Dead End Job

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Social Media in the real world. No bollocks, just the hard work of keeping clients supported and your mortgage paid.

Simon Pollock


    • Feb 10, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 12m AVG DURATION
    • 16 EPISODES


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    Oil spills, Social Tags and Sophia Myles

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2021 19:56


    We talk about why you tag brands in your social media posts, we also have a Twitterer of the week, some tech stuff and a couple of links to cool photographs.

    Street photos, New Clients, Influencers behaving badly...

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2020 11:06


    We tackle the big issues, actually, we don't, we talk about influencers - very briefly.

    Use what they create for you The Podcast Episode 14

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2020 15:26


    Find my show notes at gtvone.com/podcast

    Stop juicing your Hashtags - Episode 13

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2019


    Using the same list of hashtags over and over again is spammy, you should stop it.

    Ad Manager vs Boosting a Post and Metallica?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2019


    We talk Facebook advertising, Boost vs Ad Manager, what works best for you?

    How many hashtags would a hashtag hash if a ha... Yeah, podcast 11!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2018 9:00


    Politics and Hashtags, a quick in-check on those two subjects, a cup of tea and.. No.. That's it!

    The Social Media Podcast without all the jargon... podcast 10

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2018 6:37


    Episode Ten, a quick chat about replying. It's darn important if you're after growing your brand reputation (real world speak: if you want people to treat you like they like to be treated, use your manners and respond when spoken to)

    Dead End Job - The Podcast Episode 9

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2018 15:10


    Today we answer Etty's question "Do brands pay for social media content" and we touch on GDPR (link below, as per my utterance in the podcast) then we considered talking about Influencers some more, but stopped ourselves...

    Dead End Job - The Podcast Episode 8 : It's all too hard!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2018 9:10


    Finding user generated content can be daunting, but it’s not too hard if you use a couple of easy to use, free tools.

    Dead End Job - The Podcast Episode 7 : User Generated Content

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2018 17:57


    UGC, Photos, Sharing, Making your own content and so so so much more (or less) This is a complex topic, so we’ll go into detail on the different aspects, in the coming weeks.

    Dead End Job - The Podcast Episode 6 : The dark arts of working alone

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2018 12:39


    Staying sane while working alone can be tricky. We chat about Mental Health on today’s episode of Dead End Job. Blokes, it’s not a sign of weakness to realise you need to talk about how you feel.

    Dead End Job - The Podcast Episode 5 : Those content ideas I mentioned!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2018 12:05


    Seven Content Ideas for People Starting out in Social media, and Happy Birthday to my brother in law, Darren Rowse.

    Dead End Job - When is content, content? Podcast 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2018 11:28


    We talk briefly (first of a two or three podcast series within a series?) about content, not getting disheartened after you post it and nothing happens and what to do next!

    Dead End Job - The Podcast Epicsode 3 : Social Tools

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2018 14:20


    A ramble by a social media bloke with a cold, episode three touches on the basics of social media platform tools that you might try, when you're starting out. For Free. To Start With.

    Dead End Job - The Podcast Episode two : How did it start?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2018 15:52


    We talk about Fishing, Camera Bags, Forums and getting started while you're working a 9 to 5 job. We'll go more in-depth, soon. Music bensound.com

    Dead End Job - The Podcast Episode one

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2018 7:51


    An introduction to Dead End Job the Podcast. A Podcast by social media manager, Simon Pollock, who introduces himself, Ross River Fever and his dad. Well, sort of.

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