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noreply@blogger.com (Anthony Johnson) — Tue, 05 Sep 2017 21:26:00 +0000

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Another “blink-and-you’ll-miss-it” week in social media

noreply@blogger.com (Anthony Johnson) — Wed, 17 Aug 2016 07:34:00 +0000

Another “blink-and-you’ll-miss-it” week in social media

These internet minutes are feeling even more jam-packed with the flurry of announcements and updates that have come out in the last couple of weeks. Clearly, those boys in Palo Alto (and particularly Facebook) have put their development into hyper speed. Let’s recap on what they’ve been up to.

Facebook takes on Snapchat in its next step towards world domination by...

Introducing Instagram stories

It’ll sound very familiar if you’re a Snapchat user: 24 hours of photos and videos from your life. It’s in addition to the current functionality of sharing images with your followers. They can swipe through your story at their leisure. Like Snapchat, you’re able to choose from a selection of filters or add in text and images. It’s billed as the place to share the highlights from your memories.

We said it’ll sound very familiar.

Adding in photo filters on Facebook

Before you get too excited, so far this is only available in Brazil having been launched to coincide with Rio 2016. The idea behind this is to encourage you to take and post your photos on Facebook instead of simply sharing them on Facebook having imported them from Snapchat or Instagram (which is what we call do now). Given the co-launch with the Olympics, most of the current filters are specific to sports, a team (e.g. Team GB) and Rio 2016.

We’re hoping that the filters will be tested during the Olympics, tweaked and then released to all of us.

Allowing Instagram to be selective about what comments (if any) you can post

You might have heard of Taylor Swift barring all comments containing the snake emoji or Kylie Jenner turning off comments completely on her feed, but Instagram has now allowed ‘selected users’ (aka famous people) to trial this feature. Billed as a feature to minimising trolling for some of the most followed accounts - and preventing trolling is always a positive - it does also change the nature of social media. It’s always been real-time and unfiltered. This change allows for feeds to become curated and managed to show a particular view.

Facebook has got quite a challenge on its hands if it wants Instagram to overtake the popularity of Snapchat with the 18-24 demographic.

Apple announces its own gender diverse emoji update

You’ll remember that we talked about Facebook’s messenger emoji update before, but now Apple has announced that its iOS 10 update will include a wider range of emoji of women depicted doing sports like basketball and surfing. It’ll also show women carrying out new professional activities. For balance, we’ll also see men getting a haircut and a scalp massage which is currently shown as a female-only activity.

What do you reckon to the Snapchat vs Instagram rivalry? Who are you betting on coming out on top? Get in touch or tweet me @anthonyjohns0n with your thoughts.

Pokémon Go: making the most of it for your local business marketing? - Optiweb

noreply@blogger.com (Anthony Johnson) — Thu, 21 Jul 2016 09:44:00 +0000

Unless you’ve been somewhere that doesn’t have the internet
or people or news, you will have heard of Pokémon Go. It is everywhere. People
are playing it everywhere (even in countries where it hasn’t been officially
released yet) and it’s had more downloads than the Tinder app.

Pokémon Go: making the most of it for your local business marketing? - Optiweb

A 325% increase in web traffic in 1 mind-blowingly simple move

noreply@blogger.com (Anthony Johnson) — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 07:56:00 +0000

A 325% increase in web traffic in 1 mind-blowingly simple move

What value is there in being on Twitter? - Optiweb

noreply@blogger.com (Anthony Johnson) — Sat, 11 Jun 2016 11:16:00 +0000

What value is there in being on Twitter? - Optiweb

Digital Media News 2.4 Social media secrets! - Optiweb

noreply@blogger.com (Anthony Johnson) — Tue, 24 May 2016 18:42:00 +0000

Digital Media News 2.4 Social media secrets! - Optiweb

Digital news .2

noreply@blogger.com (Anthony Johnson) — Tue, 03 May 2016 21:38:00 +0000

DIGITAL MEDIA NEWS .2

This week’s news on all things social, digital and web

We love social media, digital marketing, and the online world. After all, that’s why we do what we do. Through our online travels, we come across a variety of information that can be helpful, amusing, or even shocking. We didn’t want you to miss out on this so here’s a roundup of what’s been happening lately.

The Twitter popularity contest: separating the real from the fake

So, last week, we shared the 10 most popular accounts on Twitter but since then we’ve been playing with TwitterAuditwhich shows you how many of these millions of followers are real. We thought it’d be interesting to re-look at the same top 10 and give you the run-down on how genuine their multi-million follower base actually is.

Rank	Who	Twitter handle	Followers	% real
1	Katy Perry	@katyperry	87,078,571	39
2	Justin Bieber	@justinbieber	79,883,755	42
3	Taylor Swift	@taylorswift13	75,681,012	33
4	Barack Obama	@BarackObama	73,511,545	37
5	YouTube	@YouTube	61,511,871	72
6	Rihanna	@rihanna	59,363,596	38
7	Lady Gaga	@ladygaga	58,469,565	45
8	Ellen DeGeneres	@TheEllenShow	58,184,051	74
9	Twitter	@twitter	54,393,731	52
10	Justin Timberlake	@jtimberlake	54,221,824	39

Fascinating stuff, isn’t it? Have a play for yourself and find out where you (or anyone else) ranks on the scale of genuine vs fake followers.

Revelations that blew our minds this week

Coachella has been blowing up on everyone’s Instagram but the #BTS scoop is that most of the celebs posting pics from Coachella aren’t actually there. They’re at super-exclusive, super-secret pool parties nearby. Also, did you know that if you want to drink at the festival you have to go into a special pen which has a 2 drink maximum? Now, we obviously aren’t promoting reckless OTT drinking but, really, booze-shaming at a festival? It’s a step too far.

