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How to build your followers on Twitter

I have over 3500 followers on Twitter and it’s growing every day.  I’m often asked how I manage to do it and the answer is very simple: I give my followers what they want and I interact with them.
The #1 mistake people on Twitter make is that they use it purely for their own gain. [...]

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How the VAT change brought me loads of traffic

One of the things I’m always surprised about is the sheer variety of search terms that people use to find my website.
Recently I wrote a very brief post about the impact of the recent VAT changes in the UK and how it would likely affect small businesses.  I didn’t actually write it with the intention [...]

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This blog is moving!

I’ve finally lost patience with Subtext so have taken the opportunity to move to WordPress.
Subtext is good, but it’s huge, a nightmare to skin or make any configuration changes too and it’s started to be a bit flaky lately.  Plus I wanted to have a completely separate blog so have take the opportunity to install [...]

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Why you should give stuff away for free

The other day, I mentioned that you could offer some free advice to your clients in your blog.
For some people, that’s just crazy talk.  Surely you should be charging for advice?  What on earth would people pay you for if they can get the same advice from your blog?
Good point - let me elaborate.
I’m not [...]

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Why blogging is so important to your business

I’ve mentioned before that blogging is a great thing to do for your business but I’ve never really explained why.  So today I’m going to elaborate and show you why, if you’re serious about using your website as a marketing tool for your business, you should be blogging.
Blogging isn’t hard.  People see it as a massive [...]

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