As well as taking inspiration from our clients and business, I look in various other places for ideas on what to write about in our blogs. I want our content to be relevant and useful, [...]

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This month, in Part 8 of our series of MOMENTUM Social Masterclasses, we’re walking you through all the incredible Pro benefits of our Statistics Overview feature… You can check out [...]

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What is a Twitter Hour?  A Twitter Hour is a public Twitter event that enables you to connect and share with other users by using one unique hashtag. Each Twitter hour is regularly held [...]

Working from home is great. You can be flexible, work around personal commitments and avoid office-based distractions. But, working from home is also hard… The temptation to get chores done [...]

We’re often asked about the cheapest and easiest ways to promote small businesses, so here’s 7 quick-fire ideas to help you promote yours: Create a Google listing It’s easy and it’s free. Just [...]

With 2018 coming to a close, it’s time to start reflecting and thinking about the new year ahead. The (generally) quieter period between Christmas and New Year is a great time to take a couple of [...]

Welcome to Part 7 of our series of MOMENTUM Social Masterclasses!  This month, we’re giving you the low down on our Statistics Overview feature. Here you can keep track of your audience growth, [...]

With only 5 working weeks to go before Christmas hits, what do you have left on your to do list?   In between concentrating on serving your customers, providing your services and managing your [...]

When it comes to getting social and marketing your products and services there are so many platforms to choose from. To avoid falling into the trap of wasting valuable time and effort, it’s best [...]

It’s so easy to say yes to everything and everyone, but this can add a lot of stress to anyone who is self-employed or managing a small business, particularly with a household to run or a family [...]

It’s not enough to set up a business and hope the right clients or customers will find you. You know it takes work and a whole lot of promoting! Which is why you’ve probably been out networking [...]

Welcome to October’s MOMENTUM Social Masterclass! This month, we’re talking all about one of our most powerful features – The Message Research Tool. Find interesting, relevant [...]

You may have been thinking about holding an event for your business for some time, and wondering whether you can pull it off or if it would be worth the effort. Events are fantastic for [...]

Create Meaningful and Engaging Content The foundation for everything is creating your own meaningful and engaging content that you’ll be able to share in multiple ways and places. Answer a [...]

CHECK OUT PART 1 HERE:  https://momentumbusinesssupport.com/2016/03/choosing-your-name-and-setting-up-your-profile-twitter-for-beginners-part-1/ So, your Twitter account is officially up and [...]

Welcome to MOMENTUM Social Streams! This month, we’re running through how to use this valuable feature of MOMENTUM Social. Our social streams house all of your social media interaction in [...]

When it comes to your email subject line, it’s often one of the last steps you think about when creating your email marketing campaign, but it’s so important and shouldn’t be an afterthought. [...]

Most business owners see a benefit in having an active social media strategy. However, implementing one is easier said than done. Learning the platforms (and keeping up with the constant changes [...]

Visual content is key – and with MOMENTUM Social, we’ve made it a whole lot easier for you to create and share stunning images to your social media audiences in seconds. In this [...]

In this constantly changing, rapidly evolving and chaos driven age it is impossible for us not to learn new things. To quote Roy T Bennett – “No matter how much experience you have, there’s [...]

Want to listen instead? Click here Spring has officially sprung! It’s the time of year to review and refresh, so we’ve pulled together some ways you can Spring Clean Your Business. Update your [...]

In a world of technology, up and coming businesses and new products it can be tough to capture the attention of your target audience. If you want your company to stand out, you need to make some [...]

Rushed off your feet as an SME? You can still ace your social media game with MOMENTUM Social. In this month’s MOMENTUM Social Masterclass, we’re showing you how by giving you the low [...]

MOMENTUM Social is your ultimate time saver. Forget sitting at your desk for hours scheduling content – we make it easy with our social media scheduler, perfect for busy small businesses with [...]

If you have a Facebook page for your business, you may have heard of the Newsfeed changes that have been recently announced by CEO, Mark Zuckerberg. Facebook plan to display more of users’ [...]

The world of Pinterest allows users to share inspirational ideas, products and services with others across the globe. It’s a great platform to generate engagement and traffic for your business – [...]

Effective: To successfully achieve the results that you want In most cases, the result we want is to get [the task] done and get it done well, and knowing what it is that you need to complete or [...]

Introducing MOMENTUM Social Masterclasses! Each month, we’re going to be walking you through step-by-step how to use our amazing social media scheduler, MOMENTUM Social. This month, [...]

Q – What’s the difference between a VA (Virtual Assistant) and a PA (Personal Assistant)? A – Nothing apart from geography! You know that you need to outsource all those niggling admin [...]

If you’re an avid note taker in meetings, courses, seminars or other events, then read on. We’ve pulled together 5 top tips and pointers to help make sure your notes are never useless. Do you [...]

With only a few weeks to go now until the deadline for the Self-Assessment Tax Return we’ve been asked by a number of clients how they can be better organised and get prepared in advance. So [...]

