Category: Social Media

Numpty Guide to Twitter

 Gavin   Business, Social Media

The more I use Social Media and in particular Twitter, the more I realise how valuable this platform is to my business. There is a definite correlation between the number of tweets I chirp to the amount of traffic to my main website. Not too sure why because the traffic isn’t coming from Twitter per se but on days where I tweet more, I get many more hits. Mostly from search engines too.

If there’s a tame SEO expert out there that can shed their opinions on this I’d love to hear them.

There aren’t any hard rules like “do this and you’ll be a millionaire by Christmas” but there are bear traps and pitfalls to be aware of. These are just some of my own, personal thoughts based on the way I use the platform. It’s not perfect and I know I could be using it much more effectively, but here they are nevertheless…
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A new landmark in Social Media

 Gavin   Business, Journey, Marketing, Social Media

Today saw a new first for me in the realms of social media, but it was one that I very nearly failed to comprehend. In fact, it wasn’t until I was actually driving home after the shoot that it hit me: the entire photo-shoot was arranged and booked using Twitter.

Now that has to be pretty cool. Continue reading A new landmark in Social Media »

Get your head fixed – first step to Personal Branding for Social Media

 Gavin   Business, Journey, Marketing, Musings, Social Media

Social Media Head-shot Photography

The Social Media Head-shot…

It’s your profile picture.
It’s that little square of pixels you add to your profile

But what is it?
It’s your avatar
It’s your ambassador
It is your representative

In the world of social media your profile picture is you.
It travels around the web accompanying your comments and thoughts
It’s what other people interact with
It’s what other people see of you

Consider this…
…are you really a logo?
…are you really a camera-phone picture?
…are you really a person in front of their hedge? Continue reading Get your head fixed – first step to Personal Branding for Social Media »

On The Up – Website Traffic Hits 1000 Visitors a Month

 Gavin   Business, Gavin Thorn Photography, Marketing, QTSoftware, Social Media
Analytics screenshot - gavinthorn.com
Analytics screenshot of http://gavinthorn.com

This week saw another landmark milestone for my main photography website, http://gavinthorn.com, that of achieving over 1,000 visitors to the site in a rolling one month window, as measured by Google Analytics. That’s absolutely staggering for a small site, designed and built by me with my QTSoftware hat on, that only went live on January 2nd 2011.

Over a thousand visitors! I still cannot believe it.

Furthermore, the traffic is still increasing and long may it continue to do so.

So, where is it all coming from? Continue reading On The Up – Website Traffic Hits 1000 Visitors a Month »