Darren Jamieson

Here at the Online Learning Academy, we’re always sharing great tips on working for yourself, setting up your own business and marketing it. One of our favourite tools for doing this is Twitter, and we even have a diploma course on the microblogging site so you can become a master of it yourself. On our […]

To become truly successful, you need to find what it is that motivates you. What drives you. You need to find that thing in the back of your head that keeps you going when everyone else has long since given up. But how? The question ‘what motivates you’ is a classic interview question you may […]

This Friday sees the third annual ‘Bring your dog to work day’ across the UK, with businesses up and down the country opening their doors to their employees’ four-legged friends. While the day was created as a means to raise money for the dog charity ‘all Dogs Matter’, and has its own website and hashtag […]

There are many different ways to share your website’s content via Facebook, but none of them allow your content to be displayed in a really nice format within Facebook, complete with images, video and sharing options. That was, at least, until Facebook launched its new service ‘Instant Articles’. Instant Articles is specifically for smartphone users, […]

We set up the Online Learning Academy as we firmly believe in the work-life-balance concept and we hope that others will be able to take what they learn from our courses to benefit their own lives. We believe it’s important to follow your dreams, wherever they may take you, and that you shouldn’t be restricted […]

Increasing the number of likes on your Facebook page is something most business owners try to do. It expands the audience on Facebook so more people will see your posts, and it makes you look more credible as a business. A page with a large Facebook following will be able to share its updates, generate […]

For many, working from home as a freelance writer, designer, project manager or any other job is something of a dream. You can set your own hours, work your own schedule and, effectively, be your own boss. It’s a very attractive proposition. However, there are a number of obstacles to working from home as a […]

Before you spend any money on a distance learning course, you want to know whether or not the course is going to be right for you, and what the quality of the course is like. That’s why a lot of people spend time searching online for free distance learning courses in the UK, but often […]

At Online Learning Academy, we love to use Twitter as often as we can. It’s a valuable part of our marketing and we feel every business should be making the most of Twitter. With that in mind, we’ve put together a list of twenty tweetable Twitter tips to help you get more from the microblogging […]

So, you’ve got your Twitter account, you’re all set up and you’ve been tweeting away for a few weeks with little or no response. You need people to follow you, but how do you do that? How do you get followers on Twitter? Here are a few simple ways to build followers and grow your […]

LinkedIn can be an excellent business tool for making important connections and getting introductions to the right people. When used correctly, you can use LinkedIn to expand your business network and grow your business. You make subtle ‘touches’ with your connections to remind them of yourself, you can post updates and articles to share your […]

Regular Facebook users may have noticed that some Facebook Pages feature a ‘tick’ to signal the page has been verified as official. This is similar to the blue tick you see on Twitter accounts, to help you distinguish between the genuine businesses and celebrities from the parody accounts. Unlike Twitter, however, you can actually ask […]

As any business owner who has employed a search engine optimisation firm will tell you, it can be very expensive. SEO (as it is otherwise known) is a time-consuming practice that involves keywords, tinkering with website code and writing lots of content. The whole process can take months (or even years) and, the whole time, […]

The internet has opened up a lot of opportunities for people to earn money writing from home. With more businesses going online with websites, and the search landscape becoming increasingly competitive, the need for good creative writers has never been stronger. This is great news for people who want to earn money from

LinkedIn is a very powerful networking tool, and one that can be invaluable in promoting your business, making new contacts, acquiring new clients and even promoting yourself for a new career. However, as with every tool, many people are still using it wrongly. Here are a number of common mistakes being made with LinkedIn. Are […]

If you’ve never dabbled in the world of home study before, you could be forgiven for doubting just how useful a home study course could be to your career prospects. You may think nothing can replace the intense learning you receive from a classroom course, particularly something you might take at higher education. However, there […]

There’s no denying that Twitter is one of the best, cheapest and most immediate ways of promoting your business online. It allows you to connect directly with potential clients and customers in a way that any other form of advertising, both offline and online, cannot do. While many still view Twitter as a wall of […]

If, like many people, you harbour a dream to quit your fulltime job and set up your own business, or become a freelancer working the hours you choose to work, you’ll be faced with the same question as everyone else – when? When do you do it? When do you make the plunge and quit […]

Is how long you spend working directly related to how successful you’ll become, or how successful you are now? If you believe what you see on social media, you’d think that was, indeed, the case. I have seen a lot of posts of late talking about work ethics, and how long some people say they […]

Regular users of photo sharing app Instagram will already know how you go about connecting it to Facebook and Twitter so you can post your photos and share them out to the two largest social networking websites. For those who don’t know, we’ll show you how in just a moment. However, regular Instagram users may […]

LinkedIn is a great platform for finding and making contacts, and keeping in touch with what people are doing, where they’re working and how long they’ve been there. It does have a few limitations though – particularly its messaging system. Wouldn’t it be better if you could make more use of the contacts you’ve made […]

If you run a Twitter account and a Facebook Page for your business, it’s only natural that you’d want to connect the two so that posts from one go to the other, and vice versa. However, when you look for instructions on connecting your Twitter account to your Facebook Page, you’ll find lots of information […]

Whether or not you use it, Twitter is an excellent tool for promoting your business. You can seek out new clients and customers, keep up-to-date with what your competitors are doing, keep in touch with your existing clients and customers, and promote your services. One of the newer features of Twitter is the ability to […]

Who wouldn’t like to earn money from home? Who doesn’t think they could string a few sentences together? Who actually likes going out to work? Earning money on the internet from the comfort of your own home is a dream many people share, but few actually make a reality. It is, however, a very real […]