scheme
I've always been a firm believer that by using local business service providers you increase your ch…
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10.06.14
A Month In The Life Of A Social Media Company – September 2014
Altrincham HQ is a hyperlocal Social Media company - which means we often think local in terms of co…
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09.25.14
10 Things You Could Be Doing Today Instead Of Being On Social Media
Our 3rd blog this week for National Work Life Week and this time we focus on the things you could be…
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09.22.14
5 Quick Wins On Twitter To Avoid
As part 2 of the Blogs on National Work Life Week I'm going to take a look at those 5 Quick Wins…
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09.22.14
How Can Twitter Help My Business?
Surprising as it may seem - I'm rarely asked the very specific question of - how can twitter help …
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09.22.14
Time Management Tips For Social Media
As part of our National Work Life Week we're bringing you a weeks’ worth of blogs on Time Manageme…
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09.02.14
A Month In The Life Of A Social Media Company – August 2014
August is supposed to be the quiet month - the month where businesses take a break from ne…
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08.31.14
Winning Business In A Competitive World
"How do you Win Business In A Competitive World?" is the question that's being asked at my next …
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08.24.14
Social Media For Street Food Businesses – Pitta Crepe Altrincham Case Study
At Altrincham HQ we work with a lot of foodie businesses and restaurants and 3 Trends have domin…
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08.06.14
How To Get More Retweets On Twitter
One of the questions I always get asked in our Social Media Training sessions is - what is a Retweet…
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07.27.14
What Should I Do If I’m Too Busy To Run My Own Social Media?
The Web Studio - Altrincham - A Social Media Case Study of what to do if you're too busy to run …
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07.23.14
5 Metrics You Should Be Measuring Your Social Media By
What? You're seriously telling me - You spend 30 minutes - 1 hour using Social Media every single da…
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07.08.14
INBOUND MARKETING UK 14 – LIVERPOOL – KEY NOTES
Inbound Marketing 14 in Liverpool today brought together 400 marketing creatives and businesses li…
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07.02.14
Market Your Business In The Year You’re Living In
Often we are asked what we do - we say Social Media Training covering Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn,…
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06.26.14
Social Media Personal Trainer – Why A Small Business Needs One?
A few months ago I was reading an article on Social Bro about how Social Media will develop and …
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06.19.14
Should Your Small Business Use Groupon, Living Social and Other Daily Deals Voucher Schemes?
I was delivering a Social Media training session recently and the conversation of Discount websi…
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06.11.14
Uber, Technology and Your Industry
I've been following the Uber updates throughout the day on twitter and couldn't help, but think th…
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06.06.14
Independents Day – Can We Please Stop Discounting?
"Independents' Day is a national campaign aiming to promote and celebrate independent businesses…
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06.03.14
The Mass Benefits For Small Businesses Using Images On Social Media
There are a huge amount of blogs out there in the blogosphere about why you should be using im…
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05.30.14
5 Local Instagram Accounts That Are Winning Customers
Fact: Instagram is growing the fastest of all social media sites worldwide, followed by Reddit, wh…
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05.25.14
What I learnt from building 6000 Twitter Followers?
It's a few days after I hit 6000 followers on the @altrinchamhq Twitter account When you sit …
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05.24.14
ALTRINCHAM VS CANCER RAISES OVER £2000 FOR THE CHRISTIE!!!
Altrincham Vs Cancer, organised by Pure Gym Altrincham and Altrincham HQ, raised over £2000 for t…
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05.24.14
Altrincham Restaurants Receive Tripadvisor Certificate Of Excellence 2014
10 Altrincham Restaurants have received a Tripadvisor Certificate Of Excellence 2014 for outstandi…
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05.19.14
How Local News Used To Break vs How Local News Now Breaks With Social Media
Remember the days pre-Social Media when a local news story would have taken at least 7 days to reach…
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05.19.14
Don’t Forget – Local Businesses Are Local People Too
Over the weekend I was chatting to a local business, they knew I worked in marketing and they came o…
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05.12.14
Creating a Business Talk Like The Perfect Setlist
As well as Altrincham HQ, I worked in music for over 14 years and I still often think of business …
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05.12.14
5 Reasons Your Business Should Be Blogging
Blogging for Business has been a buzz word and a NOW moment for many businesses in 2013/14, but it's…
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04.28.14
The Simple Effective Marketing Of The Dentist
QUESTION - Who only goes to the dentist BECAUSE the dentist markets to you every 6 months? …
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04.22.14
Putting People In The Picture On Your Social Media
Remember – there are 2 things that make YOUR business unique You and Your Staff Your Cus…
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04.14.14
What Independents Can Learn From the Big Boys Marketing
Like many I try to #shoplocal wherever possible - it's more than a hashtag, it's something that …
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03.17.14
World Cup Marketing 2014 – Are Local Businesses Getting Ready To Score?
