10 Ways to Use Social Media to Promote an Event

Are you thinking about how to promote an event with social media?

Whether you have a small local gathering or a large conference, social media can be used to get the word out in a powerful way. In this blog post I aim to show 10 imaginative ways to use social media to increase your chances for your event.

Gameweek 38 – West Brom v Man Utd

Sir Alex Ferguson takes charge of his final and 1,500^th game of Manchester United manager before he bows out into retirement when the champions take on West Brom.

The Scot announced he would be retiring from the game over a week ago after 26 years in charge of Manchester United. It was a fitting tribute last week against Swansea City with a 2-1 win to fit the occasion at Old Trafford. It was the final farewell at Old Trafford where he has made the club a global force on and off the field. But the sudden realisation of this game being the last ever may have Ferguson feeling a little emotional as he was feeling in his words “I was bubbling there for a bit”.

Tips to Maximise Your Instagram Web Profile

There are over 100 million users on Instagram. If your branded or personal account is one of them, then you will want to maximise and utilise you account’s new web profile right away.

Instagram is a great way for businesses to leverage their visual marketing. If you already using this platform, be sure to get the most of these new web profiles. And if your business is not yet using Instagram, you may want to evaluate whether it is now a good fit for you.

Here is how to improve your Instagram web profile:

Gameweek 37 – Man Utd v Swansea

Sir Alex Ferguson will take charge of Manchester United for the final time at Old Trafford when the team are presented with the Premier League trophy.

This fixture will be a very emotional affair amongst all United fans across the world as well as the people who have been involved with Sir Alex over the years. Flashback to last week and this would have been the celebration of the Premier League trophy presentation at home to the crowd. But the news broke out on Thursday, the legend himself is retiring as manager of Manchester United at the end of the season. It now seems this will be an atmosphere for a spectacular retirement bash to the greatest manager of all time.

Enhancing your Instagram Web Profile

Does your business use Instagram to post photo’s about what you are doing?

Have your checked out Instagram since they released user profiles on the web? Instagram started out as a mobile app and has now allowed users to experience the same on the website which only let users edit their account information before. But all that changed with the recent introduction of web profiles.

Gameweek 36 – Man Utd v Chelsea

Sir Alex Ferguson goes head-to-head against his arch rival manager Rafa Benitez when Chelsea visits Old Trafford.

Both the manager’s have gone at each other in the past when Benitez had his spell at Liverpool. The many press conference and post match interviews of Benitez have caused some talking points within the press and Ferguson diffusing the situation. Since Benitez has taken charge at Chelsea, he has had much stick from the Chelsea fans and Sir Alex has been there to support him. With Sir Alex already have the league title wrapped up, it is Chelsea who are trying to finish in the top four for the Champions League next season. It will be a competitive atmosphere when the two face each other in the Sunday afternoon kick off at Old Trafford.

Gameweek 35 – Arsenal v Man Utd

Newly crowned champions Manchester United play the first game against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium in Sunday’s afternoon kick off.

No doubt the centre of attention will be Robin Van Persie returning to the club he played for 8 years, having moved to the Red Devils last summer. His main aim was to win trophies and he is now going to have a Premier League winner’s medal around his neck for the first time. Some Arsenal supporters will still hold a grudge against him for leaving but he has proved the doubters wrong when he decided to not extend his deal at Arsenal. Van Persie has helped United win back the title from Man City and he is also the league’s top goal scorer after netting a hat-trick against Aston Villa.

Getting Started With Vine

Twitter introduced Vine earlier this year and is becoming another way to interact and engage with your followers.

Vine is a mobile service that lets you capture and share short looping videos. Like Tweets (140 characters limit), the shortness of videos on Vine is 6 seconds or less which inspires creativity. Now that you can easily capture motion and sound, you can create many videos that can attract exposure. Currently, Vine is available on the iPhone and iPod touch. You can download it for free from the App Store. They are working towards bringing it out to other platforms but no dates have been announced.

Gameweek 34 – Man Utd v Aston Villa

Manchester United has the chance to clinch their 20^th English League title with a win against Aston Villa at Old Trafford.

The evening kick off will see the Old Trafford crowd anticipating a win against Villa which could lead to celebratory scenes at the end of the night. After seeing the result of Spurs beating Man City 3-1, Sir Alex Ferguson will be looking to earn all three points to claim the league title in front of the home crowd. By being 12 points ahead, a further three points would crown United the champions with four games left. If the game finishes a draw or a win for Villa, it keeps United fans waiting until next week. However, this game could also decide the end of two teams in the Premier League, if Villa manages to win.

16 Ways to Use Twitter Vine

Are you wondering how the new Twitter Vine (short videos) could work for your business?

Vine is a new mobile app that allows you to capture life from your mobile device in short, six second looping videos. You can share these short videos with your Twitter followers and Facebook friends. You can think of it as Instagram, except with video instead of photos. There is so much you can do with using Vine and here I aim to show creative ways to enjoy using this service for your business.