Are you using Twitter for your business? If not, WHY NOT! Yes, it can be used by some to stalk, harass and be…well…plain rude to celebs but it also has another amazing function. Twitter is a unique platform where you have no choice but to cut to the chase

Yes, Twitter has changed its character limits recently, meaning that an image, weblink and Twitter handle (that is your name btw) no longer counts as those characters, but that still means that you only have 140 characters to get your point across! If you are unsure of how long, the bold bit at the start of this blog is as long as would show on Twitter. Is that more or less than you originally thought?

 The correct posting time and audience is key with Twitter and this is not something that most people really understand. I mean, it is easy to Google ‘What time is best to post on Twitter’ and see the many articles that tell you the optimum time to post, however when is good for YOUR clients is the key question. To find this out, I carry out an analysis into who your clients are and when and how they use social media. This is what makes my service unique. I take the time to get into your clients heads and think about what they want to see and when.

 If this is something that interests you, then you need to get in touch with me today.

Hi! 

1. Create content –  I will send your newsletters, set up your blog, your social media and so much more using our schedule and plan
2. Content organisation – I will organise, gather and plan your content for reporting to specific groups
3. Writing content – Do you feel like you are always trying to create new, original and innovative content for social media, blogs, website and newsletters? Stop dreading the time that you sit down and plan the week and hand it over to me. I will create you original content as well as sending you a content schedule/plan so you can approve it. Over time it will become second nature just forwarding certain links to me and knowing that all your platforms are kept up-to-date.
4. Grow your audience – I will spend time analysing your target market and growing your audience on social media. I will then introduce ways that we can grow the audience of your blog, newsletters and website. 
5. Emails – Does your phone say that you have hundreds of unread emails? Shhh, don’t tell me, it makes me twitch! Don’t worry, that what makes me good at my job. Stop having hundreds of unread emails and let me monitor your work accounts. I can make sure that your clients have replies to all the standard questions in a reasonable timescale. How is this done? Well, you and I sit down and create our own fact sheet using the things that you are most frequently asked via email ( this can also be applied to Facebook business pages) and field off as many questions as I can. Something I don’t know comes up? Don’t panic, you and I will find the best way to communicate it, be it voice notes, WhatsApp or Facebook. We will talk and I will reply for you. 
6. Diary Organisation – Do you miss appointments or double book? Realise that you’re missing key opportunities? Don’t panic. I can create an interactive online calendar that you and I can update at any time. This means that you need never miss another appointment again. Someone wants to arrange a meeting with you and you don’t know when you are next free? Just pass them my mobile number. I can provide you with some of my business cards and you can hand it over, asking them to contact your PA to make an appointment. 

Delegating can be a real challenge. Katie Burgess of Cardiff Bridal Centre gave over the reins of her social media to me and now she doesn’t know what she would do without me. If you want to read her opinion, she has written a testimonial. You will soon realise that it is very liberating and addictive, as Sarah Cook of SHC Social Media says in her testimonial as well. 

We are all trying to reduce our carbon footprint and by introducing paperless offices and adapting the the needs of the client

This is something that I have been aiming and pledging to do since I started by business in 2014 by having the Eco pledge.

Here are three things that I would recommend getting or doing if you want to be paperless – well as close as you can!

1. Scanner or an app like iScanner

A scanner will convert any paper that you do have into computer files. A scanner can cost as little as £50, however if you don’t want another piece of equipment in the office you can download an app like iScanner which will allow you to take a picture of a document and it will turn it into a PDF file that you can save electronically.

      2. Cloud

No, not the things that you lie on the trampoline with the small people and watch float by saying they look like random things I mean the electronic cloud. This is a means of storing your newly converted electronic files on the internet instead of on your physical PC/Laptop/Tablet you use. It gives you some security now that you have moved to paperless working and have shredded those hard copy documents to save space.

There are several ranging from Dropbox, iCloud and GoogleDrive. They all do the same thing.

      3. A Virtual Assistant…LIKE ME!

If you hire a virtual assistant, like me, then I can store all your things in the cloud for you. I also can advise you on how to make your specific office paperless..

There you are, three things to help you start off in making your office a paperless one.

So it has been to long! I am sorry! I have been doing a blog for my charity, My Discombobulated Brain. I have been setting it up and neglecting you wonderful people. Again, sorry.

I have had a crazy few months. I mean I have set up a charity, I have qualified as a Life Coach as well as being fully trained to train people in Time Management, Complaints, Social Media and Customer Service.

It has been nuts. But I am back now and it will be hard for you to get rid now!!

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Firstly let me take this time to say sorry that I have not been around for a while. Well I
have been around I have been working hard for all my wonderful clients. I will have a cool blog for you super soon as some crazy, sexy, cool (TLC reference!! Ok if you don’t know who they are I am old and you need to Google) stuff has gone on in my wee world! I will leave you with this picture of me and my baby girl in matching PJ’s at Christmas.

 Missed you lot! 

I haven’t blogged for a while. I have been super busy and then this week I made sure I had
some family time. This was planned, however, the true extent was forced upon me when the recent storms that hit my in-laws in Scotland caused their internet to completely pack in! So imagine this…in the car…on the driveway — it is a farm so at the bottom of a lane — in the rain and wind, which is so bad the car is moving — checking my email etc! It was as funny as it seems.

But, instead of being stressful, which the few days before hand getting everything done so I didn’t have lots to do on the drive were, I had such a relaxing time. I went for walks, we went sledding on the frost and spent some quality time with my in-laws. 

Why am I telling you about how great I am feeling? Because taking the time out has reminded me why I do what I do, but more importantly that time out – true time out – is a necessity. Reading in front of that open fire a non-business book and being with the kids is necessity!