Kim Kardashian is 4 pounds away from her pre-baby weight. Do we care? No. Do you care? No. What it does show is the growing power of Snapchat in engaging different audiences online. Brands are harnessing the power of Snapchat to connect in new ways with different content and, most importantly, showing pretty impressive stats in doing so. It won’t be for everyone but could it work for you?

There are now 1.65 billion active users each month on Facebook. We tried to do the maths on how many times the size of the UK’s population (63,843,856) this was but there weren’t enough decimal places on the calculator. If you’re better than us at numbers, perhaps you can do the sum and let us know the answer – we’d appreciate it.

Is Apple’s shine starting to wear off?

The headlines are stark - Decline in iPhone sales leads to first revenue decline in 13 years for Apple - supported by all manner of troubling statistics:

Their share price dropped 7% in response to the news
Sales had decreased by 13%
iPhone sales, which make up the lion’s share of their revenue, dropped by 16%

Apple is now predicting that sales will decrease further in Q2 – from the current $50.6bn to $41bn – $43bn. Given that their sales are still safely in the tens of billions of dollars, it’s unlikely that they’ll be following in the footsteps of BHS (it’s been like the Woolworths trauma all over again!) anytime soon.

Is it a reflection on Apple? Not really, it’s down to the slowing economy in China which is the company’s second-biggest market. Tim Cook is promising us some ‘amazing innovations’ which are in the pipeline. Given Apple’s history, we’re tempted to believe him.

Our insider recommendation

Hashtags – which ones are the most effective to use? There are two really great tools you can use to figure this out:

Hashtagify.me – it’s not the slickest looking User Interface you’re likely to find on the web but it is easy to use, FREE and really helpful.

Find related hashtags to a topic, how popular they are and who the key influencers are in two clicks. It must be a good tool if it can make us overlook the design element.

RiteTag – what’s great about RiteTag is that it integrates with other tools (like TweetDeck, Hootsuite & Buffer) and has a browser extension so you can use it as you’re scheduling your posts which is really convenient. It’ll tell you if you’re chosen hashtag is popular (ie you should use it), too popular (ie little point using it as you won’t be found), not popular enough (ie it’s not something people are really searching for). It suggests related alternatives to make sure your social media is as effective as it needs to be to achieve your objectives.

Interested in getting personalised advice on how to make the online world work for you? Get in touch. We’ll be happy to answer.

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noreply@blogger.com (Anthony Johnson) — Wed, 20 Apr 2016 18:31:00 +0000

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noreply@blogger.com (Anthony Johnson) — Thu, 17 Mar 2016 13:52:00 +0000

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Customer experience and brand experience, the myths. - Optiweb

noreply@blogger.com (Anthony Johnson) — Tue, 08 Mar 2016 21:12:00 +0000

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noreply@blogger.com (Anthony Johnson) — Tue, 01 Mar 2016 20:15:00 +0000

7 Google changes that will make or break your SEO

noreply@blogger.com (Anthony Johnson) — Tue, 01 Mar 2016 08:42:00 +0000

Each year, Google changes its search algorithm over 600 times. Each year, there are more updates than a year before. 2015 was a rollercoaster for marketers who were trying to keep up with Google… and we can expect much more yet to come in 2016.
While many of these changes are minor, Google occasionally rolls out a major algorithmic update (such as the Hummingbird) that affects search results in significant ways.

Is your SEO strategy up to scratch for 2016?

This very question will be floating around the offices of many small to large businesses as we head into an ultra-competitive (and ultra-technological) era in organic search. Are you ready?
As always, it pays to keep on top of the latest trends to remain ahead of the curve. So I teamed up with Sam Hurley, who is the head of search at Midas Media in the UK, to write this article to explore how to stay in front of Google as it evolves at a light speed.
Let’s get in gear and dig into the most important shifts in Google shaping the landscape for search marketers in 2016 and beyond.
Featured Snippets: Be the Answer
Remember the days when Google search would retrieve ten blue links to websites? SEO was more straightforward then. Keywords in content, meta data, and inbound links.
Today, blue links to websites are giving way to the Knowledge Graph (their very own colossal vault of information). It’s a much more complex territory. Google no longer thinks of itself as the middleman. Google wants to be “the answer.”
As part of Google’s Knowledge Graph, Answer Boxes have become a prominent feature in the new Google SERPs (search engine result pages).
This is Google’s reaction to our ever-decreasing attention spans and growing expectancy of everything ‘instantaneous.’ Google measures success by how quickly they get the user from question to answer.
The more real-estate you can obtain on the SERPs; the better. It means showing up in Answer Box results is now a critical component of any SEO strategy.

