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Resources for today’s digital marketer. With tips and opinion on digital and social media marketing – from SEO and PPC to creative content marketing.

How To Add Facebook ‘Like’ Button To Your Blog or Tumblr – UPDATED

Updated in May 2012 There doesn't seem to be a simple step-by-step guide on the web so I’m writing this, particularly for Tumblr users but it will apply to other platforms too… STEP 1: Copy this code: <meta property="og:title" content="{block:PostTitle}{PostTitle}{/block:PostTitle}"/> <meta property="og:site_name" content="{Title}"/> <meta property="og:image" content="{PortraitURL-128}"/> STEP 2: Go to tumblr.com/customize and click...

Is Social Media Listening Still Relevant in the Age of TikTok, WhatsApp and Snapchat?

As social media users recede into private spaces, personal messaging apps and 'dark social' is social listening a worthwhile exercise for brands?

Best Video Editing Apps for TikTok

If you're serious about making quality TikTok videos, you're going to need some sort of editing tool. Whether simply stitching together multiple shots, or adding effects, titles and transitions, today's tools make it simple for anyone to produce videos worth watching on TikTok. The current...

Change: A World In Flux – My #CogsTalks @ The Hospital

Here’s the presentation I gave this week at The Hospital in London, showing my take on how the digital world is changing and why this constant change shouldn’t scare us but rather is an endless source of opportunity. Here’s the presentation I gave and below...

Want To Get Ahead? Say “No” More Often

To achieve great things, we need to create great opportunities. But we also need to know when to turn them down. The decision to say “no” to someone is hard to make, and saying it is harder still. So how we do we arrive...

The Importance of Staying Social on Social Media

So you’ve landed yourself the role of a social media manager or social media marketer, perhaps without any concrete social media training or preparation?  It’s a common occurrence! So how do we promote our business on these platforms primarily used for connecting with friends? For...

Best Marketing Newsletters to Make You Smarter

If you're a digital marketer, then you know that staying up-to-date on the latest marketing news and trends is essential to your success. Clients and colleagues alike expect you to be the one who's on top of it all, and these newsletter will you...

How the Instagram Algorithm Works in 2022 (and how to outsmart it)

Have you ever created a fantastic piece of content for your Instagram, only to have your ego bruised by little to zero engagement on the post? Unlike the Kylie Jenners of this world, we can't guarantee a thoughtless post on our feed will go...

How To Have Great Ideas: The 4 ‘Rooms’ of Inspiration

Thanks to my business partner Chris, who basically insisted I read it, I’ve just finished ‘A Book About Innocent’, a frank and very readable account of how three guys started (and very nearly finished) Innocent Drinks, going from a van selling 24 smoothies at...

Video: My 3 Tips For Brands To Be Heard Online

My top tips to get your brand heard online, in digital and social media, through smart marketing.