Working as a digital marketing service agency promoting the use of online channels, we try as much as possible to lead by example and use some of the fab cloud services out there to improve the service we provide clients and also make ourselves more productive. Here are the tools we use. Read More
Top 5 Useful Things We Use – Our Digital Toolbox
Social Media Awards 2013
The Social Media Awards second round lists are out and we’re delighted that our clients IT Sligo and LookWest.ie are both included in two categories; Best Use of Social Media by a State Body and Facebook Page for a Non-Profit Organisation.
This is the third year of the awards, which are organised by Damien Mulley, who also organises the Web Awards and lots of great conferences like Measurement.ie Read More
Irish Social Media Usage Stats
New stats on Irish social media usage have just been posted by the wonderful folks at 80/20.
Very interesting to see when people are most active on Facebook. Definitely makes us realise how important it is to schedule your Facebook posts for when your audience are most active. See how to schedule your Facebook posts here.
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Digital Marketing Intern – Join the Bua Team
Are you ambitious, hard-working and looking for a new challenge and an opportunity to work in one of the most exciting growth sectors?
We are looking for a talented, digitally-savvy graduate for a Marketing Internship. The successful candidate will gain experience across a number of projects, accounts and pitches. Read More
Work Experience Uncovered – Dispatches from a Transition Year Student
We’re delighted to have transition year student Kevin Fidgeon of Summerhill College in Sligo on board for work experience this month. Check out his blogpost below on his experience with Bua Marketing. We love how he’s doing sales and marketing for us all in one blogpost. Come back any time Kevin!
I’m on day two of work experience with Bua Marketing, and I’m finding it really interesting. I’m learning lots about the world of online marketing, including how social media sites play a key role in the development and marketing of businesses. Read More
Most Popular Irish LinkedIn Groups
LinkedIn Groups are a really effective way of raising your profile on LinkedIn, whether you’re looking for a new job, trying to reach new customers and markets or just looking for some peer networking.
We asked the question on Twitter recently, which are the most popular Irish LinkedIn Groups. We couldn’t find the answer and so we’ve taken a stab at it ourselves. This isn’t an exact science, we searched for LinkedIn Groups with ‘Ireland’ or ‘Irish’ in the title, so if there are any groups missing, please do let us know!
10 Useful Phrases for Social Media Posts
How many times do you open your Facebook page with the intention of posting an update and closing it again cause you just can’t think of anything to say?
With lots of Facebook pages to manage, we often find ourselves a bit shtumped for regular content ideas so we keep this list printed out on our wall to look at when this happens. Read More
Merging a Facebook Personal Account and Facebook Business Page
Have you been caught in the trap of having both a Facebook personal page for your business and a Business Page? Are you frustrated with having to manage two pages?! Read More
Facebook Privacy Settings – What’s the story?
Many hoaxes do the rounds on Facebook with many people reposting them without having the time or want to find out if they’re true.
A Facebook update that has appeared in different forms in the past and currently doing the rounds on people’s walls reads:
“With the recent changes in FB, people who are not in your contact list can see some of the information you posts to Facebook because one of your friends makes a comment or ‘likes’ your activity. Read More
Bua Marketing supports Sligo Tourism digital campaign #SligoWhoKnew
Bua Marketing was asked to get join the digital team for this campaign long before we could talk about it; over the past few months we have attended some lively discussions about how Sligo’s low profile is a major part of its charm and a competitive advantage on the national tourism front. Read More »