Derby City Council is now inviting funding applications from businesses in Derby and City’s travel to work area for innovation and growth potential. Applications are being welcomed from all sectors, particularly in aerospace, rail and automotive sectors. More information can be found on the website www.derby.gov.uk
There are two advantages to outsourcing social media interactions to a specialist firm: Reducing costs Gaining access to professionals who know more about the tools and about building communities. Some companies outsource because they don’t know enough about social media, and they don’t want to risk making mistakes. The continuous change of social media tools…
By now, most of us have heard about the drama surrounding HMV where an ex-employee took to Twitter to raise his discontent at being made redundant from his job in one of the UK HMV music stores. We captured the rant prior to the company removing them from public view: HMV has been struggling with…
Over the past year we have seen a huge growth in SME activity through Social Media and the use of Hashtags, unfortunately not all positive either.. A hashtag is a word or a phrase prefixed with the symbol # – This is a form of meta-tag (the way Google and other search facilities read information)…
Everyone loves seeing the landscape covered in beautiful white snowflakes dont they? The fluffy white stuff brings back child-hood memories of days off school sledging (for those old enough to remember that) and warming up with a cup of hot chocolate inside afterwards. Thats great when you are young with no commitments, but what about when…
As 2012 closes and 2013 opens new doors, we are another year older and business is booming so which we thank our fabulous, loyal clients who have been a pleasure to work with and continue to be so heading into the future.Our future is certainly ‘bright’Because we specialise in providing outsourced services (i.e. us working for our…
Wishing you a brighter Christmas and successful New Year! Our offices will close at 3pm on 21st December and re-open again at 9am on Thursday 3rd January 2013 Looking into 2013, heres our TOP FIVE tips to excel your Marketing efforts… 1. Plan- Having clear objectives and goals for your business in the start of…
We are delighted to announce that Brighter Directions have for a second year running been announced as finalists in the BESMA British Excellence in Sales & Marketing Awards – in not one but two categories, for sales support and customer service excellence.BESMA is considered as the most prestigious and highest achieving national awards contribution throughout the whole of…
Recently we were asked to contribute towards a national discussion point on what we think it takes to be a Social Media expert in this day and age… It seemed that many industry specialists would agree that it’s hard to claim to be an expert when the digital landscape is constantly changing, however like many…
Britain’s Got Talent star Susan Boyle’s PR team have sparked viral controversy online by inviting fans to celebrate the release of her new album with #susanalbumparty The PR company had intended it to be read as ‘Susan album party’ on her official profile. Her album is called ‘Standing Ovation: The Greatest Songs From The Stage’.…