At the time of writing this blog it's 86 Days till the World Cup And today Gillette launched …
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03.04.14
4 Reasons Your Social Media Campaign Is Not Reaching It’s Full Potential
If I told you that I work with clients where one gets 6 Out Of 10 Customers Via Twitter, o…
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02.20.14
What Social Media Is Not … a Newsletter, Business Card, Leaflet … and why you need to change?
Last week I blogged on The 3 Types Of Social Media Users that often approach us for Training This…
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02.14.14
Why Your Online Reputation Still Matters When Tradvertising?
I'm going to let you into a secret here The last time I made a purchase based on a flyer throug…
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02.10.14
3 Types Of Social Media Users We Often Train On Social Media
They say in networking meetings that you shouldn't say you can work with anybody. Be Specif…
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01.25.14
Twitter Vs Facebook
As a local window company based in Sale we use twitter & Facebook regularly as we know it bene…
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01.24.14
Social Media – Recently Asked Questions – Part 1
As a Social Media Company we get asked questions all the time from businesses as how to use Social M…
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01.16.14
The Simplest Way To Raise Your Profile That Nobody Does
THE SIMPLEST WAY TO RAISE YOUR PROFILE THAT NOBODY DOES! Tell the business next door to get o…
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01.02.14
5 Things I’d Like To See Happen In Altrincham In 2014
Our blog a year ago on 5 Things I'd Like To See Happen in Altrincham in 2013 was our most …
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12.31.13
Most Popular Blogs of 2013 on Altrincham HQ
Seth Godin wrote a blog last week that highlighted that his most popular blogs this year weren't…
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12.24.13
An Altrincham Christmas Burglary Story Brings Together The Community
Christmas and Happy Families are what many are gearing up for over the next few days in Altrincham, …
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12.17.13
Essence – An Indian Restaurant Social Media Success Story in Altrincham, Manchester
Yesterday after over 6 months in the number 2 slot, Essence pipped Phanthong to claim the Tripadvi…
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12.05.13
7 Ways You Can Contribute To Facebook Groups Without Selling
I'm a member of about 5 local business facebook groups And sorry if this offends a lot of you…
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12.03.13
Planning Your Social Media Campaigns For The New Year
Fail to Plan = Planning To Fail It's one of those cliches you've heard from day dot, but it's…
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11.18.13
Should All Small Businesses Follow The NHS With Online
NHS ANNOUNCE MASSIVE ONLINE CHANGES FOR APRIL 2014 Last Friday I read this article about the fort…
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11.14.13
What every local business needs to know about Altrincham, The Interchange and Altair?
This morning I went to the Nikal & Altrincham Chamber presentation at Hogans Of Hale / Francs …
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11.04.13
A Month In The Life Of A Social Media Company – October 2013
October as many of you will have seen was a happy month for us - Altrincham HQ celebrated at our…
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10.28.13
How do you define ‘good’ content for a blog/article?
How do you define 'good' content for a blog/article? This was a question which was asked rece…
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10.23.13
5 Reasons Pubs Should Start Tweeting
At Altrincham HQ we love the Great British Pub. At 5pm on a Friday there is no better feeling! …
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10.18.13
Altrincham HQ – Small Business Of The Year 2013 Winners
Altrincham HQ were crowned proud winners at the Altrincham & Sale Chamber of Commerce Busine…
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10.02.13
Hyper Local Social Media – How Often Does Your Town Tweet?
At Altrincham HQ we often work with businesses who operate very hyper-local businesses. …
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09.17.13
Tripadvisor, Restaurant Marketing and Altrincham HQ’s Top 3 Restaurant Success
Altrincham HQ are proud to announce that 3 of our clients are now established as Tripadvisor's T…
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09.04.13
A Month In The Life Of A Social Media Company in Manchester – August 2013
August - the month where everything is supposed to be quiet apparently At Altrincham HQ it was fa…
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