Changes to Twitter that will see individuals and businesses able to create longer tweets will come into effect on 19 September, the company has confirmed. For many, the 140 character limit is a struggle – particularly when talking to more than one person at a time. But Twitter didn’t want to specifically extend the...
Jump Xtreme Lands With A Bounce!
We’re really excited to have been a part of the Jump Xtreme Tamworth website and park launch! After being involved with the project right from the start, developing the brand, website and other marketing collateral we can now finally celebrate it’s grand opening! From start to finish Give The Dog A Bone have worked closely with Jump Xtreme to...
The end of the Twitter word count?
Microblogging site Twitter is to stop counting photographs and links in its 140-character limit for tweets, according to a report from Bloomberg. The change could be made within the next two weeks! The company has not yet commented on the report. But in January, founder Jack Dorsey said Twitter would explore ways of enabling its users to...
A Guide to Launching New Campaigns on Social Media
Top tips when launching a social media campaign: 1) Be authentic – not promotional Avoid appearing overly promotional, because it won’t appeal to consumers and definitely won’t engage them to follow you. Instead try to tie your content into current events or cultural moments that are of interest to your audience. Not only responding...
Making Responsive Design Work
In the not too distant past, the main approach towards ensuring a great online experience for both desktop and mobile users involved creating completely separate pages. This was time consuming, required double the amount of work and resources, could lead to possible lapses in continuity across devices and offered poor scalability. This gave rise...
Advertising On LinkedIn
LinkedIn Advert Types Like Twitter & Facebook, with LinkedIn you have the choice to create either an Ad or a Sponsored Update. An ad is like your standard banner advertisement: it contains a picture and not much text, placed on the side of the screen. Here is what the ad would look like in...
3 top strategies to make your Google Adwords budget go further
#1: Optimise the page your Adwords are being directed to You can spend all this money and time on your adwords campaign, but unless the page you’re sending people to is optimised, you’re wasting your time. Some key tips: Match your AdWords headline to your landing page headline. Ensure that your landing page’s call...
Why Does My Business Need Google AdWords?
SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) and Google AdWords – the two go hand in hand. When a prospective customer is looking for a product, service, promotion, or anything from anywhere in the world, they’re likely to search for it on Google. By using Google AdWords – it will get you found. For a small business,...
Growing Popularity – Visual Marketing
There seems to be nothing stopping the rise of Instagram. The Facebook-owned photo sharing platform has quadrupled its monthly active users since 2013 ; there is no end in sight to its success. Instagram announced its community had reached 400 million users globally at the end of last year, 14 million of which are in the...
Make use of the description meta tag!
A pages description meta tag gives Google and the other search engines an overview of what the page is all about. The description meta tag can be a sentence or a short paragraph. These tags are important because Google may use them as snippets for your pages when searched by users. Using Meta tags...