Viva Social Media Support & Training

01/07/2025

Our next LinkedIn course is on 24th July 10am-1pm online
Find out how to Harness the Power of LinkedIn and get leads for your business.
https://www.vivabusinesssupport.co.uk/events/harness-the-power-of-linkedin-8/

13/04/2025

Here are 3 top reasons to master LinkedIn:
1. Build your personal brand and raise awareness of your business.

Your LinkedIn profile is your opportunity to be found!
It’s where people go to learn who you are, what you do, and what you stand for. A strong presence builds credibility and attracts business opportunities plus it’s great for SEO!
2. Find!
Whether you’re looking for clients, or collabs or have an event or course to share LinkedIn is where you can turn connections into conversations and conversations into results. It’s like having a huge database at your finger tips - even on a free account!
3. Grow your network
It’s not just who you know it’s who knows you. LinkedIn helps you stay top-of-mind with your network, grow your influence, and connect with like-minded professionals in your industry and beyond. Your clients are on LinkedIn whether you are B2B or B2C
If you aren’t using LinkedIn effectively you are missing out!

Book now for Harness the Power of LinkedIn on 30th April 10am-1pm online
details here

https://www.vivabusinesssupport.co.uk/events/harness-the-power-of-linkedin-7/

23/03/2025

Harness the Power of LinkedIn - next online course is 30th April 10am-1pm
LinkedIn is an amazing resource and used correctly can provide leads for your business. This course is a must for anyone who wishes to understand the power of LinkedIn and how to utilise it to grow your business.

Who is this course for?

Sole traders, small to medium sized business owners and managers who are currently using LinkedIn and not getting leads or maybe you have a profile on LinkedIn but don’t know what do next, this course will show you all the tips and tricks!

Or you might be considering using it but aren’t sure if its right for you and your business. We will explain the reasons why we believe that using LinkedIn is a brilliant lead generation tool for any business owner.

This Course will cover the following-

LinkedIn introduction
Account settings
Creating a compelling and impactful profile and the importance of keywords.
Recommendations & Skills
Groups
Creating great posts, newsletters and articles
Company pages – the importance, functionality and features.
How to make connections and LinkedIn etiquette
The power of advanced search- how to find specific people, check out competitors, find industry contacts and contacts in certain geographical areas.
Raising your Profile. How to do this via posts, groups, articles, hashtags and video.
Free Profile vs Paid- understanding the best option for you.
Q & A session
This session will take place online on Zoom. Once you have booked you can access this training session via a link we will send you.

We will provide comprehensive course notes sent via email. Plus a follow up session 6 weeks later to discuss your progress and access to a LinkedIn engagement pod.

At the end of the session you will be able to actively and confidently use LinkedIn to gain more leads for your business.
Use code FB50 to get 50% off the cost of this training.

https://www.vivabusinesssupport.co.uk/events/harness-the-power-of-linkedin-7/

07/03/2025

Harness the Power of LinkedIn 11th March 10am-1pm

This is an Online a workshop delivered live and designed to help you get the most from using LinkedIn and all the opportunities it offers. Suitable for business owners or those looking for a new job role.
Full details here and there is a discount code on the graphic!
https://www.vivabusinesssupport.co.uk/social-media-courses/

20/01/2025

Want to know more LinkedIn newsletters - watch this video.
Join me for the next training session on 11th March online 10am-1pm

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21/10/2024

I will be at the Thames Valley Expo (Reading) Green Park, Reading

24th Oct, 2024 10:00am - 3:00pm

Green Park, 100 Longwater Ave, Reading RG2 6GP

I am speaking about LinkedIn and we also have a stand.

Thames Valley Expo is Reading’s biggest business networking & educational event for Small Business Owners & Entrepreneurs. Come join other passionate business owners and learn how to increase revenue & grow your business. Expand your network, market your business and learn from industry experts.

It is free to attend and a free networking breakfast

All the details are here

Thames Valley Expo is Reading’s biggest business networking & educational event for Small Business Owners & Entrepreneurs.

02/10/2024

A lovely article in Somerset Live was published today so a big thanks to the team for the feature.
I also got an article in the Chard News too.
Thanks to Annie Armitage for this lovely photo.

Congrats to Chard's own Debbie Gilbert for being a finalist at the Stevie Awards for Women in Business

23/09/2024

If you want to Harness the Power of LinkedIn join me for this online course on 25th September from 10am-1pm online
This will teach you all you need to know to utlise this powerful platform and create leads for your business.
Here are the details

LinkedIn is an amazing resource and used correctly can provide leads for your business. This course is a must for anyone who wishes to understand the power of LinkedIn and how to utilise it to grow your business.

11/07/2024

We are off to Wembley!

Great news arrived in my inbox today.

Businesswomen UnLtd is a finalist in The Best Networking Group Category in the SME Business Awards
A big thanks to all my team Catherine Chapman
Donna Eade Zeenat Ahmed-Peto Talia Zamora
Lisa Baptiste Lisa McCallum and Abby Dennis and to all the people who attend our groups.

After 13 years of supporting women with our non membership networking and business support groups it feels great to be recognised by the judges.

And I’m also a finalist for Businesswoman of the Year so feeling proud to make the final in that one too. Thanks to all who have been part of my 26 year business journey it has been quite a ride!

29/03/2024

Consumers’ patience for brands on social media is on thin ice according to a survey by Hootsuite

59%
of people think there is too much brand advertising on social media
52%
of people are exhausted by self-promotional brand content on social
1 in 3
people would prefer if there was no brand content on social media at all
Become celebrated. Not tolerated.

18/02/2024

If you are looking for inspiration on campaigns just out this site which shares famous campaigns which could in another version work for your SME
Check it out here

Famous Campaigns is an independent blog dedicated to celebrating the best in PR and marketing stunts and campaigns.

21/01/2024

Do you check your social media analytics?

So Hootsuite provided me with these interesting stats for 2023 - so this is the past year across all the accounts I manage.

It compares the previous year and the full report shows each platforms overall performance.

As I read through all 7 pages what stands out is the drop in Twitter or X as it’s now called - a drop of over 62% in impressions.

LinkedIn is way up especially on video.
And all the company pages were up too.

Facebook and Instagram are plodding along

I am pondering dropping X now.
I still have a few clients still using it and we still use it for the 3 Counties Expo Best Business Women Awards and Businesswomen UnLtd and I have a personal account but I’m not sure it’s worth continuing looking at this huge drop.
Do you still use it?