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How often should a small business post on social media?

How often UK small businesses should post on social media, by channel, and why a cadence you can hold for a year beats a cadence you can hold for a month.

27 May 20267 min read

A social media content calendar that survives a busy month

How to build a social media content calendar a small UK team can actually hold: a four-week grid, who owns each slot, and what to do when work gets busy.

25 May 20268 min read

Social media strategy mistakes UK small businesses make

The nine social media strategy mistakes that cost UK small businesses the most, why each one happens, and the specific fix for each.

23 May 20268 min read

A one-page social media strategy template you will use

A one-page social media strategy template for small businesses: the nine lines to fill in, what a good answer looks like, and how to review it quarterly.

21 May 20267 min read

Social media budget for a UK small business: what to spend

What a UK small business should budget for social media across time, tools and paid reach, with realistic monthly ranges and how to split the money.

19 May 20268 min read

Content pillars for social media that never run dry

How to build four social media content pillars for a small business so posts become assembly rather than invention, with a worked UK example and ratios.

17 May 20267 min read

Which social media platforms should a UK small business use?

How to choose social media platforms for a UK small business: where your buyers actually are, what each channel costs in hours, and when to close an account.

15 May 20269 min read

Brand voice guidelines for social media, in one page

How to write brand voice guidelines a small team can follow: three traits, ten words you use, ten you never use, and worked before-and-after examples.

13 May 20267 min read

Social media competitor analysis in one afternoon

A practical social media competitor analysis for UK small businesses: what to record, what to ignore, and how to find the gap you can actually win.

11 May 20267 min read

Social media audience research without a research budget

How UK small businesses can research a social media audience using sales calls, platform data and competitor comments, in under a week and for nothing.

09 May 20268 min read

Social media goals and KPIs for small businesses

How to set social media goals and KPIs a UK small business can defend: one commercial outcome, one leading metric, one lagging metric, reviewed monthly.

07 May 20268 min read

Social media strategy for UK small businesses, from scratch

A seven-step social media strategy for UK small businesses: one goal, two channels, four content pillars, a budget you can hold, and the first 90 days.

05 May 202611 min read

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