The optimal search marketing objective for your most profitable keywords in 2016 should be to own top positions in AdWords result, a position #1 Direct Answer Box, a local listing, a standard organic listing in top position followed by further box results lower down the page. You should also show up in images, videos, Twitter feed, Knowledge Graph, and maps, which are the features Google is increasingly displaying in search results.
You need to look beyond your website if you aim for complete domination of the search results in 2016. As Pete Meyers of Moz pointed out, SEO in 2016 is about ‘being the answer.’
Feed the Hummingbird by using schema markup to increase the changes of better indexation by Google.
Today, many featured snippets in Google require a more elaborate content strategy. Here’s a relatively new, accordion-like development of the Answer Box called “People also ask”:
Using keyword research tools, you can craft your writing in a way which answers these questions succinctly yet leads the searcher to more detailed information. Over time, Google should acknowledge and select your results over the competition, while your cliff-hanger Answer Cards can attract more clicks.
In case you want to learn more about how to optimize for the featured snippets, here’s an insightful video from Moz; Optimizing for The Knowledge Graph.
RankBrain: Machines are Taking Over
“Machine learning is a core transformative way by which we are rethinking everything we are doing,” said Google’s Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai on the company’s earnings call.
RankBrain is Google’s new machine-learning algorithm with artificial intelligence at its core, which better interprets search queries and learns from each action taken by searchers. In 2015, “a very large fraction” of the millions of queries a second that people type into the Google’s search engine were interpreted by RankBrain. The results – according to Google – were “better than expected.”
For instance: ‘gimme pizza close’ currently returns results for a kids’ TV show. What if all of a sudden, there was an influx of searchers entering this query (for example, due to a marketing stimulus) who wanted takeaway pizza close to their home? RankBrain would measure user behavior, learn from data, and alter the results to show just that.
Putting it simply, Google is becoming smarter all the time but this Artificial Intelligence has really turned things up a notch.
Local SEO (on-page and off), schema markup, user experience, content quality and relevancy are key takeaways here.
Structured Data: Soon a Ranking Signal
John Mueller, Google’s Webmaster Trends Analyst, let it slip that search results with rich snippets may soon rank higher
This would make sense to Google as it would aid RankBrain in its perception of results. Google wants the webmasters to implement structured data so that there is reduced data ambiguity. All the signals point to increased importance of Structured Data in 2016, so make it one of the fundamental parts of your website audit in 2016.
To quickly view how the Structured Data appears on your website, you can use Google’s Structured Data Tool. Read more about Structured Data on Google’s Develop blog here.
Mobilegeddon: The Mobile Update
This Google update was set to debunk websites that were not mobile friendly in mobile SERPs. It produced crazed media-hype but actually turned out to be something not-so daunting. This update has had rather negligible impact thus far.
Nevertheless, while Google has given website owners ample time to improve their mobile experience, the honeymoon may soon be over. Expect search becoming more mobile in 2016, and so you want to stay ahead of this trend.
Moreover, it is still absolutely critical to own a mobile-responsive website to appease user-experience (another Google ranking factor) and increase conversions.
If you haven’t made your website mobile yet, you need to. Fast. It’s the standard of the world we live in; people expect a great mobile experience at all times and if you can’t offer that, they will leave your website pronto.
Accelerated Mobile Pages are next on the horizon. It’s the new open source project from Google, set to enable web pages to load almost instantly on mobile devices. Look out for its mainstream release in early this year.
You can use Google’s Mobile-Friendly Test tool to learn if there are issues with your website.
Secure Web: HTTPS as a Ranking Signal
One of the first questions Google asks when evaluating the quality it’s search results is: “Can I trust this website?”
Similarly to the Mobile Update, the HTTPS update turned out to be another non-event that marketing blogs built up into frenzy. Webmasters frantically switched over to HTTPS, the secure version of HTTP, in a bid to gain the competitive edge. However, not much happened so far.
However, taking note of Google’s shifts now means better preparation for the future. Google may well give the HTTPS another push soon; weighting rank signals heavily towards HTTPS websites where user data is captured, such as e-commerce sites.
Switching from unsecure to secure protocol is a large and complex job, make no mistake.
Be sure to weigh it up: if you’re an e-commerce store or apply a log-in feature, you should be running HTTPS regardless. If you own an established blog, it may not be worth encrypting just yet. Starting a website from scratch? Go HTTPS.
Bad Links: Real-Time Penguin Update

Google’s John Mueller (almost) confirmed the real-time algo update will be released in early 2016.
This will be welcomed as a god-send for many webmasters and marketers feeling the long, drawn-out brunt of the link-based, algorithmic Google ‘penalty’ known as Penguin. Searchmetrics reported that Google has already started rolling out new quality updates in January this year.
The fresh update to Google’s algorithm means more immediate positive ranking results should ensue if you rectify any detrimental assets i.e. low quality links, spammy anchor text and ratio of exact match (providing the rest of your website is solid). There’ll be less waiting for severe drops in rankings to become elevated.
On the other hand, it will become just as easy to get slapped with an algorithmic debunk in rankings if you are breaking Google’s Quality Guidelines, whether you are aware of them or not. Most penalties and filters are automated if your website gets flagged for violation.
Watch your step where links are concerned – now is an appropriate time to investigate your link profile with a keen eye to ensure there are no loose ends. Know your risks if you are engaging in old-school SEO tactics. Google has become very smart in detecting spam.
Check out the actionable link building strategies for 2016 Sam Hurley shared “from experience” in my interview with him on Search Decoder.
Google My Business and Local Results Shake Ups
Aligning mobile search with local results; a Google study indicated that local searches lead 50 percent of mobile visitors to visit stores within one day.
In addition, the rise of voice search means that search queries are more in tune with location now than ever:

Source: Search Engine Watch

The need for local visibility is undeniable and Google have recently made these positions especially coveted…
For example, local search packs in the SERPs now show only three listings instead of seven.
In addition, local businesses have welcomed the new Google My Business, which replaces the failed Google+ Local experiment, and provides a hope for better, integrated management of local listings.
Lastly, Adwords Ads are continually taking up critical room above the fold on both desktop and mobile devices. On mobile in particular, not owning a top 3 ad position for a sales-focused query simply means – you’re not going to get a look in.
Spot the organic:
Businesses are increasingly confronted with a choice to pay for Adwords if they attempt to dominate search results and be ‘top of mind’ on their most important keywords.
Is your SEO set to break or make? What other critical Google changes are seeing on the horizon that will affect SEO in a major way?

