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The busier you are, the more you need quiet time.
In work, a good tip to achieve this is to punctuate meetings with five minutes of quiet time. If you’re able to close the office door, retreat to a park bench, or find another quiet hideaway, it’s possible to hit reset by engaging in a silent practice of meditation or reflection. #businesstips #smallbusiness

IG has added some new options to its Boomerang camera mode for Stories, including 'SloMo' 'Echo' and 'Duo'.
Have you used them yet? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀... ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #businesstip #virtualassistant #igfeed #newfeature #businessowner
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If you want to be seen online, one of the quickest (and cheapest) ways is to use hashtags.
Use popular hashtags strategically and sparingly I suggest using one-two popular tags per tweet or Instagram post, such as #OOTD (outfit of the day), #FOMO (fear of missing out), etc.
... Followed by less popular hashtags, and then finally branded hashtags.
There are thousands of hashtags out there - check out Hashtags.org and Hashtagify.me to discover relevant hashtags for your audience.
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Do you know what pages on your site (or blogs) get the most traffic so you can optimise that hard work? Check out your Google Analytics, if this isn't set up, put it on your to-do list and schedule it in!

I think this week is one of my top 3 favourite weeks of the year. It's my husbands birthday, so the kids will be excited for cake and presents, the bank holiday, a shorter work week, and usually everyone off together as a family. Although, I am working it's still nice to have the kids off and spending extra quality time with them.

Hope you are all having a great bank holiday! Whether you are road tripping like us, having family and fun time, spring cleaning, or if your're one of the unfortunate ones working, hope you manage to have a great one, with some well deserved R+R.

A quick overview of the different changes happening in the world of social.
1 - Instagram is removing their standalone messaging app. "Huh" I hear you say, yep they did have one, and it's been a bit of a flop to put it mildly. If you do have the app, you will find your messaging will now just move back to the main IG app.
2 - Twitter is adding ways we can express with retweeting. You can now include media in retweets, such as photos, GIF's or even video!

I came across this great quote by Colin Powell, and think it really speaks some truth when it comes to wanting to change things in your life, career or business.
"A dream doesn't become reality through magic it takes sweat, determination and hard work." Whatever you are working on, big or small don't give up. 😘

Ever notice how people texting at night have that eerie blue glow?
Or wake up ready to write down the Next Great Idea, and get blinded by your computer screen?
During the day, computer screens look good—they're designed to look like the sun. But, at 9PM, 10PM, or 3AM, you probably shouldn't be looking at the sun or feel you need sunglasses to look at your phone or computer.
... There's an easy work around for this. On your phone, you can swipe down in the quick settings menu and tap night mode, this will stop the amount of blue light in your screen. You can then toggle it back on in the morning.
For computer users, you can change your screen settings to automatically brighten for morning time, and dim for evening hours. This really helps stop blue light wrecking your sleep patterns, and also with any eye strain/headaches.
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"Training is full-on. Some days I really don't want to get out of bed and hit that track again. Sunday and Monday morning sessions are always horrible. But who really looks forward to going to work on a Monday morning?" Jessica Ennis
This is how I feel every time I have a break from running. Why did I stop?! Anyway, I am on a mission to get running again (baby steps!), lets see if I can do 3 mornings on the trot to get me back into the swing of things... shin splints you won't beat me this time!

🎉 WE’RE CELEBRATING 🎉
This week is officially our 1 year in business for 25 Hour Solutions & I am so proud of how far my business has come. There has been so many learning curves and meeting wonderful people along the way.
Thank you to all my wonderful clients & fellow business owners for your support throughout the last year. Also my family and friends who truly understand and know the many ups/downs/ tears/tantrums/laughs and giggles along the way, without you I couldn’t b...e where I am.
When I decided to start my own business, I remember the feeling of excitement mixed with utter terror, but I can honestly say it was the best decision I have ever made.
Thank you for coming along on this journey with me & I look forward to it continuing long into the future! 🥂 #digitalmarketing #socialmediamarketing #wiltshire #ukbusiness #virtualassistant #design
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Within Pinterest you can now promote carousel posts. They have been testing this for a few months with larger brands. However, it's now slowly being rolled out to other businesses too.
Where the main feed for Pinterest is a wide array of static images, the sponsored (paid) carousel ads move like a slide show. Meaning any carousel ads instantly stand out.
Pinterests advertising isn't anywhere near Facebook ads yet, so it's limited in who you can target etc, but I think this will change dramtically over the course of 2019.

If you are wanting to keep upto date with what your phone contacts are doing on social media, you can sync your contacts straight into Twitter. See more here http://ow.ly/3usg50jPtw3 or below
Tap the Explore tab then tap the Connect icon Tap Find friends. You will see a prompt asking you to sync your contacts. Tap Sync contacts. When you sync your contacts, contacts from your device’s address book will be uploaded to Twitter on an ongoing basis.... The accounts of contacts from your address book who are already on Twitter will be shown.
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As Facebook, Instagram & Whatsapp went down this week, there's alot of lessons we can learn...
✅Don't just rely on one platform
✅Store back-ups of your content (Google Drive)
... ✅Have an email list
✅Focus on building a brand and audience, not just a following.
Luckily, we have systems in place so we don't just rely on one way of communicating with my followers. If social media is the main way you communicate with your audience, please help your business by having a strong system, so you don't have to worry if any social media platforms go down. 💕
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Pinterest over the last year have been changing their tabs and most recently have launched an immersive single Pin format for easy scanning from idea to idea.
And, now just one tap on a Pin in the following tab will take you to directly to the website for more information from the creators, driving traffic to influencers, publishers and brands.

Instagram Stories is continuing to grow at a rapid speed since it launched just over 2 years ago.
Like many social media platforms go, it has started to become full to the brim of stories. Many people now look mainly to stories for their social media fix, instead of scrolling through the feed, especially as stories usually show a more authenitic side of a brand (lives etc).
Now businesses can sponsor stories to make sure they reach an even larger taret audience. This is huge for any business not yet utilitisng them fully in their marketing strategy. Have you started using stories in Instagram yet?