Every year I set myself a challenge to try and do most of my Christmas shopping as locally as possible. It can be time consuming and a fair bit harder than running around a shopping centre for a few hours, but it’s far far more rewarding. In this article I give you heaps of tips on how to save money, time and stress and still support local and small businesses through the silly season - for gifts, food, wine and more.

Truly understanding your customer is the first step towards knowing how to market your products and services in a way that is helpful rather than just advertising. Read on for some easy steps to guide you towards developing content that will resonate with your customers and hopefully lead to a greater connection with them.

In a recent post by Instagram, we got a little more insight into how they use algorithms to rank your content. If you want to work better with the newsfeed algorithm, consider these things that you actually can affect, rather than worrying about what you can’t.

Have you ever thought about what makes you special? What your product or services do that are not only great but are really special? I believe that knowing what that is can be the key to unlocking your perfect marketing messaging.

I’ve been noticing a bit of a pattern across the Facebook-owned channels over the past few months. Clients coming to me with a big drop in reach and engagement, wondering why, when they haven’t really changed anything.

Don’t get me wrong, those algorithms are incredibly unpredictable at times BUT there is one thing that has started to stand out as a pattern.

If you are having trouble connecting with your audience, perhaps a dose of positivity could help.

Are selfie videos part of your Instagram marketing content? If they are and you are sick of looking horrendous when your cover image appears in your feed…read on.

It’s important to add a little measurement and reflection into your social media marketing strategy. Learning what works and what doesn’t can be crucial to your success in these channels. But are you focusing on the wrong metrics? Read on to find out what vanity metrics are and why you could be letting them distract you.

Don't panic about the changes to News Feed announced by Mark Zuckerberg. Instead, keep busy working on your content with these 10 things.

Here, for 2017, are five more practical lessons drawn from the Sensis Social Media Report. Think about how you can use this information to strengthen your own online presence.

Getting engagement on your social media posts can be really difficult. There are a number of strategies you can use though and one of these is to ask questions. Read on for 5 examples of the types of questions you could use to elicit comments and engagement from your followers.

Creating content and managing social media is not for everyone. Sometimes you have to hire a third party to help you implement your strategy. Finding the right person can be difficult, so here are a few key things to look out for in choosing a social media manager for your business.