14 most important SEO tasks in order of priority

noreply@blogger.com (Anthony Johnson) — Fri, 29 Jan 2016 22:26:00 +0000

SEO can be overwhelming for any number of reasons.

Between local considerations, seeding the right content in the right
places, and various other on-page and off-page factors, it’s tough to
know where to begin even when it comes to basic SEO essentials .

What makes things even more difficult is that you can’t just start
anywhere and chip away at your work. If you want to see the most
success, it’s important to prioritize the SEO tasks correctly.

Although it’s not always publicized, prioritizing SEO tasks is
actually one of the things we see companies’ mess up most often. If you
do certain SEO tasks out of order, you’re going to spend a lot of time
and use up most of your resources to finally meet your goals.

In some worst-case scenarios you actually won’t be able to meet those
goals because you started with something advanced and skipped the
basics (without even knowing it!)

Although there isn’t an exact order to follow, it does help to split
up the most common SEO tasks into categories, starting with the highest
priority first…

#1 SEO priorities

Identify and remove duplicate content.

Nothing kills a website faster than duplicate content
issues. It’s confusing for Google bots so you won’t get any good
visibility, and even if readers did somehow make it to your website,
duplicate content is seen as spammy. Get rid of this immediately so you
can start with a clean slate.

Check navigation and UX factors.

You have to make sure your website is easy to navigate and everything
is cohesive. This has to do with the architecture and design. If you
send people to a website that is confusing, it’s far too easy to
click-away.

Make sure you have a responsive design.

In the past this may not have been such a priority, but mobile
compatibility is crucial. According to Google, more searches now take
place on mobile than on desktop, so you have to make sure your site
looks good on the small screen. The biggest and most basic way to do
this is through a responsive design.

As you may have noticed, all of your top priorities for SEO have to
do with on-page tasks. Keep this is mind if more ideas pop-up in the
future. You don’t want to be sending traffic to an unfinished or poorly
optimized website because that traffic will immediately click away (and
likely never return), so this is a crucial step to understand.

#2 SEO priorities

Setup Google Analytics and Google Webmaster Tools.

Although you may not use it right away, getting setup with these
tools is crucial to being indexed quickly and accurately. It can help
solidify your website as real.

Make sure you’re being indexed.

You have to double check that Google is indexing your site, meaning
they’re crawling your website and you’re therefore showing up in SERPs.
To check this, visit your Google Webmaster Tools account and click the
‘Google Index’ tab to see the total number of pages Google has indexed.
Make sure it seems right!

Complete preliminary keyword research.

Understanding which keywords you want to target can help you learn a
lot about SEO if you’re unfamiliar, but it also sets the stage for many
of the other items in the next three sections (content creation and back
linking, most notably).

Create local search accounts.

The sooner you can setup local search accounts the better. This is
definitely more of a priority if you have a local business looking to
attract local customers, but it’s so easy to do, that every type of
company should get involved as soon as possible.

Start creating quality content frequently.

You want to be consistently putting out great content. This not only
gives you more options for Google to index your website, but it helps
show credibility and gives readers a way to engage. Start getting a good
rhythm going with high quality articles. That’s all you need to do at
first.

#3 SEO priorities

Create audience personas and get creative with your content.

Once you have a good content team and schedule in place, you can
start to really bring your content to the next level. This involves
creating personas to better understand your audience, writing on
keywords/ topics that are trending, and getting more advanced with
infographics, interviews, video, and more.

Create relationships with influencers.

You want to start getting your name out there in your niche
community. This is how you will eventually earn natural links and
hopefully get some great social shares out of the relationships.

Edit your title tags.

As you published content you likely wrote whatever headline you
wanted, which is fine at first, but eventually you should go back and
optimize your title tags. This will help you categorize your pages and
make sure that you’re sending the right people to the right pages. Visit
this article to learn more about title tags.

#4 SEO priority

Start working to build backlinks.

It usually surprises people that this would be so far down on the
list, but remember that SEO is not about backlinks—it’s about readers.
Focus on creating relationships, quality content, and understanding your
audience first.

Utilize SEO tools.

There are many different SEO tools out there that can help you with
different aspects of your SEO (usually best used for data). This is a
priority #4 because which tools you want to use and for what reasons can
get tricky, so it’s best to focus on this after you have the basics
down.

#5 SEO priority

Follow SEO industry news and blogs.

This is incredibly important, but following the latest news and SEO
blogs can be a little bit overwhelming if you’re a beginner. That’s why
hearing about the latest and greatest new tactics is probably better
handled after you’ve been in the trenches with all of the items in the
last four categories.

The takeaway

Of course this is not an extensive list. There are hundreds of little
things you can do to improve the SEO of your website, but above are
some of the biggest and most important tasks. What needs to be done will
also depend on your company – industry, size, goals, etc. – but this is
a great place to start. In the meantime, let us know what you would
change or what you would add to the list in the comment section below.

By Amanda DiSilvestro

How to unconnect people on Linked In.

noreply@blogger.com (Anthony Johnson) — Sat, 23 Jan 2016 20:23:00 +0000

JANUARY 23, 2016

“A healthy professional life starts with healthy relationships,” a prudent tagline on LinkedIn’s Connections page reads. But what happens when professional relationships go sour, like when you fire a problem employee or you’re no longer satisfied with a vendor’s work, and you no longer want to be associated with them on LinkedIn?

