Month: March 2018

5 ways to engage restaurant customers with Instagram

When it comes to publicity, social media is a huge part of drawing in customers, and Instagram is a surprisingly versatile way of engaging with people. Read on for some top tips on how to use Instagram to engage with customers.

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Use stories

Instagram stories are a relatively new feature in terms of the app’s lifespan as a whole. They allow you to post pictures and small clips of your restaurant and menu items easily and quickly to the general public. Make use of popular hashtags and location tags to draw in a wider audience.

Be active

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4 great home tips we learned from Marie Kondo

If an item doesn’t spark joy when you hold it, thank it for its service and say goodbye. Here are four lessons you can learn by following Marie Kondo’s style.

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Sort by categories, not rooms

Start with clothes, then move onto more emotional items such as old books and trinkets. Stick to the simple, even when it comes to home design. Simple white interiors with black laminate flooring and minimal clutter can be the way to go.

Don’t get nostalgic

You must do this without getting distracted by nostalgic items such as memory boxes. Remember to stick to … Read more

Auf Wiedersehen Pet series 1

“I should be so go for you”, sang Joe Fagan on the theme tune to Auf Wiedersehen Pet. This was a popular TV show in the 1980’s featuring the adventures of the new “magnificent seven”. In this case, some English bricklayers who had decided to go to Germany to work as there was more opportunity than at home. They were “Brickie’s” from Newcastle Dennis, Neville and Oz and Bomber from Bristol (real life wrestler Pat Roach), Liverpudlian Plasterer Moxie, Joiner Wayne from “Sarf” London and Electrician Barry from Birmingham.

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Facts about the english language

As a language that is used all over the world, English is a fascinating subject of study. In the modern world, English is, aside from communication, used in education, print and digital media, business and in running governments. Here are a few facts about one of the most widely spoken and understood languages in the world:

  1. 20% of the world’s population speak English. With a global population of 7 billion, that’s about 1.4 billion people.
  2. About 4,000 words are added yearly to the English language. These words are compiled in a body of work known as the Oxford Corpus.
  3. William
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