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The Power of the #Hashtag

Quality Family Farm Stay – Self Catering Sleeps 6 views to open farm land 15 min from Stratford upon http://bit.ly/AccommodationOptions #Londonislovinit So yesterday we posted the above add at the same time one with #Londonislovinit and one without. Today the stats for each post read as follows: With #LondonislovinitImpressions 563 Total engagements 6 Without #LondonislovinitImpressionsContinueContinue reading “The Power of the #Hashtag”

Growing Social Media Organically

From our Farm Stay in Rural Warwickshire, deciding what pigs to rear to give the fullest of flavour to our sausages, through to when to flush the ewes through so they are at their optimum for putting to the Tup are all carefully considered plans to make the most of what resources we have atContinueContinue reading “Growing Social Media Organically”

Apple announce new CHILD App

Apple announce new CHILD App Following a four year research project, Apple have started to roll out CHILD Children’s Helper Independant Learning Device. Child allows parents to engage with their child through a range of convenient devices, the key functions include Phrase which allows parents to reward their child with coins which can be exchangedContinueContinue reading “Apple announce new CHILD App”

Farm Stay Reaches International Audience

  Located in Rural Warwickshire, our working farm and growing Farm Stay Business provides its guests with a tranquil retreat within easy reach of all that Shakespeare’s England has to offer. Communicating this message however has required the farm to diversify in more ways than one. Managing our own content has always been important, soContinueContinue reading “Farm Stay Reaches International Audience”

New Facebook Call To Action Button

Yesterday I discovered the new call to action button, this allows you to add a range of options to your page header including contact us, buy now, book now etc. in addition you can also add a call to action button at the end of a video, which is a really cool feature. This shouldContinueContinue reading “New Facebook Call To Action Button”

Social Media V Social Isolation

Living on our Farm in the heart of Rural Warwickshire is for many the perfect escape, for me growing up as an only child I am both comfortable and happy in my own company, but do love communicating in all of its forms, having worked in the field of personal development for most of myContinueContinue reading “Social Media V Social Isolation”

Social Media V Social Isolation

Living on our Farm in the heart of Rural Warwickshire is for many the perfect escape, for me growing up as an only child I am both comfortable and happy in my own company, but do love communicating in all of its forms, having worked in the field of personal development for most of myContinueContinue reading “Social Media V Social Isolation”

How Facebook Changed The Way We Farm

In 2008 we had developed our Luxury Farm Stay set in the Heart of Shakespeare’s England, we wanted the world to know what we had to offer so set up our own website OaksBarnFarm.co.uk we looked at how others advertised Holiday opportunities and selected a couple of paid for sites to reach more customers, theseContinueContinue reading “How Facebook Changed The Way We Farm”

Pinterest The Smart way to Share Content

Can you remember how Pinterest Started? By invitation only, at the time I did not realise the true value and simple way of uploading and organising content. For us at http://oaksbarnfarm.co.uk we use Pinterest in our Gallery, we have a number of boards which showcase the Farm Stay, Animals, Places to eat, the list goesContinueContinue reading “Pinterest The Smart way to Share Content”

How The Internet Fixed My Tractor

This is not one of those aliens kidnaped my mom stories, but a reflective view of the power at our fingertips for problem solving. 8 years ago money was tight and much of the machinery on the farm was as old or older than me, not born into farming I had to learn fast, IContinueContinue reading “How The Internet Fixed My Tractor”