Blogging: lack of time, lack of ideas, lack of proof

Blogging: Lack Of Time, Lack Of Ideas, Lack Of Proof

Those were just 3 of the reasons I was given as to why small businesses don’t blog last week. I was presenting to a local business networking group and it was a great day. A group of small businesses all focused on one thing – building their businesses in the best… Read More

25blog titles inspired by rishi sunacks spring statement2022

25 Blog Titles Inspired By Rishi Sunack’s Spring Statement 2022

While not quite the day in the calendar event that the Budget is every year, the Spring Statement was widely anticipated by journalists and families alike; what would Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunack announce to help the UK through a period of recession, high fuel prices, the Ukraine war… Read More

20 blog and social media prompts inspired by p&o

20 Blog And Social Media Prompts Inspired By P&O

If you are a well organised blogger you will usually have planned your blog posts in advance, around business seasonality, deadlines, special days, etc. But sometimes things come up in the news that immediately lend themselves to some great blog or social media post ideas. Yesterday P&O decided to fire… Read More

How do you get inspiration for blog posts?

How Do YOU Get Inspiration For Blog Posts?

It’s interesting to see the reactions when I tell people that I can easily write upwards of 20 blog posts a week – not only for myself, but also for clients. Some think it’s not possible, some think it’s crazy, and others think ‘ghost blogging’ is wrong. Now I’m not… Read More

How client reviews can help your seo

How Client Reviews Can Help Your SEO

Long gone are the days when you could pop a few keywords into your website META tags and copy, nip to the kitchen and make a coffee, then come back just in time to see your website on the front page of Infoseek, Alta Vista and Yahoo. These days Google… Read More

Promoting your website - don't throw the baby out with the bathwater!

Promoting Your Website – Don’t Throw the Baby Out With The Bathwater!

I’m not a very subtle person. I’m also one of the most impatient people I know. So I know how difficult it is to take things slowly. But when it comes to promoting your website, you can’t rush things, unfortunately. Like most marketing, one small change can make a big… Read More

Working with nikki pilkington for seo - what do i need from you?

Working With Nikki Pilkington For SEO – What Do I Need From You?

Congratulations on making an awesome choice to work with me, Nikki Pilkington, on your SEO! Before we can start, here’s what I need from you. Access To Your Google Search Console This allows me to see the pages on your site that are already listed in Google, and the ones… Read More

So what?

So What?

So what? I say this a lot to my clients. When they ask me to write a blog post, when they want a new page added to their websites, when they want to focus on a new phrase for SEO. So what? Not because I’m rude (I mean, I can… Read More

How to track social media marketing results

How To Track Social Media Marketing Results

Oi – why are you reading a post from 2014? Go read something newer! It’s easy to jump into social media without really thinking through how it will work for you. How are you going to determine the results (in fact, in a lot of cases, what do you WANT… Read More

How to cook your christmas turkey in the dishwasher and live to tell the tale

How To Cook Your Christmas Turkey In The Dishwasher And Live To Tell The Tale

So, a week before Xmas my oven decided to stop working. None of the local shops can deliver a new one earlier than 6 weeks, and I have 7 for Christmas dinner… aarrrgghhh! So what did I do? I turned to trusty Twitter and Facebook for an answer. After posting out my plea, I… Read More