When a romantic relationship fall apart, it’s time to break up. When a career connection tanks, it might be wise to disconnect from them on LinkedIn. Think of cutting ties with someone on the 400 million-member social network like the professional version of Facebook’s “Unfriend”

Here’s how to remove a connection from LinkedIn’s website on a laptop or desktop computer in a few quick clicks, should the need ever arise:

1. Go to LinkedIn’s home page.
2. Enter the first and last name of the person you wish to disconnect from in the search box at the top of the page. The connection’s profile will appear below the search box. Select the person’s profile.
3. From the connection’s profile page, scroll down to the blue rectangle icon that reads “Send a Message” and hover your cursor over the down arrow on the right side of it.
4. A drop down menu will appear. Scroll down and select “Remove connection” and you’re done.

2. Navigate to the profile of the person you wish to remove as a connection.
3. Tap the Menu icon on the top right corner. (It looks like three white dots.)
4. From there, select “Remove Connection.”

As with Facebook, when you remove a LinkedIn connection, the person won’t be notified that you’ve disconnected from them. However, it’s not hard to figure out, should they search their LinkedIn connections and see that you no longer appear on their list of connections.

Get your Seo off to a flying start in 2016

noreply@blogger.com (Anthony Johnson) — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 12:40:00 +0000

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noreply@blogger.com (Anthony Johnson) — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 13:23:00 +0000

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More and more prospective buyers are using social media to check out potential suppliers and get a feeling for their values and personality. Many business owners and marketers want to get involved in social media to help them develop relationships with this wider audience of prospects and to engage with customers on a more personal level. But often you don’t have the time, or don’t know how to get started. It’s all so confusing with Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, Google Plus, and lots of others – what to start with? What to use each one for?
That’s were our fully trained and qualified professionals come it, we do the setup, management and engagement on your behalf, leaving you to do what you do best.

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What the recruitment figures say.

noreply@blogger.com (Anthony Johnson) — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 09:00:00 +0000

What the recruitment figures say.

Staffbase Recruitment has learned that Ninety-four per cent of UK employers are operating with limited capacity to take on more work, according to the latest JobsOutlook survey by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC).

With three quarters of employers (76 per cent) signalling that economic conditions are improving, and almost half (47 per cent) saying that confidence in hiring and investment decisions are ‘getting better’, businesses are actively looking to take on more staff.

Eight in ten businesses (80 per cent) plan to hire permanent staff in the next three months, and three quarters (76 per cent) plan to increase headcount in the medium term.

Staff Base Recruitment

The regular monthly survey of 600 employers found that:

More than two thirds (67 per cent) have either increased pay or headcount in the last year.
Eight in ten (79 per cent) take on agency workers in order to access key strategic skills.
Six in ten (59 per cent) have made at least one temporary worker permanent in the last year.
Ninety-four per cent say that agency workers are paid more or the same than if they were permanent.
A shortage of candidates is expected for permanent managerial roles (13 per cent), driving and distribution roles (13 per cent), and blue collar roles (11 per cent).
A shortage of agency workers is expected for technical/engineering roles (16 per cent), construction roles (11 per cent) and driving/distribution roles (11 per cent).

“The demand for skilled people is especially acute in construction and engineering as a result of newly announced house building and infrastructure projects. A reported shortage of people to fill driving and distribution roles is also concerning and could cause major problems as retailers and logistics firms seek to take on staff to meet increased demand over the Christmas period.”

Staffbase Recruitment Managing Director Garry Shipman says:

“Employers across many sectors are finding it very difficult to fill their vacancies. Pay is rising as the competition for staff increases and businesses react to the need to keep hold of the staff they already have. In areas where permanent roles are particularly hard to fill, employers are turning to temporary workers in order to fill their skill gaps.

Staffbase Recruitment in Rugby has a team of professional recruitment consultants who have access to all leading UK jobs boards and we can help you to find the talent that you need to fill your permanent and temporary vacancies.

Who is Anthony Johnson?

noreply@blogger.com (Anthony Johnson) — Sun, 18 Oct 2015 11:43:00 +0000

The path to becoming a successful digital marketeer with 38.9k followers by Anthony Johnson, founder of Digital 4 Trade.

A series of fortunate accidents in the life of a self-confessed geek
Experiences from the last 12c years of Anthony’s career (don’t worry - we’ll explain the 12c years
See his hints and tips on successful digital marketing

Who is Anthony Johnson?

We met Anthony at the BNI Inspire Chapter in Coventry early one Thursday morning a couple of months ago. Now, he did try and avoid us to start with but he needed to try much harder than simply not replying to one email. We’ve moved past that now to the point where Anthony doesn’t (visibly) wince when he sees us – I think he might even quite like us. Or maybe he just likes the opportunity to talk about himself. Probably best to ask him directly to be certain about that @AnthonyJohns0n.

So, Anthony, is a Digital Marketeer (Marketer?) who loves Twitter (it’s his favourite form of social media). His Twitter bio describes him as:

“Im just a #geek who has been doing Digital Marketing for 12 years or so, giving free #SEO and #SocialMedia advice to #Business & #StartUps @Digital4Trade #BNI”

and that’s pretty much how he describes himself in person too. His love for Twitter comes from his short attention span: everything moves so quickly on Twitter that there’s always something new to look at, engage with or a technique to try out. The advantage of the speed is that, if you say something wrong, it’s gone in minutes. Conversely, though, that makes it tough to be heard above the noise sometimes.

As for the rest, he’s not a fan of Periscope nor is he a fan of all the gimmicky stuff you can find for example apps that teach you how to communicate with people because, while he might be a digital geek, Anthony knows the value of a phone call. This is also quite literally meant – a phone call just netted Anthony £10k.

His rationale for why this works? It all comes down to people: marketing shouldn’t be considered B2B or B2C but rather people 2 people. To be successful you need to engage with real people through real content on a real level. It can be easy to forget you’re in work mode or separated from others by technology but people warm to the genuine and authentic.

