At the F8 conference on the 22nd September 2011 Facebook announced the launch of Timeline, a new design for user profiles. It’s due to go live for all accounts at the end of September (though you can get it now if you prefer!). I love a good social media announcement and this one didn’t disappoint; so without further ado I give you my thoughts on Timeline. (Read the full post…)

This week there have been some rather big (and small) updates to our favourite social media sites. To keep on top of everything we thought we’d sum up some of the top stories from the week. (Read the full post…)

To coincide with the launch of Sign-Up.to’s brand new Business Class Social Marketing tools, we’ve put together a selection of new social media themed email templates. These are free and available in the Campaign Designer mode of all Sign-Up.to accounts (even our free demo accounts!). Use the new templates to promote your business social media pages and reel in those fans and followers! Don’t forget to utilise our Go Social tools in your emails to allow your subscribers to share your campaign with their friends. (Read the full post…)

Whether you’re already a social media power user or you’re getting ready to test the waters, Share will change the way you manage your social marketing. We’re really excited about this, as you may have guessed from the teaser videos we’ve put out over the last few weeks. (Read the full post…)

We return this month to a normal good email design blog after last month’s post on the Sign-Up.to design competition winner. Now you may recognise the following company as being someone who entered our competition; sadly they didn’t win the iPad 2, but I felt they definitely deserved an honourable mention for being a real favourite in the Sign-Up.to office.

Personally I really like the style of Peyton and Byrne’s email campaigns and also their approach to email marketing. The restaurant group send a campaign to subscribers each month, and while each one has it’s own distinct theme, as a series they are wonderfully consistent. The same concise layout is used and it contains the same number of articles and photographs each time. Apart from the familiarity this creates for subscribers, it also means that they are effectively utilising a template which will save time and complication when producing appropriate content and images. (Read the full post…)

Following on from our 10 reasons you should have a Facebook post, we thought it entirely appropriate to talk about Twitter as well. Below we list the top 10 reasons your business should have a presence on this fast paced and rapidly expanding social media site. (Read the full post…)

There’s lots of detailed information out in the world wide web about how great Facebook is but we thought it high time to break it down a little. We present to you our top 10 reasons why you should have a Facebook page, and we’ve avoided too much detail!

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