Blog - Carole Fossey

Do Your (Potential) Customers Know About You?

23rd May 2019

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Do Your (Potential) Customers Know About You? I did a Facebook live earlier this week, prompted by a client of mine who was having a bad day. She has had a few disappointments lately – proposals that didn’t come off, that kind of thing. And she has been through a…

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Oh No – What Were Twitter Thinking?

Carole

18th July 2019

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You know when you go to your favourite supermarket – and you walk in and – AARRGGHH – they changed all the aisles around. Why do they DO that? You know your way round the old layout – you can be in and out in 40 minutes with a full…

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Testing, Testing

Carole

20th June 2019

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We talked last week about ‘testing’ being the answer to all marketing questions. I thought this week I would give you a couple of examples about the kind of testing we have been doing this month. Before that, let me talk about why testing is important. Years ago when I…

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Is Social Media Good For Your (Mental) Health

Carole

16th May 2019

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Is Social Media Good For Your (Mental) Health It’s mental health week this week, a subject that is close to my heart for many reasons. I have many family members and close friends who suffer from mental health issues. In fact, the more people I talk to it seems…

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How to Turn Your Dreams Into Reality

Carole

9th May 2019

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When you were young did anyone ever tell you that you were a dreamer? And if they did – did they say it in a way which made you think that was a good or a bad thing? I’ll bet it was the latter. It’s such a shame isn’t it…

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Killing 2 Birds With 1 Stone

Carole

2nd May 2019

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I love doing that don’t you? I mean, not literally killing birds – of course. That would be horrible. No – I mean achieving 2 outcomes with one piece of work. It’s even better to achieve multiple outcomes with one piece of work. So, whilst I love my one-2-one coaching…

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Avengers Endgame and Social Media Are The Same

Carole

26th April 2019

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I know – all the fuss is out there today about Avengers End Game – don’t worry – no spoilers in this email. The Marvel Avengers series has been a huge box office success – why? For the same reasons your social media will or will not work. Let’s have…

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Change Is Possible

Carole

18th April 2019

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I was editing a blog for one of my lovely clients today – the theme of which was change. It got my brain thinking about how change is not only possible but inevitable, and yet it is something that most people fear. I mean, I guess it is genetically understandable…

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Linkedin… Not Getting Enough Engagement?

Carole

4th April 2019

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Are you writing great content on Linkedin but not attracting enough views? Do you want to know how to increase the amount of views and shares you receive on your posts and articles? Here you’ll find some simple ways to improve engagement on your Linkedin posts. Text Only Posts You…

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3 Things You Can Do to Help Your Facebook Reach

Carole

28th March 2019

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Thought I would do a practical Blog his week, as a question came up in a group I am part of, and it reminded me how confused people are about Facebook. How Facebook Used to Be To overview the back story – until the end of 2017, it was possible…

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Time for Spring Cleaning on International Happiness Day

Carole

21st March 2019

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By the time you read this International Happiness Day will have passed 😊. Hope it was a happy one for you! It was also the Spring Equinox yesterday and that seems a good time for a bit of Spring Cleaning. I don’t mean your house – although if you, like…

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Facebook and Instagram Died – Long Live Twitter

Carole

14th March 2019

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If you didn’t already know it – yesterday was the day that proved without a shadow of doubt how far we have come and how much things have changed in the last 20 years. And not necessarily in a good way. Facebook and Instagram (and then WhatsApp) crashed – completely…

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How To Make Facebook Work For Your Business – Part One

Carole

7th March 2019

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How To Make Facebook Work For Your Business – Part One This weeks Facebook Live’s in the Leading Women in Business Group, have been around the subject of how to make organic Facebook work for your business. The changes in the algorithm over the last couple of years have…

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Fibromyalgia And Other Excuses!

Carole

28th February 2019

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OK, now I have your attention – I am not having a pop at anyone with Fibromyalgia. Why would I? Unless I like having a pop at myself. The context of this is that I was speaking to someone last week who was making excuses about why they couldn’t achieve…

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The Art of Re-Invention

Carole

14th February 2019

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This week in my Leading Women in Business Group on Facebook, I have been going live between 12 and 1 on the subject or reinvention. Re-invention is a bit of a theme of my life. I have always loved change. I love the changing of the seasons. I love new…