Hashtags can be powerful online marketing elements. Research says that Tweets with 1 or more hashtags are 55% more likely to be retweeted. [Tweet "Study shows that Tweets with 1 or more hashtags are 55% more likely to be retweeted"] Hashtags can increase the effectiveness of your online marketing campaign, but only if they are chosen in the right way. The challenge is, there are too many of them out there. How do you choose the right hashtags that can help increase the reach of a specific … [Read more...]
How to use Twitter for business growth: 7 basic steps
As a small business, you need all the help possible to grow & move to the next level. Especially when research says that 8 out of 10 entrepreneurs fail within the first 18 months. There is one key thing that could help you increase your survival rate : Having the right contacts. Networking: Business success depends on paying customers, a great team, access to capital, cash flow, a good location, and good counsel. Networking with the right contacts, relationships and connections could help … [Read more...]
7 Tips for time management using online tools: a startup entrepreneur’s guide
Building a startup as an entrepreneur is exciting, but surely not the easiest of endeavours. There are many challenges to overcome. On top of that list is ‘Managing time’. As a business owner, you have a lot of areas that demand a chunk of your typical 16-hour day (24 minus 8 hours of sleep!) : work time, learning time, family time, meeting time and lets not forget the commuting time. So how do you deal with all these time-demands and manage time? Simple, you do not. You cannot manage … [Read more...]