What is digital marketing?

According to Anthony, it comprises 4 elements: 25% social media, 25% internet marketing, 25% SEO, 25% PPC

You don’t need to ace all of them. We were given Groupon as an example. flick’s Suzee got a Groupon for her Hollywood tour of star homes (as totally irrelevant side note – Suzee was in her element with this. She knew more than the tour guide). Anthony suggested that we wouldn’t have found Groupon for searching for Hollywood Tours but I ended up using them anyway – I found them (or, more likely through the use of cookies, they found me).

Not wanting to fall into the trap of believing what we’d been told about Groupon, we did the search for ourselves. You can see the results below and, guess what, Anthony was right.

How did Anthony get started?

It was 12c years ago.

This means 15 years ago. He didn’t want to say he’d been in the business for 13 years (surely also a superstitious chap) so he stuck with the 12 year mark. In hindsight, moving to the format of 12a, 12b, 12c seems more entertaining.

It was an accident.

In a series of rather remarkable accidents, Anthony stumbled across internet marketing by accident. By accidentally writing a football blog for Coventry Telegraph: he sent in his thoughts on a Cov City match and, in fact, one day he did that five times and all five blogs got published. The result: an accident blogger.

What Anthony did next.

He went off to learn more. Given what he describes as his natural ability to understand systems and a very good memory, he set about figuring out how to be successful by picking apart someone else’s system. It was probably also helpful that he’d always been intrigued by computers and had a ZX Spectrum* when he was young. Once confident that he could achieve, he put his neck on the line with the company he worked for at the time doing a deal with them which gave him 6 months to succeed. He did.

This prompted what Anthony considers to be a very successful career – he “lived the dream for a while” and enjoyed his business (I wonder how many of us can say that?). Quite ambitiously, there are still some goals left to achieve and that’s after setting up Digital 4 Trade and his previous company, the number one SEO company, SEO GO, where companies 5-times his size were using him to white-label their SEO.

*in case you're also wondering what a ZX Spectrum looks like (we had to Google it) imagine an even more basic-looking version of the BBC computer.

Look at him in action

(and check out the difference between Google then and now!)

NB - this video is a few years old so the guidance isn’t in keeping with modern day best practice.

A trip down memory lane…

We discussed what Old School SEO was (see it in action below):

Did you get it? It was back when you used white text on a white background to simply add in loads of the key words. It seems so far off the SEO guidelines we’re using today.

We also reminisced about the early days of the internet and what we could remember being around at the time Anthony was starting out on this path. We’ve put together a timeline of the evolution as best we could remember but we weren’t 100% sure. What can you remember?

Share your memories with us

Top tips on digital marketing success from Anthony Johnson

Love what you do – if you can’t give 110% then it’s not worth doing

Stay hungry to learn more – with SEO the boundaries are always changing, this means you’ve got to stay on your toes to keep up.

It helps if you’re competitive – the SEO game is about being number-one and going up through the rankings. If you’re the type of person who aspires to be the best, then the spirit of this will appeal to you more naturally (and if you want to see how flick applies this spirit to e-learning, you can find out more in our blog on 10 way reasons e-learning should be gamified)

A/B testing – success comes from a relentless sequence of trial and error, trial and error. You learn what works and then you keep refining it until it’s hitting the right levels of success for you.

Communicate in the language in which people are talking to you – you can try and fight it and try to educate them but it’ll be quicker and easier to simply talk their language.

Be committed – don't approach social media with a “have to” attitude. Engage and commit for the best returns.

Top tips for companies looking to outsource digital marketing

Don’t believe everything you read online – blogging, for some, is a business, so be discerning: are you looking at a blog or a paid ad/endorsement? There’s a big difference. Or it’s a matter of wording:

The spin – “previously worked with Muhammad Ali”
The reality – did the SEO for the UK website selling t-shirts showing Muhammad Ali and/or things he said.

Always speak to previous clients for a testimonial – don’t outsource your digital marketing until you’ve spoken to a happy customer of the company you’re considering. This will separate those who talk a good talk from those you’ll get you to the top of Google or gain a million followers on Twitter (feel free to substitute for your own personal goal)

Only buy a .co.uk domain if you also buy the .com domain – within 12 months you won’t be able to use the .co.uk site if you don’t own the .com site.

Follow the progress/growth throughout a SEO project – don’t wait until the end of the project to calculate as you can track things as you go through. Social media engagement in the early days can help initially while other stuff kicks in. Be cautious about measuring certain stats in isolation eg traffic volume as there’s nothing to ensure that it’s the right traffic for your company/product. The key metric is conversions.

Just for fun!

Apple vs Google – Apple for hands on hardware/kit, Google for the virtual world

Tea vs Coffee – Tea

Cats vs Dogs – Dogs

and that's it for the latest in our guest blog series. Thanks for taking part, Anthony. Would you like to be part of it too? If so, leave us a comment below and we'll get in touch.

Keep Business Simple.

noreply@blogger.com (Anthony Johnson) — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 17:15:00 +0000

Ockham's Razor states that all things being equal, the simplest and most direct solution with the fewest number of steps is usually the correct answer to any problem. It's a powerful philosophy named after William of Ockham who popularized the strategy centuries ago. When I find myself at a stalemate, I often think of this age-old principle.

The problem is that business leaders and entrepreneurs like to pride themselves on their originality, intelligence and problem-solving skills. The thought of deciding on the "simplest" solution or the "too obvious" choice causes otherwise smart decision makers to bypass the right option.

