Blogging & keeping social networking accounts fresh & up to date is something that many of our clients struggle to stay on top of when they come to us.

It isn’t enough to send out a monthly newsletter to customers anymore & it seems that the quick phone call is becoming a thing of the past.

So, the question we get asked time & time again is what’s the best tool to keep existing & new customers up to date & interested with what their company is doing.

There are a number of different methods to achieve the perfect way of communicating with the most instant being to sign up for the usual networking accounts such as twitter, facebook, bebo etc. Status updates can then be written & copied into all of the accounts manually. Time consuming but it can work.

Don’t forget to put links on your current site inviting people to follow or like your profile on the various social networking platforms.

A good start, but is there a way of adding content to an existing site quickly that automatically updated all of your social networking profiles?

The answer is yes & the solution is the incredibly popular wordpress blogging tool.

For starters the code to get a basic wordpress blog up & running is totally free & the whole thing can be hosted on your site if preferred.

It’s really easy to update so much so that I am actually writing this blog on my iPhone whilst on a train headed into London!

Blogs can be set up to update all of your social network status & can even be tailored to provide a link to the full blog which means more hits for your website.

One thing everyone notices when they try & set up wordpress on their website is that it seems the look & feel is restricted to pre-designed wordpress templates.

There is a way to alter the appearance so that it follows your own website look & feel & if you are reading this blog you’ll realise that’s exactly what we did with ours.

This is the only part of the process that isn’t straight forward & unless you have an understanding of PHP then it’s advisable to get a designer to set this up for you.

We have set up a number of bespoke wordpress blogs & have included linking to social network accounts as well as full user training. Our prices are very competitive & we can have your blog up & running in a matter of days for as little as £400 which is much cheaper than other agencies.

For more info, please complete the form on our contact us page & happy blogging!

Ok, so for those of us that have completed our Prince II practioners award we’re all very much aware of how intense those five days are with two fairly heavy exams plus homework & not forgetting the weeks of prep beforehand!

The question we want to ask is the pain worth it at the end?

At oval frog all of our Project Managers are Prince II practioners & certainly practice what they preach – to a point that is.

We very much use elements of the tool to suit the client & the type of project we’re managing at the time, rather than trying to use the entire model which can be counter productive & not very cost effective.

So, we want to know how you apply Prince II to your projects (if at all) or whether you have employed a PM based on the fact they have the qualification in the bag.

Is it a valuable tool to have or not? We say yes to Prince II provided the approach is tailored to suit the needs of the project as well as the client – but what do you think?