Having goals is such an important factor to maintaining direction and purpose. Here we share some of our top tips on making your goals happen! Outline your Goals The first step to making your [...]

What is GDPR? The way in which businesses process data is changing. The General Data Protection Regulation is being introduced to replace the current 1998 Data Protection Act. GDPR will govern [...]

Don’t Get Seasonally Stressed! On the lead up to the festive period it can be easy to become overwhelmed with your workload and not know where to start. Here are some of our top tips on how to [...]

7 Steps to Customer Satisfaction Customers are the heart of any business. Whether selling a product or providing a service… Without them, there would be no business. Therefore it is [...]

Everyone always tells me I’m the most organised person they know. I get a lot of ‘it’s ok for you, you’re organised’ and ‘it’s easy for you, you remember everything’ or ‘you do it, you’ll [...]

You go to all these events; networking, business shows, exhibitions… But what do you do with all the business cards you collect? Collecting business cards can be great, as long as you do [...]

Have you ever started a task or project you just cannot seem to find the enthusiasm to finish? Or it just feels too complicated and you can’t see a way forward? Sometimes we can get so clouded by [...]

Want to listen instead? Click here Whoever said you can’t buy time didn’t have a friend, family member or loved one who cared enough to make it happen.. OK, so perhaps that’s not an entirely fair [...]

There are so many reasons why you should have a business blog (and each of those reasons can be widely elaborated on!) but we wanted to keep it short and simple. Here’s a few of the top reasons [...]

Want to listen instead? Click here Let’s set the scene: You’ve set up your business and it’s starting to grow. It feels amazing that all your hard work and effort is paying off. Enquiries are [...]

Whether you run a business, are self-employed or you’re an employee, the way you wake up in the morning can make or break your day. To get the most out of your day, it’s important to wake up [...]

Did you know that if you run a business and have five or more employees you are legally required to have a written health and safety policy? If you are a business owner, here’s the low down on [...]

As of 1 October 2016 the UK Government has accepted and implemented the Low Pay Commission’s recommendation to increase the national minimum wage for those aged 24 and under, for 2016-17. The new [...]

Want to listen instead? Click here Sometimes we all lack motivation at work, start daydreaming, lack productivity, would much rather be doing anything else (the list goes on..). Here’s some top [...]

Want to listen instead? Click here Running a business can be very overwhelming at times.  You may feel like there are simply not enough hours in the day.  One of the most important things in [...]

Want to listen instead? Click here Exposure Events enable your business to gain brand awareness and exposure by getting your name out there. People will hear about the event which means they will [...]

Want to listen instead? Click here It’s a subject we often talk and think about as there are so many costs involved with running a business, and when you’re in the early stages it can [...]

When you first started your business, did you know all of the tools you would need? I certainly didn’t! In the last three and a half years I’ve come to rely on quite a few different tools to keep [...]

Want to listen instead? Click here If yes, brilliant, but if not, please keep reading. As of August 2015, there were 3.175 billion active internet users. That’s nearly half of the world’s [...]

If you haven’t already or aren’t aware yet, as a growing SME you should start planning now for the most significant employment law developments. National Living Wage This is the increased [...]

National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage. It’s not long until the 1st of April 2016, when the government will introduce the new mandatory National Living Wage for workers aged 25 and [...]

The first thing to tackle when coming into the world of Twitter is choosing your username (twitter handle @xxxxxx) and setting up your profile. Ideally your username will be the same as your [...]

 – And why failing to keep them updated could become a liability rather than an asset   Running a modern people-led business requires the management of risks arising from employees. [...]

Want to listen instead? Click here We haven’t come across many small business owners that enjoy doing the day to day admin required to keep their business running, in-fact most of the owners we [...]

Cashflow is without a doubt the number one issue faced by small business owners. Almost every survey, poll or graph highlights this, and even if they didn’t, we all know ourselves that this is [...]

It’s Vital To Have A Strategy When It Comes To Posting Content A Social Media Schedule is quite simply a plan that outlines the key content of your future posts across all of your Social Media [...]

A Personal Assistant, or Virtual Assistant (the same thing – just not taking up extra space in your office!) is an invaluable resource for exponentially increasing your productivity. A bold [...]

Want to listen instead? Click here We all know that administration tasks are the key processes or activities it takes to run a business, and we also know that they take you away from being able [...]

Based on a real case we are currently managing. Names, business details and terms have all been changed for privacy. July 2015 Summer owns a Beauty Salon and employs 8 employees, all of whom are [...]

All businesses suffer with cash flow problems from time to time, but it’s often the smaller ones that are hit the hardest. They don’t have the expertise for effective Credit Control and don’t [...]

Want to listen instead? Click here We’re often asked, ‘what’s the point in using Social Media for my business?’ So we thought we’d share with you our top reasons for why you’re missing out if [...]