Most of us are guilty of needlessly complicating business with complex spreadsheets, fancy jargon or far-sighted business plans. Here are six examples showing why Ockham’s Razor can work for you:

1. Everyone understands it.

The beauty of a simple solution is that it won't be difficult for your team members, throughout all layers of your organization, to understand the vision. The more complicated the directive, the greater the jeopardy that the message will be lost in translation as it disseminates from the top down. A clear, concise vision that can be boiled down and communicated directly maximizes your chances of everyone "getting it." This is half the battle.

4. It's easier to duplicate a simple model than a complex one.

The more things that have to happen right for your business to succeed, the greater the risk. As Jim Collins wrote in Good to Great, enduring, outstanding companies focus on what drives their economic engines, a single ratio that highlights a single 'X' that will produce the highest return. Companies able to grow quickly are ones who have a clear understanding of what drives them. They also can replicate their successes quickly and efficiently.

5. With direct initiatives, results are easier to measure.

Overly complex strategies not only are hard to implement, they often make it more difficult to gauge results The most successful companies have a straightforward direction, along with clear and simple measuring sticks that keep them on track.

Digital 4 Trade social media round-up

noreply@blogger.com (Anthony Johnson) — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 04:59:00 +0000

Social Media News

Africa are to get Facebook beamed from Space!

The internet.org initiative reaches social medianetwork deal with French company Eutelsat that will see much of sub-Saharan Africa receiving internet.

Facebook has reached a deal to have free internet beamed to some of the most remote parts of Africa via satellite.

Through Facebook's internet.org initiative, the company offers access to a number of services including weather, news, health and Facebook itself, for free. Most connections currently come through traditional fixed and mobile telecoms networks, which provide sparse coverage.

How the words you use on Twitter can predict how much you earn!

An academic study has sorted through Twitter profiles and found that certain words correlate with certain wage brackets.

Are you more likely to tweet about beauty or a corporation? Say 'bae' or tweet about politics? The words you use on the social platform may indicate how much money you make, according to research from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, University College London and Microsoft Research in Cambridge.

The study looked at the information from 1,000 Twitter bios about what job each person did, and ranked the jobs in terms of average wage - based on information from the Office of National Statistics. They then analysed the words that these people used on Twitter most often.

"Users with higher income post less emotional (positive and negative) but more neutral content, exhibiting more anger and fear, but less surprise, sadness and disgust."

They found that people who tweet about politics more often are more likely to be on a higher income. The researchers attributed this to the fact that with higher levels of education usually comes higher wealth, and also because the political classes are often the financially elite.

Instagram names Harry Styles as the UK’s most followed account!

The One Direction star is the most popular Instagram account in the UK, according to Instagram, the photo sharing network.

One Direction star Harry Styles has been revealed as the UK's most popular Instagram account, as the platform celebrates its fifth birthday.

Styles shares photos with his 13 million followers, giving them an insight into One Direction's life on the road alongside images of creative powerhouses Stevie Nicks, Nirvana and artist Jean-Michel Basquiat.

The popstar narrowly beat David Beckham to the post, despite the fact Beckham only joined Instagram five months ago to mark his 40th birthday! In that time, the former footballer has amassed 12.8 million followers, gaining an incredible one million fans within a single day.

Don’t panic!

Facebook isn’t going to charge to keep people's posts private!

To make it official, we’re publishing it in the media: there’s no need to post an informational message on the social network to warn friends

Facebook is not planning to make its users pay £5.99 to keep their status updates private

“Now it’s official! It has been published in the media. Facebook has just released the entry price: £5.99 to keep the subscription of your status to be set to ‘private’. If you paste this message on your page, it will be offered free,” claims the widely-circulated chain message.

“If not tomorrow, all your posts can become public. Even the messages that have been deleted or the photos not allowed. After all, it does not cost anything for a simple copy and paste.”

This particular hoax has been circulating since 2009 in various forms. At least this time round, it is not accompanied by a link that attempts to install malware on your computer.

Facebook’s privacy settings remain the same, with posts and accounts able to be kept private by using the drop-down menu while publishing them, or the general-settings menu.

Google+ impact on local is over.

noreply@blogger.com (Anthony Johnson) — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 06:07:00 +0000

The 2015 Local Search Ranking Factors Report is out, and it’s a must-read for anyone in the local SEO arena. As you may know, the survey polls roughly 40 leading local SEO practitioners on what they believe to be the variables most responsible for driving rankings in Google local search results.

David Mihm began the survey independently a number of years ago and now manages it in his role as director of local search strategy with Moz. The survey is very extensive, and I can’t summarize all of it here.

The “snack pack” was top-of-mind for all the participants, but tactical responses varied widely. Below is the high-level summary of the ranking variables and the consensus view of their relative influence.

Source: Moz

The top consideration, according to the group, was “On-Page Signals,” followed by a relatively even distribution of other factors: Link Signals, My Business Signals, External Signals, Behavioral (i.e., clicks, calls, opens) and so on. The big takeaway seems to be an emphasis on quality and the incorporation of an expanding range of signals.

Several local SEOs were arguing to stay the course, get the basics right. Indeed, the most valuable part of the study is probably the individual practitioners’ color commentary on the findings. Below are just a few excerpts:

Darren Shaw, Whitespark
With the new local packs having only three spots, the local organic results have become much more important. We’re putting more effort into content, links and unstructured citations for our clients these days. Media mentions appear to be particularly powerful. Even a single mention in a local paper seems to provide a significant boost to both local pack and local organic rankings.

Quite if the day.

noreply@blogger.com (Anthony Johnson) — Tue, 22 Sep 2015 07:50:00 +0000

Honesty is the best policy. If I lose mine honor, I lose myself.

