Usually businesses don’t just happen. They emerge as an answer to a question, a problem or, in our case, multiple requests. So today I thought I’d share with you how Swarm came in to being. And why I love my job. Why did we create Swarm? We’ve worked in the digital world for a long time, and had time and …
WHAT WE LEARNED: THE ELEVATOR PITCH
On Monday we walked you through the Top 5 Ways to do LinkedIn right, but what about those potential connections you meet out in the real life? How do you make sure that you are best prepared to turn a random encounter into a potentially meaningful connection? Enter: The Elevator Pitch. We’ve all heard about the elevator pitch, the 30 second …
TOP 5: WAYS TO AVOID STRESSING OUT
Deadlines. Some people hate them, some people love them, and no matter how well we plan they always seem to happen at the same time. So today we are looking at ways to avoid stressing out when your to-do list seems more like a to-do book, and some one seems to have sped up the clock and five o’clock seems dangerously …
TOP 5: TOOLS FOR SOCIAL MEDIA
Social media should be an integral part of your marketing strategy. However, when trying to build a business, with all that it entails, having to stay on top of social media as well, can be a bit daunting. Luckily there are some great tools for social media out there that can help you to stay on top of things. Hootsuite …
TOP 5: THINGS TO CONSIDER WHEN YOU CREATE YOUR OWN WEBSITE
These days you can’t run a business without having a website. Some people are super comfortable about diving head first into the process, but for most people the process of setting up a website can seem a bit overwhelming. We would of course recommend that you turn to the pro’s for the part of actually building your site – but we …