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Who Rocked my Twitter World? 11 Mar 2013 | 02:17 pm
Well, what a week it has been for us on Twitter! #PDChallenge now has over 350 participants and is trending pretty much daily! For the first time we have received over 4,000 retweets in a week and tic...
#PDChallenge March 26 Feb 2013 | 02:32 pm
We are running another #PDChallenge in March. Have a look at the guidelines below and send me a tweet to join in. 1. What is the #PDChallenge? The #PDChallenge is an event being run by @purpledognet t...
Join in with the #Purplelove hour 13 Feb 2013 | 06:42 pm
As it’s Valentine’s Day, we wanted to take the opportunity to spread a little #purplelove on Twitter. Lots of businesses are great at self promotion but it’s important to recommend your friends and he...
20 Killer Marketing Phrases 11 Nov 2012 | 02:35 pm
One of the key challenges on Twitter is how to make your tweet stand out in your followers’ fast moving Twitter stream. To help figure this out, the first thing to do is to think about how you read y...
#PurpleXmas – what’s it all about? 1 Nov 2012 | 12:59 pm
#PurpleXmas is our Christmas campaign to promote independent online retailers and raise money for our chosen charity at the same time. How can you get involved? 1. Join our #PurpleXmas list If you are...
How many followers do I need on Twitter? 29 Oct 2012 | 01:30 pm
This question opens up the whole quality versus quantity debate. It is obviously better to have 100 engaged followers in your target sector than 10,000 random followers who have no interest in what yo...
How do I get noticed on Twitter? 27 Oct 2012 | 12:42 pm
It can be challenging to try to stand out on Twitter amongst all the noise so here are some ideas: 1. Follow someone – they will see you have followed them 2. Retweet someone’s Tweet – as long as it …...
When should I block someone on Twitter? 26 Oct 2012 | 02:23 pm
Twitter includes a facility to block someone if you don’t want them to follow your account. Twitter is a very open platform and in general, I would recommend that you only post tweets which you are ha...
When should I unfollow someone? 25 Oct 2012 | 01:15 pm
The simple answer to that question is “when they are not adding value to you.” This could be because: 1. They are endlessly churning out adverts and never talking to anyone 2. They are no longer activ...
Should I automate my tweets? 24 Oct 2012 | 01:18 pm
This is a controversial subject and there are plenty of accounts on Twitter which post only automated tweets and never engage with anyone. If you are new to Twitter, I would recommend that you don’t a...