William Shakespeare

Dramatist, Poet

The Ultimate Guide on Asking for Advice From Experts

noreply@blogger.com (Anthony Johnson) — Mon, 07 Sep 2015 06:56:00 +0000

One of the first things I recommend to anyone who wants to be successful is to find a mentor. Seeking out the opinion and advice of someone who is currently doing what you want to be doing will help you in a myriad of ways. You’ll avoid heartache and the costly mistakes made out of naivety.

But how do you get that conversation started? Social media has made it easier than ever to reach out to the experts who inspire us.

I believe experts want to help. I certainly do. Sure, I’m busy, but let’s keep it real.

1. Before you ask an expert a question, try to answer it yourself.

I’ve been writing about product licensing online for years now. When I receive an inquiry about a topic I’ve covered at length in a previous article, I’m happy to quickly respond with a link to the corresponding article. But I always wonder, “Does this person know how to use Google?”

It makes more sense to study a subject until you feel like you know it well and then approach an expert for his or her advice. You’ll have a firmer grip on the perspective you seek. To be honest, most experts aren’t going to be willing to answer question after question, so make it a good one!

2. Briefly explain who you are.

Context is always helpful. Who are you? Why are you sending this message? Experts like to know. A long-winded explanation isn’t needed. I’m talking about something as simple as “aspiring product developer” or “engineering student.” Doing so will humanize you.

3. Never forget that flattery will get you far.

What expert doesn’t love hearing what they do is appreciated? Try to be as specific as you can. When someone references my book or an article I’ve written, I know that they’re already at least a little bit familiar with my work. I love that.

4. Ask questions that are clearly defined, but not necessarily specific to your exact circumstance.

Experts can’t weigh in on the exact scenario in which you find yourself, because doing so wouldn’t be sincere. They simply don’t know enough. I know I don’t want to give anyone bad advice. Focus instead on asking more general questions.

5. Be even keeled.

I cannot stress this enough! Knowledge is what you’re after, isn’t it? Focus on starting a dialogue rather than confirming an opinion. When people reveal what they already think about a subject in their initial inquiry, I’m wary of getting a conversation started. The reality is that it isn’t going to be much of a conversation.

Experts just want to share what they think, not convince anyone of anything. I wonder why the person messaged me in the first place if his or her opinion is already formed.

6. Proofread what you write.

I think a lot of what getting someone to help you comes down to is being genuine and thoughtful. Taking the time to craft a well-written, error-free message is one way of doing that. It tells the expert that you care. They’ll care more as a result.

7. Double and triple-check how to spell his or her name.

Addressing me as “Steven” is far from a deal-breaker, but if I’m being honest, it makes me feel like you haven’t put very much effort into your message. After all, it’s such a simple thing to do. I might be especially sensitive to this, because my name is easily misspelled!

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About me

noreply@blogger.com (Anthony Johnson) — Fri, 04 Sep 2015 09:05:00 +0000

Im just a #Geek who has been doing Digital Marketing for 12 years or so, giving free #seo and #socialmedia advice to #Business & #StartUps. @digital4trade #BNI

Are we getting a new Facebook?

noreply@blogger.com (Anthony Johnson) — Fri, 21 Aug 2015 16:21:00 +0000

Facebook Notes may soon be getting a major facelift.

The company is testing a refreshed design for its long-ignored Notes feature that makes the stories look more like blog posts than standard Facebook updates.

“We’re testing an update to Notes to make it easier for people to create and read longer-form stories on Facebook," a Facebook spokesperson told Mashable.

The new design, first spotted by Facebook user John Biesenecker, is cleaner and makes Notes look much more like blog posts rather than extended Facebook statuses. It features a cover photo and a new look for the headline and body text; notably, it doesn't include a sidebar with ads and other suggestions as older versions of Notes do.

IMAGE: FACEBOOK

As with most of Facebook's experiments, the changes are being tested among a small group of users who are able to access the new features from Facebook's website. The company isn't saying whether the feature will ever be available to a broader audience, but it could be a sign that more changes are coming to Notes, which hasn't been significantly updated since 2010.

Over the last several months, Facebook has introduced a new Instant Articles platform, live video streaming and a new embeddable video player. So the addition of a more full-featured blogging platform would appear to fit in with the company's growing emphasis on content that keeps users engaged ... and on Facebook.

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Who is Anthony Johnson?

“Im just a #geek who has been doing Digital Marketing for 12 years or so, giving free #SEO and #SocialMedia advice to #Business & #StartUps@Digital4Trade #BNI”

What is digital marketing?

How did Anthony get started?

It was 12c years ago.

It was an accident.

What Anthony did next.

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Top tips on digital marketing success from Anthony Johnson

Top tips for companies looking to outsource digital marketing

Just for fun!

Keep Business Simple.

1. Everyone understands it.

4. It's easier to duplicate a simple model than a complex one.

5. With direct initiatives, results are easier to measure.

Digital 4 Trade social media round-up

Social Media News

Google+ impact on local is over.

Quite if the day.

Honesty is the best policy. If I lose mine honor, I lose myself.

The Ultimate Guide on Asking for Advice From Experts

1. Before you ask an expert a question, try to answer it yourself.

2. Briefly explain who you are.

3. Never forget that flattery will get you far.

4. Ask questions that are clearly defined, but not necessarily specific to your exact circumstance.

5. Be even keeled.

6. Proofread what you write.

7. Double and triple-check how to spell his or her name.

About me

Are we getting a new Facebook?

“Im just a #geek who has been doing Digital Marketing for 12 years or so, giving free #SEO and #SocialMedia advice to #Business & #StartUps @Digital4Trade #BNI”